What the House needs to understand is that it is the Education minister's decision alone which lead to the closure of the Springvale Student Accommodation.
As you know, there are comprehensive hostels for remote and rural students in Hobart. Springvale Student Residence is set to close.
We started our questioning of Minister Jaensch around evidence that was given to the commission of inquiry.
Minister, this is another issue in relation to the Rokeby Academy grounds.
HECS fees - they were previously covered but I understand that they're now going to be charged to recruits for training.
I want to talk about the department and your response to the very high transmission rates of COVID-19 within Tasmanian schools.
Funding for Education has increased about 5 per cent in year 1, but, that is not actually new money and it diminishes over the forward Estimates.
Minister, I want to talk to you about some evidence that was given to the commission of inquiry by Sonya Enkelmann.
The list of available study options was dishearteningly short and included a basic high school standards skills course and a White Card course.
How do you reconcile this with the fact that UTAS's current approach is to wind back its reliance on international students, particularly from mainland China?
