Next came the closing of School of the Air (SOTA). No consultations with affected parents the community or any stakeholders nor the local Labor MPs.
Then it amped up, turns out (and you can listen to Jane Marwick interviewing Education minister Sue Ellery MLC) the Minister coughs up that the students will have to hook up with SIDE but SIDE will actually also have to cough up savings.
That means $14Million from the grey unexplained area of savings from eliminated duplications but no extra money will go into SIDE, but instead it will have funding cuts too. The integral School Camps will close, teachers visiting students all gone. All will be done out of one building in Leederville so jobs will be leaving the regions, some will be abolished and the only remaining jobs...in Perth
But wait then there's Ag School's money. What you may not know is 60% of the schools earnings stay with the farms to help run it, 40% goes into a Trust where its managed & used for upgrades, machinery replacements etc. We're talking roughly a combined total of $400,000.
In the scheme of things its not a huge chunk of money...unless you haven't got much. Well its a lot less now.
PerthLabor Party has a new decree. Half that trust money will go into either General Revenue or into the Education Budget. Depends who you ask but doesn't matter, $200,000 a year is going away from the Ag School Farms and into...well elsewhere.
Now $200,000 is a big chunk of money if its half your trust's annual income.
Not much if you're Harrisdale School in a Labor Held Metro Electorate & you get $220,000 to provide shade.
Now when PerthLabor MPs say that good education for all children regardless of the circumstances (or postcode) is one of the Core Labor Values its either a bald face lie or an admission that PerthLabor has broken its own core values to benefit Labor held seats in Perth and dumped regional students on the tip
Now when PerthLabor MPs say they're governing for all WA they're lying or incredibly inept...or not testing anything and just salute their Emperor and selling his decrees regardless.
Now when PerthLabor MPs say they're the only advocates for regional students education well I can say many things, many different ways but its patently untrue.
Now when PerthLabor MPs say no one will be worse off because no "front line services" will be affected I call bull dust as that's a classic side stepping tactic of Sir Humphrey Applebee play book. You cannot reduce an operating trusts annual income by 50% and expect people will believe there's no affect on frontline services. You have to say in precise wording what "frontline services" actually are and what actual areas will be affected by the cuts.
Now when PerthLabor MPs say its the Liberals fault for not supporting the Gold Tax I call bollocks as the income from raising a tax (like they promised pre-election they wouldn't) I'd say you have the numbers, bring in a change to the State Agreement with Rio & BHP to raise the Special Rent Fee from a 1964 rate of 25c/tonne (that was also waived the first 15 years) to a sustainable, fair & decent $5.00/tonne.
That's where you hear one of two things...crickets or tactical replies.
Now its all well and good to get angry, to get fired up, to mouth off at the pub when it comes up in conversation. All well and good.
But if you want to affect change, like me you have to follow through. Become a small tooth on one of the many cogs in the machine that actually fights the pillaging of the regions to pay for election promises in the Perth metro area.
Don't just get angry get yourself a membership into a political party, then find out when the Education Rally at Perth's Parliament House and organise a busload of like minded unhappy campers and attend with a placard and a loud voice.
There's been a Police Rally, a Gold rally and I reckon if I were a betting man I'd drop a lazy $20 on there being an Education Rally in February. Yes I live 400km from Perth and yes I'm going to drive to Perth and stand shoulder to shoulder with those who are wild for those who're thousands of kilometres away & can't afford to get to Perth. I'll fill in for someone up north.
Will you? Please do, see you there.
Get your community wound up, get the community bus sorted and ready to head to Perth.
Proudly fly the flag of you local bush community at the rally. Take a sign that says
Now when PerthLabor MPs say they're governing for all WA they're lying or incredibly inept...or not testing anything and just salute their Emperor and selling his decrees regardless.
Now when PerthLabor MPs say they're the only advocates for regional students education well I can say many things, many different ways but its patently untrue.
Now when PerthLabor MPs say no one will be worse off because no "front line services" will be affected I call bull dust as that's a classic side stepping tactic of Sir Humphrey Applebee play book. You cannot reduce an operating trusts annual income by 50% and expect people will believe there's no affect on frontline services. You have to say in precise wording what "frontline services" actually are and what actual areas will be affected by the cuts.
Now when PerthLabor MPs say its the Liberals fault for not supporting the Gold Tax I call bollocks as the income from raising a tax (like they promised pre-election they wouldn't) I'd say you have the numbers, bring in a change to the State Agreement with Rio & BHP to raise the Special Rent Fee from a 1964 rate of 25c/tonne (that was also waived the first 15 years) to a sustainable, fair & decent $5.00/tonne.
That's where you hear one of two things...crickets or tactical replies.
Now its all well and good to get angry, to get fired up, to mouth off at the pub when it comes up in conversation. All well and good.
But if you want to affect change, like me you have to follow through. Become a small tooth on one of the many cogs in the machine that actually fights the pillaging of the regions to pay for election promises in the Perth metro area.
Don't just get angry get yourself a membership into a political party, then find out when the Education Rally at Perth's Parliament House and organise a busload of like minded unhappy campers and attend with a placard and a loud voice.
There's been a Police Rally, a Gold rally and I reckon if I were a betting man I'd drop a lazy $20 on there being an Education Rally in February. Yes I live 400km from Perth and yes I'm going to drive to Perth and stand shoulder to shoulder with those who are wild for those who're thousands of kilometres away & can't afford to get to Perth. I'll fill in for someone up north.
Will you? Please do, see you there.
Get your community wound up, get the community bus sorted and ready to head to Perth.
Proudly fly the flag of you local bush community at the rally. Take a sign that says
"Insert your Town's Name" Supports Regional Students & SOTA
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