Parents forced to pay additional charges for computers under Labor’s computers in schools programme can thank Julia Gillard’s mismanagement, Christopher Pyne, Shadow Minister for Education said today. “In the year…
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Computer charges courtesy of Julia Gillard
Labor MPs label Gillard’s teacher bonus ‘stupid policy’
Labor backbenchers have rubbished the Prime Minister’s plan to pay bonuses to teachers based on their classrooms national testing results. These reports further highlight growing ALP divisions in many policy…
Fixing Gillard’s youth allowance mess
It’s taken nearly two and a half years for the Government to fix Julia Gillard’s botched reforms to student income support from when she was the Minister for Education. “The…
Record waste needs serious inquiry
The New South Wales Government needs to hold a judicial inquiry into the school hall programme after weekend reports that only 64 per cent of funding allocated to government schools…
Government back-flip with triple pike on independent youth allowance
HON CHRISTOPHER PYNE MP Shadow Minister for Education, Apprenticeships and Training SENATOR FIONA NASH Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Education After years of refusing to address regional disadvantage for independent…
Hon David Jull
I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of the Hon David Jull. I served with David Jull from 1993 to 2007 and shared a house with him and…
NAPLAN reveals Revolution faltering
Labor’s education revolution has faltered according to new national literacy and numeracy test results released today, said the Shadow Minister for Education, Christopher Pyne. “After four years of Labor shouting…
Thomson must explain to the Parliament
In a statement this morning the Member for Dobell, Craig Thomson committed himself to making a ‘comprehensive statement’ on the allegations that surround him in the near future. “The Coalition…
Gillard backhands Rudd over Chaplains
Julia Gillard and Peter Garrett have again shown they cannot be trusted as they have moved to dilute the Howard Government’s chaplaincy programme, breaking Labor’s 2010 election promise. “This move…
Government needs to back up all the talk with action to help students with disability
Hon Christopher Pyne MP Shadow Minister for Education, Apprenticeships and Training Senator Mitch Fifield Shadow Minister for Disabilities, Carers and the Voluntary Sector JOINT MEDIA RELEASE 7th September 2011 GOVERNMENT…