CAMP SCHOOLS —
FAIRBRIDGE WA
865. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the Minister for Education and
Training:
I refer to the minister's
answer to questions without notice 819 and 842 asked this week relating to camp
schools and the proposed commercial lease terms. Given that there are no
specific terms or conditions proposed for catering, the types and number of
camp activities to be offered, and the pricing of those activities, can the minister
give an absolute guarantee that costs incurred by Western Australian schools
and families for students to attend camp schools will not increase and that
camp-based activities will not be negatively impacted under these new
arrangements; and, if not, why not?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the member for the question.
The preface of the question refers
to answers to questions that I do not have in front of me right now. I can
provide the answer that I can give the member now.
Hon Donna Faragher
interjected.
The PRESIDENT: Order! The
minister is trying to provide you with a response to a question that you asked.
You might want to listen.
Hon SUE ELLERY: The
requirement in the tender process is that the camp school services remain
affordable and accessible to school students. This really is a win–win
situation. I checked the history of price increases since 2008. I found that in
every single year the prices of camp schools went up. In 2010 they went up by
something like 5.5 per cent, but over the period that the previous government
was in power, the prices at camp schools went up by 21 per cent. Every single
year, the prices went up. The commitment given by this government was that the
camp schools would remain affordable, and they will.
Hon Donna Faragher: What
about camp-based activities? What about those? You won't answer that,
will you?
Hon SUE ELLERY: If the member
puts the question on notice, she will get an answer.
Several members interjected.
The PRESIDENT: The next
member might want to sit down until his colleagues quieten down.