DERBY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL — CAPITAL WORKS
878. Hon ROBIN SCOTT to the Minister for Education and
Training:
According to an ABC report two
weeks ago, 63 schools across WA welcomed millions of dollars of capital works
funding, yet Derby Senior High School missed out, while at the same time
suffering from asbestos walls wobbling out of their frames and female students ''holding
on'' because the toilet facilities are so poor.
(1) Would the minister accept these
conditions if the school was in Perth?
(2) If not, why did Derby Senior
High School miss out?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(2) I
note that he was referring to a media report. If he had followed up on
subsequent media reports, including a radio interview I did with Broome ABC
radio last week, he would have heard my response. Indeed, I think I responded
to some comments in the Broome newspaper as well. I advised then, and I am happy to advise the member now, that on 29 June, a
Department of Education officer and an architect went to Derby to scope
out the upgrades that need to happen to that school. I gave a commitment that I
would visit Derby, and I will visit Derby to
see for myself what needs to be done in terms of infrastructure, I think
the week after next. We will work our way through that issue.