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Wayne Berry MLAACT Legislative Assembly Member for Ginninderra |
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Education remains the issue on the forefront of concern for the ACT community and the defence of the education services both public and private continues to be a high priority for Wayne.
His view is opposed to the Liberals move to shift resources from the government sector to the non-government sector and is totally committed to the principal of the government education system increasingly setting the highest standard for others to emulate. He says that without continuous advancement of education standard for all, society can’t hope to advance.
Wayne joined the community campaign against Liberal school closures in 1990.
Wayne has been active on many issues including defending Downer Pre-School, supporting school bursars in a long running dispute with the then Liberal Government and opposing increases in bus fares.
Overheating Classrooms
Wayne backed the community over the then ACT Liberal Government’s failure to respond to a need for air conditioning in schools.
Community outrage followed the Government’s inaction when some classroom temperatures soared to around 40 degrees and children suffered from nosebleeds and headaches. Wayne had raised the issue a year earlier in the Estimates Committee where the Minister agreed to a review.
The Governments response was "open the windows" in the overheating classrooms. This resulted in outraged parents pulling their kids out of class and a walk out at Gordon Primary School. Wayne put a motion to the Assembly to provide air conditioning for the affected schools.
Under pressure the then ACT Liberal Government caved in and made up to $5000 per classroom available to affected schools.
School Buses
Wayne was the architect of the Labor plan to redirect the $27 million dollar Liberal free school bus scheme back into schools. The socially unjust bus scheme benifited only one third of students. Labors plan was a central issue in the 2001 election and was supported by parent and teachers groups.
Legislation
Board of Senior Secondary Studies (Amendment) Bill 1998, prin, 2250; detail, 2254, 2255Canberra Institute of Technology (Amendment) Bill 1997, prin, 978; detail, 985
Education Amendment Bill 2001, prin, 990, 2273
Hotel School Bill 1996, prin, 4341; detail, 4343
Hansard Statements
Board of Senior Secondary Studies, 2250, 2254, 2255Canberra Institute of Technology
Canberra Institute of Technology, 978, 985, 2673qn, 2674qn
Canberra Institute of Technology, 2699q
Canberra Institute of Technology, training services, 374qn
Canberra Institute of Technology, 1668q
Colleges, evening, 2794q
Expendiature
Expenditure, 2981q
Expenditure, 919
Expenditure, 1702, 1798
International Hotel School
International Hotel School, 4341, 4343
International Hotel School, 1887q
International Hotel School, 3838q
MAZE system, 2612q
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Schools
Airconditioning, 336q, 364, 407, 775q
Bursars, 2262, 2716q, 3150q, 3161q, 3343, 3392, 3404
Charnwood High School, 1976, 1988; pers expl, 2115
Charnwood High School, 1085q
Closures, 2108q
Closures, 1167q, 2970q
Development, 1495
Enrolments, 138q, 512q, 593q, 3073q, 3160q
Excess space, 1249qn
Finances, 39q
Government schools, 303
Government schools, 78
League tables, 1762, 1785
Literacy, 2825
Literacy and numeracy outcomes, 3592qn
Lyneham High School, 2313
Management, 3854
Non-government, 3954qn
Offences, 2273
Preschools, 846, 872, 1972, 2320, 2335
Retention rates, 1943qn
Roof treatment, 1289qn
School Without Walls, 3051q
School Without Walls, 1329
School-based management, 3715q
Sport and physical education programs, 1223q, 2731q
Students, assessment, 1353q, 1422q, 1570
Students, disabled, 16, 2182
Students, fitness assessment, 3139
Student unions, compulsory fees, 1114
System, 1082
Teachers, 3820
Teachers, positions, 2645q
Teachers, industrial dispute, 1919, 1946, 2164q
University accreditation, 3018, 3020
Work for the dole scheme, 564, 569, 2036
Work for the dole, 726, 737
Yarralumla Primary School, 2151q
Year 12 certificates, 3374q
Young people, 2429
Media Statments
15 October 2001 P&C Council Report Card Endorses Labor's Commitment to Government Schooling4 October 2001 Humphries Withdraws Private School Offer
2 October 2001 Labor puts $3m into Schools' IT
18 September 2001 Labor to Share $46 Million in Education Plan
10 September 2001 Liberals Struggle for Relevance on Education
3 September 2001 Free School Buses Socio Economic Failure Financial Black Hole
28 July 2001 Labor Agrees To A Review Of Education Funding
23 June 2001 More Protection For Students
14 June 2001 Berry Moves To Save $27m For Schools
14 June 2001 Assembly Rejects Government's School 'League Tables' Agenda
29 May 2001 Liberals Sweeteners Leave A Sour Taste
17 May 2001 Stefaniak Says Free School Bus Money Is Needed In Education - Berry Agrees
16 May 2001 Another Victory For Wayne Berry
2 May 2001 Education - Government Tries To Catch Up
17 April 2001 Clandestine Budget Cut Hits Reading In Schools
9 April 2001 Which Schools Will Go Bill?
22 February 2001 Government Fails On Student Welfare
21 February 2001 Schools In The Community Electioneering
13 February 2001 Government Education Must Set The Benchmark - Berry - MPI Debate Today
8 February 2001 Stefaniak Shamed Into Action On Education
31 January 2001 ACT Education On A Backslide - Honeyed Promises Mean Little
15 November 2000 Stefaniak Must Make A Stand For ACT TAFE Funding
2 November 2000 More Power Needed To Protect Students
2 November 2000 Community Rebuff Puts School 'League Tables' On To The Hidden Agenda
2 November 2000 Wake Up Call On Student Protection - What About Non-Government School Students?
26 October 2000 Arbitrary Pre-School Closure Ominous - Humphries Is Back
31 May 2000 Education Minister Refuses To Rule Out School League Tables - Another Promise Bites The Dust!
3 May 2000 How Many More Tests Will This Education Minister Fail?
29 March 2000 Berry Moves To Support Rebuilding Of Schools In East Timor
29 November 1999 Security Guards At Colleges - Berry Calls For Government To Supplement Schools Budgets
23 July 1999 College Reports Delayed! Jackbooted Industrial Relations Tactics Threaten Schools
23 July 1999 College Reports Delayed! - Minister Fails The Test
5 July 1999 Charnwood - Community Action Pays Off
Links to other Web Sites
ACT ALP Policy: SchoolsACT ALP Policy: The Information Society
ACT ALP Fact Sheet: Restoring ACT education!
ACT ALP Fact Sheet: Real priorities in education!