Motions

School Funding Petition

The Hon. B.I. BOYER (Wright—Minister for Education, Training and Skills) (15:32): I move:

That the House of Assembly petition No. 96, entitled School and Preschool Funding for Children and Students with Additional Needs, be referred to the Social Development Committee for inquiry and report.

I do not intend to speak for a great deal of time on this. It is a fairly routine motion I believe. It was a 10,000 signature petition in this case, which was tabled as part of the new procedure which I think is an excellent one. It was automatically referred to the Legislative Review Committee for inquiry and report.

The Legislative Review Committee recently considered the petition and reported that, as it was still considering the ambulance ramping petition and its normal routine, regulation and legislative review, it did not have the capacity to consider this report at this point. I accept that and therefore, to ensure that the petitioners still have their petition duly looked at, we are simply referring to the Social Development Committee for inquiry and report. I commend the motion to the house.

Motion carried.