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  <date date="2025-09-16T11:00:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
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  <proceeding continued="true" uid="e78f3dcca9b6480daa57cc4cd97ba5a9">
    <name>Estimates Replies</name>
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      <name>Early Childhood Education</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>Early Childhood Education</heading>
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        <name>In reply to Mr COWDREY</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Colton</electorate>
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          <question date="2025-09-16T01:30:00+09:30">
            <name>Early Childhood Education</name>
          </question>
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        <startTime time="2025-09-17T00:00:00+09:30" />
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            <timeStamp time="2025-09-17T00:00:00+09:30" />In reply to <by role="member" id="5377" referenceid="84fdb62c8e6644ce93a7ff01f8e92c3d" uid="f7b0240473564084897c8f6b9969f09a">Mr COWDREY (Colton)  </by>(23 June 2025).  (Estimates Committee A)</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="5389" referenceid="258e99f5e8a5469db1af773d39ba5018" uid="9e5c5e8932d943928e4d911861e35bd5" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. B.I. BOYER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Wright</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Education, Training and Skills</name>
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          <question date="2025-09-16T01:30:00+09:30">
            <name>Early Childhood Education</name>
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            <by role="member" id="5389" referenceid="258e99f5e8a5469db1af773d39ba5018" uid="9e5c5e8932d943928e4d911861e35bd5">The Hon. B.I. BOYER (Wright—Minister for Education, Training and Skills):</by>  I have been advised : </inserted>
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                <cell />
                <cell>Preschool Director (PD)</cell>
                <cell>Ancillary Staff [Early Childhood Workers] (ANC)</cell>
                <cell>Teachers (TCHR)</cell>
                <cell>Other Leaders (OL)</cell>
                <cell>Allied Health Professionals (AHP)</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>2022 (30 Aug)</cell>
                <cell>336 (271.87 FTE)</cell>
                <cell>1444(644.60 FTE)</cell>
                <cell>812(520.21 FTE)</cell>
                <cell>14(11.80 FTE)</cell>
                <cell>n/a</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>2023(30 Aug) </cell>
                <cell>337(271.65 FTE)</cell>
                <cell>1524 (705.1 FTE)</cell>
                <cell>928 (583.56 FTE)</cell>
                <cell>12(11 FTE)</cell>
                <cell>n/a</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>2024 (30 Aug)</cell>
                <cell>341(280.1 FTE)</cell>
                <cell>1403(618.82 FTE)</cell>
                <cell>851(542.38 FTE)</cell>
                <cell>18(14.5 FTE)</cell>
                <cell>n/a</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>2025 (24 June)</cell>
                <cell>349 (286.27 FTE)</cell>
                <cell>1379(601.36 FTE)</cell>
                <cell>862(543.3 FTE)</cell>
                <cell>20(17 FTE)</cell>
                <cell>59</cell>
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          <inserted>*Nil data for AHP for 2024, 2023 and 2022. </inserted>
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        <text id="20250916f1bf3590a4794e4ca0001800">
          <inserted>There was a one-off increase in enrolments in 2023 due to the introduction of mid-year intake, this resulted in an increase in teachers and educators employed with the department.</inserted>
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