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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2004 Week 10 Hansard (Thursday, 26 August 2004) . . Page.. 4300 ..

Question so resolved in the negative.

Question put:

That Ms Tucker’s motion be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

	Ayes 2	Noes 15
Ms Dundas		Mr Berry	Ms MacDonald
Ms Tucker		Mrs Burke	Mr Pratt
		Mr Corbell	Mr Quinlan
		Mr Cornwell	Mr Smyth
		Mrs Cross	Mr Stanhope
		Mrs Dunne	Mr Stefaniak
		Ms Gallagher	Mr Wood
		Mr Hargreaves

Question so resolved in the negative.

Education—Standing Committee

Report 5

MS MacDONALD (11.18): Mr Speaker, I present the following paper:

Education—Standing Committee—Report 5—Teaching in the ACT: Shaping the future, dated 25 August 2004, together with a copy of the extracts of the relevant minutes of proceedings.

I seek leave to move a motion authorising the report for publication.

Leave granted.

MS MacDONALD: I move:

That the report be authorised for publication.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

MS MacDONALD: I move:

That the report be noted.

Mr Speaker, this is the fifth and final report of the Standing Committee on Education. I preface my speech by saying that parents, the community and, in turn, governments expect education systems to deliver what their children need—learning and establishing a strong foundation for the future. The same can be said for post-school learning through the CIT. Governments and others can provide the money for classrooms, chalkboards, books, computers, smartboards and other capital equipment, but teachers are the linchpin

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