Page 247 - Week 01 - Thursday, 14 February 2019
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Community groups will be permitted to sell alcoholic beverages that have a cultural significance to their community, consistent with the purpose of the festival. Commercial stallholders are restricted to locally brewed or produced beverages. These new terms and conditions have been in place since August last year and have been clearly communicated to applicants wishing to hold stalls at this year’s festival. With more stalls selling alcohol than last year, the community can expect to experience beverages from around the world, as well as local brews. (Time expired.)
Education—Margaret Hendry School
MR MILLIGAN: My question is to the Minister for Education and Early Childhood Development. The new Margaret Hendry School in Taylor has opened and has adopted a new model of education involving no classrooms and no year levels. Minister, will there be provision for students in the Margaret Hendry priority enrolment area whose parents do not support the style of learning at the school to transfer to others?
MS BERRY: There are priority enrolment areas for the Margaret Hendry School and this type of learning that the Margaret Hendry School was able to talk about in the Canberra Times upon opening its doors this year is the kind of learning that I have been hearing about from teachers and school leaders during my conversations on developing the future of education strategy about making sure that there is evidence-based, research-informed education, education that is led by students and students having student agency about the kinds of choices they make with their education, ensuring that personalised learning can occur.
Ms Lee: Madam Speaker, on a point of order.
MADAM SPEAKER: Minister, resume your seat. Ms Lee.
Ms Lee: Thank you, Madam Speaker. Mr Milligan’s question was specifically and quite pointedly: will there be a provision for parents of students in the priority enrolment area that she is speaking of who do not support the style of learning be able to transfer their children to other schools?
MADAM SPEAKER: You have a minute remaining in your answer. You may go to that point.
MS BERRY: Thank you, Madam Speaker. If they are unhappy with the way the school is providing education for their children then their first point of contact should be with the school.
MR MILLIGAN: Minister, what ability is there for parents outside the Margaret Hendry School area who do support that style of education to enrol at that school?
MS BERRY: As I was alluding to in my response to Ms Lee’s questions, this is the kind of education that I have been hearing school professionals and students say they want to see across the ACT school community. You will see it already in other
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