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FOLLOWING IS  STATEMENT TODAY BY COMMONWEALTH M IN IS TE R   FOR EDUCATION, SENATOR CARRICK

PRESS STATEMENT -  TASMANIAN MEDIA - . Ã¢ÂÂ   - - . - . Ã¢ÂÂ   .Ã¢ÂÂ  "v - 1  Ã¢ÂÂ   . . . 1  " ^ ;  *

RECENT STATEMENTS BY THE TASMANIAN M IN IS TER  FOR EDUCATION  MR BATT HAVE BEEN DESIGNED DELIBERATELY TO DISTORT AND  GROSSLY TO UNDERSTATE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S CONTINUING  CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATION IN  AN ATTEMPT TO H ID E  H IS  OWN

GOVERNMENT'S S lG N IF IC A N T F A ILU R E S  IN T H IS  F IE L D .

FOR THE PAST YEAR OR MORE MR BATT HAS TALKED INCESSANTLY _0F FEDERAL GOVERNMENT- CUTS -IN  E D U C A TIO N - . THE-TASMAN LAN-, - ~~ ....... PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW THAT THE ONLY CUTS IN EDUCATION FROM  CANBERRA WERE MADE YBY THE WHITLAM LABOR GOVERNMENT IN  IT S

AUGUST 1 9 7 5  BUDGET. : .

THAT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT -  A GOVERNMENT SUPPORTED BY MR BATT -   CUT EDUCATION BY A MAMMOTH $ 1 0 5  M IL L IO N  FOR THE CALENDAR  YEAR 1 9 7 6 . C A P IT A L FUNDS FOR SCHOOL B U ILD IN G  ALONE WERE   1 CUT EDUCATION BY A H A nrium  n iL L tu r t rurx me. CALcnusn YEAR 1 9 7 6 . C A P IT A L  FUNDS FOR SCHOOL B U IL D IN G  ALONE WERE  SLASHED BY $ 8 5  M IL L IO N . T R IE N N IA L  FUNDING WAS SET AISDE AND  STUDENT ALLOWANCES WERE FROZEN AT JUNE 1 9 7 4  COST LE V E L S . AND WHERE WAS MR B A T T 'S  RIGHTEOUS INDIG NATIO N THEEEEEEEN THEN? FOR THE CURRENT CALENDAR YEAR THE FRASER GOVERNMENT HAS  INCREASED EDUCATION SPENDING IN REAL MONEY TERMS IN ALL  SPHERES OF EDUCATION -  BY 2 #  IN U N IV E R S IT IE S  AND SCHOOLS, 5% IN COLLEGES ADND 7 1 / 2  IN TA F E , AND STUDENT ALLOWANCES HAVE  BEEN SU BSTAN TIALLY INCREASED. IN 1 9 7 8  FEDERAL EDUCATION EXPENDITURE W ILL BE $ 1 ,7 4 0  M IL L IO N   BY CONTRAST WITH $ 1 , 0 0  $ 1 ,7 2 9  M IL L IO N  T H IS  YEAR IN REAL MONEY TERM S. . . . .  : . AND WHAT DOES MR BATT DO? HE C R IE S CUTS AGAIN AND NOW SEEKS  TO BLAME ALL THE D E F IC IE N C IE S  IN  TECHNICA EDUCATION IN  TASMANIA UPON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE TASMANIAN PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW THAT TECHNICAL EDUCATION-  IS  WHOLLY A STATEMENT GOVERNMENT R E S P O N S IB IL IT Y . THE FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT SIM PLY PROVIDES A TOPPING UP OF FUNDS. IN  BLUNT TERMS, IF  THERE ARE DEFECTS IN TECHNICAL AND  SCHOOL EDUCATION IN  TA S M A N IA , MR BATT AND H IS  GOVERNMENT  ARE FULLY TO BLAM E. IT  IS  NO USE THEM TR YING  TO CRY POOR-MOUTH, T H E IR  GOVERNMENT  WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE A HEALTHY BUDGET SURPLUS. IT  COULD HAVE  GIVEN EDUCATION MORE FUNDS AND CHOSE NOT TO DO SO. LAST WEEK THE COMMONWEALTH IN V IT E D  THE STATES TO COMMENCE  DISC USSIO N S INTO HOW THE TWO FORMS OF GOVERNMENT COULD BEST  CO-OPERATE IN  ORDER TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF EDUCATION TO THE  COMMUNITY. . THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MADE IT  CLEAR THAT IT  WAS NOT INTENDING  TO REDUCE THE OVERALL QUANTITY OF IT S  EDUCATIONAL COMMITMENT. IT  SIM PLY WANTED TO SEE IF  THERE WERE BETTER WAYS TO SHARE THE  T A S K , IN  TECHNICAL EDUCATION, FOR EXAMPLE. AS USUAL MR BATT THOUGHT TO MISREPRESENT THE COMMONWEALTH  APPROACH AS ONE OF WITHDRAWAL AND D IM IN U T IO N  OF EFFORT  ON IT S  PART AND A FORCING OF THE STATES TO TAKE A BIGGER SHARE  OF THE BURDEN. THERE IS  NOT AN ATOM OF TRUTH IN H IS  C L A IM . MR BATT C A N 'T  GO BLAMING H IS  FAILURES ON OTHERS. HE IS THE ONE R E S P O N S IB ILIT Y  FOR EDUCATION IN H IS  STATE YET HE SEEKS THE PERPETUAL A L I B I .  Ã¢ÂÂ Â·, IN  THE INTERESTS OF GOOD EDUCATION THAT A L IB I MUST BE  DESTROYED. Â£ ' . : . ' "  Ã¢ÂÂ  .  ' . ' Ã¢ÂÂ   N . / > f  . ' . FURTHER INFORMATION -  DAVID GREEN ( 0 6 2 )  8 9  7 3 3 2  (W ) ' ( 0 6 2 )  4 8 0 0 9 6 3  (H ) >

1 CUT EDUCATION BY A H A nrium  n iL L tu r t rurx me. CALcnusn

YEAR 1 9 7 6 . C A P IT A L  FUNDS FOR SCHOOL B U IL D IN G  ALONE WERE  SLASHED BY $ 8 5  M IL L IO N . T R IE N N IA L  FUNDING WAS SET AISDE AND  STUDENT ALLOWANCES WERE FROZEN AT JUNE 1 9 7 4  COST LE V E L S .

AND WHERE WAS MR B A T T 'S  RIGHTEOUS INDIG NATIO N THEEEEEEEN THEN?

FOR THE CURRENT CALENDAR YEAR THE FRASER GOVERNMENT HAS  INCREASED EDUCATION SPENDING IN REAL MONEY TERMS IN ALL  SPHERES OF EDUCATION -  BY 2 #  IN U N IV E R S IT IE S  AND SCHOOLS, 5% IN COLLEGES ADND 7 1 / 2  IN TA F E , AND STUDENT ALLOWANCES HAVE  BEEN SU BSTAN TIALLY INCREASED.

IN 1 9 7 8  FEDERAL EDUCATION EXPENDITURE W ILL BE $ 1 ,7 4 0  M IL L IO N   BY CONTRAST WITH $ 1 , 0 0  $ 1 ,7 2 9  M IL L IO N  T H IS  YEAR IN REAL MONEY

TERM S. . . . .  : .

AND WHAT DOES MR BATT DO? HE C R IE S CUTS AGAIN AND NOW SEEKS  TO BLAME ALL THE D E F IC IE N C IE S  IN  TECHNICA EDUCATION IN  TASMANIA UPON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THE TASMANIAN PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW THAT TECHNICAL EDUCATION-  IS  WHOLLY A STATEMENT GOVERNMENT R E S P O N S IB IL IT Y . THE FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT SIM PLY PROVIDES A TOPPING UP OF FUNDS.

IN  BLUNT TERMS, IF  THERE ARE DEFECTS IN TECHNICAL AND  SCHOOL EDUCATION IN  TA S M A N IA , MR BATT AND H IS  GOVERNMENT  ARE FULLY TO BLAM E.

IT  IS  NO USE THEM TR YING  TO CRY POOR-MOUTH, T H E IR  GOVERNMENT  WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE A HEALTHY BUDGET SURPLUS. IT  COULD HAVE  GIVEN EDUCATION MORE FUNDS AND CHOSE NOT TO DO SO.

LAST WEEK THE COMMONWEALTH IN V IT E D  THE STATES TO COMMENCE  DISC USSIO N S INTO HOW THE TWO FORMS OF GOVERNMENT COULD BEST  CO-OPERATE IN  ORDER TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF EDUCATION TO THE  COMMUNITY. .

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MADE IT  CLEAR THAT IT  WAS NOT INTENDING  TO REDUCE THE OVERALL QUANTITY OF IT S  EDUCATIONAL COMMITMENT. IT  SIM PLY WANTED TO SEE IF  THERE WERE BETTER WAYS TO SHARE THE  T A S K , IN  TECHNICAL EDUCATION, FOR EXAMPLE.

AS USUAL MR BATT THOUGHT TO MISREPRESENT THE COMMONWEALTH  APPROACH AS ONE OF WITHDRAWAL AND D IM IN U T IO N  OF EFFORT  ON IT S  PART AND A FORCING OF THE STATES TO TAKE A BIGGER SHARE  OF THE BURDEN. THERE IS  NOT AN ATOM OF TRUTH IN H IS  C L A IM .

MR BATT C A N 'T  GO BLAMING H IS  FAILURES ON OTHERS. HE IS THE ONE R E S P O N S IB ILIT Y  FOR EDUCATION IN H IS  STATE YET HE SEEKS THE PERPETUAL A L I B I .  Ã¢ÂÂ Â·,

IN  THE INTERESTS OF GOOD EDUCATION THAT A L IB I MUST BE  DESTROYED. Â£

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