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Seaforth TAFE Site Must be Utilised for Education

At Seaforth yesterday, Shadow Minister for Education Andrew Stoner and Manly MP and Shadow Minister for Youth Affairs Mike Baird announced that a NSW Liberal/Nationals Government would consider a proposal to convert the Seaforth TAFE site into a centre of excellence for local education.

Under the proposal, the education hub would be fitted with state-of-the-art technical equipment and could be utilised by students from all local public high schools, primary schools and Brookvale TAFE. It would offer the following services: state-of-the-art IT facilities; resource centre for HSC studies; modern library; vocational skills training; and study rooms and a community conference centre...

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Fri 11 July - It is hard not to wonder how common sense seems to consistently avoid the halls of power. I am not trying to pretend that I have any greater ownership of this important attribute than others but, when it comes to North Head I am just left shaking my head. Whether it is attributes of natural grandeur, aesthetic inspiration, unique habitats and species, Aboriginal sacred sites, first settlement significance or historically significant buildings - North Head has it all. With this sort of backdrop it is almost impossible to understand how the Federal Government could be considering a $21 million redevelopment of its police college on this site at Spring Cove...

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Fixing the Federation symposium - NSW Business Chamber

Tue 8 July - The world of someone with an 18 year background in banking, and currently the Shadow Minister for Finance in the State Opposition, tends to lend itself to viewing all problems through the lense of numbers. So as boring as that feels, and in the strong comfort that my wife still finds me interesting I want to outline a few numerical propositions as it relates to our challenge of a federation model that has outgrown its use by date.

A quick synopsis of total Government revenue (all levels) and expenditure shows an imbalance that I believe is at the core of the problem...

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