Senate debates

Thursday, 4 December 2008

Social Security and Veterans’ Entitlements Legislation Amendment (Schooling Requirements) Bill 2008

In Committee

10:45 pm

Photo of Rachel SiewertRachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

A lot of the evidence we received during the inquiry indicated that there was a lot of thought that the schools in fact had insufficient resources to adequately implement an attendance strategy. It was suggested that that is why they do not have adequate attendance strategies, because they do not have the resources. What is the government’s intended approach if in fact that is the case and schools do not have adequate resources to implement an attendance strategy?

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