Media Statements

From the Office of the Hon Sue Ellery MLC

Date	Minister	Portfolio	Title
1/04/2020	Ellery	Education and Training	WorldSkills Australia National Championships postponed to 2021
28/03/2020	Ellery	Education and Training	Changes to operations at WA TAFE colleges from Monday
26/03/2020	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	Changes to government school learning from Monday
11/03/2020	Ellery	Education and Training	New chairperson to lead the Building and Construction Industry Training Board
10/03/2020	Ellery	Education and Training	Top Aboriginal public school students awarded Rob Riley prize
9/03/2020	Ellery	Education and Training	School travel ban extended to United States and Canada
6/03/2020	Logan; Kelly; Ellery	Emergency Services; Youth; Education and Training	State’s top emergency services cadets and their mentors honoured
6/03/2020	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	New buildings unveiled at South Bunbury Primary School
4/03/2020	Ellery	Education and Training	Multi-million dollar upgrades to Margaret River Senior High School
4/03/2020	Ellery	Education and Training	Cape Naturaliste College students benefit from major school upgrade
27/02/2020	Ellery	Education and Training	Two northern suburbs primary schools to amalgamate
27/02/2020	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	Morley Senior High School sports new undercover courts
27/02/2020	Ellery	Education and Training	Caversham Valley Primary School officially opened
27/02/2020	Ellery	Education and Training	It’s lights, camera, action at Ballajura Community College
27/02/2020	Ellery	Education and Training	New early childhood centre opens at Ballajura Primary School
26/02/2020	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	Harrisdale Senior High School celebrates construction milestone
26/02/2020	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	Multimillion-dollar Southern River College upgrades unveiled
26/02/2020	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	Construction underway on new primary school in Southern River
26/02/2020	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	Swan Hills schools benefit from $3.4 million in upgrades
25/02/2020	Ellery	Education and Training	New half price TAFE fees proving popular with Mandurah students
25/02/2020	Ellery	Education and Training	New secondary school in Perth's growing southern suburbs opens
21/02/2020	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	Primary school officially opened in popular Byford area
21/02/2020	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	New Baldivis primary school officially opened
17/02/2020	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	New performing arts centre takes centre stage at Melville SHS
17/02/2020	Ellery; Dawson	Education and Training; Disability Services	New service connects employers and jobseekers in the disability sector
14/02/2020	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	New multi-use walls opening up opportunities at Warwick SHS
14/02/2020	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	Performing arts centre takes shape at Ocean Reef Senior High School
14/02/2020	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	Outdoor science lab inspiring Wanneroo Primary School students
14/02/2020	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	$2.5 million of upgrades to Kinross College a step closer
14/02/2020	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	New multimillion dollar secondary college opens in Alkimos
14/02/2020	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	Grandis Primary School officially opened
11/02/2020	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	50 per cent cut to TAFE fees driving more students to TAFE
10/02/2020	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	Future of STEM at Mount Lawley Senior High School takes shape
10/02/2020	Ellery	Education and Training	Search for WA’s top achievers in the training sector gets underway
6/02/2020	Ellery	Education and Training	Top-notch teaching graduates snapped up by Pilbara schools
4/02/2020	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	New multimillion-dollar facilities open at Collie Senior High School
4/02/2020	Ellery	Education and Training	New multimillion-dollar early childhood building opens at Eaton Primary School
3/02/2020	Ellery	Education and Training	A record number of students back to school
2/02/2020	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	World-class Bob Hawke College officially opened
30/01/2020	Ellery	Education and Training	Works begin on new Baldivis Primary School
23/01/2020	Ellery	Education and Training	Works begin on new Yanchep primary school
23/01/2020	Ellery; Wyatt	Education and Training; Aboriginal Affairs	New program to support Aboriginal staff to become teachers
16/01/2020	Ellery	Education and Training	South Metropolitan TAFE receives top training award in China
15/01/2020	McGowan; Papalia; Ellery	Premier; Tourism; Education and Training	First ever direct flight from Shanghai to Perth touches down
20/12/2019	Ellery	Education and Training	Beazley Medals awarded to top Year 12 students
18/12/2019	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	New primary schools for five growing Perth suburbs
12/12/2019	Ellery	Education and Training	Multimillion-dollar extension for Aveley Secondary College
12/12/2019	Ellery; Papalia	Education and Training; Defence Issues	Naval Base Campus gets tick of approval
9/12/2019	Ellery	Education and Training	Local apprenticeship program helps boost youth employment in South-West
6/12/2019	Ellery	Education and Training	Chairperson of Construction Training Fund steps down
5/12/2019	Ellery	Education and Training	Review relieves levy pressure for major construction projects
5/12/2019	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	Works begin on $5 million upgrade at Wanneroo Secondary College
3/12/2019	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	$10 million of upgrades starting at Darling Range Sports College
2/12/2019	Ellery; Wyatt	Education and Training; Aboriginal Affairs	New $30 million boost to Clontarf Foundation to support Aboriginal secondary students
29/11/2019	Ellery; Roberts	Education and Training; Police	Port Hedland bus service receives a two-year extension
28/11/2019	Ellery	Education and Training	Education Department casual allied professionals to receive back payments
28/11/2019	Ellery; Tinley	Education and Training; Asian Engagement	Education links with Asia strengthened in WA
27/11/2019	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; State Development, Jobs and Trade; Education and Training	New program puts WA kids in driver’s seat for future jobs
27/11/2019	Kelly; Ellery	Science; Education and Training	Governor’s School STEM Awards won by country and city schools
22/11/2019	Ellery	Education and Training	VET partnerships program to drive job growth in regional WA
22/11/2019	Ellery	Education and Training	Western Australia’s training achievements honoured at national awards
22/11/2019	Ellery	Education and Training	WA’s best apprentices and students to be tested at national competition
21/11/2019	Ellery; Dawson	Education and Training; Disability Services	Training boost for the social assistance and allied health sector
21/11/2019	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	Leeming Primary to receive more than $474,000 for maintenance upgrades
20/11/2019	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	Currambine Primary receives more than $1.5 million for upgrades and maintenance
13/11/2019	Ellery	Education and Training	Funding for Wiluna school’s training program
13/11/2019	Ellery	Education and Training	New facilities open at Carnarvon Community College
12/11/2019	Ellery; Johnston	Education and Training; Energy	Energy utilities and TAFE join forces to upskill WA workers
12/11/2019	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	TAFE Partnership with Rio Tinto delivers an Australian first
11/11/2019	Ellery	Education and Training	Students bound for Darwin and Singapore for war commemorations
8/11/2019	Ellery	Education and Training	Minister visits upgraded facilities at Southern River College
7/11/2019	Ellery	Education and Training	Administration upgrade to Richmond Primary School opened
5/11/2019	Ellery	Education and Training	WorldSkills national championships for Perth in 2020
1/11/2019	Ellery	Education and Training	Official name announced for new primary school in Byford
1/11/2019	Ellery	Education and Training	Name announced for new primary school in Baldivis
1/11/2019	Ellery	Education and Training	Name announced for new primary school in Caversham
30/10/2019	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	State-wide mobile phone ban for WA public schools
28/10/2019	Ellery	Education and Training	WA’s top teachers, staff and schools for 2019!
26/10/2019	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	Joint media statement - Perth to increase in attractiveness for international students
22/10/2019	Ellery	Education and Training	Schools invited to apply for Independent Public School status
22/10/2019	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	Local Albany builder delivering major school upgrade
22/10/2019	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	McGowan Government delivers $15.2 million for new Mount Lockyer Primary
18/10/2019	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	Margaret River Senior High School redevelopment underway
18/10/2019	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	South-West schools to benefit from $12 million maintenance blitz
15/10/2019	McGowan; Ellery; Saffioti	Premier; State Development, Jobs and Trade; Education and Training; Transport	Reduction in TAFE fees paves the way for new METRONET jobs
14/10/2019	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	McGowan Government reduces TAFE fees by 50 per cent
11/10/2019	Ellery	Education and Training	Bandwidth upgrades to boost student learning
11/10/2019	Ellery	Education and Training	New opportunity for gifted secondary students
10/10/2019	Ellery	Transport	Early works tender for METRONET’s Morley-Ellenbrook Line and Bayswater upgrade released
9/10/2019	Ellery; Roberts	Education and Training; Police	Education and Police team up to tackle violence
3/10/2019	Wyatt; Ellery	Finance; Education and Training	Local businesses big winners in Broome Senior High School project
27/09/2019	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	Albany schools to receive nearly $2.7 million in new job-creating package
27/09/2019	Kelly; Ellery	Science; Education and Training	Governor’s School STEM Awards finalists revealed
23/09/2019	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	Balcatta schools to receive $1.17 million in new job-creating package
22/09/2019	McGowan; Ellery; Wyatt	Premier; Education and Training; Treasurer	Major maintenance blitz: New job-creating school package unveiled
19/09/2019	Ellery	Education and Training	New resource to guide positive teacher-student relationships
18/09/2019	Ellery	Education and Training	New school facilities opened at Canning Vale College
17/09/2019	McGowan; Ellery	Premier; Education and Training	First look at world-class Bob Hawke College
13/09/2019	Ellery	Education and Training	Innovation and excellence driving WA Training Award winners
13/09/2019	Ellery	Education and Training	No WA student should be disadvantaged by NAPLAN technical issues