Home
Welcome to the website of Greens NSW MP John Kaye
John Kaye is a Greens member of the NSW Legislative Council
REPORT RELEASED: Inquiry into the provision of education to students with a disability or special needs
The NSW Legislative Council committee reviewing the education for students with special needs handed down its report on 19 July 2010.
Read the report HERE
John was a member of the committee and commented:
"Students with disabilities and other special needs only thrive when they get the intensive teacher time to address their individual requirements. The Keneally government's constraints on funding have denied many children those opportunities and placed unacceptable stress on teachers and parents.
The committee recommended that the: "NSW Government substantially increase funding for students with disabilities and special needs in NSW Governmen tschools to ensure all students have equitable access to education."
In all the committee made 31 recommendations.
Read John's comments in the Sydney Morning Herald HERE
Recent News
School heater report shows need for immediate action from Firth
The public release of a key scientific report confirming the harmful effects of unflued gas heaters in NSW public schools shows the Keneally government must act immediately to replace the toxic devices before any more children are affected, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Greens working to stop TAFE privatisation
The public provider of skills training and further education is being undermined by unfair competitive tendering for funding and damaging reductions in state and federal budget, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Greens call for climate future first in balcony clothes drying laws
Greens MP John Kaye urged NSW Fair Trading Minister Virginia Judge to allow all unit and townhouse dwellers to avoid the massive greenhouse gas emissions and costs of electric clothes dryers.
Dungog Council votes against Mayor and Tillegra proposal
The myth of local community support for Tillegra has been exploded by Dungog Council's overwhelming vote of no confidence in its Mayor, Glenn Wall, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Teachers & special needs students struggling with inadequate support
A NSW Upper House Inquiry’s findings lays down a challenge to the Keneally government and the Opposition to find more funding for students with disabilities and other special needs, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye
Dungog Council move on Mayor for failure to represent on dam
Dungog Mayor Glenn Wall should resign for failing to express the Dungog Council's position on Tillegra dam regardless of the numbers at tonight's Council meeting, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Inquiry condemns inadequate funding for students with disabilities
A NSW Upper House Inquiry has thrown down the gauntlet to the state and federal governments to provide more money and support for students with disabilities and other special needs in NSW public schools, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Keneally selling out households with power fire sale in China
Premier Kristina Keneally's trip to China is a desperate attempt to sell the state's electricity assets at bargain basement prices, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Evangelists allowed to establish beachhead in a public school
Education Minister Verity Firth has allowed aggressively evangelising churches to establish a beachhead in a public high school, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Big food's greenwash won't save Orang-utans frompalm oil death
The peak body for Australia's food industry is trying to wash its hands of its role in the destruction of rainforest habitat of the endangered orang-utan, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Contained Collections:
-
News Archive
- News items more than 30 days old
