Public Hearing in Darwin NT - 10 May 1999
Witnesses giving evidence in Darwin were
- Margot Ford, Lecturer,
Faculty of Education, Northern Territory University: bilingual education;
racism in schools; access to secondary education; school discipline;
human rights education; tolerance; anti-racism programs
- Peter Toyne, Shadow
Minister for Education and Training, NT Legislative Assembly: Indigenous
education; remote area education models; technology; students with disabilities;
post school options; staff turnover; staff support
- Sister Anne Gardiner:
bilingual education; Indigenous education; social and cultural pressures
- Dr Michael Christie,
Northern Territory University: bilingual education; Indigenous education;
information technology
- Bill Griffiths,
Director of Catholic Education (NT): Catholic education; Indigenous
education; rural education funding; education costs; professional support
for staff; staff development; students with disabilities; staff recruitment
and turnover; bilingual education
- John Sheldon,
Legal Policy Manager, North Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service:
impact of NT laws
- Katherine Henderson,
Deputy Secretary, Northern Territory Department of Education, with Peter
Jones also of the Department: structural changes in the NT Department;
Indigenous education; bilingual education; information technology; remote
student access to secondary education; students with disabilities
- Rosalind Djuwandayngu:
bi-cultural education; teacher housing; remote school facilities; students
with disabilities; social and cultural pressures; teacher training;
secondary age remote students; students with disabilities
- Dr Dennis Griffith,
Australian Rural Education Research Association: definitions and disadvantage;
service benchmarks; language proficiency
- Robert Laird,
President, NT branch, Australian Education Union with Lisa Heap, federal
Women's Officer: retention rates; education funding; Indigenous education;
remote area staffing issues; bilingual education; staffing formula;
women teachers; professional development; female students; students
with disabilities and other disadvantages; professional support for
staff
- Joseph Brown,
Beverley Angeles and Maria Stephens, Indigenous Education Council: access
for Indigenous students in Central Australia; bilingual education; school
funding; income support; Indigenous education; secondary education access
in remote areas; students with disabilities; Abstudy
- Veronica Arbon, Assistant Director, David McClay, Deputy Director and Ron Watt, Head of School and Education Studies, Batchelor College: education outcomes; Abstudy; funding; teacher training; adult education; bilingual education; employment conditions; students with disabilities; Both Ways; remote community study centres.
