Anne Tolley MP
National Party Education Spokeswoman
23 May 2008
Education Minister should meet principals
Education Minister Chris Carter should be sitting down and talking to North Shore college principals about funding
rather than conducting a spat with them through the media, says National Party Education spokeswoman, Anne Tolley.
“Chris Carter should just get over himself and address the problems in a meaningful way.
“It looks as if he’s been caught fiddling the school funding figures by claiming he’s giving more to them than he
actually is.
“But his only response is to make up some excuse to not meet the 10 principals.
“Instead of arguing in the media about GST, he should be sitting down with them, as he was scheduled to do, and work
through the issues that have seen, for example, information technology costs going from almost nothing in 1999 to
$565,000 this year.”
ENDS