Education

2011 Longman Christmas Card Competition

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Thursday, 10 November 2011 Students Share their “Favourite Christmas” Wyatt Roy, Federal Member for Longman yesterday announced the winners of the 2011 Longman Christmas Card Competition. The theme for students’ entries was “My Favourite Christmas”. Art designs from local primary schools students were judged by a panel of local media representatives. The 2011 Longman Christmas Card Competition Winners are: • Katie Moore – Elimbah State School • Riley Lane – Burpengary State School • Dela Mousavifard – St Paul’s Lutheran College • Codie Lewis – Morayfield State School • Stephanie Borrill – Delaneys Creek State School • Taylah Scott-Buchanan – Elimbah State School • Keyali Graham – Morayfield State School Mr Roy will be presenting the winning students with a certificate and a framed copy of the Christmas Cards in the coming weeks. The winning designs from this year’s competition:

The Coalition Expands and Improves Education Tax Rebate

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

A Coalition Government will help families meet the costs of their children’s education and ease pressure on family budgets by improving and expanding the existing Education Tax Refund. The Coalition’s expanded rebate will cover expenses such as school fees, camps and excursions and special education costs for children with disabilities (see our policy here for a full list of eligible expenses). For primary students, we will increase the rebate to up to $500 per year per child in primary school. Eligible families will be able to claim a 50 per cent rebate for up to $1,000 of eligible education-related expenses for each child in primary school. For secondary school students, we will increase the rebate to up to $1,000 per year per child. Eligible families will be able to claim a 50 per cent rebate for up to $2,000 of education-related expenses for each child in secondary school. We will also expand the types of expenses to which the rebate … Continue reading 

Supporting parental choice

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

All Australian children deserve a high quality education that enables them to develop the skills necessary to realise their potential. Unlike Labor, the Liberals support parental school choice because we actually believe in it. We will not punish parents for investing in their children’s education. Find out more here: http://www.liberal.org.au/Issues/Education.aspx