Celebrating Local Students' Ideas
Published in the Logan Reporter, 24 October 2014. One of the highlights of my job as your local representative is the time I get to spend...
Statement to the House on Opti-MINDS
Dr CHALMERS (Rankin) (13:46): We want our country to be innovative, creative and dynamic. For that reason I was pleased two weekends ago...
We have unity with diversity
Published in the Logan Reporter 10 October 2014. “We are many colours and we are one” I was admiring these words, painted over a rainbow...
We are many colours and we are one
Dr CHALMERS (Rankin) (13:36): Not a day goes by that I do not feel particularly blessed to represent one of the most multicultural and...
Higher Education Cuts Affect Our Children's Future Prospects
Dr CHALMERS (Rankin) (13:30): One of the finest traditions that we have in this place is that we welcome kids from schools right around...
Teach for Logan
First published in the Logan Reporter on 29 August 2014. One of my top goals as your local federal representative is to ensure that every...
Attracting Better Teachers to Logan
Dr CHALMERS (Rankin) (13:34): I congratulate and commend Racquel O'Connor, the principal of Mabel Park State School, in my electorate...
Funding should be based on need
YOU would have heard a lot out of Canberra over the last couple of weeks about school funding. I want to explain why education funding...
90 Second Statement: YMCA School
Available on the Hansard or below: December 04, 2013 at 1:49pm Dr CHALMERS (Rankin) (13:49): I rise to pay tribute to the YMCA school in...
Recognising effort at district schools
It’s school awards season and school communities across Rankin have been recognising students’ achievements in academic, sporting and...
