Western Australia’s Liberal-National Government has moved to trim the powers of education department bureaucrats over the state’s 770 primary and secondary schools.The move was taken by Education Minister Dr Liz Constable who, until last September’s state election, had been an independent Liberal lower house MP since entering parliament in 1993.Despite this. Liberal Premier Colin Barnett persuaded her to join his Cabinet. They have long co-operated in and outside parliament, in part because they…
