Save Yeppoon TAFE – Stop the Secret Plan

PETITION TO THE QUEENSLAND STATE PARLIAMENT

Save Yeppoon TAFE – Stop the Secret Plan

To the Honourable Speaker and Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly,

We, the undersigned residents of Queensland, oppose the proposed conversion of the Yeppoon TAFE site into an Aboriginal school for troubled and disengaged youth.


The decision has been made without proper community consultation, and the approval of the Queensland Government is still required.

We believe the Yeppoon TAFE site, located beside the Yeppoon High School on Tabone Street, is not an appropriate location for this initiative. A more suitable alternative should be considered in consultation with the community.

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  • Kristopher Van Egmond
    signed 2025-03-11 15:46:07 +1000
  • T Smitu
    signed 2025-03-08 21:13:54 +1000
  • Jeanette Kavanagh
    signed 2025-03-08 13:55:40 +1000
  • Katrina Schick
    signed 2025-03-08 13:41:43 +1000
  • Renee Grace
    signed 2025-03-05 22:18:53 +1000
    I believe an area more for them , to feel supported as you have local homes and schooling, can cause different perceptions and create more unease, for the youth that needs help and support, a seperate location not near other schools , i hope they have. a great support system fro these youth that need guidance understanding and love and the right help to heal trauma, let tafe stay for its positive eductaional area for other youth and people in the community that desreve to have access
  • Sue Bassett
    signed 2025-03-05 21:13:47 +1000
  • Gem Harris
    signed 2025-03-05 17:40:38 +1000
  • Samantha Cremin
    signed 2025-03-05 03:49:05 +1000
    I think this is a good idea, but in the wrong location.
  • Holly Mogey
    signed 2025-03-04 20:56:31 +1000
  • Linda Hammer
    signed 2025-03-04 14:34:12 +1000
    Why dislodge existing tenants to temporary accommodation yet to be sourced in favour of another group of people.
  • Belinda Owen
    signed 2025-03-03 19:05:27 +1000
    We’re moving to Yeppoon at the end of the year and concerned about this proposal.
  • Phyllis Perren
    signed 2025-03-03 08:39:24 +1000
  • Lynelle Potter
    signed 2025-03-03 06:42:52 +1000
  • Norton Collins
    signed 2025-03-02 20:18:55 +1000
  • Karen Howard
    signed 2025-03-02 19:23:41 +1000
    Leave the TAFE as it is for the education purposes.
  • Alan Toop
    signed 2025-03-02 16:29:07 +1000
  • Cheryl Kempton
    signed 2025-03-01 21:04:43 +1000
  • Ben O’Regan
    signed 2025-03-01 20:59:09 +1000
  • Ashley Field
    signed via 2025-03-01 13:18:37 +1000
  • Bernard Wilson
    signed 2025-03-01 09:45:45 +1000
  • Angus Gregson
    signed via 2025-03-01 09:16:09 +1000
  • Francine Field
    signed 2025-03-01 08:32:47 +1000
  • Briony Campbell
    signed 2025-03-01 06:05:32 +1000
  • Heather Bellett
    signed 2025-02-28 20:36:50 +1000
  • J Saunders
    signed 2025-02-28 19:57:53 +1000
  • Mareen Schuller
    signed 2025-02-28 19:12:56 +1000
  • Mick Adams
    signed via 2025-02-28 17:43:53 +1000
  • Jody Kendrick-Ward
    signed 2025-02-28 16:23:54 +1000
    Can they put it out at the caves where the old school of today school for delinquent students used to go? Not directly in town where they will devalue the town and steal from the YSHS, residential properties and businesses that are close by. Or use the indigenous schools and community centres that liberals built 3 years ago in the Northern Territory but when Labor got in they didn’t open them up?


    It’s good that they want to help BUT they are dumping the problems onto a small town full of aged pensioners and retired families. What is the guarantee that the ppl of yeppoon are safe especially those children and residential families next to the safe going to have? We do not want yeppoon to turn into Rockhampton, Townsville & the Northern Territory!


    Why put them into a situation where they are going to be hated and watched (indigenous kids) aren’t we supposed to be stopping this division? If it was any child that has issues fitting in and put in a location better suited for them away from being able to harm others and steal stuff with live in facilities like boarding-house, high fenses and security cameras around the school. That’s much better then in town.
  • Skott Kendrick-Ward
    signed 2025-02-28 16:12:35 +1000
  • terry laidlaw
    signed via 2025-02-28 16:11:07 +1000