Kay Hull (Riverina, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

I do wear it as a badge of honour. This is The Nationals delivering; this is me as a Nationals member delivering in my electorate through coalition policy and an exciting and motivated former minister for education, Brendan Nelson. That has been carried on by the equally exciting and motivated education minister, Ms Julie Bishop. I am very pleased to have been a part of the delivery process. I am also pleased that when on 25 October I announced $1.4 million for Riverina schools—which should have been the responsibility of the state—I was announcing something that had integrity and something that was desperately needed in my electorate.

Late last year we had another delivery in one of my state schools, and it was absolutely fabulous. I am patron of Kooringal High School in Wagga Wagga, which was granted $1.4 million in capital grants funding to construct a gymnasium and covered area with disabled access. The government had previously announced $1.87 million for this project. The total money that the minister has been able to provide to Kooringal High School is $3.27 million, under the capital grants program. This is further evidence of the dedication by the coalition government, now in its 10th year, its 10th anniversary, to continue to provide for schools. The government is continuing to do what the member for Shortland insisted we should be doing—delivering. (Time expired)

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