John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I think there are clearly linkages between investment in education and productivity and growth in the economy. I think there are also linkages between the quality of the outputs of education and the economy. I think the Australian economy will benefit enormously from our re-embracing of technical and further education. I think the Australian economy will benefit enormously if we can have relatively uniform and much higher standards of English, arithmetic and literacy.

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