Bernie Ripoll (Oxley, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

We have committed millions to it. We will continue to deliver on the Ipswich Motorway. We will meet all of our election promises and commitments for a full upgrade of the Ipswich Motorway ahead of time. Work is going on right now, and it will be completed ahead of time. Those on the other side, the opposition, had 12 years to do something but they did nothing. Well, they did a little bit just before the last election, which they lost, but they did nothing overall.

On urban planning, we understand the issues. I do not have the time today to go into all the detail, but I can assure you that in my electorate we understand the issues very acutely.

I will end by speaking briefly on schools and what we call the education revolution. It is a bold step in the right direction, and this budget has moved on with that commitment. One of the biggest commitments we have made in the budget is to the future of young Australians, our children, through investing in their education. We have called this the education revolution and have committed billions of new dollars towards ensuring that all of our schools are properly resourced to deliver the best possible services to our kids. We recognise that all of our kids, regardless of what school they attend, deserve the very best. The old debate over school funding is dead. The new debate is about how much more we can do to acknowledge properly the work of our teachers and to ensure that the highest level of educational standards are met. This is Labor’s first budget in 12 years. It is a great budget, and there will be many more to come. I congratulate the Treasurer on a fantastic job.

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