Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

It really does strike me as extraordinary that members opposite cannot understand the following basic things. Of course there are guidelines for all of the Building the Education Revolution program—for the programs for primary schools, for the programs for secondary schools and for the National School Pride program. Those guidelines are the same across the country. The member for Petrie mentioned yesterday to me how she had resolved a problem at a local school, covered by the member for Dickson. I think you will find, Member for Sturt, if you ask many members on this side of the parliament, that they are out there talking to their local schools, helping with getting information out there and helping with getting applications in. In my own electorate I have had a meeting of the principals of every local school to talk through—

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