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

the program. I attended a principals forum, for example, in the member for Oxley’s electorate to talk through with principals the way the program works. Members on this side of the House: (1) believe in this program, the biggest school modernisation program in the nation’s history, (2) because we understand the economic stimulus effects, want this program to roll out quickly to support jobs across right across the country; and (3) understand that when you are engaged in the biggest school modernisation program this nation has ever seen and you want to roll it out quickly for the economic stimulus and job-supporting effects, people need the information and they need the assistance. Properly, the member for Petrie provided that in the electorate of the member for Dickson to assist a school with a local problem.

I understand that a desperate opposition want to make a cheap political point about this, led as they are by an opportunist. But before they go down this track too far, I will draw their attention to that great journal of record the North-West News. The front page from the most recent addition is headed up ‘Hill race for hall’. I will quote Mr Knox, whom I understand is the LNP candidate in the local area. Mr Knox said:

We are working hard to try and resolve it for them, they have been working on this project since 2004 and it is ready to go.

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