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

Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. As I indicated, I do withdraw—and, of course, it is more squeak than standover when it comes to the member for Sturt.

On the question of Building the Education Revolution, I think a very important point has been raised by the member for Sturt—that is, the point about the guidelines. Our guidelines ensure that schools right around the country, all schools, will benefit from Building the Education Revolution. Yesterday evening I was with the member for Sturt in the Main Committee, where the member for Sturt interestingly talked about the ‘targeting’ of Building the Education Revolution. He said:

There are schools that already have very substantial infrastructure, have everything that a school could really want for its pupils—

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