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

I thank the shadow minister for his question. Of course, his question, like the first question by the Leader of the Opposition, relates to the government’s nation-building plan for recovery, to our support for jobs during the worst global recession in 75 years and to the biggest school modernisation program this nation has ever seen. I note the continued opposition of the Liberal Party to the more than 24,000 projects in around 9,500 schools that are being delivered through this program in order to support jobs today, during the worst global recession in 75 years, whilst engaging in the biggest school modernisation program the nation has ever seen. I say to the shadow minister: the shadow minister would be aware that the Building the Education Revolution program works through education authorities. It works through the Catholic education authority, and I thank them for their efforts in delivering this program to schools.

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