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

On Building the Education Revolution, about which I was asked, the email from Tony Shaw, a principal, says:

I wonder if National Party politicians feel as adamant about small rural schools missing out on getting new classrooms as their Coalition partners. I think Prime Minister’s Fadden, Page and McEwen would be ‘turning in their graves’ if they do.

He goes on to say:

I support the BER as I’m sure all small school principals and their communities do. Of course with such a massive project there will be problems in implementation. (There was with Investing in Our Schools, the Howard Government’s school infrastructure improvement project) but the mean spirited attacks on small school principals, teachers, children, parents and rural/remote communities is—

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