Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I say to those opposite, before they interject in too partisan a fashion: chaplains existed in schools prior to them introducing this program. It might be a historically difficult fact for those opposite to grasp, but it is not exclusively an innovation of the previous government—far from it.

Second, as far as the existing program is concerned, I am advised by the education minister that it runs also into next year. We are currently in the process of reviewing the program. I believe they are doing a fantastic job, and we will wait till we conclude the proper review processes concerning the future.

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