Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to a statement of the New South Wales Teachers Federation, whose 50,000 members serve in 3,000 public schools around New South Wales. I quote the statement:

It appears … that management fees will account for up to a quarter of the state’s $3.4 billion BER funding.

It appears that problems of overpricing and excessive management fees are systematic rather than isolated.

Does the Prime Minister agree with his deputy that anyone criticising waste and mismanagement in this program is guilty of a thought crime? I further ask the Prime Minister: is he confident that this program is being run by a first-class minister doing a first-class job?

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