Jill Hall (Shortland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I am shocked to hear the previous speaker state that the Building the Education Revolution program was the worst program ever introduced. Just for his information, I would like to put on the record the regional rorts program that was overseen by the Howard government. In my area that program saw money used to dredge Tumbi Creek, but it was cleared in one downfall of rain. Also, the Howard government’s contribution to education was to put in place Australian technical colleges. I thought I would share with the House some of the benefits of the Australian technical college in my electorate. The Shortland electorate covers both the Hunter and the Central Coast. The Central Coast ATC actually never came to fruition and the Newcastle-Hunter ATC was dogged with problems.

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