Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Community Services) Share this | Hansard source

As I understand it, these are specifically for the schools in the prescribed communities. There are a number of very successful models in the Northern Territory. The primary school in Tennant Creek—and I know Senator Crossin would be across that one—has a particular model. Each model varies according to its resources, particularly the human resources that are available. They provide what I think is an excellent model for a breakfast and a lunch program. Will kitchens be built? It will all be about an assessment of the availability and capacity in each community. There will obviously need to be some level of amenity, and you will assess whether that amenity is there. If it is not, it will be provided. If it is, it will have to come up to a particular standard. It may well have to be adjusted for the number of children who are going to school, which we hope very much, as part of the interdiction, will increase. So we will need to ensure that the capacity is there for all those people who, we believe, should be going to the school.