Brett Mason (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Education) Share this | Hansard source

My question without notice is to Senator Carr, the Minister representing the Minister for Education. Is the minister aware of an article in today’s Australian which reveals that the majority of Australian schools have to run raffles to provide for basic equipment and amenities for their students? With the Rudd government set to leave schools with billions of dollars in ongoing costs for the computers in schools program, how can the government expect schools to provide basic facilities such as textbooks, toilets and even hot running water?