Catryna Bilyk (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Can the minister explain to the Senate how the guidelines for Building the Education Revolution are delivering the government’s objectives? In particular, what safeguards are in place to ensure that taxpayers get value for money? What rules have been established to ensure that design and building practices give sufficient weight to the principle of sustainability and that they produce facilities appropriate to the needs of the school in question? How is the government ensuring that funds are properly targeted and how is it controlling the cost of administration?