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

Mr President, I was wondering if the minister could table the advice he just referred to, and I ask a supplementary question. I refer the minister to an article in the Sydney Morning Herald of 13 August by Maralyn Parker which claims:

A $150,000 electrical substation is being forced onto one school. The school has already updated its electrical systems and has extra scope to deal with new buildings. It is selling electricity back into the grid through its extensive solar power network. The principal asked for more solar panels instead of a substation and was refused.

Does this demonstrate that the consultation provisions of the Building the Education Revolution guidelines have failed and that school requests are being routinely ignored in favour of narrow templates?