Mark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Government Service Delivery) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the good senator for the opportunity to talk about the Australian Technical College - Spencer Gulf and Outback and about Building the Education Revolution. As I put on the record yesterday, there are 24,000 projects across the country and 9½ thousand schools will receive major upgrades and new infrastructure, creating jobs for tradespeople and jobs for small business. That is what Building the Education Revolution is about.

With regard to the Australian Technical College - Spencer Gulf and Outback, I inform the Senate that the college received $75,000 under the NSP project for the expansion of a storage facility for tools and equipment at their Port Pirie campus. The South Australian Catholic Education Authority has advised that the future of the ATC is in doubt and that the BER funding has been frozen until a decision is made. The principal advises that no funds have been spent by the school to date.