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

Thank you, Senator Hutchins. Yes, I can confirm those figures are true. There have only been 60 complaints, with one unresolved complaint out of 24,000 schools. I think that is a pretty good strike rate—there is only one unresolved school matter. A recent survey of 300 principals at the Australian Primary Principals Association conference found that 85 per cent of principals highly approved of the BER and the P21 scheme.

Senator Mason liked doing his research in the media. So do I. Burnie’s The Advocate says that infants are relocating. Coolum & North Shore News says that learning for the 21st century begins at the Yandina Primary School. North Queensland’s Daily Mercury says ‘Blackboards done and dusted’ as they move to the new electronic blackboards. The Sunday Herald Sun says, ‘Science for all’, with science and language centres—