Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, on 21 November Prime Minister Rudd announced that there would be an additional $42.8 million made available for this program—a program that, under the previous government, was to end in the middle of next year. The decision of the previous Prime Minister, Mr Howard, was to end the program. But Prime Minister Rudd has in fact extended the program by $42.8 million, which will provide funding to ensure that the good work of the 2,700 schools will continue until December—