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

I never thought I would say this, but I am missing Senator Carr. Mr President, I have a supplementary question. Since the New South Wales Catholic block grant authority as well as leading construction industry expert Rawlinsons have now disproved claims made at estimates by Minister Carr and education department officials that Catholic school building costs are much lower because they do not include the costs of furniture and fit-outs, what other desperate excuse can the minister offer for the fact that state school buildings are two to five times more expensive than the same types of buildings built by non-government schools?