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

I say to Senator Mason that he should spend less time doing his research in the newspapers and a little bit more time talking to principals and school communities because school communities and school principals across the country are supportive of what the government is doing. This is infrastructure they would not have seen for decades. Remember: 3,000 flagpoles under the coalition government, 3,000 school libraries under Labor. I remind you of what the construction industry is saying about these projects. Mr Peter Jones, Master Builders Australia chief economist said: ‘Public spending on education and social’—