Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I am delighted to get a question from the shadow minister—absolutely delighted—and I certainly will be answering it. Can I say when it comes to the reaction of the Catholic and independent schools sector to the government’s recent announcement of computers in schools, rather than rely on the shadow minister I would prefer to rely on Bill Daniels, the Executive Director of the Independent Schools Council of Australia, and Monsignor Tom Doyle of the National Catholic Education Commission, who have both welcomed this new investment. This new investment was made into schools that applied and were invited to apply because they had a student-to-computer ratio of one to eight or worse—the legacy of the Liberal Party to Australian students in those schools.

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