Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

He has no idea. Money is already being rolled out for these programs. More than 300 council projects have already been approved. Over 129 contracts have already been signed with local government. But it is not inconsistent for this current opposition to have a local government spokesperson who opposes funding for local government, because we have local members who oppose funding for their local schools. Today we had an extraordinary spectacle. Can you imagine the tactics committee meeting this morning? There would have been about 20 of them sitting there, because everyone gets a guernsey. They are sitting there and the member for Dickson says: ‘I’ve got a good idea. I’ve got the government. They’re providing funds for Eatons Hill State School. It has 960 kids and they’re going to support them getting a hall. They’re going to support them getting upgrades. Let’s really get into them. Let’s have four questions on that.’

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