Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The Building the Education Revolution program, which I have been asked a question about, goes to the implementation on the ground of this project to boost education performance in Australia and the underlying rationale, which is to provide also stimulus to the economy in the midst of the worst global recession in 75 years. Sensis says:

The main reason that SMEs gave for supporting the Federal Government was the economic stimulus plan.

That includes, of course, infrastructure development.

Whether it is on the infrastructure side, the employment side, the job side or the Building the Education Revolution side, the government is proud of this program. Of course, as I said before in answer to earlier questions, there will always be discussions and disagreements on the ground about what priorities should be attached. That is normal. That is why the guidelines made explicit a provision for local P&Cs to register their concerns. I urge each and every one of them to do that so that any individual matters which need to be attended to can be attended to through the processes we outlined from the outset.

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