House debates Questions without Notice

Building the Education Revolution

Tuesday, 15 September 2009 House of Representatives

Sussan Ley

Sussan Ley Farrer, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Justice and Customs

2:48 pm

My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. I refer the minister to the Jerilderie Public School in my electorate of Farrer. After being told that their application under the Building the Education Revolution for an upgrade to their administration block and a new classroom had been approved, the school was informed last week that they would get only one classroom, costing $850,000. Does the minister agree with the view of the school’s P&C that, ‘To an untrained mind, $850,000 for one classroom seems ridiculously expensive’?

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