House debates Questions without Notice

Building the Education Revolution Program

Tuesday, 11 May 2010 House of Representatives

Christopher Pyne

Christopher Pyne Sturt, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Education, Apprenticeships and Training

2:52 pm

My question is to the Prime Minister. The Rawlinsons Australian Construction Handbook indicates that single-level primary school buildings should cost $1,350 per square metre. The cost per square metre under the Prime Minister’s school hall program for some buildings like canteens was as high as $13,300. How does achieving potentially less than 10 per cent value in some cases fit with his promise to be a fiscal conservative? If the Prime Minister cannot be trusted to manage a $16.2 billion program, how can he be trusted to deliver any of his promises?

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