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

Can I indicate to the member that the things that she has asserted in her question as fact are simply not correct. Can I also say to the member: I, like her and like members in her electorate, including the parent representative that she quotes, am very concerned to get value for money. That is why I, as minister, and the Rudd government have appointed the Building the Education Revolution Implementation Taskforce to assist schools with value for money. If the member wishes this matter or any other matter to be dealt by the implementation task force then she is more than welcome to take that course.

What I would say to the member in terms of the framing of her question and what I would also say to the shadow minister relating to a report in today’s paper is that I do not believe it is appropriate, whatever the opposition might think about the Building the Education Revolution, to have members of the opposition vilifying people serving on the task force and making assumptions about the task force.

See this speech in context