Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) Share this | Hansard source

The question, as the good senator knows, is nonsensical. Under round 1 of the funding arrangements, 10,238 computers have been delivered to 107 schools. That means that we are moving from a situation under the former government—your government, Senator Mason—of a ratio of computers to students of one to eight, and up to one to 12 in some schools, to a ratio of one to two. That is a substantial improvement in equality of opportunity for students in Australian schools, as a direct result of this government’s actions. We are in the process of rolling out $1.1 billion worth of expenditure in round 1 and round 2, which of course, as the senator knows, has only just closed. The expectation is that a further number of schools, some 793 government schools, 342 independent schools and 285 Catholic schools— (Time expired)