Senate debates

Tuesday, 24 November 2009

Questions without Notice

Schools: Computers

2:38 pm

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

Two point one billion dollars, Senator Conroy. To date, funding has been approved for over 475,000 additional computers for secondary schools, and over 178,000 computers have been delivered to 1,900 schools across Australia. How Senator Mason can suggest that this is a broken promise is a little beyond me. I am a little puzzled. This is a government that is investing $2.2 billion over six years in the Digital Education Revolution. We are providing assistance to schools to ensure that schools move to a ratio of one— (Time expired)

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