Mark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Government Service Delivery) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Hutchins for the question and for the outstanding work he has done in the past and continues to do. I think it has now been a number of weeks since we have received a question from Senator Mason or the Liberal Party about the Building the Education Revolution. They seem to have forgotten about the Building the Education Revolution, but the Rudd government has not.

I can report to the Senate that there are now 11,000 projects approved, with 8,000 school projects underway. There are 2½ thousand projects with on site work, with activity taking place right now on school campuses, supporting schools for the future. Twenty-nine projects have already been completed. In terms of science and language centres, there are over 500 projects already approved, almost 400 underway and 30 with construction having started.