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

A week ago I was in Perth, and I visited the Westminster State School. There are three classrooms under construction, there are workers and apprentices on site, and money is going into the local economy. The school community is happy and the tradespeople are happy. That is exactly what the stimulus was designed to do. Again, this is an example of the other side being completely out of touch with what is going on in the economy, what has been happening with the global financial crisis, and the gains from the projects. I go back to Senator Joyce, who said on 12 December:

Well I think the whole ... stimulus package was not warranted ... I think the stimulus package was inappropriate

That means schools, school halls, school classrooms, school libraries—(Time expired)