NATIONAL AFFAIRS: $16 billion education fiasco traps Julia Gillard*

As the fiasco surrounding the Federal Government’s multi-billion dollar home insulation affair widens, there is mounting criticism of the Government’s $16 billion school infrastructure program, part of the Government’s economic stimulus plan.The school improvement plan operates under the Orwellian title, Building the Education Revolution (BER).In some cases, state education departments are alleged to be charging the Commonwealth Government inflated sums for relatively small-scale projects.Among …

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