Sample of Labor Education

Splash lots of money around but do nothing to make sure it goes to something useful.

This is the Labor way and the Education 'Stimulus' as a perfect example of how not to do things.

Start by targeting only Infrastructure. Ensure that no-one can shop around for a good price, add conditions that make it impossible to do what you want, give more to schools that don;t need it and make sure they give you a letter of support by demanding one. This is the Rudd Gillard way.

The examples that are starting to appear are now legion but consider the case of the rushed school hall that requires mothers to go through the boys toilets to get to the swimming pool. Or the school that has to build a second school hall before they can upgrade the classrooms with air-conditioning. Force schools that are closing to build stuff.

Then there are the complaints about prices charged for work by the Govt approved suppliers. Cost blowouts to at least double the local prices ranging to four times the cost in some cases.

Now factor in that none of this work targets better education in schools, only buildings.

The result is a $14.7 B spending spree that does nothing for our education and for a value of at best $7 B but probably closer to $5 B by the time you add up the real value for money.