Speeches
Child Care Fees
Thursday, 02 September 2010 12:37
Dr FLEGG (Moggill—LNP) (11.44 am): One of the cost pressures facing Queensland families is the impending dramatic increase in the cost of child care, which is estimated to be between $13 and $20 per day or $65 per week. Those opposite have shown a deafening silence on the issue of the cost of child care. We have seen award simplification procedures push up costs by $2 to $4 a day. We have thisBuilding the Education Revolution
Wednesday, 01 September 2010 11:54
31 Aug 2010 Matters of Public Interest
Building the Education Revolution
Dr FLEGG (Moggill—LNP) (11.52 am): Recently we saw the release of the Orgill report—the interim report by the implementation task force into the Building the Education Revolution program—and it could be best described as damning. The BER program was implemented by the Rudd government for the stated purpose of stimulating the economy, yet in the interim report we find that 40 per cent of Queensland’s projects are yet to begin—two years after theMore Articles...
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