FED:BER saved jobs, says Evans

AAP General News (Australia)
12-15-2010
FED:BER saved jobs, says Evans

The federal government says a report on the 16.2 billion dollar schools buildings program
released today is proof the stimulus package has been a great success.

Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations Minister CHRIS EVANS says
the independent report released by the Building the Education Revolution taskforce shows
only three per cent of schools involved in the program had complained.

Senator EVANS says they weren't going to have eight thousand construction projects
without getting complaints .. and while some have been resolved quite easily .. some are
more serious.

Taskforce head BRAD ORGILL has criticised the NSW government's management .. saying
its building projects were the most expensive.

In Victoria .. less than a quarter of projects have been completed .. with the majority
of complaints about delays and value for money.

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KEYWORD: SCHOOLS EVANS (MELBOURNE)

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