Compare and contrast
Posted by Scott on Wednesday 21 January 2009 Categories: Education, Politics Tags: Tags: budget, EducationRevolution, GerryHarvey, SchoolFunding, StimulusPackage |
The Rudd Government last year splurged $10.4 billion on a package designed to stimulate the economy. After initially noting a rise in sales, unAustralian Of The Year nomination, Gerry Harvey, now reckons that sales are such that it’s like the stimulus “never happened.” (Mind you, it could just be the kind of rhetoric that makes it easier for Harvey to shut stores and shed jobs.)
In other news, Australia spends about $1,000 less per year, per public school student on buildings and equipment than Britain and the USA. For the relatively paltry sum of $2.2 billion per year we could bridge the gap and — dare I say? — start an education revolution that would deliver strong and positive long term benefits for this nation.
