Sky News host Alan Jones discusses the need for better school infrastructure reform with NSW Police Minister David Elliott and Shadow Transport Minister Chris Minns.
Mr Jones said not only is there a “crisis” inside a classroom, there is also a crisis in “finding” a classroom – amid a “massive political and bureaucratic failure” on behalf of the Liberal government.
“This is a massive political and bureaucratic failure because from mid-2019 the NSW government set a student population for each school based on the number of permanent buildings,” he said.
“And parents can't enrol children in schools out of their immediate catchment areas, so principals have to take on new students who live in the school zone.”
Mr Alan Jones asked Mr Minns if this was also the Labor Party’s policy stance.
“No I think you’ve hit the nail on the head,” Mr Minns said.
“The auditor-general actually released a report on this last week where she showed that the majorit
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New school projects driven by election promises over priorities: Auditor-General
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The majority of NSWâs new school builds over the last three years have been determined by government promises and election commitments, rather than priority projects identified by the education departmentâs infrastructure arm, an audit has found.
NSW Auditor-General Margaret Crawford said new school builds and upgrades led by School Infrastructure NSW had not all met the highest needs of the stateâs students.
In her audit, released on Thursday, Ms Crawford called on the education department to commit to a 10-year project priority list.
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