Families across NSW will be left wanting as new analysis reveals the extent of NSW Labor’s shortcomings on school building commitments, with some promised school projects at least 75 per cent underfunded.
Minister for Education and Early Learning Sarah Mitchell said families need to know that Labor’s sums don’t add up.
“Labor is throwing caution to wind when it comes to our students’ education, undervaluing school projects by tens of millions,” Ms Mitchell said.
“They need to come clean with parents, students and the communities they’ve made promises to on what they will miss out on in these projects or how they intend to fill the funding gap.
“This is just further evidence that Labor can’t be trusted, especially with their track record of closing 90 schools in the state when they were last in government.”
This comes after education spokesperson Prue Car admitted that Labor has not costed their wages policy and did not know the detail or breakdown of their Education Future Fund.
“More wages, staffing and infrastructure are the three key promises from Labor, and to see Labor refuse to detail or cost any of them is unbelievable,” Ms Mitchell said.
“Labor do not know how much their education promises will cost and we are already seeing the impact of that, with underfunded schools being spun to families across NSW.
“It’s only the NSW Liberal and Nationals Government that can continue to deliver the new and upgraded public schools our communities deserve.”
The NSW Liberal and Nationals Government is investing $8.6 billion in school infrastructure over the next four years, continuing its program to deliver 160 new and upgraded schools to support communities across NSW. This builds on the more than $9.1 billion invested in projects delivered since 2017, a program of $17.7 billion in public education infrastructure.
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