Member for Nanango, Deb Frecklington, said the region will see an injection of $4.5million for a new Hall at Kingaroy State High School.
Mrs Frecklington said the infrastructure announcement comes after the Labor Government doing nothing for school infrastructure for more than two years.
“The LNP Opposition have been calling on the Labor Government to invest money in school infrastructure and I am disappointed it has taken this long for the need to be identified,” Mrs Frecklington said.
“However, now that we do have this funding, I would like to see local contractors securing the work so Kingaroy sees the economic benefits of the project.
“I also support the statement by our Shadow Minister for Education, Tracy Davis, that it is clear Labor doesn’t have a long-term plan to meet the growing needs of schools across Queensland.
“Instead of investing more in our schools, Labor shifted $191 million out of the education and training budget* back into the kitty for whole of government priorities. To date, their only answer has been to install more demountables.
“The LNP delivered a record $600 million worth of funding for school maintenance to keep our schools in top shape.
In fact, in the Nanango Electorate, nearly $8million was invested in getting through the backlog of maintenance projects that desperately needed attention. And a further $13million was spent on Capital Works projects.
“It was the LNP that established the Schools Planning Commission, which helped secure 10 new schools for south-east Queensland through the Public Private Partnership (PPP).
“The LNP also established independent public schools and in 2014 alone we invested an extra $131 million through the Great Results Guarantee program.”
Photo: Member for Nanango, Deb Frecklington, with students from Kingaroy State High School during a visit this month.
