THE PROFESSIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL VOICE OF QUEENSLAND’S TEACHERS AND SCHOOL LEADERS IN STATE SCHOOLS AND TAFE FOR MORE THAN 135 YEARS.

State election and capital works

QTU priority : Capital Works 
A capital works program (including a share of stimulus funding) to: replace ageing school buildings; upgrade the ICT capacity of all schools; and cater for growth through construction of new schools
            

Record of the parties in government
ALP and LNP
Promises of the political parties
The parties respond to QTU members' issues
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 Authorised by Graham Moloney, General Secretary, Queensland Teachers' Union, 21 Graham Street,Milton, QLD, Australia, 4064

LNP PROMISES : capital works

ALP PROMISES : capital works

GREENS PROMISES: capital works

  • Plan to air condition all classrooms by 2028
  • Will install flashing school signs within regions
  • Nine new schools 2021-2025
  • Will air condition all classrooms, staff rooms and libraries by June 2022
  • Will install solar panels on schools to offset air-conditioning costs
  • $220m school upgrades
  • Great Schools, Great Future policy will provide new, modern learning facilities. The $1 billion investment includes:
    • $433m for new classrooms and admin buildings
    • $258m for halls and performing arts centres
    • $110m for infrastructure upgrades and renewal
    • $50m for shovel-ready school projects
    • $20m planning for new schools
  • Establish a $250m yearly public school infrastructure fund to upgrade existing state schools and build new schools in areas of need
  • Includes the ability to upgrade school ICT capacity
LNP record in government : capital works ALP record in government : capital works
  • Closed six state schools
  • Sold off three school ovals
  • Opened 11 schools (two were already being built under previous government)
  • Established Schools Planning Commission, which failed to distinguish between private and public schools
  • Closed the Barrett Centre, which provided mental health and education services for adolescents, and cut funding to a range of education programs
  • Proposed widespread asset sales, despite strong public opposition
  • Opened the Cairns Special School, established four new primary schools, planned for six new secondary schools, and provided additional funding for state secondary school infrastructure to accommodate the six full cohorts by 2020
  • Opened Jacaranda Place, a new residential centre to provide mental health and education services for adolescents. Opened a non-residential Barrett Centre for at risk students
  • Has opened 21 new schools since 2015 including reopening Fortitude Valley as a secondary school. A further five are currently being built and four more are planned
  • Invested $200 million in Advancing Queensland to deliver 30 new school halls
  • 2020 Ready program delivered 61 additional classrooms for existing state secondary schools
  • Through Renewing Our Schools, delivered 44 projects in 26 schools to create new and refurbished learning spaces, multi-purpose halls and performing arts centres
  • Tripled the investment in school infrastructure from $500 million in 2015 to $1.5 billion in 2020

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