Government and computers for kids

G'day

i understood that Mr Rudd promised free computers to every grade 5 school child in Australia

did i miss understand ??

i have been told that the school can decide if the funds are spent on computers or not.

is this going to be another problem promise ??

now i ask about the proposal and hear that its one between two and all other things.

can anybody tell me what the truth is - the catholic education people say they have never heard of

the grant.

regards peter

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Sorry Peter I do not know.



Do you think the Hospital system appears to be going to get a better deal? Hope our Prime Minister sticks to his word when he says things are going to change. Our Hospital System has been SO bad for SO long that should be number 1 priority surely.

World wide things seem to be on the improve but just marginally - small steps. I do think we in Australia have fared a bit better than most other Countries.

Maybe Mr. Rudd deserves a bit of credit for it. Not saying he is perfect mind you :) but time will tell and I feel very sorry for him coming into office at such a bad time.

Peter I do know so I am replying. rofl......



17th November 2007 KEVIN Rudd has announced a $1 billion plan to put more computers into classrooms as part of beefed-up policies on education and climate change at Labor's official federal election campaign launch, where he also presented John Howard as being past his use-by date.Mr Rudd opened his speech to the party faithful by saying Mr Howard was "stuck in the past" and had forgotten what fairness meant. [b]He also accused Mr Howard of a "feeding frenzy" in election spending promises and vowed not to be so "irresponsible" in his pledges.[/b]



[url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22754187-5013469,00.html]full story here[/url]



February 21, 2008 02:20am



THE Rudd Government has backed away from an election pledge to provide every upper secondary school student with their own computer.



Education Minister Julia Gillard said yesterday the Government would provide the resources but conceded it could not force schools to provide individual computers to each student.



The Opposition seized on the concession, accusing the Government of reneging on its promise and disappointing the almost one million private and public students in Years 9-12.



Mr Rudd's education revolution, including the $1 billion National Secondary Schools Computer Fund, helped him steamroll into Government last year.



A 15-page policy document labelled A Digital Education Revolution said: "A Rudd Labor Government will revolutionise classroom education by putting a computer on the desk of every upper secondary student.



[url=http://www.aboutseniors.com.au/index.php/meeting_place/newreply/1177/]full story here[/url]



Just one of his many broken promises.



Like handing back Devonport Hospital which John Howard had bought off the state as they were intending to close it down.



Like reneging on an MRI machine for the North West Coast of Tasmania making everyone have to travel down to Launceston after promising this in the election.



When Mr Rudd took over the government he had 22 billion dollars in the Bank left from the good managemnt of Howard government.



When the GFM October 2008 came he had already put off the pensioners rises for a year and reneged on many promises but still had the money in the bank when it became obvious that the USA was leading the world into recession.



He has since then spent the 22 billion run up 303 billion on the credit card costing interest of billions a year and also a deficit of 58 billion and rising and not a lot to show for it either except the first stimulus paid out and part of the second (900 back from taxes)that we are not in recession and maybe wont be or very mildly and to date hasn't spent any of the majority of the borrowings on plaques (3 mill) saying Rudd and Labor gave the school the second gym hall or whatever for some schools and other make work buildings due to not having had any time to arrange it etc and many schools are not happy anyway.



Have a look at the items listed here

http:[url=//www.google.com.au/search?q=Rudd+=school+buildings+gyms+and+halls&ie;=utf-8&oe;=utf-8&aq;=t&rls;=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client;=firefox-a]source[/url]



so don't feel any sorrow for him for the GFM as he was shielded by the fact the Howard's government had already strengthened our 4 Banks and he has made a stupid mistake giving guarantees that were not actually needed in panic and usual Labor band aid measures on the run.



He took over a strong economy - that has weathered the previous Asian crisis and under Howard and Costello would have weathered this without a huge debt like we now have for sure.



Paul Keating and Bob Hawke must be laughing up their sleeves quietly no more 14 years to run up 96 billion dollars worth of debt coming back to haunt them with the 303 billion dollars of debt run up in what ? 10 months under Rudd. Oct 08 - now.

thanks very much - really appreciated but i am interested in the promise to primary students in grade 5. you are refering in part to secondary school



it has already been in the press that some schools have received them and our local school claims that the computer allowance will be spent on general repairs .



it is for this reason i inquire - where they do wrong smack them but have they done wrong in the matter of computers for primary schools ??



no doubt they have run up debt but they also spared me the trauma of depression or have you been effected - no people i know have - people have lost work but nothing like expected after all 6% unemployed is still 94% employed.



even before this present problem we had people for one reason or another not working - 4% in fact





thanks again but black or white - they are all the same - promise the world and do as little as possible.



regards peter

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