How can the education department be held accountable with no deadlines?

New school law proposal removes time limits for education department. It will be allowed to take as long as it wants to build and fix schools

01 August 2022 - 20:43

Proposed changes to the school infrastructure law scrapping crucial deadlines and timelines could result in “government taking however long it wants to fix and build new schools”, lobby group Equal Education has warned...

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