Summary of Recommendations
Recommendation 1
The committee majority recommends that all quarterly reports
on maintaining state spending on primary school infrastructure be made
available immediately.
Recommendation 2
The committee majority recommends that when the next round
of P21 funding is made available the remaining P21 program funds be provided
directly to those government schools choosing to manage their own projects to
completion.
Recommendation 3
The committee majority recommends that the government
immediately require all
state and territory education authorities and Block Grant Authorities to publish
breakdowns of all individual P21 project costs.
Recommendation 4
The committee majority recommends that DEEWR release
original applications and project costs as P21 projects are completed, together
with an explanation regarding any contract cost variations.
Recommendation 5
The committee majority recommends strengthening
accountability mechanisms for oversight of state expenditure of Commonwealth
money. This should include enhancing the powers of the Auditor-General to
'follow the money trail' to ensure value for money is achieved by the
Commonwealth for state expenditure of Commonwealth monies.
Recommendation 6
The committee majority recommends that the BER
Implementation Taskforce be given access to all costings and be able to examine
all relevant contracts to enable it to properly discharge its function to
ensure the community that value for money is being achieved.
Recommendation 7
To ensure that further taxpayer money is not subject to
waste and mismanagement, the committee majority recommends that the release of
any further BER funding be delayed until the BER Implementation Taskforce
reports to the Minister for Education in August 2010.
Recommendation 8
The committee majority recommends that the BER
Implementation Taskforce report be made publicly available when it is presented
to the Minister for Education.
Recommendation 9
In order to fully examine the systemic failure of
Commonwealth oversight mechanisms, the committee majority recommends that a
judicial inquiry be established to inquire into whether the BER program has
achieved value for money.
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