Labor to miss schools broadband plan deadline
The Liberals have accused the Labor government of “breaking another election promise” after Senator Kim Carr was unable to confirm that high-speed broadband access will be made available to schools in time to accompany government’s planned one-PC-per-desk rollout for high school students.
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