{"id":2696,"date":"2019-05-08T01:16:20","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T01:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=2696"},"modified":"2019-05-08T01:16:20","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T01:16:20","slug":"labor-commits-120000-toward-newcastle-school-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/05\/08\/labor-commits-120000-toward-newcastle-school-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"LABOR COMMITS $120,000 TOWARD NEWCASTLE SCHOOL PROJECTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Federal Member for Newcastle Sharon Claydon today announced that Labor will invest $120,000 for priority projects at four public schools in Newcastle.<br \/>\nMs Claydon said that if Labor is elected, it will deliver:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$50,000 to upgrade the basketball courts at Glendore Public School<\/li>\n<li>$25,000 towards digital media equipment for the annual Digital Media Festival at Callaghan College<\/li>\n<li>$25,000 towards outdoor improvements at New Lambton Public School including a new fence and soft fall surfaces<\/li>\n<li>$20,000 for Stockton Public School to create an outdoor learning play area and sensory garden<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThese projects will improve the amenity of these schools and improve educational outcomes,\u201d Ms Claydon said.<br \/>\n\u201cToday\u2019s announcement is on top of the extra $19.4 million that Newcastle\u2019s public schools will receive in the first three years of a Shorten Labor Government.<br \/>\n\u201cLabor will invest an extra $14 billion into Australia\u2019s public schools to give all children the opportunity to reach their full potential, no matter where they live, or how much their parents earn.<br \/>\n\u201cThe extra funding will mean more individual attention for students, and more help with the basics such as reading, writing, maths and science.<br \/>\n\u201cAt the election there is a clear choice for voters \u2013 Labor\u2019s investment in public schools, or the Liberals tax loopholes for the top end of town.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal Member for Newcastle Sharon Claydon today announced that Labor will invest $120,000 for priority projects at four public schools in Newcastle. Ms Claydon said that if Labor is elected, it will deliver: $50,000 to upgrade the basketball courts at Glendore Public School $25,000 towards digital media equipment for the annual Digital Media Festival at &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/05\/08\/labor-commits-120000-toward-newcastle-school-projects\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;LABOR COMMITS $120,000 TOWARD NEWCASTLE SCHOOL PROJECTS&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2696\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}