Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

I will take from that answer that, no, they are not going to be built and that it is a broken promise. I wonder if the minister is then able to answer a supplementary question. I understand that the purpose of the school hostels was to give young people the opportunity to go to a school that at least meets the national secondary education standards. Is it true that at the facility at Wadeye 20 out of 21 students boarding are actually from the local community and attending the same school they would have attended in any event?