FED: Orgill says BER rollout successful overall

By EducationHQ News Team
Published July 8, 2011

BER SYDNEY - Federal Labor's controversial Building the Education Revolution (BER) scheme has been labelled a success by the taskforce set up ...

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FED: Orgill says BER rollout successful overall

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