Construction costs add pressure to education budget

The ACT government has had to increase the budget for modernisation work at Garran Primary School and building costs for the new Strathnairn Primary School and North Gungahlin High School. Picture by Graham Tidy

The education building boom continues in the 2023-24 ACT budget, but some key asks from stakeholders did not make the final budget papers.

The territory will spend $1.7 billion on education in the 2023-24 financial year. Education spending represents 23 per cent of the entire budget, the second largest area behind health.