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Newly installed air conditioners unable to be used across Queensland schools as heatwave takes hold
Queensland students and staff face a sweltering final few days of the school year with newly installed air-conditioning units unusable because school electricity networks cannot cope.
Key points:
- Schools across Queensland cannot use the air-conditioning units that have been installed until their networks are upgraded
- The units were installed as part of the State Government program to install air-conditioning at public schools
- Education Minister Grace Grace said the networks will be upgraded over the school holidays
It comes in the midst of a lengthy heatwave being felt across the country.
The State Government’s $477 million program to install air-conditioners in all state schools by June 2022 received much fanfare when it was announced in…
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