Building the Education Revolution

[1] The program was part of the Rudd government's economic stimulus package designed as a response to the 2007–2010 global financial crisis.

[2] In April 2010, the government announced the formation of the BER Implementation Taskforce "to ensure projects are providing value for money".

Deputy Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard defended the BER saying that it was "already one of the most heavily scrutinised programs in the nation's history" and that the program was the "centerpiece" of an economic stimulus package that helped to "ensure that a generation of Australians weren't consigned to months or years of joblessness".

The Taskforce, headed by Brad Orgill, former chairman and chief executive of UBS Australasia, delivered its report to Senator Evans on 15 December 2010.

The report found that most of BER projects had been successfully delivered, with only 3% of the schools involved in the program making complaints.

A primary school in Kialla, Victoria , with signage identifying works funded by the Building the Education Revolution component of the economic stimulus plan.
The value (in $'000s) of monthly approvals for educational buildings in Australia since July 2000. The spike leading up to 2010 corresponds to the BER program.