Member for North Sydney, the Hon Joe Hockey MP, says the clock is ticking for schools to apply for the Coalition’s $50,000 rainwater tank funding from the Federal Government.

Mr Hockey said the Howard Government’s Green Vouchers for Schools programme was still taking applications.

"The Green Vouchers scheme, requested and designed by school principals, has not yet been scrapped by the Rudd Labor Government.

"Schools still have time to apply for funding under the Howard Government’s model, where schools were eligible to spend up to $50,000 on a combination of rainwater tanks and solar hot water systems to help tackle climate change. The Green Vouchers scheme will not be superseded until June 30 2008.

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