Bayswater electorate
Mr TAYLOR (Bayswater) (14:41): (6377) My constituency question is to the Minister for Education. My question to the minister is: when can my community expect works to begin on the fantastic new project at Wantirna College? This is a big one that means a lot to my community. I have been working on this for some time now. Indeed before I was a local MP, during my time as a local councillor, I was working even then with principal Kev Murphy on this project. It has been a long road with a lot of advocacy, but I was absolutely stoked to announce alongside the minister over $11 million for a brand new state-of-the-art facility for this ripper local school very recently, and of course we know it is locked in the budget in black and white and fully funded by the Andrews Labor government. It will deliver a new state-of-the-art sport, food tech, learning and performing arts facility, which will include a double court, competition-grade gym and learning spaces as well as new outdoor facilities and more. I tell you what, the minister’s announcement brought the house down at Wantirna College, and justifiably so. It will mean students at the college now and for generations to come will have the 21st-century learning facilities they deserve. We know only Labor backs in and delivers funding to our local schools to support the work of our educators, and I thank the minister and his team for their work.