Rowville electorate
Mr WELLS (Rowville) (14:48): (6480) My question is to the Minister for Education. Can the minister please explain why the schoolchildren in my Rowville electorate are less deserving of taxpayer money than children in other electorates? Under the last Labor budget these schools missed out on funding for important work for upgrades to their buildings: Knox Gardens, Knox Park, Holy Trinity, Wantirna South, St Mary’s, Heany Park, Karoo, Lysterfield, Park Ridge, St Simon’s, Rowville, Scoresby, Carrington and St Jude’s primary schools, as well as Waverley Christian, St Andrews, Rowville and Scoresby Secondary College, have all failed to receive funding for much-needed upgrades to their schools. I have repeatedly sought answers on the lack of funding both in Parliament and with ministers but am still yet to receive an adequate answer. It is time this government finally got the backs of these hardworking schoolteachers and stopped politicising the budget.