Narre Warren South electorate
Gary MAAS (Narre Warren South) (14:41): (14) My constituency question is for the Minister for Early Childhood and Pre-Prep in the other place and concerns early childhood services. Minister, how will the Andrews Labor government be supporting young children and families as they return to kindergartens in my electorate of Narre Warren South? As the new school year begins, 30 early learning centres in my electorate will now provide three-year-old and four-year-old kinder up to 15 hours per week. As families combat cost-of-living pressures and women need more options to return to the workforce, it really is great to see the free kinder initiative being delivered across the state. This delivers further savings, flexibility, opportunity and of course choice for local families. I would appreciate any further information that the minister can provide on how the Andrews Labor government is supporting early childhood learning in my electorate, and I look forward to sharing that response with my community.