Tuesday, 7 March 2023

 Anthony CIANFLONE (Pascoe Vale) (14:42): (59) My constituency question is for the Minister for Education. Can the minister please provide my community with an update on the $14.2 million invested by the Andrews Labor government towards the delivery of new and upgraded facilities at Pascoe Vale Girls College, including the educational benefits these facilities will provide to women and girls in my electorate? As we celebrate International Women’s Day for 2023 I would like to acknowledge the contribution that Pascoe Vale Girls College has continued to make for almost 70 years in educating and preparing young women and girls for their careers and livelihoods. First opened in 1956 with an enrolment of just 115 girls, the school has continued to grow over many decades. With an enrolment of 885 students as of last year, it is excellent to see the school thriving with strong learning outcomes. Consistent with this year’s theme of International Women’s Day being about embracing equality for women and girls, I welcome Labor’s education plan for Merri-bek North, which has embraced choice, certainty and equality for young women across the north. I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge former principal Helen Jackson as well as current principal Kay Peddle, teachers, support staff and all students and families.