Wednesday, 14 August 2024

 Iwan WALTERS (Greenvale) (14:45): (751) My constituency question is for the Minister for Education. The Allan Labor government is making huge investments on behalf of locals and all Victorian taxpayers in education across Greenvale. This includes $10.5 million to modernise and upgrade Bethal Primary School, led by Dave Warren and his fantastic team in Meadow Heights. It also includes tens of millions of dollars to deliver the second stage of Greenvale Secondary – Greenvale’s first public secondary school, promised for decades but only delivered by this Victorian Labor government. Of course stage 1 of this brilliant school, led by principal Mark Natoli, opened in 2022 and is now serving hundreds of students from years 7 to 9. This Allan Labor government has also contributed major capital funding to our wonderful local Catholic schools, including $5 million for the next stage of Mary Queen of Heaven Primary School, $6 million for the next stage of Kolbe Catholic College and $2 million to deliver that sensational school’s new STEM building. To enable me to keep my communities across Greenvale updated about these fantastic projects, could the Deputy Premier please inform me about the current state of stage 2 of Greenvale Secondary College and the modernisation of Bethal Primary School?