Thursday, 12 September 2024

 Danny PEARSON (Essendon – Minister for Transport Infrastructure, Minister for the Suburban Rail Loop, Assistant Treasurer, Minister for WorkSafe and the TAC) (10:24): I am really thrilled and delighted that Essendon North Primary School is in my electorate. This is a great school community well led by Kate Barletta, an outstanding principal. Kate has worked really closely with the community. The school used to have houses. They were originally named after early Victorians – white Victorians, I hasten to add – and then they became colours. What Kate did is she thought, ‘No, we can do better.’ She engaged the school community and she engaged an Indigenous artist called Daen Sansbury-Smith, and together the students have worked on creating new designs, new jumpers and new shirts for each of the four houses. This is going to be fantastic for the community.