Tuesday, 29 October 2024

 Iwan WALTERS (Greenvale) (15:12): What a joy it was to spend last Monday with the Kolbe Catholic College Greenvale community led by acting principal Cameron Whitford and permanent principal Nick Scully, who is working at the Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools regional office in western Melbourne at the moment, and to be with that fantastic school’s community, their student leaders, their teachers and parish priest and head of mission Dishan Candappa to celebrate the establishment of the college’s second campus. Its new campus just across the border in my friend the member for Kalkallo’s electorate has been supported with a $6 million contribution by this government, which I was delighted to announce with the Deputy Premier just a few weeks ago. This is the sort of transformative investment that ensures that families across Greenvale and Melbourne’s north more broadly can choose the education that suits them and their family the best. It is an amazing school, where the STEM building of the existing Greenvale campus, which has been supported with a $2 million capital investment by this Allan Labor government, is nearly complete. It will support the delivery of fantastic programs for the Greenvale community, as indeed will the new co-located kindergarten at Greenvale Primary School, which I was delighted to turn the sod on just last week – nearly 120 new places for local families to support our three-year-old and four-year-old programs, making it easier for families, avoiding the double drop-off and building kids for the future.