Thursday, 6 February 2025

 Chris CREWTHER (Mornington) (14:54): (976) My question is for the Minister for Education: can the minister provide information on the state government’s plans to give access to and increase capacity for the school bus program at Dromana college? For several weeks the member for Nepean and I have been contacted by so many families and their children in my electorate and in his electorate who have lamented that their children either have not been allocated a school bus stop or have been allocated a school bus stop too far from home, with one example being a child having to walk 1 hour to get to a bus stop, which is unacceptable. This impacts single parents, parents who work at home full time and children’s education. What is more, it means overcrowded buses, with kids sitting three to a two-seater without seatbelts, which is an accident waiting to happen. I am calling upon the minister along with the principal to take action on this as soon as possible.