Wednesday, 14 May 2025

Narracan electorate funding

Wayne FARNHAM (Narracan) (09:44): I want to give a shout-out to Drouin Secondary College, in particular the student leadership team who met with me recently. They were ready with a significant number of questions about their role and mine, questions like what it is like to be in Parliament and how I became an MP. We even spoke about the challenges they face within the school community in demonstrating leadership on key issues. When it came to the community, there were a number of questions I thought would be good to get on record for the government. This is from the students. Why hasn’t the Victorian government funded more sporting grounds in Baw Baw shire? Why hasn’t the Victorian government funded more road upgrades in Warragul and Drouin? Why hasn’t the Victorian government delivered the new West Gippsland Hospital as promised?

What they really want to know is when the $11.7 million upgrade to their school will be delivered. It was promised in 2022, and nothing has happened to date. The students are spot on. They can see the lack of investment by the Allan Labor government. They are not angry; they just want to see their community and school receive the funding that was promised. I do not think that it is too much to ask, and my hope is that next week’s state budget answers these questions for both the students and our local community.

Just a quick side note on the tennis match between the member for Mildura and me, I am one up, and I will keep the chamber informed.