Tuesday, 9 September 2025

Preston electorate

Nathan LAMBERT (Preston) (14:57): (1289) My question is for the Minister for Education, and the question I ask is: how are school productions in Victorian government secondary schools funded? Last week I had the opportunity to catch Reservoir High’s great production of The Day the Internet Died, a very topical satire about the impact of social media and smartphone technologies on local communities. I would like to congratulate directors Tegan French and Ashleigh Tucker and the whole cast and crew, and particularly year 12s Indi Quinn and Rick Nevrous, who have been part of every school production every year of their time at the school. I would also like to thank Jodie Purches and Darryl Forbes for hosting a very enthusiastic audience of students from Preston North East Primary, Kingsbury Primary and Reservoir Views Primary and some equally enthusiastic residents from Latrobe Retirement Village. But when you watch school productions at different schools, you do notice that they appear to be funded in different ways. Any information the minister can provide about how our government supports creative productions in our fantastic public schools would be greatly appreciated.

Bridget Vallence: Speaker, on a point of order, I have a number of questions that are unanswered and are now overdue, and I would seek that you have the ministers provide responses. Questions on notice unanswered by the Minister for Finance: 2685, 2687, 2688, 2689 and 2690. Further questions on notice overdue by the Minister for Finance: 2691, 2692, 2693, 2694, 2695, 2696, 2697, 2698, 2699, 2700, 2701, 2702 and 2703. Further questions on notice unanswered and overdue by the Minister for Finance are questions on notice 2704, 2705, 2706, 2707 and 2708.

A question on notice that is unanswered and overdue by the Minister for WorkSafe and the TAC is 2686. Questions on notice overdue and unanswered by the Minister for Economic Growth and Jobs are 2644, 2645, 2646, 2647 and 2648. Questions on notice that are overdue and unanswered by the Treasurer are 2421, 2422, 2512, 2678, 2679, 2680, 2681, 2682 and 2683. Overdue by the Minister for Agriculture are questions on notice 2709, 2710, 2711, 2712, 2713 and 2714.

There are a number of questions on notice that are overdue by the Attorney-General. They are questions on notice 2607, 2608, 2609 and 2610. A question to the Minister for Casino, Gaming and Liquor Regulation that is unanswered and overdue is question on notice 2616. A question on notice that is overdue and unanswered by the Minister for Children is 2625. A question on notice that is overdue and unanswered by the Minister for Community Sport –

Jacinta Allan interjected.

Bridget Vallence: my point of order is not concluded – is 2653. A question unanswered and overdue by the Minister for Corrections is question on notice 2613. A question overdue by the Minister for Creative Industries is 2650. A question overdue by the Minister for Development Victoria and Precincts is question on notice 2677. Questions overdue and unanswered by the Minister for Education are questions on notice 2619, 2620, 2621, 2622, 2623 –

Jacinta Allan interjected.

Bridget Vallence: well, clearly you are not doing yours – and 2624.

Members interjecting.

The SPEAKER: Order! The Premier will come to order.

Bridget Vallence: A question overdue and unanswered by the Minister for Emergency Services is question on notice 2618. Questions overdue by the Minister of Government Services are questions on notice 2626 and 2627. A question overdue by the Minister of Housing and Building is 2673. A question on notice overdue by the Minister for Industrial Relations is 2684. Overdue by the Minister for Industry and Advanced Manufacturing is question on notice 2649. A question overdue by the Minister for Multicultural Affairs is question on notice 2664. A question overdue by the Minister for Natural Disaster Recovery is question on notice 2617. A question on notice overdue by the Minister for Outdoor Recreation is question 2652. A question overdue by the Minister for Planning is question on notice 2672. A question on notice overdue by the Minister for Police is 2611. Overdue by the Minister for Ports and Freight is question on notice 2675. Questions overdue by the Premier are questions on notice 2657, 2658, 2659, 2660, 2661 and 2662. They are all overdue by the Premier. A question on notice overdue by the Minister for Public and Active Transport is 2671. A question overdue by the Minister for Racing is question on notice 2612. Overdue by the Minister for Regional Development is question on notice 2655.

Overdue by the Minister for Roads and Road Safety is question on notice 2674. Overdue by the Minister for Skills and TAFE is question on notice 2656. Overdue by the Minister for Small Business and Employment is question on notice 2654. Overdue by the Minister for the Suburban Rail Loop is question on notice 2676. Overdue by the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events is question on notice 2651. Overdue by the Minister for Transport Infrastructure – there are a number here: questions on notice 2665, 2666, 2667, 2668, 2669 and 2670. Overdue by the Minister for Treaty and First Peoples is question on notice 2663. Question on notice overdue by the Minister for Victims is 2615. Lucky last but no less important for my constituents, overdue by the Minister for Youth Justice, is question on notice 2614. I am happy to make that list available to the clerks.

The SPEAKER: Manager of Opposition Business, many of these questions have actually been answered and they are –

Members interjecting.

The SPEAKER: Order! The house will come to order. I am advised that they are in the system.

Bridget Vallence: With the greatest of respect, they may be in the system, but they are not answered. We checked the list just prior to this.

The SPEAKER: They will be answered by the end of today.

Bridget Vallence: Right; they are so far not answered. I checked the list just before coming in.

James Newbury: On a point of order, Speaker, you just advised the house that those matters have been answered and then said that they have not been publicly answered. Therefore until they are answered on the website, they are not answered. Am I wrong?

The SPEAKER: Member for Brighton, that is not a point of order. They are on the website. I understand your point of order. I am explaining to you that the answers to those questions, many of the ones that have been raised today, are in the system. They are on the website and will be answered by the end of today.

James Newbury: On a further point of order, Speaker, I have an unanswered question to the Premier that was due on 20 March –

Jacinta Allan interjected.

James Newbury: You are welcome to give them to me.

The SPEAKER: Premier! Member for Brighton, through the Chair!

James Newbury: question 984. The second question to the Premier that remains unanswered and that was due in April is question 1049. Question 1060, again to the Premier – that is the third question to the Premier – remains unanswered and was due in April. A fourth question to the Premier, 1094, was due in May. Question 1120, again to the Premier, was due in June – the fifth question. A sixth question to the Premier, 1214, remains unanswered. I know that you have written to the Premier numerous times, but all of those questions remain unanswered.

The SPEAKER: Order! If that is all that is required in your point of order, I would ask you to hand your list to the Clerk.

Emma Kealy: On a point of order, Speaker, I have two questions which are outstanding: question 1141, asked on 16 May to the Treasurer, and question 1161, asked on 27 May to the Premier.

Chris Crewther: On a point of order, Speaker, I have question 1282, which was asked to the Minister for Health on 27 August and which remains outstanding.

The SPEAKER: Just before the Premier starts, can I acknowledge in the gallery senator for Victoria Jana Stewart.