Thursday, 16 October 2025

 Bridget VALLENCE (Evelyn) (14:51): (1333) Seville Primary School is a fantastic school in my local community, yet sadly in the Labor government’s budget earlier this year Seville Primary School again missed out on vital funding needed to rebuild classrooms and facilities that are no longer fit for purpose. My question is to the Minister for Education on behalf of Seville Primary School students, families and teachers: when will you provide funding for major upgrades to rebuild classrooms and facilities at Seville Primary School? This would ensure modern and safe new classrooms; a new library, kitchen and canteen; and new toilets, which can double as a bushfire refuge in times of emergency. It would fix current issues, including leaking roofs, holes in the floors, asbestos and other things that will never be able to be fixed by patch jobs under the Department of Education’s unsatisfactory maintenance plan. I take the opportunity to congratulate Leigh Hallett as the new principal of Seville Primary School, and I will work with him, school council president Courtney O’Keefe and the entire Seville Primary School community.