Friday, 14 November 2025

 Chris CREWTHER (Mornington) (10:35): Many distressed families and staff have contacted me after the sudden closure of Padua Kindergarten in Mornington on 8 November. Parents were notified that evening that the kinder would shut immediately, leaving children without a kinder and staff without work or pay. Parents and staff are still trying to retrieve personal and child belongings. I have written to the Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, the Minister for Children and the federal member for Flinders seeking an urgent investigation into the serious concerns raised, including alleged unpaid wages and super, missing childcare subsidies, funds stolen from parents’ accounts, health and safety issues, fraud and likely serious breaches of the law.