Thursday, 5 February 2026

 Pauline RICHARDS (Cranbourne) (17:29): (1517) My adjournment matter is to the Minister for Transport Infrastructure, and the action I seek is that the minister meet with students from Cranbourne to discuss and hear about how their journey to university is going to be so much shorter now. Cranbourne is an aspirational community. We have got some amazing schools. Cranbourne West Secondary College of course has just been featured in the Age for its results – a school that is only a few years old and is already getting the type of ATAR results that absolutely demonstrate the best of our educators and the best of our students. Cranbourne Secondary College, obviously so ably led by David Coy, has some topnotch students doing amazing things at university. Both campuses at St Peters ‍– the east and west campus – have students who are aspiring to go to universities, and many have been at St Peter’s, including so many of our wonderful students who finished VCE last year. Cranbourne East is another extraordinary school with the sorts of results and the sort of environment that make my heart sing. And of course Lighthouse Christian College have had, like so many of the other schools, an amazing year of results.

So where will they go to university? Many of them are looking forward to going to RMIT, to the University of Melbourne or to TAFE. Many of them are going to be doing health sciences. For nurses getting into Parkville, their train trip, their commute, will be so much shorter. I am looking forward to the minister meeting with these students, hearing about how important it is and fully enjoying the celebration of what Melbourne Metro means for Cranbourne.