Tuesday, 17 February 2026

 Tim RICHARDSON (Mordialloc) (19:03): (1520) My adjournment this evening is to the Minister for Education and Deputy Premier, and the action I seek is for the minister to update my community on the progress of building works at Keysborough Gardens Primary School. As you know, this government invests significantly in the education outcomes of our students, and it was a Labor government that delivered the new Keysborough Gardens Primary School in 2020, an amazing school community in the growth area of Greater Dandenong council, to the south of that municipality. I have the great honour to be representing that community, which is absolutely thriving. It is one of the best places in the south-east you could ever raise your family in or consider moving into. We have seen that school, Keysborough Gardens Primary School, thrive under the incredible leadership of principal Sherri Jenkins, who is one of the best leaders, who has a great team around her. The teachers and education support staff do such an amazing job.

We came together a few years ago with a plan to deliver stage 2 of works at Keysborough Gardens Primary School, and the classroom buildings that have opened up there look amazing and have been transformed. But we know the education behind that – the mentoring, the support, the care and compassion that is provided by those education leaders – is setting our kids up for the future. Every time I go through Keysborough Gardens Primary School I feel that vibe. I feel the connection, the care and the passion of those leaders. But I see it in the kids, who grow and develop so much over that time. When you stand there with student leaders who you might have seen a few years ago when they were younger, going through their preppy years, you can see the transformation that happens under that guidance.

You might ask what else is going on in Keysborough South. Well, there is a lot going on. The Keysborough Community Hub is an outstanding place for maternal and child health and kinder placements. There are great play and open spaces, a range of services and a leading library in the south-east that is a great feature each and every day. To see that in partnership with this Labor government and to see this Labor government deliver Keysborough Gardens Primary, you can see that for the Keysborough South and Keysborough communities we are on their side. We are supporting the education of our kids coming through kindy with this brand new hub in partnership with Greater Dandenong council.

We have delivered the Keysborough Gardens Primary School. We have built that school and then delivered the stage 2 works. People choose to move into this area because they see what it means to have the 20 per cent open space that is delivered as part of that community. It is a real privilege and honour to represent Keysborough South as part of the Mordialloc electorate, to see Keysborough Gardens going from strength to strength and to see the Keysborough Community Hub – only delivered by a Labor government – and I cannot wait for an update from the Deputy Premier and education minister on how we are tracking to that official opening.