Thursday, 5 March 2026

 Brad BATTIN (Berwick) (17:26): (1573) My adjournment tonight is to the Minister for Education, and the action I seek is for the minister to write a letter to Joshua at Kambrya College, or if he would like to he could come out and visit and meet with Joshua. Joshua has written to me; he is currently a student doing a VCE 3/4 subject this year at Kambrya College. The action he has written to us is about the Australian Education Union industrial action that is coming up because this government will not negotiate with the teachers in relation to what is happening with their pay. In the words of Joshua:

As you know, even short disruptions in senior studies can cause significant stress and risk to student outcomes.

Joshua is one of many students at Kambrya and other schools in the area who obviously, when they are going into VCE, understand the importance of teachers and how teachers can assist them to get the results they need. But they also know that disruption in this can create massive change and can cause lots of havoc for those students. They want to ensure that there is no disruption. Joshua has written to me and asked me to pass on to the minister that they would be more than happy to have the minister out to meet with them and to explain it all and guarantee that there will be no disruptions during their VCE years.