Tuesday, 17 March 2026

 Sarah CONNOLLY (Laverton) (14:39): (1565) My question is for the Deputy Premier as Minister for Education. Earlier this year our government opened 19 new schools across Victoria, making 100 ‍total schools that our government has built over eight years. I am proud to say that at least 20 of these new schools were built in my community in Wyndham. The Liberal-Nationals, last time they were in government, let our schools crumble and decay while slashing $1 billion from the education budget. But unlike those opposite, we are not in the business of closing and cutting schools. We build and we invest in them, and when you do that you reduce enrolment pressures and create better learning environments for all students. At communities like Truganina, we have built and opened four new schools: Dohertys Creek, Garrang Wilam, Warreen Primary and Bemin Secondary College. So my question is this: how has our government’s achievement of building 100 new schools eased enrolment pressures in my community in Melbourne’s west?