Tuesday, 5 May 2026

 Katie HALL (Footscray) (14:13): There is an education revolution happening in Maidstone and Maribyrnong. We started with the sod turn for a new kinder on Rosamond Road which is conveniently located across the road from Footscray North Primary School, which has already had a $20 million upgrade under this government. But there is more: students who go to that kinder and then to the primary school will now be able to go to an upgraded Maribyrnong College, because in this year’s budget we have announced a $13 million upgrade at Maribyrnong College, a school close to my heart. My dear old dad was school captain there in 1968, and I think some of those academic buildings are well and truly overdue for an upgrade. This is exciting news for the Maribyrnong school community.

There is great news for Footscray High too in this year’s budget. Footscray High has a really innovative rowing program. It is one of the few government schools that offers a rowing program, but we know that that can be expensive for students, so I am absolutely delighted that in this year’s budget I have secured $140,000 for students who might not be able to financially participate to do so.