Thursday, 31 October 2019

 Ms HENNESSY (Altona—Attorney-General, Minister for Workplace Safety) (09:40): I am very, very delighted to update the house on some significant activities in my local schools. The state government has been boosting safety around Point Cook schools with new electronic speed signs outside Point Cook Senior Secondary College and Carranballac College. Earlier this month I was delighted to join with some terrific students and teachers at Carranballac and we officially turned on the new electronic speed signs installed along Dunnings Road and on Boardwalk Boulevard outside Point Cook Senior Secondary College. The new signs will make it easier for drivers to see the speed limit and slow down around the school, particularly during the busy morning and afternoon drop-off times. They will help make sure that our kids and families can get to and from school safely. I want to thank Max, Georgia Alema said, and Trent, the beautiful support dog, for joining me.

I was also lucky to spend some time with the new principal of Altona Primary School, Natalie Nelson. Natalie commenced at the school at the start of this year, and she has brought a fantastic sense of enthusiasm. She shared her plans for the funding that Altona Primary received through the school maintenance blitz. It is actually hard at work fixing important things like broken gutters and other maintenance priorities. It might not be the sort of stuff people can see, but it absolutely is important. I do want to give a big shout-out and thank you to the wonderful school leaders, Amy and Fred, who did an excellent job of leading our tour, showing me around their wonderful school, rightfully with much pride.