Thursday, 31 October 2019

 Mr CARBINES (Ivanhoe) (09:52:182:): I rise to commend the Treasurer for getting back to me with some good news for my electorate, particularly in relation to the Friends of the Heidelberg School website. We had been lobbying in both May and July to seek funding from the Community Support Fund (CSF) to support Mr Andrew Mackenzie, OAM, in creating the Friends of the Heidelberg School website. The Heidelberg School, with Frederick McCubbin, Arthur Streeton, Tom Roberts, Charles Conder and Walter Withers and that art movement in late 19th century, was very significant in the Heidelberg area—effectively it was Australian impressionism at that time. The Friends group received advice that $19 990 would be made available from the 2019–20 CSF grants to help develop the website after not having luck with the VicArts Grants program. I want to thank the Treasurer for his foresight in supporting Andrew Mackenzie’s work. He has really devoted a lifetime of service to Australian art and has promoted it and its understanding in the community. He did very significant work in Marysville after the bushfires as well by restoring and saving so much of the historical features and photographic work from the time.

Not only that, the Premier has visited and met with people in relation to the Heidelberg School Art Foundation— (Time expired)