Greater Shepparton Secondary College
Mr GEPP (Northern Victoria) (09:48): I was thrilled on 11 February to sneak into Shepparton with the Premier, the Deputy Premier and the member for Shepparton to officially open the revolutionary Greater Shepparton Secondary College. The new Greater Shepparton Secondary College has places for over 2700 students. It is fitted out with contemporary new facilities designed to improve learning. The facilities will allow the school to offer students a great range of choices, new learning opportunities and greater wellbeing support and services. In 2020, $119 million was allocated to the school. This followed the $20.5 million allocated for the Shepparton Education Plan in the 2018–19 budget and $1 million in planning funding in the 2017–18 budget. This college is part of the Shepparton Education Plan. Our kids in Shep deserve the very best education opportunities and facilities that we can provide.
Ms Lovell: They do, and they haven’t got it.
Mr GEPP: There is only one political voice in Shepparton that is talking down an investment of over $140 million in education for our secondary college kids in Shepparton, and that is Ms Lovell, member for northern Victoria. Shame on you, and shame on the campaign that has been orchestrated out of your office to run down the kids and the educational system in Shepparton. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.