Southern Metropolitan Region
Ms CROZIER (Southern Metropolitan) (12:21): (1821) My question is to the Minister for Education, and it is in relation to St Kilda Park Primary School. There are plans from the Port Phillip council to build a new public toilet block which is right next to the entrance to this primary school. I have been contacted at my office by concerned parents and others about the location of this public toilet block, and the school community only found out when temporary fencing was put up. As we know, drug use and antisocial behaviour are rampant in St Kilda, and that is a great concern to many within that community, and many of these parents are very concerned that if a toilet block is constructed at such close proximity it will only attract some unsavoury behaviour that the children will be exposed to. So the question I ask the minister is: what advice has Department of Education and Training provided to the local council about the local school community’s concerns in relation to this proposal?