North-Eastern Metropolitan Region
Nicholas McGOWAN (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (13:50): (170) My constituency question is to the minister representing the Minister for Education, and it relates to the stage 3 upgrade and modernisation at Ringwood Secondary College. Stage 3 consists of construction of a new science, technology, engineering, arts and maths building as well as a new canteen. It was announced by the Premier in a press release on 3 December 2020. The Andrews Labor government awarded the contract for this construction to the Lloyd Group with a starting date of April 2022. Unfortunately the Lloyd Group recently appointed administrators after the company collapsed. Despite the announcement of this project back in 2020 and the contract for construction being awarded 12 months ago, the stage 3 upgrade at Ringwood Secondary College has not commenced. So my question to the minister is: what action has the government taken to appoint a new contractor to complete the construction of the STEAM building and canteen so that students and teachers at Ringwood Secondary College can have what was promised and budgeted for, with contracts initially awarded to complete the final stages of the promised upgrade and modernisation process?