Thursday, 30 November 2023

Southern Metropolitan Region

David DAVIS (Southern Metropolitan) (12:52): (620) My question is to the minister for tertiary education, and it relates to the former Swinburne campus in Prahran taken over by Melbourne Polytechnic, but there are other parts of the site and it is yet to be brought forward as the arts precinct that had been intended. I have met with a number of people from that site, and it has not been utilised appropriately since Swinburne left. It is important. There is community support and arts sector support for this campus, but we are now years down the track and the state government has not moved. I ask the minister for tertiary education whether she will act to ensure that the arts precinct moves forward as swiftly as possible.