Southern Metropolitan Region
David DAVIS (Southern Metropolitan) (12:58): (668) My matter for constituency questions today is for the attention of the Minister for Education, and it concerns a matter I have raised with another minister before – but let me explain. In my electorate the Melbourne Youth Orchestras at Southbank Boulevard are being sent on a wild-goose chase. They have been sent to see creative industries and education, and everyone is pointing at each other as to who is responsible for the $200,000 cut per year – the outrageous cut – for a very important orchestra group. So what I am asking the Minister for Education to do today is to stop the circle-go-round and actually restore the funding. I want him to meet them and restore the funding – $200,000 per year to the Melbourne Youth Orchestras – and stop this absurd process that is occurring where no-one wants to take responsibility.