Thursday, 15 August 2019

 Ms TAYLOR (Southern Metropolitan) (09:52): I had the delight of attending South Yarra Primary School this week. I really timed it well, because the building works had started on the $6 million upgrade to the school, which is going to bring 12 new classrooms. Isn’t that terrific? They were so excited. I was greeted by principal Neven Paleka and assistant principal Wendy Duff, and they were chuffed. And I will tell you what, the grade 1 kids can sing. They knocked it out of the park. Now, what were they singing again? That is right, the school song that they wrote themselves, and it was really impressive. They were actually engaged about politics, at that age, so I was very impressed. They were asking, ‘How do laws get passed? How do you become a politician? How do you get elected?’.

Mr Jennings interjected.

Ms TAYLOR: I know—and ‘What’s the most difficult part of being a politician?’. And do you know what I said? It is that it is hard to deliver the needs of every single person, and at the end of the day you have to look after the greater good. And they accepted that, and they took it on board. So I am inspired. That is a terrific school, and it is going to be even better with those classrooms in place. So good on you, South Yarra Primary School.