Tuesday, 13 August 2024

Members statements

School breakfast clubs

Ryan BATCHELOR (Southern Metropolitan) (13:42): Children should not have to go to school hungry. The Allan Labor government understands the cost-of-living pressures facing families, and some children may not be able to get breakfast. That is why the government is continuing the expansion of the breakfast club program across this state, a program that has already provided more than 40 million breakfasts to our children as well as practical cooking classes for families at 115 schools – but the job is not done.

The expansion of the school breakfast club program in the recent state budget will provide more than 150 additional schools the opportunity to join the program at the start of 2025, and more will come in the following months. In parts of Southern Metro we know that the children attending the newly formed Hampton East School – the old Katandra–Berendale School – Caulfield Primary and Caulfield South Primary are set to benefit early in the new year as they get added to the program.

This Labor government understands that families are doing it tough right now, and we are committed to doing more to help. The expansion of school breakfast clubs is but one of the concrete measures that the Labor government is taking to support our kids learning, strengthen our government schools and support families with the cost of living.