Thursday, 15 August 2019

 Dr CUMMING (Western Metropolitan) (12:55): My constituency question is for the Minister for Education in the other place. Minister, why has the Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA) failed to ensure clear and open communication and failed to provide certainty of appropriate accommodation for the community groups affected by the government’s project the Footscray Learning Precinct? I was contacted last week by the president of Hyde Street Youth Band, a local gem that has been operating in the western suburbs since 1928. Sadly, it is about to be evicted by the VSBA and the council, and an appropriate location has not been arranged. Its attempts to communicate with the VSBA, the drivers of its eviction, have not been responded to. The band is inclusive, enables active music participation and performance and is much loved by my community. The benefits of engaging young people in music require little— (Time expired)

The PRESIDENT: Have you asked your question?

Dr CUMMING: I think I have.