Thursday, 28 November 2024

 Ryan BATCHELOR (Southern Metropolitan) (14:03): (1299) My question is to the Minister for Children. How are the Allan Labor government’s Building Blocks grants improving kindergarten buildings in the Bayside LGA? Last week I visited St Mary’s Pre-school in Brighton East for their 65th birthday and to have a look at their brand new outdoor play area, which has been completely upgraded thanks to a new $200,000 grant from the Allan Labor government. It was great to be joined at this inspection and celebration by the member for Brighton and the federal member for Goldstein, both of whom thought that Labor’s investments had done a great job of improving the outdoor space at this wonderful facility in Brighton East. But they are not alone. Right across the Bayside LGA Labor has been investing in local kindergartens: the Hampton Community Kindergarten, St Peter’s Kindergarten, North Brighton Children’s Centre, the Grange Road Kindergarten, Livingston Kindergarten in Highett, the Olympic Avenue Kindergarten in Cheltenham, Friendship Square in Cheltenham – the list goes on. Labor is investing in our kindergartens right across Melbourne.