Southern Metropolitan Region
Katherine COPSEY (Southern Metropolitan) (12:40): (1597) My question is for the Minister for Education. South Melbourne Park Primary School has again missed out on budget funding. The school community is appalled that while a third of a billion dollars is being gifted to the grand prix, an overseas private corporation, the primary school that shares Albert Park is left in the slow lane begging for essential funds. One of those upgrades is simply a pedestrian crossing that will let their children safely cross the road to school. School council president Katrina Walker has outlined how seven years of campaigning for modest funding has yielded nothing, saying:
The recent announcement of $350 million to be spent on redeveloping the Albert Park Pit Lane complex is galling and worse is the fact that the state government secretly ripped $2.4 billion from state schools.
Minister, when will you provide essential funding for upgrades at South Melbourne Park Primary School?