Thursday, 29 May 2025

Carrington Primary School

Michael GALEA (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (10:09): I rise to speak on some very exciting announcements last week that were made as part of the Victorian 2025–26 state budget, and how wonderful to see $13.9 million in funding allocated for the full rebuild of Carrington Primary School’s facilities in Rowville. It was great to visit with my colleague Mr Tarlamis, meet with principal Brett Speed, have a chat with him and see the excitement in the school community about this wonderful new project that is going to take down the old, out-of-condition buildings and replace them with a brand new learning hub and a staff and administration space as well as STEM facilities and the like. It is going to be a wonderful asset for the local community as a whole, and the school is already working on proposals for how they can activate those spaces outside of school hours with the community. The staff, students and broader community at Carrington Primary School are all very excited to see this very important project progress with the full amount of funding as promised at the last state election and delivered in this very important state budget.