Wednesday, 18 June 2025

 Ryan BATCHELOR (Southern Metropolitan) (09:49): Victoria is the Education State, and the Labor government continues to invest in local schools, ensuring our kids have access to the best facilities for their learning. The recent budget delivered on this for the Southern Metropolitan Region. I had the pleasure of revealing that not one, not two but three primary schools are in receipt of funding in this budget to build new infrastructure, including gymnasiums and classrooms. I recently visited Gardenvale Primary School with the Minister for Education, which has been allocated $9.8 million for significant upgrades to block A at the school, giving students and staff modern learning and work spaces. Hampton Primary School has been awarded $11.7 million for upgrades, including a new gymnasium and classrooms, and Caulfield South Primary School, another excellent school in the region, has been awarded $9 million to build a new gymnasium, which will give their students access to better physical education facilities and a space to continue their music and performing arts. This Labor government is giving our kids the best opportunities to learn by building better school infrastructure.