Thursday, 16 October 2025

 David LIMBRICK (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (09:52): I was honoured to be invited recently to address the audience at the Brisbane Conservative Political Action Conference 2025, and I was joined by my colleague Mrs Deeming. I managed to hear many different speakers there, but one in particular that I was very impressed by was a man called Corey DeAngelis. I happen to be a bit of a fan of this man. One of the things that he has been doing in the United States is leading the school choice revolution, and it is inspiring to hear what sort of changes can be made and what sort of benefits can be made by allowing more choice for parents in schools and how these schools can be managed and operated. The results speak for themselves in the United States. Some of the success that they have been having with school choice in America is just inspirational. He has also been kind enough to meet with my party’s policy team to give them some advice. Indeed the Libertarian Party now has some draft school choice policies in train that we hope to be publishing very soon. It is my hope that Victoria can learn from what is going on with school choice in America and improve the performance of schools in Victoria through allowing more choice for parents.