Thursday, 20 November 2025

 Ryan BATCHELOR (Southern Metropolitan) (12:46): My question is to the Minister for Education, and I ask if the minister can outline how the government is supporting families in relation to the purchase and use of digital devices at school. Over the last couple of weeks – probably the last month – I have had a chat to some of the parents at a couple of schools in the Southern Metropolitan Region who want to talk further about the changes the government has announced to the way that digital devices are used in classrooms, both the cost of purchasing some of those devices for their students but also, and significantly for some of the parents, how much time, particularly kids in younger years in primary school, have been spending on devices as part of their learning. The government, through the Minister for Education, has announced some policy changes with respect to providing devices to students and also limiting the amount of time that students in the younger year levels in particular are spending on devices. I am seeking some further information about that policy for some of these parents in my electorate.