Thursday, 2 April 2026

 Joe McCRACKEN (Western Victoria) (12:59): (2304) My question is also to the Minister for Education. We know that Victoria is not the Education State anymore, but do not take it from me, take it from the Australian Education Union. They are putting out information at the moment saying that Victoria is not the Education State. Locally in Ballarat they put out a statement saying that Premier Jacinta Allan and local MP Juliana Addison have cut $24 million from Wendouree public schools. My question to the minister is: will you reverse these savage cuts to education? While you are at it, maybe you could actually value teachers and pay them fairly, because they are the lowest paid teachers in the country. It is clear the Labor Party do not care about education in this state, particularly public education. They look at it, they walk by it and they do not care, just like they do our teachers. It is a disgrace.