Thursday, 18 June 2026

 Nick McGOWAN (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (14:07): (2421) My question is for the minister in the other place Ben Carroll, and it is on behalf of Tinternvale Primary School. Tinternvale Primary School in my electorate is a beautiful little school of 343 students, and sadly, in yesterday’s Victorian Auditor-General Office’s report Delivering School Upgrade Projects they ranked at the top of the list. Now, it is not a list that you want to be on top of, unfortunately, but they were ranked number one in terms of the poor state of the school. The teachers, principal and everyone there deliver an outstanding education to our youngsters at Tinternvale Primary School; however, they do it in spite of their surroundings. In particular we have a top building that is referred to, which is for prep through to 4. What we urgently need, however, Minister, is a thorough master plan and a commitment to rebuild this beautiful little school, because the students, the teachers, the principal and all the staff there cannot do it in the existing buildings, and that is proof positive in yesterday’s VAGO report.