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My question is for the Minister for Education, and I ask: why is the Labor government going back on its election promise to provide $13.7 million to Broadford Primary School for its redevelopment?
Having read the news the government’s budget pressures have put 89 school upgrade commitments in doubt, parents, students and staff have all grown concerned about the school’s redevelopment.
School council president Trent Saunders says the community cannot let this slip away.
The school is deteriorating quickly, as maintenance has stopped in anticipation of a redevelopment that has now been scrapped.
When the Attorney-General and Labor’s unsuccessful candidate for Euroa showed up for a photo shoot at the school, they said the funding would be life-changing for students.
This life-changing promise is no longer important to the government, who instead will continue to blow hundreds of millions on unnecessary projects.
Failing to uphold this commitment jeopardises the academic success of local children while undermining their overall wellbeing.
Broadford, like most of regional Victoria, has been deceived by the Allan Labor government.