Education funding

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Victorian Parliament – 5 June 2019 – Ms KEALY (Lowan) (15:03:21): It is fantastic to be able to make a contribution to today’s matter of public importance regarding investment in the education sector. I feel like there has been some duplicitous- A member interjected. Ms KEALY: It is a quick speech from me only because there…

Kealy questions Minister over Warracknabeal funding

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The Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy has questioned the Minister for Education, James Merlino in Parliament this week over his failure to fund the Warracknabeal Education Precinct in the State Budget. “I have asked Minister Merlino for a detailed explanation as to why the Warracknabeal Education Precinct was not funded in the 2019-20 State…

Labor betrays Warracknabeal

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The Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy is outraged that Labor has yet again failed to provide capital funding to complete the Warracknabeal Education Precinct project.  “I made it very clear to the city centric Labor Government that the Warracknabeal Education Precinct was to be an essential priority for this year’s State Budget,” Ms Kealy…

Labor’s city centric focus continues

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The Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy has vowed to keep fighting for funding for important local projects after the Andrews Labor Government inflicted devastating cuts on country Victoria in today’s horror state budget. “Today’s State Budget confirms the Andrews Government has no plan and no money for country Victoria,” Ms Kealy said. “The Andrews…

Broken Promise to Baimbridge College

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The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy is outraged that Labor has lied to voters and broken their promise of $8.4 million in capital funding for Hamilton’s Baimbridge College. Ms Kealy has visited the school on many occasions and seen firsthand the desperate need for repairs to school buildings that cannot be used because of their…

Parliament Prize competition now open

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The Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy is encouraging local students to enter the 2019 Parliament Prize competition. “This year the Parliament Prize is asking students to submit a video of themselves presenting a Member’s Statement,” Ms Kealy said. “A Member’s Statement is an opportunity for elected members to make a brief statement in Parliament…

Labor must finish Warracknabeal Education Precinct

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The Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy has spoken in Parliament, calling on the Andrews Labor Government to provide the funding required in this year’s state budget to complete the Warracknabeal Education Precinct. “The Warracknabeal Education Precinct is an essential priority for this year’s state budget,” Ms Kealy said. “It is outrageous that the newest…

Bullying rife in Lowan schools

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The 2018 Attitudes to School report recently released by the Victorian Education Department has revealed that government schools in country Victoria are hotbeds for bullying with rural students more likely to experience bullying than their metropolitan counterparts. Local schools are also concerned about a lack of Student Support Services, with the West Grampians Network Horsham…