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TALENT, SKILL AND COLOUR: Jan Kemp, left, and Annette McIntyre absorb works on display at Horsham Patchworkers’ Kaleidoscope of Colour Quilt Exhibition at Horsham Town Hall. Quilting enthusiasts from across Victoria and beyond travelled to Horsham for the three-day exhibition, which featured more than 200 diverse and colourful creations. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER
Education spotlight E
BY DEAN LAWSON
ducation and childhooddevelopment services across the Wimmera, Mallee and Grampians fringe have emerged as a political battlefield in the wake of the State Budget.
While the government is strongly promoting major investment into projects such as expanded kindergarten services, its political adversaries are tearing holes in its commitment to regional schools. The government has confirmed it
will invest $880-million to start a statewide rollout of subsidised kindergarten programs for three-year-olds in Northern Grampians, Hindmarsh, Yarriambiack, Buloke, South Gippsland and Strathbogie municipalities next year. It has also confirmed Longerenong College will share in $6-million allocated to agricultural colleges. The government committed money last year to upgrade student accommodation. It has also announced $2.18-million for an asbestos-safety and modular
project,” she said. Warracknabeal Secondary College and Warracknabeal Special Development School, which with Warracknabeal Primary School are parts of the consolidating precinct plan, are listed in the budget as being the subject of ‘completed projects’. They also have project financial completion dates of 2020-21, raising speculation that the figures represent only stage one and the government might provide finishing money in the future. But Ms Kealy said it was ‘outrageous’ that the newest science lab in a
building program at Horsham Primary School. But Member for Lowan Emma Kealy was far from complimentary about what was in and-or missing from the budget for the region. She said she was angry the government had overlooked providing capital funding to complete a Warracknabeal Education Precinct project. “I’ve made it very clear to the government that the Warracknabeal precinct was an essential priority for this year’s State Budget. But Labor is refusing to complete this half-built
public school in western Victoria, part of the Warracknabeal development, had been idle for six months with students unable to use the facility. “This lab should be being used now to educate our next generation of agronomists, grain-research scientists and nurses,” she said. “It is beyond disappointing that Labor has yet again let down the Warracknabeal community by abandoning the project after building just half the secondary college and a third of the special development school.” Continued page 3
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