Ringwood electorate
Mr HALSE (Ringwood) (14:50): (6425) My constituency question is to the Minister for Early Childhood. Minister, for those in Ringwood, what are the anticipated benefits of the revolutionary Best Start, Best Life program announced by our government last week? From 2025 every four-year-old will have access to fully funded pre-prep, with hours of the program increasing to 30 per week by 2032. For so many children this will mean access to education where there was previously no access. Universal rights of access are the foundations of a fairer, more just, more equal society. The benefits will not only be limited to children; this will give women, too, choices that they have always deserved. I look forward to the minister’s response.