Mildura electorate
Jade BENHAM (Mildura) (14:47): (212) My question is for the Minister for Education. The Clontarf Foundation ask when the state government investment into this outstanding program will match enrolment numbers. When we talk about Closing the Gap we must include Clontarf because they are doing it. In Robinvale the local police credit the zero youth crime rate with the work of the Clontarf Foundation over the last 10 years. The incarceration rates for 10- to 17-year-old Koori boys in Victoria is 23.2 in 10,000. Over the last two years the incarceration rate for Clontarf boys has been zero. The education and employment outcomes are also outstanding. Jett Charles from Mildura has been accepted to Swinburne, a bachelor of business, whilst Mekhi Pappin is currently studying a bachelor of medical sciences at Flinders. Clontarf has had a flat-rate funding of $540,000 from the Victorian government since its inception in 2010, when enrolment was 128. Enrolment is now 320 and increasing, so when will the Clontarf Foundation get investment on a per student basis?