Prahran electorate
Sam HIBBINS (Prahran) (14:42): (276) My constituency question is for the Minister for Early Childhood and Pre-Prep, and I ask: what action is the minister taking to ensure the land Windsor Community Children’s Centre is on continues to be used for educational purposes? I understand the owners of the site, Swinburne University, have indicated they are seeking to rezone the site prior to selling it. The site is currently zoned public-use zone – educational. There is a strong demand for kinder and childcare in the Prahran community, with considerable waitlists for families. Rezoning the site would make it much harder for families to access high-quality early learning in the Prahran electorate, such as at the Windsor Community Children’s Centre, which I would have thought would be in contradiction to the government’s Best Start, Best Life policy. I would have thought that would improve access to early childhood education, not make it harder for families.