Korumburra Secondary College
Danny O’BRIEN (Gippsland South) (09:47): It was with great pride that I attended the official opening of the new Korumburra Secondary College last week – a fantastic new facility to support local children and their families for decades to come. The new facility has had a long gestation. Stage 1 of the project was funded by my predecessor Peter Ryan and the previous Nationals and Liberal government, but it took a further six years of hard campaigning to get the full rebuild funded. I am very proud of the community and our efforts. We wrote letters, signed petitions and raised the issue in Parliament and the local media, and eventually the government came through. While it was a wide campaign, I would particularly like to thank Sam Norrey and Matt Row for their community campaigning and principals over the journey, Abigail Graham, Vaya Dauphin and John Wilson. When we opened the first stage of the building a student was heard saying, ‘This is too good for us.’ That comment both saddened and inspired me. The clear message to Korumburra and district students now is this: as a wider community, we value you, we value your education and we want to give you the best facilities for your learning.