Tuesday, 1 April 2025

Lara electorate

Ella GEORGE (Lara) (15:03): (1077) My question is for the Minister for Education. How many families in the Lara electorate are benefiting from the school saving bonus? This $400 bonus has been so well received by families in the Lara electorate. I know that many families have taken advantage of it to date and have spent it on things like uniforms as their children are going back to school, textbooks, camps, excursions and other activities. With the cost-of-living crisis, we know that many families are doing it tough, and this $400 goes such a long way to help families in the Lara electorate with those extra costs that are required for going to school. I look forward to hearing from the minister about how many families in the Lara electorate are benefitting from the school saving bonus.