Members Statement - Bayside Early Childhood Education

MEMBERS STATEMENT

‘BAYSIDE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION’.

Tuesday, 5 May 2026.

Mr NEWBURY (Brighton) (14:09):

Making our kindergartens compliant will cost $65.3 million across Bayside kindergartens.

So far, state Labor has contributed $700,000 in my community and promised another $850,000 that has not even been paid.

The gap is a chasm of tens of millions of dollars.

Recently Bayside council was forced to consider centralising community kinder with the closure of current centres in Hampton because of Labor’s funding shortfall.