Shayne Neumann (Blair, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I rise to congratulate St Edmunds College in Ipswich, a catholic boys school for secondary students. On 30 May this year, I opened an extension to the Westcourt Resource Centre, a $1.9 million dollar project of which the Rudd government contributed $850,000. It is part of stage one of the master plan of the school to raise the number of students to 850 young men. Since 1982, St Edmunds has trained the young men of Ipswich to be involved in social life, to have a strong commitment to social justice, social equity and social inclusion. The Rudd government is committing $3 million for a trade training centre, $132,000 worth of computers in schools and $200,000 in school pride money for classroom upgrades. It shows that the Rudd government is committed to this school, and as their federal member, it gives me great honour and it is a great privilege to represent this school in this area. I congratulate the St Edmunds Foundation, the St Edmunds College P&F and Edmund Rice Education for their commitment to the young men of Ipswich and for civic life, generally, since 1892.

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