Melissa Price (Durack, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Today I am very pleased to speak about two recent visits to schools in my electorate—one in Derby and one in Geraldton—and the new facilities that these schools have recently been lucky enough to acquire. I received such a warm welcome at the Holy Rosary School in Derby last month, and it was my absolute pleasure to be involved in the opening of their new library and 12 newly refurbished general learning areas. I met the very dedicated principal, Robert Palladino, members of the school board and the wonderful members of the student representative council. I also had the pleasure of officially opening a science, technology, engineering and mathematics building at Geraldton Grammar School just a few days later. This valuable project involved the construction of four general learning areas, two science laboratories, two staff areas, two offices and a storeroom. I then had the pleasure of spending time with principal Nick Johnstone, members of the school board and also the very delightful school captains, Liam Sipila and Rukaya Msuo. Both of these very deserving projects were funded through the Capital Grants Program, a fantastic federal government initiative to provide education infrastructure to non-government schools across Australia.