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❓ Mr Staltari questions the Education Minister regarding preventative maintenance spending at WA public schools from July 2024 to May 2025, seeking a breakdown by school, cost, region, and school age. The answer refers to a tabled paper for most details but provides a breakdown of school ages.

AnsweredQoN 94Legislative Assembly

Asked

20 May 2025

Member

Mr Liam Staltari

Portfolio

Education

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I refer to the 2024-25 Budget Paper No.3 at Page 122 ‘Major Spending Changes Since the 2023-24 Mid-Year Review’, line item ‘Asset Maintenance Fund – Preventative Maintenance’, and I ask: (a) Please list the WA public schools that have had preventative maintenance undertaken via the Asset Maintenance Fund between 1 July 2024 and 1 May 2025; (b) Please outline the dollar amount spent on this preventative maintenance for each school listed in (a); (c) Please provide the breakdown of the answers to (a) and (b) by Education Region; and (d) Of those schools listed in the answer to (a), how many were: (i) Less than 5 years old; (ii) 11 to 20 years old; (iii) 21 to 30 years old; (iv) 31 to 40 years old; (v) 41 to 50 years old; and (vi) More than 50 years old?

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Answered

25 June 2025

Responded by

Minister for Education

Response time

10 days

As part of the 2025-26 State Budget, the Cook Labor Government allocated $1.7 billion towards new schools and upgrades to education infrastructure over the next four years, which will help meet the needs of growing communities across Western Australia.
The Department of Education advises:
(a – c) See Tabled Paper
(d)
(i)               1
(ii)              8
(iii) 18
(iv)             23
(v)              8
(vi)             71

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