Planning and delivery of school infrastructure in New South Wales

This inquiry was established on 14 October 2021 to inquire into and report on the planning and delivery of school infrastructure in New South Wales.

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This inquiry was self-referred on 14 October 2021.

Terms of reference - Planning and delivery of school infrastructure in New South Wales - updated 16 August 2022

Date	Milestone
14 Oct 2021	Self-referred
09 May 2022	Hearing - Room 814, Parliament House, Sydney
25 May 2022	Hearing - Room 814, Parliament House, Sydney
13 Jul 2022	Hearing - Room 814, Parliament House, Sydney
07 Sep 2022	Submissions closed
19 Sep 2022	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
26 Oct 2022	Final Report
21 Dec 2022	Government Response to Final Report

No. 1 Western Parkland Councils
No. 2 Name suppressed
No. 3 Mrs Xenia Steliou
No. 4 Name suppressed
No. 5 Ms Loretta Fincato
No. 6 Mrs Barbara Exton
No. 7 City of Canada Bay
No. 8 Northern Beaches Council
No. 9 Name suppressed
No. 10 Cr Charles Jago
No. 11 Confidential
No. 12 Name suppressed
No. 13 Ms Erin Stevenson
No. 14 Name suppressed
No. 15 Name suppressed
No. 16 Confidential
No. 17 Mrs Rosanna McGuire
No. 18 Name suppressed
No. 19 Name suppressed
No. 20 Mr Darren Webb
No. 21 Name suppressed
No. 22 Name suppressed
No. 23 Auditor-General of New South Wales
No. 24 Tweed Shire Council
No. 25 Name suppressed
No. 26 Australian Health Promotion Association
No. 27 Ulladulla Area Schools Expansion Action Group
No. 28 NSW Department of Education
No. 29 Lennox Head P&C
No. 30 City of Parramatta Council
No. 31 Canterbury Bankstown Council
No. 32 Confidential
No. 33 Cumberland City Council
No. 34 Australian Education Union New South Wales Teachers Federation Branch
No. 35 Isolated Children's Parents' Association of New South Wales Inc
No. 36 National Trust of Australia (New South Wales)
No. 37 Future of Milperra WSU Campus
No. 38 Federation of Parents and Citizens Associations of New South Wales
No. 39 Northern Sydney District Council of P&C Associations
No. 40 Concord High School P&C Association
No. 41 Mr Paul Judge
No. 42 Name suppressed
No. 43 Name suppressed
No. 44 Name suppressed
No. 45 Confidential
No. 46 Name suppressed
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No. 52 Mrs J De Oliveira
No. 53 Name suppressed
No. 54 Mr Devendra Rathore
No. 55 Confidential
No. 56 Mr Andrew Ferguson
No. 57 Name suppressed
No. 58 Confidential
No. 60 Name suppressed
No. 61 Name suppressed
No. 62 Name suppressed
No. 63 Mr Irfan Ahmed
No. 64 Name suppressed
No. 65 Mr David Bentham
No. 65a Mr David Bentham
No. 66 Name suppressed
No. 67 Confidential
No. 68 Name suppressed
No. 69 Mr Gavin Roberts
No. 70 Cr Linda Downey
No. 71 Mr Andrew Molloy
No. 72 Mrs Charlotte Wright
No. 73 Name suppressed
No. 74 Name suppressed
No. 75 Mrs Julie Everett
No. 76 Name suppressed
No. 77 Ms Donna Zammit
No. 78 Name suppressed
No. 79 Mr Simon Rolfe
No. 80 Mrs Sarah Bird
No. 81 Name suppressed
No. 82 Mr Ian Thompson
No. 83 Name suppressed
No. 84 Name suppressed
No. 85 Mrs Parwati Dhungana
No. 86 Name suppressed
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No. 88 Name suppressed
No. 89 Mrs Katie Ferguson
No. 90 Name suppressed
No. 91 Mr Todd Blacklaws
No. 92 Name suppressed
No. 93 Name suppressed
No. 94 Name suppressed
No. 95 Name suppressed
No. 96 Confidential
No. 97 Mr Anthony Peachman
No. 98 Name suppressed
No. 99 Mr Thomas Ferguson
No. 100 Name suppressed
No. 101 Mrs Sally Bromage
No. 102 Name suppressed
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No. 108 Mrs Hannah Delphine
No. 109 Name suppressed
No. 110 Mr Mark Pentecost
No. 111 Ms Jo Smith
No. 112 Mrs Sharon Sellers
No. 113 Mr Todd Sellers
No. 114 Name suppressed
No. 115 Name suppressed
No. 116 Save Our Sons Duchenne Foundation
No. 117 Dee Why Public School P&C Rebuild Subcommittee
No. 118 The Hills Shire Council
No. 119 Ulladulla High School Parent and Citizen (P&C) Executive Committee
No. 120 Marsden Park Public School Parents and Citizens Association
No. 121 Ms Marnie Coates
No. 122 Wentworth Point Public School Parents and Citizens Association
No. 123 Randwick Girls High School Parents and Citizens Association
No. 124 Randwick Boys’ High School Parents and Citizens Association
No. 125 Ms Hanna Braga
No. 126 Ms Kate Laney
No. 127 Carlingford Community
No. 128 Confidential
No. 128a Confidential
No. 129 Confidential
No. 130 Name suppressed
No. 131 Name suppressed
No. 132 Mr John Wright
No. 133 Name suppressed
No. 134 Name suppressed
No. 135 Confidential
No. 136 Name suppressed
No. 137 Name suppressed
No. 138 Mr Aldrin Mendonca
No. 139 Name suppressed
No. 140 Name suppressed
No. 141 Confidential
No. 142 Confidential
No. 143 Confidential
No. 144 Covid Safe Schools Inc
No. 145 Confidential
No. 146 Name suppressed
No. 147 Castle Hill High School Parent's & Citizen's Association

Date	Venue Details
09/05/2022	Room 814, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
25/05/2022	Room 814, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
13/07/2022	Room 814, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
19/09/2022	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript

DateSort	Report Name	Tabled Date	Government Response
	Government response - Report No 47 - PC 3 - Education - Planning and delivery of school infrastructure in NSW (PDF)	21/12/2022
	Report No 47 - PC 3 - Education - Planning and delivery of school infrastructure in NSW (PDF)	26/10/2022

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2022-10-26	26/10/2022	Media Release	Media Release - Report tabled - Planning and delivery of school infrastructure in New South Wales
2022-08-02	02/08/2022	Correspondence	Hon Sarah Mitchell MLC, Minister for Education and Early Leaning to the committee, providing information on Lennox Head Public School
2022-07-13	13/07/2022	Tabled Document	Wentworth Point Residents Action Group (WPRAG) response to the proposed Joint Use Agreement for the School Oval.
2022-07-13	13/07/2022	Tabled Document	Submission to the Department of Planning and Environment from the Wentworth Point Residents Action Group regarding Wentworth High School – Application Number SSD-11802230, dated 2 July 2022.
2022-07-13	13/07/2022	Tabled Document	Attachment D: links for virtual tours of WSU Milperra campus and facilities
2022-07-13	13/07/2022	Tabled Document	Document containing eight photos of the Milperra WSU campus
2022-07-13	13/07/2022	Tabled Document	Link to Save Milperra Uni site for Public Education petition
2022-07-13	13/07/2022	Tabled Document	Riverlands Development street tree masterplan, prepared by Sturt Noble Associates
2022-07-13	13/07/2022	Tabled Document	Aerial photograph of the Milperra WSU campus depicting the circumference of a ten minute walk from the centre of the campus
2022-07-13	13/07/2022	Tabled Document	Aerial map of the Milperra WSU campus
2022-07-13	13/07/2022	Tabled Document	Map of Bankstown Campus prepared by Western Sydney University, created 3 November 2020
2022-07-13	13/07/2022	Tabled Document	Map of Greater Sydney depicting the locations of selective high schools
2022-07-13	13/07/2022	Tabled Document	Document prepared by MySchools from Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority, entitled "Overview of primary and secondary schools in Panania-Milperra-Picnic Point Statistical Area, as at 2019"
2022-07-13	13/07/2022	Tabled Document	Document prepared by mychild.gov.au entitled "Overview of pre-school and long day care centres: SA2 district"
2022-07-13	13/07/2022	Tabled Document	Document entitled "Population summary: City of Canterbury Bankstown, prepared by .id (informed decisions), February 2018.
2022-07-01	01/07/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to questions on notice - Department of Planning and Environment
2022-06-28	28/06/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to questions on notice - Australian Health Promotion Association
2022-06-27	27/06/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to questions on notice - Isolated Children's Parents' Association of NSW
2022-06-23	23/06/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to questions on notice - City of Canada Bay Council
2022-06-22	22/06/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to questions on notice - School Infrastructure NSW
2022-06-20	20/06/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to questions on notice - Canterbury Bankstown Council
2022-06-14	14/06/2022	Correspondence	Chair to Ms Georgina Harrisson, Secretary, Department of Education, and Mr Anthony Manning, Chief Executive, School Infrastructure NSW, requesting information about Lennox Head Public School
2022-06-14	14/06/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to questions on notice - Dee Why Public School Parents and Citizens Rebuild Subcommittee
2022-06-07	07/06/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to questions - Cumberland City Council
2022-06-05	05/06/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to questions on notice - Concord High Parents P&C Association
2022-05-27	27/05/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to questions on notice - Audit Office of NSW
2022-05-25	25/05/2022	Tabled Document	Map, community economic profile and datasets regarding Cumberland City Council local government area, tendered by Cr Lake
2022-05-25	25/05/2022	Tabled Document	Correspondence from Ms Georgina Harrisson, Secretary, NSW Department of Education, to Mr Bjarne Nordin, Committee Manager, Public Accounts Committee, providing document detailing actions taking by the Department to address recommendations of the 'Delivering School Infrastructure' performance audit, completed by the Audit Office of NSW, dated 13 May 2022, tendered by Mr Manning
2022-05-25	25/05/2022	Tabled Document	Correspondence from Mr Anthony Manning, Chief Executive, School Infrastructure NSW, to Chair, regarding school and site visits undertaken by the committee on 5 April and 26 April 2022, tendered by Mr Manning
2022-05-09	09/05/2022	Tabled Document	E-mail - Matthew Metlege, Assistant Project Director, Infrastructure Delivery, School Infrastructure, NSW Department of Education, titled 'Tallawong cost report treign', sent 15 April 2021 tendered by Mrs Houssos
2022-05-09	09/05/2022	Tabled Document	E-mail - Matthew Metlege, Assistant Project Director, Infrastructure Delivery, School Infrastructure, NSW Department of Education, titled 'Tallawong FEC update', sent 16 April 2021 tendered by Mrs Houssos
2022-05-09	09/05/2022	Tabled Document	E-mail - Martin Cook, Director Projects, School Infrastructure, NSW Department of Education, titled, 'Tallawong PS', sent 24 August 2020 tendered by Mrs Houssos
2022-05-09	09/05/2022	Tabled Document	'Lennox Head Public School: Hearing 09 May tender document' with photographs, tendered by Ms Yap
2022-05-09	09/05/2022	Tabled Document	NSW Department of Education, 'Lennox Head Public School and Southern Cross Public School: Community Update, May 2022', tendered by Ms Yap
2022-05-09	09/05/2022	Tabled Document	NSW Department of Education, 'Lennox Head Public School Community Update, April 2022', tendered by Ms Yap
2022-05-09	09/05/2022	Tabled Document	Letter from Cr Philip Penfold, Mayor, Maitland City Council, titled 'Support for urgent attention to Gillieston Public School infrastructure', dated 6 May 2022, tendered by Mr Sellers
2022-05-09	09/05/2022	Tabled Document	'Gillieston Heights aerial photo' and map of Maitland LGA, tendered by Mr Sellers
2022-05-09	09/05/2022	Tabled Document	Map of 12 classrooms on the Gillieston Public School site, showing two permanent classrooms and ten demountables, tendered by Mr Sellers
2022-05-09	09/05/2022	Tabled Document	Photographs of Maitland Public School, Rutherford Public School and Gillieston Public School, tendered by Mr Sellers
2022-05-09	09/05/2022	Tabled Document	NSW Department of Education, 'NSW Government Building Grants Assistance Scheme (BGAS) for non-government schools – 2020/21 Projects', tendered by Ms Ferguson
2022-05-09	09/05/2022	Tabled Document	Tweet from Correna Haythorpe, Australian Education Union Federal President, regarding federal government funding for public and private schools under the 2022-23 Budget, tendered by Ms Ferguson
2022-05-09	09/05/2022	Tabled Document	NSW Department of Education, School Infrastructure, 'Millthorpe Public School Project update, December 2021', tendered by Ms Ferguson
2022-05-09	09/05/2022	Tabled Document	Statement on upgrade of Millthorpe Public School, undated, tendered by Ms Ferguson
2022-05-09	09/05/2022	Tabled Document	Six photographs of features of the Gillieston Public School, tendered by Ms Ferguson
2022-05-09	09/05/2022	Tabled Document	NSW Department of Education, 'Exploring fit-for-purpose contemporary learning spaces', undated, tendered by the Chair.
2021-10-14	14/10/2021	Media Release	Media release - Inquiry into the planning and delivery of school infrastructure in New South Wales

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Laura Ismay	Director Committees	9230 2282	[email protected]
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