Principal's Report

School Student Broadband Initiative

The School Student Broadband Initiative offers eligible families with school-aged students free NBN broadband internet at home. The initiative was due to end on 31 December 2025 but has been extended.

The initiative is capped at 30,000 services connected. Once this number is reached, no further applications to participate in the initiative will be accepted.

Households already connected through the initiative, or with a voucher to do so

Families and carers currently connected to the NBN network through the initiative will have their connection automatically extended with their participating internet provider until Friday 30 June 2028.

Eligible families and carers who already have a voucher to take part in the initiative should activate their free service with a participating internet provider as soon as possible. This voucher will become invalid once the cap is reached.

For all other households

Please encourage families and carers who haven’t been assessed and may be eligible for the initiative to contact the NBN’s National Referral Centre for an assessment. If they are eligible, they will be sent a voucher to access free home internet until Friday 30 June 2028. However, this voucher must be activated before the 30,000 cap is reached.

Find out more

For more information, refer to:

For further enquiries, contact the School Student Broadband Initiative team by email: ssbi@education.vic.gov.au

Macleod College School Council Elections

RETURNING OFFICER’S REPORT

Nominations for four Parent Category (3 x 2 year & 1 x 1 year term), two Student Category and two Department of Education (2 x 2 year term) Category members were called for on Tuesday February 18, 2025.

PARENT CATEGORY MEMBERSHIP – 4 VACANCIES

2 year term – 3 vacancies

Nominations were received from: Dale Parker, Paul Starmans & Paul Lindgren

by the close of nominations on Tuesday March 4, 2025.

As the number of nominations were the same as the number of vacancies

Dale Parker Paul Starmans Paul Lindgren

were duly declared Parent Category members of Council for the period March 2025 – declaration of the poll March 2027.

1 year term – 1 vacancy

No nominations were received for the 1 year vacancy.

Marnie Zolli (a community member) has agreed to fill the vacancy and was duly declared a Parent Category member of Council for the period March 2025 – declaration of the poll March 2026.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CATEGORY MEMBERSHIP – 2 VACANCIES

2 year term – 2 vacancies

Nominations were received from:

Michelle Wallis

by the close of nominations on Tuesday March 4, 2025.

As the number of nominations were less than the number of vacancies Ms Michelle Wallis was duly declared a DOE member of Council for the period March 2025 – declaration of the poll 2027.

There is still a one year vacancy to be filled in the DOE Category.

STUDENT CATEGORY – 2 VACANCIES

College Captain: Lucas Starmans were duly declared Student Members of Council until November 2025.