Major move to make students' uniforms cheaper

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School logos on uniform items below the waist will be banned across all primary and secondary Victorian government schools from term one in 2026. Video via AAP

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00:00I mean this is a really important cost of living measure, but it's also a simple measure

00:04that will go a long way towards helping kids get the best education that they can and making

00:09sure students, no matter their postcode, no matter their circumstances, feel welcome,

00:14feel pride, feel inclusion when they go to school.

00:18So we have updated the school uniform policy and this is a compulsory change we are making

00:23for our government schools and can I thank Keith the Principal here at Abbotsford Primary

00:27because they are an example of what we are wanting to do right across the state.

00:32So above the waist essentially you can continue to have the logo, but skirts, socks, shorts,

00:40no logo.

00:41We want to provide more choice for families and for parents, so we have worked right across

00:46the state, some 20 roundtables across regional Victoria, metropolitan Melbourne and people

00:53like Gayle McCarty from Parents Victoria have participated in those roundtables.

00:57The Victorian Council of Social Services state school relief that the Premier mentioned

01:01and we heard loud and clear that the cost of school uniforms was having a really big

01:06impact on household budgets.

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