Truganina estates
Sarah CONNOLLY (Laverton) (19:08): (174) My adjournment is for the Minister for Planning, and the action I seek is that the minister join me in Truganina for a tour of new and developing estates. As the minister knows very well, Truganina and the City of Wyndham sit in one of the largest growth corridors here in this country. Decisions made in this portfolio can have life-altering impacts, not only for residents currently living in our patch of Melbourne but indeed for those who will call the outer suburbs home in the future. We know that planning decisions, very sadly, were rammed through by the former Liberal government here in Victoria, and we have seen that have a real and very lasting impact on the composition of these new estates. What we know is that Melbourne is set to have an extra 3.1 million people by 2050. That is just extraordinary: 3.1 million people by 2050. We cannot just push and squeeze all of these people into housing estates in the outer suburbs. That is no way to manage population growth. Communities like Wyndham have experienced the brunt of these growing pains over the last 20 years. It is why the minister’s recent comments about urban sprawl and her desire to refocus and support development in established areas is absolute music to our ears in the outer west. It is why I would like to show the minister firsthand the impacts of planning decisions in areas like Truganina, which she can then bear in mind when making proposed changes to the planning system.