Tuesday, 18 June 2024

Ministers statements: housing

Jacinta ALLAN (Bendigo East – Premier) (14:43): I am very pleased to update the house on the work that our government is doing to build more homes for more Victorians. We want every young person to have the choice of living in the community they love – a home close to where they grew up, perhaps near Mum and Dad, great local schools, hospitals, jobs, green space and public transport. That is why on Sunday, as part of our housing statement and plan for Victoria work, we released new draft housing targets that look to the next 30 years of where these homes are going to be built. The same principles apply to these targets – access to jobs, services and public transport. That is why these targets are different from municipality to municipality. In Boroondara, for example, a great established community, it would mean 67,000 more homes over the next 30 years. In comparison to Wyndham, though, who have seen significant growth over that 30-year period of time, we would see more homes being accommodated in the Boroondara area to allow some of the pressure in Wyndham to be eased.

Just a word of caution, though, for anyone who might want to move into Boroondara, say, in the community of Hawthorn: you might just want to do your due diligence and check out who the neighbours are, because there is one NIMBY in that local community who is trying to keep everyone else away – a bit of a nosy parker going around telling people where they can and cannot live, saying that more people should go out to the outer suburbs, someone who has actively campaigned against height and density in the inner east going to the point of asking people to actively defend against young people moving in. You have got to wonder: does this individual prefer to live next to a nuclear reactor than a young family of four? We are focused on getting more homes built for more Victorians and giving people the dignity of being able to have a roof over their heads.

The SPEAKER: The time for questions has ended. We will now move to constituency questions.

Bridget Vallence: On a point of order, Speaker, there are yet again a number of questions and adjournments that have been unanswered so far and are overdue, and I would appreciate them being followed up, please. I have raised these points of order many times. The first is question 535 to the Minister for WorkSafe and the TAC, an adjournment matter. Constituency question 592 for the Minister for Transport Infrastructure remains unanswered. An adjournment, 655, to the Minister for Children remains unanswered. There are a raft of questions for the Minister for Skills and TAFE: questions on notice 1050, 1052, 1081 and 1083. Question 1112 is for the Minister for Education. For the Attorney-General there is question on notice 1134. More questions on notice are for the Minister for Skills and TAFE: 1135, 1136, 1137, 1138, 1139, 1140, 1141, 1148, 1149, 1150, 1151, 1152 and 1190. And there is a question on notice for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety: 1133. These are all overdue. I think I have raised points of order a number of times, and I would really appreciate these being answered.

The SPEAKER: Would you hand the list to the clerks, please, member for Evelyn.