Wednesday, 28 August 2024

 Jordan CRUGNALE (Bass) (19:18): (809) My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Consumer Affairs. My electorate of Bass is home to eight established and emerging residential lifestyle villages, from Inverloch, Wonthaggi, Phillip Island and Grantville in Bass Coast to Clyde in the south-east. Whilst our residents love their lifestyle neighbourhoods and the sense of community and social wellbeing that they bring, for some time now they have shared with me their concerns, including unfair fees and charges, a lack of standardised contracts and no means of dispute resolution, amongst other issues. Jenny Lonergan from Phillip Island has been a tireless advocate for better protections for those in her lifestyle community, and she first raised this as a concern with me back in July 2022. I am so pleased that our minister and government have committed to developing new reforms and protections that will assist in providing our constituents with a sense of security and peace of mind when they enter into a contract to reside in a residential village. Minister, can you please provide an update on how the anticipated proposed reforms will benefit our lifestyle village residents in Bass and across the many others in Victoria. I hope this one is not ruled out of order.