Tuesday, 20 September 2022

 Dr BACH (Eastern Metropolitan) (12:31): (1972) My constituency question is for the Minister for Transport Infrastructure. I recently had the pleasure to meet with Residents United Against North East Link A along with the Liberal candidate for Kew, Jess Wilson. They wanted to speak with me about the North East Link Program. RUANELA, like so many other excellent groups with an interest in this project, have their views about noise, have their views about air pollution and have their views about layout. And yet, again, like so many other interested community groups, they have been stonewalled at every turn. The so-called ‘consultation process’ has been a sham. It seems to me that many of the ideas that are being put forward by this group have much merit. I took the time to sit down and meet with this group. My question is: will the minister do the same? At so many fronts across the so-called Big Build, Victorian communities are being treated with contempt. This is one group that deserves to be listened to. We will do that in government through our audit process.