Southern Metropolitan Region
Katherine COPSEY (Southern Metropolitan) (14:06): (892) My constituency question is to the Minister for Housing. Nearly 2000 residents of Port Melbourne have signed a petition about the redevelopment of the Barak Beacon former public housing site by Homes Victoria, ‘Reduce Barak Beacon’. The petition agrees that housing density should be increased on the site and agrees with the medium-density housing towers that were originally proposed for the site in information distributed to local residents by Homes Victoria. Additionally, and importantly, the petition calls for an increase in the proportion of public housing at the site. This group of residents were happy with their previous neighbours, 100 per cent of whom were public housing tenants. Minister, will you agree to meet with this group?