South-Eastern Metropolitan Region
Rachel PAYNE (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:37): My constituency question is for the Minister for Environment. The City of Casey recently approved a planning permit for a new waste transfer station adjacent to an existing landfill on Hallam Road in Hampton Park. Approval was given just days before a newly elected council took office, despite over 1000 submissions to the draft development plan, many of which were opposed to this development. The proposed waste transfer station will be located within 250 metres of homes, putting thousands of my constituents within the 500-metre buffer zone and at risk of exposure to air and noise pollution and dramatically increased traffic. So I ask: will the minister advocate for my constituents in the surrounding suburbs by opposing the establishment of a new waste transfer station on Hallam Road?