Tuesday, 26 November 2024

South-Eastern Metropolitan Region

David LIMBRICK (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:56): (1275) My constituency question is for the minister for energy, the environment and climate change in the other place. The boatsheds at Lang Lang on Western Port Bay are privately owned but have been leased to families for many years, many of them from south-eastern Melbourne. Owners have spent tens of thousands of dollars to buy and maintain them. They pay the lease, park fees and council rates, and this is truly a special place for many families in my electorate. They are devastated that the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action want to get rid of the boatsheds and have told owners that they cannot fortify or repair their own seawalls. Once the structures have been damaged, they will be demolished. My question for the minister is: has the Lang Lang strategic extractive resource area proposal, allowing a sand mine in the area, which was issued in October this year, had any influence on why DEECA made this decision?