Tuesday, 1 April 2025

Southern Metropolitan Region

David DAVIS (Southern Metropolitan) (13:01): (1501) My constituency question is for the Minister for Transport Infrastructure. It picks up the Suburban Rail Loop, which is in my electorate, or is proposed to be in my electorate, in Burwood, Glen Waverley, Cheltenham and Monash. What I am seeking for the minister to do is to publish a full and detailed breakdown, by area, of how much value capture will be milked from each of the locations: how much will be achieved and how much will be screwed out of the people and the properties in those areas? We know there is a $20 billion black hole with the Suburban Rail Loop. We know the state government says it is going to get about a third of the cost – $11 billion, $12 billion, whatever it is – with this project, which is no doubt escalating out of control. But what the state government has not done is come clean on how much the people in Burwood, Glen Waverley, Cheltenham and Monash in those zones will pay. Will there be new taxes, will there be layers of additional charges and how much will be collected in each area?