Thursday, 3 April 2025

North-Eastern Metropolitan Region

Richard WELCH (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:54): (1537) My constituency matter is for the Minister for the Suburban Rail Loop. Recently the Glen Waverley SRL precinct plan was released. It was released so that the public can comment on it, so they can have a say in what happens in their community. However, at least a third of the entire precinct plan has been redacted and will be subject to a separate planning scheme, but no definition of that planning scheme resides within the SRL precinct. So this is I think yet another deliberate exercise by the Suburban Rail Loop Authority to hide information from the community so they cannot provide wholesome feedback on the plan that is affecting their community. There is no explanation how that feedback can be considered wholesome if you actually do not know what is happening in a third of the precinct. So, Minister, I ask you: will you please disclose the full strategy plan for the precinct and explain what these redacted areas mean and under what planning scheme they will operate?

Sitting suspended 12:55 pm until 2:01 pm.