Mornington electorate
Chris CREWTHER (Mornington) (14:55): (708) My question is for the Minister for Local Government. Can the minister provide information on Labor’s cost shifting to Mornington Peninsula shire, which has inhibited their financial stability and led to proposals like their disastrous online-only paid parking trial? The shire’s paid parking pilot, which began in December 2023, has had a major impact on small businesses, local residents, families, volunteers and visitors. The trial was at Flinders Pier, Sunnyside Beach and Schnapper Point, including Mornington Pier and Mornington Park, and has been wildly unpopular. The Rocks, Schnapper Point Kiosk, Mornington Boat Hire and Bay Fish N Trips have had an up to 30 per cent revenue loss. Indeed this trial may have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Mornington Peninsula shire, but it has been disastrous for local residents and visitors, and it has been brought on by Labor’s cost shifting in particular.