Thursday, 31 October 2024

 Sarah CONNOLLY (Laverton) (14:47): (883) My question is for the Minister for Planning. As part of the fantastic announcements made last week, the minister and the Premier announced that we will be creating a simpler, more efficient system to tackle developer contributions towards state infrastructure. As the minister knows, areas like ours in Wyndham benefit from growth areas infrastructure contribution funding, whereas in other local government areas these contributions are directly collected by council. It is this GAIC funding that has been instrumental in delivering so many minor infrastructure projects and upgrades across Wyndham. In 2020 this funding also helped to establish two new bus routes in Wyndham, including the 152 bus service, which connects Tarneit to Williams Landing station via Allura estate in Truganina. More recently, this year’s round of GAIC funding releases saw over $46 million in funding for local infrastructure, including $39.6 million for another new bus route connecting Tarneit and Laverton stations via Trug North. So my question is this: how will these reforms to developer contributions benefit communities in Laverton?