Tuesday, 29 July 2025


Constituency questions

Morwell electorate


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Morwell electorate

Martin CAMERON (Morwell) (14:48): (1198) My question is for the Minister for Planning, and my question is: why is the minister refusing to explain the rationale for the valuer-general’s outrageously inflated land valuations for the purpose of land tax assessments? I have written to the minister on several occasions, but I am yet to receive an answer as to how the valuer-general can feasibly claim that the value of a parcel of land without any capital improvement or other adjustments can double and in some instances even triple in the space of a year. One small local business, Australian Char, which makes the iconic heat beads, has been told its site in Morwell is supposedly valued at $1.25 million, more than double the reported valuation that was issued just 12 months ago. It absolutely defies all logic that Victorians are receiving massive land tax bills for parcels of land that have supposedly and miraculously more than doubled in value year on year. Minister, why are you refusing to explain the rationale for the valuer-general’s outrageously inflated land valuations?