Thursday, 14 August 2025
Constituency questions
Malvern electorate
Constituency questions
Malvern electorate
Michael O’BRIEN (Malvern) (14:40): (1240) My constituency question is to the Minister for Planning, who has now designated a large number of activity centres in my Malvern electorate – more activity centres than in any other electorate across Victoria. My question to the minister is: how is it fair to designate Tooronga station and Glen Iris station as activity centres while the Labor government refuses to remove the level crossings at these stations? For the Labor government to approve more high-rise apartments, bringing more traffic and more congestion around Tooronga and Glen Iris stations, while refusing to remove those level crossings, is just unfair. The Australian level crossing assessment model independently ranks the Tooronga and Glen Iris level crossings as the 39th- and 53rd-worst in Victoria, but Labor still refuses to remove them. The minister cannot have it both ways: she cannot impose more high-density living that will only make congestion worse while keeping two of the worst level crossings in the state.