Wednesday, 29 October 2025

 Martin CAMERON (Morwell) (21:00): (1372) My adjournment matter this evening is for the Minister for Energy and Resources, and the action I seek is for the minister to explain why she is blocking the development of up to 2000 homes in Traralgon. We are talking about the south-east Traralgon precinct, an area of 187 hectares on the edge of town. The issue that we do have is coal overlays. We have spoken many a time with the minister, asking for these 40-year-old coal overlays to be overturned. They are outdated, obsolete and stifling this development of 2000 shovel-ready homes. In the midst of a housing crisis, we are calling on the minister to review these coal overlays. Doing this will open up these 2000 houses for the people of the Latrobe Valley. I urge the minister to consider taking this issue up, and I look forward to hearing her response.