Wednesday, 3 December 2025

 Jacinta ALLAN (Bendigo East – Premier) (14:09): I am proud to be Premier of a state where more and more people are choosing to live here, choosing to build or buy a home here, choosing to send their kids to school here and choosing to start a business here because they see a future here in Victoria. When Victoria is growing, there is a simple choice before us: build the homes that young people and families need, or do we let a handful of loud, outdated voices stand in the way?

A member interjected.

Jacinta ALLAN: Not you. Our government chooses to build. Further evidence of the bold reforms and actions we are taking is today another announcement by the hardworking Minister for Planning to cut through red tape and scrap 1970s rules around car parking, making sure that we can get more homes built next to great public transport locations by scrapping outdated car-parking provisions, which not only gets homes built more quickly and easily but means it is quicker for developers. It also means that it saves money – saves money for developers, which also saves money for home owners.

Paul Edbrooke interjected.

Jacinta ALLAN: We understand on this side of the house that when you build homes, member for Frankston, you also need to invest in the communities around them, which is why we are taking the existing infrastructure contribution system and understanding, from listening to industry, where it needs to be strengthened – an existing program that is about building better communities. We think it is only fair that when you are building homes you have got to invest in communities so young people get the chance. The Liberal Party just keep wanting to block those young people getting into their home.