Tuesday, 3 February 2026

 David SOUTHWICK (Caulfield) (18:16): (1468) My question is to the Minister for Planning. Caulfield, Glen Huntly, Ormond, Elsternwick and Balaclava are all now subject to the Allan Labor government’s ruthless activity centre program. Residents are demanding to know what is being planned in their suburbs. These activity centres are deliberately built around areas that are already quite dense. The process is moving, but unfortunately constituents have been kept in the dark about what is happening. Height does matter. It dictates traffic congestion, infrastructure strain, overshadowing and weather issues in suburbs and livable communities that are permanently being reshaped by the ideology. Will the minister finally come clean and tell residents in Caulfield, Glen Huntly, Ormond, Elsternwick and Balaclava exactly how tall the skyscrapers Labor is planning for their suburbs will be?