Tuesday, 17 February 2026

 James NEWBURY (Brighton) (14:33): (1498) My constituency question is to the Premier, and I ask: why did the Premier thumb her nose at my community by refusing to consult on her plan to scrap train station car parking across Brighton? The state Labor government has announced its plan to scrap the train station car parks at Middle Brighton and North Brighton to allow developers to build high-rise apartments there. These two railway station car parks serve a wide Bayside catchment, and the car parks allow our community to park and ride on the train. Scrapping the car parks without any parking alternative is shortsighted and takes away the commonsense need for commuters to be able to park at train stations. Additionally, our community was never consulted before the public announcement was made. It is another example of this state Labor government attacking my community simply because the Premier does not like Bayside and wants to stuff high-rise apartments wherever she can. The plan to scrap train station car parks should be scrapped and the parking maintained.