Thursday, 19 February 2026

 Sonya KILKENNY (Carrum – Attorney-General, Minister for Planning) (14:17): What we will support is building more homes for Victorians, and I am so proud to stand with my colleagues on this side, who want more Victorians to have the opportunity to find a home. Last week we released draft maps for another 23 train and tram activity centres right across Melbourne, showing where more homes can go. Why these areas? Because it makes sense. They are great locations, well serviced by trains and trams and close to jobs, schools and shops. We are doing this because we understand this simple truth: if we want young Victorians to have the same opportunities their parents had, we need to build more homes in the right places with the right infrastructure.

Let us be clear, our train and tram zones are backed by $4 billion in infrastructure investment across 60 centres, delivering the parks, roads, schools and community facilities that growing communities need. Just recently we approved 795 homes on Springvale Road through our development facilitation program, backed by the fabulous member for Glen Waverley. Thanks to the members for Box Hill, Bentleigh, Mulgrave, Dandenong and Ashwood for backing more homes for Victorians, with community consultation underway right now. They will not lock out the next generation; they will fight for them. On this side of the house we are planners and we are builders, delivering real action, because you either build homes or you block them, and we know which side we are on. Those opposite block, they cut and they leave young Victorians out. We will never do that. We will always support more Victorians with more homes.