Northern Victoria Region
Georgie PURCELL (Northern Victoria) (12:50): (256) My constituency question is for the Minister for Environment. Correspondence from 13 May stated that Development Victoria has given the go-ahead to disturb a mob of 40 kangaroos to allow development for the Commonwealth Games village at Flora Hill, Bendigo, to proceed. Residents, wildlife rescuers and veterinarians have been appealing to developers for months to safely relocate wildlife before their habitat is demolished. Exclusion fencing has already gone up, and it is only a matter of time before the beloved mob are inhumanely herded across busy roads into built-up areas or inappropriate bushland. Without intervention, this plan will be lethal. Mismanaged dispersal of wildlife is inhumane. It only leads to deaths and increased road strike, which also poses a danger to humans. My constituents want to know why native wildlife has been sacrificed to make way for the Bendigo Commonwealth Games village.