Thursday, 3 August 2023

Eastern Victoria Region

Melina BATH (Eastern Victoria) (12:57): (323) My question is to the Minister for Planning. Protecting Melbourne’s green wedges and agricultural land was a promise by the Andrews government two election cycles ago, and the endless round of consultations closed in February 2021. The interface and peri-urban local council areas are highly productive in agriculture to feed our nation and certainly provide export dollars. Green wedges have three key values: agricultural production, provision of habitat and biodiversity of glorious landscapes. My Mornington Peninsula constituent has raised this on a number of occasions with me as we have crossed paths, and he is just frustrated with the agricultural displacement by rural and residential urban and commercial uses. So he asked for me to ask the Minister for Planning: when can he expect the Andrews government to actually live up to its promises to implement green wedges, particularly on the Mornington Peninsula?

Sitting suspended 12:58 pm until 2:02 pm.