Vacant residential land tax
David LIMBRICK (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (18:58): (709) My adjournment matter is for the Treasurer. My office was contacted by a person who owns a second property in Carlton. The property is vacant for various reasons, including the fact it was impossible for her to maintain it to the standard she wanted during the pandemic because of government restrictions. Not long after this the property was one of about 500 damaged by flooding. Then it became subject to ever-tightening mandatory requirements for rental properties. Now this landowner is being threatened with the vacant residential land tax. When she investigated the various reasons to be exempt from the tax, she said damage from natural disasters was not one of them. It seems unfair that victims should be further punished with this tax. My request for action from the Treasurer is to advise if it is possible for victims of natural disasters to receive exemptions from the vacant residential land tax.