Southern Metropolitan Region
Katherine COPSEY (Southern Metropolitan) (12:48): (683) My constituency question is for the Minister for Transport Infrastructure. The Fishermans Bend Framework gave a commitment by the state government to providing both tram and rail connections to the precinct of 160,000 people living and working in my electorate of Southern Metropolitan in Fishermans Bend. This framework was released by the then Andrews government in October 2018, and it states the government will build a tramline connecting to the CBD to both the residential and employment districts of Fishermans Bend by 2025. Recent media reports suggest the government will not meet this deadline and reveal the University of Melbourne has been forced to abandon the tram as a short-term priority for its new Fishermans Bend campus. Without delivering the necessary climate-friendly transport connections for the community Victorian Labor is putting its own vision for this precinct at risk. I ask the minister: when can we expect to see the tram to service Fishermans Bend employees and residents funded and delivered?