Tuesday, 30 April 2024

 David DAVIS (Southern Metropolitan) (13:09): (810) My constituency question is for the attention of the Minister for Planning, and it relates to the government’s announcement today of arbitrary targets and writing those into planning law. Specifically with respect to my electorate I seek to understand whether this applies to councils in my electorate – Boroondara, Whitehorse, Monash, Bayside, Kingston, Port Phillip, Glen Eira and the City of Melbourne, those councils that cover my electorate. My question is: given the government is set to impose targets, will these be subject to those targets, and if they do not succeed, will those councils be stripped of their planning power? Further, I understand the government is going to impose an infrastructure charge, and I ask: will the infrastructure charge apply to my councils as well?