Tuesday, 18 June 2024

Eastern Victoria Region

Renee HEATH (Eastern Victoria) (14:18): (929) My question is for the Minister for Planning. Minister, my constituents in Wonthaggi north-east precinct have been traumatised and dismayed by the government’s placement of a retrospective environmental audit overlay across 5000 blocks of land and 500 occupied properties. Since being made aware of this overlay, around 114 properties have undergone preliminary risk screen assessments, and those undertakings have been done at their own expense. Every single one of those 114 properties has been cleared, with no further action required. Minister, will you remove this blight from these properties immediately and provide some certainty to the owners, and will you commit to acting in a similar manner toward any properties that are assessed as not requiring further investigation?