Tuesday, 10 September 2024

Eastern Victoria Region

Melina BATH (Eastern Victoria) (13:03):(By leave) (1107) My constituency question is for the Minister for Environment. It has taken four years for the cape-to-cape resilience project plan to open for consultation on 23 August, and it closes in 12 days time on 22 September. My Eastern Victoria communities of Bass and in particular Inverloch are highly frustrated that this plan contains no concrete recommendations or actions and ignores the imminent risk to public assets, private assets, the surf beach and in particular the surf lifesaving club. The government must in particular extend the time for community consultation. An Inverloch Tourism Association committee member has asked: will the government please extend this by up to a further month and a bit until the end of October to allow people to actually raise their concerns and unpack this very vague document?