Moorabbin planning
Georgie CROZIER (Southern Metropolitan) (09:40): Last week I was with the member for Sandringham in Highett at a huge community event that over 300 people attended, expressing their concerns around the government’s proposed Suburban Rail Loop and the impacts to that community not only of Sandringham but also of the electorate of Bentleigh and of the Moorabbin activity centre, where the government has just bulldozed in, provided no consultation and really blindsided the community. It is very disingenuous for the government to say that the community have known about this; they have not. They have not known about the taxes that will be applied, about the density and about the issues that are going to be impacting their community, and to say they are concerned is an understatement. We heard from people who were talking about the lack of ability to argue with the government around the taxes that will be applied, the acquisition of their properties, the prices that the government will pay and the mental health impacts that these decisions are having on that community. It is a huge concern, and I think this community and many other communities are being impacted by this ideological push by the government, where they have blindsided councils in terms of their consultation process as well. As many members on this side of the chamber know, we will not stand for this. We will back communities over this push-through approach by the Premier and her government.