Wednesday, 30 October 2024

 Michael GALEA (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:57): (1198) My question is for the Minister for Planning and Minister for the Suburbs. I am delighted to hear that the Allan Labor government has announced the next tranche of $150 million of growth areas infrastructure contribution funding towards public transport projects in our growing suburbs. I note that the south-east has already benefited from multiple routes which were announced earlier this year, including the 831 on Bells Road, the 798 on Hardys Road and the 928 as well in the Beaconsfield–Officer area. It is great to see that this government continues to invest in our outer suburbs. It does not, like those opposite, like Mr Newbury, just say, ‘They can all live in the outer suburbs’ – never mind any plan for it, never mind actually outlining to the Victorian people what your plan is for housing, just not in his backyard, let the other suburbs deal with it, with no actual plan. This is a government that supports Victorians’ right to live in the inner city or the outer suburbs in great electorates such as mine and is delivering those resources. Minister, how will this new fund benefit my constituents?