Thursday, 15 May 2025

North-Eastern Metropolitan Region

Richard WELCH (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:42): My constituency matter is for the Minister for the Suburban Rail Loop. Community members and Whitehorse and Monash councillors have all criticised the Labor government’s plan to build towers of up to 20 storeys or higher along Gardiners Creek in my electorate. These towers will overshadow the creek, they will degrade the environmental quality of the area and they will undo 40 years of Landcare restoration of this area. It is fiercely opposed by my community, and it follows a broader pattern of where consultation with the local community is lauded as an exercise but then totally ignored. Minister, in light of the strong objections from both councils and residents, will you please revise these plans and assure the community that we will not have 20-storey towers along Gardiners Creek?