Pick My Park
John BERGER (Southern Metropolitan) (17:49): (1807) My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Development Victoria and Precincts Minister Shing. It relates to the new Pick My Park program, which the minister has created, which will allow members of the community to contribute ideas to the development and improvement of new and existing local parks. The Southern Metropolitan Region will be hosting a large number of the new activity centres near many of our train stations, so we are expecting an increase in housing density over the coming years and decades. I know that many of my constituents will be pleased to hear, as the minister has already made clear, that new housing stock should be accommodated with new access to parks and green spaces or upgrades to existing parks. One of the most important things we can do when we are making changes to people’s neighbourhoods is to listen to their feedback, take it seriously and act on it. This program came directly from the feedback from the consultations on the activity centres program, demonstrating the minister’s commitment to listening to the members of the community and responding to their concerns. The action that I seek is for the minister to provide me with more information about how this will positively impact my community of Southern Metro.