Wednesday, 15 October 2025

 Richard WELCH (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:50): (1878) My constituency matter is for the Minister for Planning. I refer to her ministerial cabinet colleague Mr Carbines, the member for Ivanhoe, who sponsored Assembly petition 202530. The petition describes a local development as having:

… the capacity to drastically and quickly alter neighbourhood character by applying bulk-scale, cookie cutter designs that overwhelm the area.

It says it lacks adequate mechanisms for independent oversight; that removing third-party rights and limiting the voice of local councils undermines transparency, fairness and integrity in the planning process; that it was rolled out without meaningful public consultation; and that it has not resulted in a single approved planning permit. These things all apply to a development in Rosanna. I ask that the minister please consider this in the context of the Blackburn activity centre also.

Sitting suspended 12:52 pm until 2:03 pm.