Wednesday, 3 December 2025

 Rachel PAYNE (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:56): (2046) My constituency question is for the Minister for Environment. My constituent is a resident of Cranbourne North. He is concerned about the proposed redevelopment of the Cranbourne Golf Club. The site sits approximately 1.3 kilometres from the active Hallam Road landfill, which my constituent reported as a significant source of odour. EPA guidelines determine there must be a 1.5-kilometre buffer between large municipal waste sites and residential developments. This may be reduced to 1 kilometre, subject to an appropriate odour risk assessment. The developer’s consultants concluded that a reduced buffer is appropriate. However, a lack of information to complete a level 1 quantitative assessment was noted. Meanwhile level 2 qualitative assessments showed no indication of external peer review or EPA endorsement. My constituent asks: would the government ensure a transparent and independent assessment of landfill odour risks is conducted before the site is developed?