Tuesday, 12 May 2026

 David DAVIS (Southern Metropolitan) (13:09): (2315) My question today is for the attention of the Minister for Housing and Building. It follows a number of questions I have asked previously; this is about a local architect who has communicated with me about these matters. He is concerned about decisions to abolish the Architects Registration Board of Victoria. I have asked twice now in the chamber matters about this, including to the Minister for Housing and Building. I ask the minister now why the government is so determined to persist with this step of abolishing the architects registration board. There is no cost to this in the state budget; it is a self-funding board. Further, why is it that the government hates the architecture profession? They have this set against the architecture profession. Given the need to make sure our housing standards are greater rather than lower, why is it that the government is so determined to rub the architects out in the way they are?