Thursday, 14 November 2019

 Mr HAYES (Southern Metropolitan) (10:04): I want to thank the many residents action groups who have supported my campaign to stop oppressive development and give residents a real say in planning matters: Mary Drost, the convener of Planning Backlash; Bernadette Pierce and Bette Hadfield and everyone at Save Glen Eira; Marlene Laurent and the Glen Eira Residents Association; Tanya Tescher, Dasha Kopocek and the Whitehorse Ratepayers and Residents Association; the Stop Elsternwick Towers group; the Defenders of the South East Green Wedge; the Beaumaris Conservation Society; Tammy Kricheli from Bentleigh; the Mordialloc Beaumaris Conservation League; the Ashburton Residents Action Group; the Hampton Residents Association; the Fitzroy Residents Association; Beth Jensen, president of Marine Care at Ricketts Point; and many others who I would like to mention, but time is not my friend.

I should also mention the advocacy and support of Liberal members in Southern Metropolitan, particularly David Southwick in Caulfield, James Newbury, Brad Rowswell, Shadow Minister for Planning Tim Smith, and David Davis and Georgie Crozier from this place, as well as my crossbench colleagues Samantha Ratnam and the Greens, Rod Barton, Catherine Cumming, Andy Meddick, David Limbrick and Tim Quilty, who have all supported giving local people a genuine say in planning matters. Their support this year has been much appreciated.