Thursday, 14 November 2019

 Mr LIMBRICK (South Eastern Metropolitan) (12:50): My question is to the Minister for Planning. It is a pretty long commute from Frankston to the Melbourne Airport. The Committee for Greater Frankston, the south eastern metro group of councils and the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry have all espoused the benefits of a new airport in the region. Indeed the government’s own Plan Melbourne strategy documents recommend it as action 49. This new airport would service one-third of Victoria’s population and provide over 7000 ongoing jobs and billions of dollars in economic benefit. There are few projects that could provide as much benefit to the constituents of the South Eastern Metro area. Better still, in 2017 Paragon Premier Investment Fund secured $7 billion of backing to proceed. What work is being done by the government to allow this important project to move forward?