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Inner South East Metro Region

Inner South East Metro RegionFive Year Plan for Jobs, Services and Infrastructure 2018–2022

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1Inner South East Metro Region Five Year Plan

Aboriginal acknowledgement

The Victorian Government proudly acknowledges Victoria’s Aboriginal community and their rich culture and pays respect to their Elders past and present.

We acknowledge Aboriginal people as Australia’s first peoples and as the Traditional Owners and custodians of the land and water on which we rely. We recognise and value the ongoing contribution of Aboriginal people and communities to Victorian life and how this enriches us.

We embrace the spirit of reconciliation, working towards the equality of outcomes and ensuring an equal voice.

Office for Suburban Development

2 Inner South East Metro Region Five Year Plan

Introduction 4

Your Inner South East Metro Region 5

Inner South East Metro Region snapshot 8

The Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership 9

Putting community at the centre 10

Metropolitan Development Advisory Panel 10

Metropolitan Partnership Development Fund 10

Inner South East Metro Region – Land Use Framework Plan 11

Investment overview 13

Pick My Project 19

Victorian Government election commitments 20

Appendix 1: Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership – Membership 23

Appendix 2: Victorian Government Response to the Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership Priorities 2017 25

Appendix 3: Glossary 34

Contents



This year’s Inner South East Metro Region Five Year Plan provides an update on the Inner South East Region’s growing population and economy, and outlines the Government’s investments from the Victorian Budget 2018/19 to support jobs and deliver infrastructure and services in the region over the next five years.

New sections in this year’s Plan include:

• a report on the advice provided by the newly formed Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership on priorities for enhancing the Inner South East Region’s economy and liveability

• the Government’s response to the Partnership’s advice, including details on its response to each of the Partnership’s priority actions

• a report on the joint development of the Inner South East Metro Region’s Land Use Framework Plan by the Government and inner south east councils, creating a shared understanding across all levels of government and the community about future population and employment growth, and housing and land use needs

• details on new government initiatives designed to strengthen metropolitan regional development and engage with communities in identifying and delivering local infrastructure and services such as the $30 million Pick My Project program.

By bringing together this information at the metropolitan regional level, the Inner South East Metro Region Five Year Plan will assist all levels of government and the Inner South East Region’s communities to work together to identify local challenges and opportunities, and develop new approaches to enhance liveability and prosperity.

By bringing together this information at the metropolitan regional level, the Inner South East Metro Region Five Year Plan will assist all levels of government and the Inner South East Region’s communities to work together

The Inner South East Metro Region Five Year Plan for Jobs, Services and Infrastructure 2018–2022 outlines the Victorian Government’s ongoing commitment to Melbourne’s Inner South East Region.

Introduction



Your Inner South East Metro Region The Inner South East Metro Region of Melbourne includes the inner suburban Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Stonnington, Glen Eira, Boroondara and Bayside.

The Inner South East Metro Region’s suburbs provide a wide variety of housing, employment and lifestyle opportunities. These range from the region’s higher density historic inner areas to its more residential post-war suburbs. The region includes major retail precincts such as Chapel Street, Camberwell Junction, Glenferrie Road and Chadstone, as well as quieter residential areas in its inner and middle suburbs.

The Inner South East Metro Region has a population of more than 549,200 people (approximately 11.5 per cent of Melbourne’s total). Its population is projected to continue to grow between 2017 and 2022 but at a lower rate than the Melbourne metropolitan average (with expected population growth of approximately six per cent compared with 10 per cent for all regions).

Today, the Inner South East is Melbourne’s second smallest region by area but one of the most prosperous. The region benefits from its proximity to a wide range of central city infrastructure and services. It is well served by public transport and major arterial roads, and is home to both Swinburne University and Monash University Caulfield campus.

Important natural assets include the Yarra River, which defines the northern border of the region, more than 17 kilometres of coastline in Bayside, and many heritage-listed structures, parks and gardens. The region also features a rich network of community arts and cultural facilities such as the Monash University Museum of Art, the Bayside Arts and Cultural Centre, Chapel off Chapel and Hawthorn Arts Centre. These assets, combined with the region’s close proximity to central Melbourne, make the Inner South East Metro Region an exciting and highly liveable place.



Inner South East Metro Region snapshot

Population Households Housing mix

• 549,200 residents

• 11.5 per cent of metropolitan Melbourne’s total population

• projected to grow by 34,900 residents over the next four years

• estimated population of more than 584,000 residents by 2022

• 67,440 couples with children

• 56,013 couples without children

• 61,842 lone-person households

• 17,004 one-parent families

Regional housing mix as at June 2016:

• 38,254 apartments of three or more storeys

• 106,076 separate houses

• 78,024 townhouses/flats/small apartments

Industry and business Key employment centres Employment

Top five employing industries:

• health care and social assistance

• retail trade

• education and training

• professional scientific and technical services

• accommodation and food services sector

• Monash University’s Caulfield campus

• Swinburne University’s Hawthorn campus

• Chadstone Shopping Centre

• major retail and services–based precincts at Chapel Street, Glenferrie Road and Camberwell junction

• 186,895 jobs in 2016–17

• 8 per cent of all jobs in metropolitan Melbourne

• highest percentage of people employed in health care and social assistance in Melbourne

• 3.7 per cent unemployment rate, 2.4 percentage points lower than the metropolitan average

Future employment growth Regional strengths Regional Challenges/Opportunities

Employment in the Inner South East Metro Region is projected to increase by an additional 19,100 jobs by 2022:

• 6,200 additional jobs in health care and social assistance

• 4,600 additional jobs in professional, scientific and technical services

• 2,100 additional jobs in construction

• 2,000 additional jobs in education and training

• 1,200 additional jobs in retail trade

• well-connected network of activity centres

• access to public transport / proximity to CBD

• higher education precincts

• concentration of high–income households

• natural assets including the Yarra River and Port Phillip Bay

• enhancing regional connectivity with public transport and active transport

• creating local employment opportunities

• housing affordability

• social inclusion

The Inner South East Metro Region is one of Melbourne’s most established regions and is home to significant residential suburban areas that are well serviced by health, education and retail precincts. Future population projections and industry trends suggest Melbourne’s Inner South East will grow at a slower rate than other regions, with the majority of growth centred on transport-related urban renewal opportunities.



The Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership

The Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership was established in June 2017. Its membership includes eight community and business representatives, the CEO of each local council in the region and a Deputy Secretary from the Victorian State Government (Appendix 1).

Over its first 12 months of operation the Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership has worked to engage with its regional communities to identify opportunities for driving improved outcomes for the region and its suburbs. This included hosting its inaugural annual assembly of regional community and business leaders to assist in developing its advice to government.

In communicating its priorities to government, the Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership outlined its vision for the region ‘to be liveable, equitable and agile.’ The Partnership’s priority outcomes covered four principal themes, with specific actions that the Partnership believed should be progressed by government:

• Environment and open space (liveable) – Increase the network of accessible public open space, supporting inclusive, vibrant and healthy neighbourhoods

• Economy, industry and jobs (agile) – Encourage local employment hubs that support strong, local economies, fostering collaboration, innovation and education for small businesses to enable people and businesses to work flexibly, close to home

• Affordable and social housing (equitable) – Deliver the right mix of social and affordable housing through mandatory inclusionary zoning in new developments, and explore options for community housing developments

• Transport connectivity (liveable) – Improve the connectivity of all transport modes to cover sustainable, low-cost travel across the region, including north-south coverage, reducing the car dependency currently leading to associated health, environmental and economic problems.

The Government has responded to the Partnership’s vision and advice on priority actions with commitments such as:

• $12.33 million for a wider entrance at South Yarra Station and fully accessible tram stops

• $572 million to plan for the duplication of the Cranbourne line, delivery of power and signaling upgrades from the city to Cranbourne and Pakenham, and detailed design works to enable new high capacity metro trains to run to Sunbury

• $3 million to design and plan the Caulfield to Rowville tram route, which will connect Caulfield station to Monash University’s Clayton campus

• support in the Victorian Budget 2018/19 to develop a Melbourne-wide Metropolitan Open Space Strategy.

Full details of the Partnership’s 2017 advice and the response from the Government are at Appendix 2. The Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership has also submitted its 2018 advice to the Government. The Government has already commenced considering this advice and will be providing a detailed response through the 2019 Inner South East Metropolitan Five Year Plan.





Building on its establishment of Metropolitan Partnerships to involve communities in determining local priorities, the Government has launched additional initiatives in the Suburban Development portfolio that will strengthen our focus on supporting the Inner South East Region and engaging with its communities to identify and deliver innovative local infrastructure, services and initiatives.

Metropolitan Development Advisory Panel

In late 2017, the Minister for Suburban Development and Minister for Planning jointly established the Metropolitan Development Advisory Panel (MDAP).

The role of MDAP is to provide expert advice to the Ministers on metropolitan development, including the implementation of Plan Melbourne 2017–2050, Metropolitan Partnership priorities and advice on enhancing Melbourne’s liveability, sustainability and international competitiveness at the whole-of- city level.

The Panel includes the six chairpersons of the Metropolitan Partnerships and four members with broad skills and expertise in planning and related fields such as economic and community development.

MDAP will play a key role in keeping the Government informed about the impact of planning policies and population growth on regional communities. The panel will help the Government identify practical solutions to managing Melbourne’s growth and maintaining the city’s liveability. It will also ensure that Metropolitan Partnerships are supported to engage and play an active role in shaping the delivery of policies critical to Melbourne’s future growth and development.

Metropolitan Partnership Development Fund

As part of the Victorian Budget 2018/19, government has established a new $2 million Metropolitan Partnerships Development Fund (MPDF).

This fund will be used to support the implementation of responses to the advice provided by Metropolitan Partnerships. It will provide seed funding for program pilots, feasibility studies and business cases to progress Metropolitan Partnership priority actions.

Administered by the Office for Suburban Development, funding will be allocated annually across Melbourne’s six partnership regions over the next two years. Funding allocations for 2018-2019 will be developed as part of the Government’s response to priorities identified by the Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership.

Putting community at the centre

The Government is focused on putting communities at the centre of what we do, including making sure local residents have a greater say in determining local priorities.



Inner South East Metro Region – Land Use Framework Plan

Plan Melbourne 2017–2050 recognises the importance of a regional approach to planning for our city and suburbs.

Action 1 in the Plan Melbourne Implementation Plan requires the development of a Land Use Framework Plan (LUFP) for each of the six metropolitan regions. The LUFPs will be forward-focused to ensure that each region has a plan to provide for the population growth and change that is projected to occur over the next 30 years. It will mean that state and local government, working together, can be clear about how best to develop land and what supporting networks and infrastructure will be needed when and where.

The LUFPs will provide a means to ensure that our suburbs are planned holistically, that we provide not only enough suitable housing, but also set aside land for employment, community spaces and parks, while protecting our natural environment. The LUFPs, developed in consultation with the Metropolitan Partnerships, will inform the strategies and initiatives in future releases of the Five Year Plans for Jobs, Services and Infrastructure.

The benefits of planning at a regional scale across metropolitan Melbourne include:

• bridging the gap between metropolitan and local government strategic plans by delivering a single regional view

• providing the strategic planning basis for identifying future infrastructure, service and funding priorities

• clearly defining a land-use framework within which each council can prepare their municipal strategies and policies

• ongoing partnership and collaboration between state and local government.

The LUFPs build upon existing strategic work undertaken by state and local government to deliver a regional picture through an integrated partnership approach.

The Inner South East Metro Region is expected to see less than 1 per cent population growth each year, with a total projected population of 808,200 by 2050. As an established region, growth and land use pressures need to be managed collaboratively and innovatively to grow the economy and maintain the region’s liveability and unique character.

Driven by the Economy and Planning Working Groups (EPWGs) that have been established for each region, state and local government officers have collated existing planning strategies and policies to understand what is important to the Inner South East Metro Region, its strengths and opportunities. Strengths of the Inner South East Region identified include:

• The region has a well-connected network of activity centres, which provide a thriving commercial offering ranging from major global businesses to startups, and the region is an increasingly attractive place for knowledge business and creative industries.

• Key regional employment and education precincts such as Caulfield, Prahran/South Yarra, Chadstone, Hawthorn and Bentleigh East give residents greater access to a diversity of employment opportunities close to home.

• The region typifies the liveability for which Melbourne is widely praised and is supported by a network of neighbourhood centres that offer a village quality unique to the region, provide local services and a valued sense of community and identity.



Feedback received to date indicate there are opportunities in the region for:

• safeguarding employment land and balancing proposed residential use of commercial sites, to provide more local jobs for the ongoing prosperity region

• connecting the Metro Tunnel Project and Caulfield Station with the existing employment and learning corridor that stretches from the Dandenong and Monash National Employment and Innovation Clusters (NEICs) to the CBD and inner north-west of Melbourne, creating significant economic opportunities for the region

• prioritising pedestrians, improving cycling routes and extending public transport options to transition a car dependent population to sustainable travel – critical to this will be improving connections between growing education precincts and major activity centres, delivering new and improved north-south connections and closing gaps in the regional cycling network

• contributing a high level of architectural design for quality public spaces to respect heritage significance, well-established character, fine grain environments and the landscape contexts of the region

• directing higher density housing to agreed locations, well serviced by transport and community infrastructure, and providing a significant proportion of new housing that is affordable

• substantially increasing social housing to meet the needs of the most vulnerable members of our community using older public housing estates

• protecting, increasing, improving and prioritising the scarce open space and public realm – existing spaces such as Caulfield Racecourse, key urban renewal precincts such as Highett, and under utilised government land can play a regional role in providing future open space, recreation facilities and community infrastructure

• valuing the mature tree canopy that characterises local streetscapes provides relief to new developments and links regional open space

• strengthening the ecological and biodiversity corridors, including the Yarra River, Port Phillip Bay and the linear open space network to support a diverse, resilient and healthy ecosystem – these natural assets have increasingly important cross-regional roles of providing active transport, community wellbeing and mitigating environmental risks.

Next steps

The implementation partners for the LUFP project include: the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP); the Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (DJPR); the Department of Transport (DoT); the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS); the Department of Education and Training (DET); the Victorian Planning Authority (VPA); and the councils of the region. Working together, they will expand on the scoping work undertaken to date to prepare a draft LUFP that delivers a regional picture of the issues, opportunities and aspirations of the region. The Government will continue working with local and regional partners to develop draft plans for consultation.

These investments are based on the Government’s long-term strategic plans for strengthening the economy and liveability of Victoria and managing Melbourne’s continued growth and development as a globally connected city.

This section provides an overview of:

• Major investments in services and infrastructure in the inner south east contained in the Victorian Budget 2018-19;

• Pick My Project grants to strengthen the liveability of local areas announced for the Inner South East Metro Region; and

• Election commitments made in the November 2018 state election to improve outcomes for people in the Inner South East Metro Region.

Investment overview

The Victorian Government is responding to the growing needs of Melbourne’s Inner South East Metro Region by investing in local services and infrastructure.

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JOBS

The Victorian Government is focused on supporting and driving economic development, investment and job creation across the state, and is committed to projects, industries and ideas that will encourage small businesses to grow and big businesses to invest. The Inner South East Metro Region will benefit from funding provided in the Victorian Budget 2018/19 including a $21 million boost for Jobs Victoria.

$10 million to extend the Premier’s Jobs and Investment Fund to support the Government’s economic development priorities to build a strong economy, improve economic growth and create more jobs.

$6 million statewide to increase employment inclusion on Victoria’s major projects through new dedicated services to connect young people from Aboriginal and migrant communities and women into jobs on Victoria’s major projects, including roles generated by the Major Projects Skills Guarantee.

$5 million statewide for a new specialised employment support program for long-term unemployed youth and young people facing significant barriers to employment.

Victorian Budget 2018/19 – Inner South East Metropolitan Region Outcomes



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TRANSPORT

The Victorian Government is delivering a massive pipeline of transport infrastructure projects, including removing level crossings, building the Metro Tunnel, building the West Gate Tunnel, widening City Link and the Tullamarine Freeway, streamlining Hoddle Street, upgrading the M80 Ring Road, delivering Stage 1 of the Monash Freeway Upgrade, and completion of the Mernda Rail Extension.

The Metro Tunnel project will create capacity in the City Loop to run more trains, more often across Melbourne. The Metro Tunnel includes 9km rail tunnels and five new underground stations. Construction is one year ahead of schedule with the Metro Tunnel on track to be completed by 2025.

$12.3 million to upgrade South Yarra station including a wider entrance and for fully accessible tram stops. Ongoing planning work will investigate options to deliver a fully accessible station, additional station access points, improve cycling facilities and better integration with the surrounding community over the longer term.

$115.9 million for metropolitan road restoration and maintenance. These works will increase the safety, efficiency and productivity of the road network by reducing the deterioration of road surfaces and improving the structure and integrity of roads.

$3 million for planning and design work on a tram line extension between Caulfield, Monash, Waverley Park and Rowville.

EDUCATION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD

The Victorian Government is responding to the growing demand for student places in the Inner South East Metro Region by investing to build new schools and to modernise and upgrade existing secondary and primary schools.

$43.1 million to upgrade four schools in the Inner South East Metro Region and provide a purpose-built facility to give additional support to higher achieving students. This will improve educational outcomes through providing high-quality classrooms and facilities for learning and community use.

• Bentleigh West Primary School

• East Bentleigh Primary School

• Ormond Primary School

• Sandringham East Primary School

• Centre for Higher Education Studies.

$4.1 million for design and early works for an additional campus at McKinnon Secondary College to meet growing demand.

$60.9 million statewide for building the Education State. Funding will be provided for operating costs associated with school asset initiatives, including early childhood development facilities on school sites; and new schools construction.




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$33.9 million statewide for grants to local councils and eligible providers to construct new, and upgrade existing, early learning facilities and integrated children’s centres. This funding will support additional kindergarten places and the expansion of other early childhood services across Victoria, including support for areas experiencing or expecting population growth or other demand pressures.

Mental Health in Schools. Every Victorian Government Secondary School will have access to a mental health professional with $51.2 million to allow schools across the state to employ over 190 qualified mental health professionals.

COMMUNITY SAFETY

Since 2015, the Victorian Government has made record investments to reduce crime and make communities safer by recruiting police, addressing family violence and strengthening our emergency services. This year’s Budget includes new investments that strengthen the justice system and prevent crime.

$390.7 million for to better support children who need to go into out of home care with more home-based care placements and better support for carers.

$282.6 million statewide to support vulnerable children and their families. This includes:

• $225.5 million to better assist children in the statutory child protection system through an extra 450 child protection practitioners

• $7.7 million in 2018–19 to cover civil claims costs for historical institutional child abuse

• $49.9 million for family violence therapeutic and flexible support, including approximately 6,500 flexible support packages to enable victim survivors of family violence to access counselling and therapeutic supports to aid recovery.

$96.9 million for Victoria Police prosecutors and $21.8 million to equip the Office of Public Prosecutions to prosecute serious crimes and hold offenders to account.

$27.7 million for twenty-four hour, seven days a week refuge responses for victims of family violence to provide secure, after-hours crisis accommodation for women and children seeking immediate support.




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$25 million statewide for local crime prevention initiatives, including youth crime prevention projects, the Public Safety Infrastructure and Community Safety funds, and crime prevention agencies such as Crime Stoppers and Neighbourhood Watch.

Health, housing and wellbeing

The Victorian Government is continuing to build a high-quality, proactive health and human service system. Building on the Government’s major investments in hospitals, we are making further investments in our health workforce, boosting access to mental health services, expanding alcohol and drug treatment and early intervention services, and improving ambulance response times. The Victorian Government also continues to have a strong focus on affordable housing and addressing homelessness, with record investment in housing and homelessness support, as well as financial backing for new forms of social housing investment across the state.

Victorian Budget 2018/19 will provide $2.1 billion, supporting the 1.96 million patients expected to be admitted to our hospitals, and the 1.84 million patients to be seen in our emergency departments, this year.

More than 207,000 Victorians will get the surgery they need sooner, with a $217.6 million elective surgery blitz to cut down waiting times and lists. This is equivalent to nearly 14,370 hip replacements or more than 76,000 eye surgeries.

Budget funding will also help meet the growing demand on our health and ambulance services, giving patients the emergency care they need, when they need it.

• $25 million for a Better Care Victoria Innovation Fund to help the sector identify, scale and embed innovation effectively

• $6.7 million to deliver immunisation programs that tackle meningococcal and influenza

• $217.6 million elective surgery blitz to cut down waiting times and lists

• $2.1 million for more rural and regional patients to access support through the Victorian Patient Transport Assistance Scheme

• $6.5 million to respond to people’s end-of-life care choices.




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$705 million for more mental health support, extra regional rehabilitation facilities and new emergency department crisis hubs to help Victorians struggling with mental illness:

• $232.4 million to support 89 new and existing acute inpatient beds and boost the number of treatment hours in community-based services, giving around 12,800 more Victorians the care they require

• $100.5 million in six emergency department crisis hubs across the state, including Monash Medical Centre to help people with urgent mental health, alcohol and drug issues

• $18.7 million to support the development of six new Hospital Outreach Post-Suicidal Engagement sites

• $153.8 million to provide intensive community mental health services and support for current high-need mental health clients.

A record $500 million ambulance package – the biggest ever investment in ambulance services in Victoria’s history, to put 450 new paramedics on Victorian roads.

This year’s budget provides an additional $55 million for more paramedics and more vehicles.

$32.6 million for caring for the ageing including:

• $6 million for an elder abuse family counselling and mediation service

• $55.6 million residential aged care facility at St George’s Health Service in Kew.

$45 million for the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Plan. The Action Plan initiatives include 20 one-bedroom modular units with intensive onsite support, multidisciplinary housing teams to support complex clients to maintain stable housing, expansion of the CBD Rough Sleepers Initiative, eight additional assertive outreach teams in locations of highest need, and funding therapeutic services in major inner city crisis accommodation centres to improve health, wellbeing and housing outcomes.

$9.7 million to process more planning permits.

$3.5 million to help councils do faster subdivision approvals.

CULTURE AND RECREATION

The Inner South East Metro Region offers a variety of cultural, sport and recreation infrastructure and programs with a network of regional and local parks, sports grounds and aquatic and leisure facilities. The Victorian Government is providing additional funding to ensure that sport and recreation facilities meet the demand generated by population growth in the Inner South East.




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$60 million statewide for the Community Sports Infrastructure Fund to provide grants to local governments across metropolitan and regional and rural Victoria to build new or improve existing infrastructure, increase access and participation, deliver new infrastructure to meet current and future demand in growth areas, and provide financial assistance to applicants to meet the costs of project delivery.

$15 million statewide for the Female Friendly Facilities fund to provide grants for developing community pavilions, playing grounds, courts and lighting to ensure women and girls can access appropriate community sporting facilities.

$2 million statewide for a Pride Events and Festivals fund for LGBTI events in Victoria. These events will promote LGBTI arts and culture, and celebrate diversity and acceptance.

LIVEABLE AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES

The health of Melbourne’s natural environment contributes to the liveability of our suburbs. The Victorian Government is working on innovative integrated planning approaches to protect open space in the Inner South East Region including its bayside areas and the Yarra River.

$48 million statewide to help Victorians bust their energy bills. Through the Power Saving Bonus, all Victorian households will be eligible to receive a $50 bonus if they seek out a better electricity deal on the Government’s Victorian Energy Compare website.

$8.3 million to protect Port Phillip Bay and its beaches, including beach renourishment and developing a Port Phillip Bay Improvement Plan to improve stewardship of the bay, water quality and marine biodiversity.

$3.2 million statewide to improve the use and environmental health of priority waterways and storages. This will support greater community access to, and use of, key waterways, storages and recreational fishing locations.

$1.25 million to implement the next steps of the Government’s Yarra River Action Plan. The initiative will finalise the Yarra strategic plan, which will introduce stronger planning controls along the Yarra. The plan will help preserve the natural landscape along the Yarra corridor.




Pick My Project

To further support communities to develop and deliver initiatives that strengthen the liveability of their local areas, the Victorian Budget 2018/19 set aside $30 million for a community grants initiative, Pick My Project. With this innovative grassroots democratic program, local residents had the opportunity to nominate local community-building projects, which were then put forward for the community to vote on.

Pick My Project backs ideas to improve local communities, such as new or improved sport and recreation activities, or programs supporting health and wellbeing, innovation and arts and culture.

Residents were encouraged to come up with a great idea to make life in their community even better and to identify an eligible local organisation to sponsor their idea, such as a community group, school or local council. Eligible ideas were put forward for community voting. In the Inner South East Region a total of $1.62 million of funding was allocated across 11 successful projects, including:

Budget 2018-19

Bringing our playground to life at Elsternwick Primary School , Brighton

Lamm Courtesy Bus, Caulfield

Hawthorn Malvern Hockey Centre Lighting Upgrade, Hawthorn

Community Playground Upgrade, Malvern

Greythorn Primary School grounds redevelopment, Balwyn North

Resurfacing Penpraze Park, Malvern

Habonim Community Centre Repairs and Amenity Improvements, Elsternwick

Calling all dancers, singers and actors! Armadale

Multi-purpose all-abilities sportsfield, Saint Kilda EastCommunity activity court weather protection & resurfacing, Armadale

Caulfield Community Garden Project, Caulfield

More information about the 11 successful projects in the Inner South East Metro Region can be found at https://pickmyproject.vic.gov.au/successful-projects


Victorian Government election commitments

The Victorian Government is continuing to respond to the growth and change in Melbourne’s Inner South East Metro Region through the following election commitments.

Jobs

Election Commitment Investment area

The Suburban Rail Loop will create around 20,000 jobs during construction – with up to 2,000 apprentices, trainees and cadets employed through the Major Projects Skills Guarantee.

Statewide

Protecting Victorians at work - new criminal offence of workplace manslaughter in the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004.

Statewide

Protect public holiday penalty rates of Victorian workers, introducing legislation in the first year.

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Transport


$350,000 to roll out 32 mobile charging bars with a total of 160 mobile phone charging ports at eight inner city stations, including South Yarra train station.

City of Stonnington

The Suburban Rail Loop will connect every major train line from the Frankston line all the way to the Werribee line through Melbourne Airport, with up to 12 new underground stations. The Government will invest $300 million in a full business case, design, and pre-construction works, with work on the first section in Melbourne’s south east expected to begin by the end of 2022. The south east section will run underground between Cheltenham and Box Hill – with new rail tunnels linking the Frankston, Cranbourne-Pakenham, Glen Waverley and Belgrave-Lilydale lines.

Statewide

Remove an additional 25 level crossings across Victoria by 2025, including

• Glen Huntly Road in Glen Huntly

• Neerim Road in Glen Huntly.

Statewide, including City of Glen Eira

$5 billion towards the construction of Melbourne Airport Rail Link, which will run from the CBD to the airport via Sunshine. The full business case is now underway, with the project set to begin construction by 2022.

Statewide

Education and early childhood


Six school upgrades including:

• $5 million to upgrade Glen Huntly Primary School

• $10.8 million to upgrade Kew High School

• $1.1 million to upgrade Murrumbeena Primary School

• $7.4 million to upgrade Tucker Road Bentleigh Primary School

• $4.7 million to upgrade Windsor Primary School

• $1 million to upgrade St Peter’s School (Glen Eira).

Statewide



A second new secondary campus of McKinnon Secondary College. Glen Eira

$220 million to build better TAFEs. Statewide

Kinder for every three-year-old

Almost $5 billion over the next decade to deliver a full 15 hours of three-year-old kinder, with the rollout beginning in 2020.

Statewide

Kinder infrastructure build ahead of kinder investment

1,000 new and upgraded kinders across the state.Statewide

Free of charge pads and tampons in every Government school

Labor will provide free sanitary items in all female, unisex and accessible bathrooms at all government schools from term three, 2019.

Statewide

Health, housing and wellbeing


$395.8 million to provide free dental care at all public primary and secondary schools. Statewide

Young Families Package

$232 million in a comprehensive package of new parent and early childhood supports to help every Victorian parent. Seven new Early Parenting Centres will be built and two will be refurbished. These will deliver day stays, longer residential stays and more support at home, and will include:

• a new Early Parenting Centre in Casey, the centre will support around 690 families a year

• a new Early Parenting Centre in Frankston, the centre will support around 690 families a year.

The Young Families Package will deliver a range of critical services, including:

• a revamped 24-hour phone line with specialists in sleep and settling issues.

• boosting the number of Maternal Child Health Nurse home visits for vulnerable families, so 7,000 families get more support.

• first aid training to around 26,000 first-time parents per year.

Statewide

New parents and early childhood investment

• $21.8 million over four years to give new parents a Baby Bundle, which will include a nappy bag to hold essential baby products, a teething ring or toy with information on teething, key advice on child safety, feeding, sleeping and an emergency contacts list

• the bundle will also include a safe sleeping bag and muslin wrap with advice from the Royal Children’s Hospital about how to safely wrap babies, and four picture books by Victorian authors for different stages of development.

Statewide

Funding for nurses and midwives to:

• undertake further nurse and midwife to patient ratio improvements to better support nurses and midwives to provide quality care to Victorian patients

• recruit more than 1,100 new nurses and midwives to rollout these improvements.

State-wide



Culture and recreation


$3.4 million in a historic boost to multicultural senior citizen organisations

• $52,000 flowing directly to 13 Jewish organisations across Victoria

• $96,000 flowing directly to 24 Vietnamese organisations across Victoria.

Statewide

Bringing Bollywood to Victoria

• $3 million to a dedicated Indian Cinema and Bollywood Attraction Fund.Statewide

Liveable and sustainable communities


6,500 hectares of parkland and new walking and bike trails right across Melbourne. Statewide

Half price solar panels at no up-front cost for 650,000 homes. Statewide

$82 million over ten years to provide an additional 50,000 rebates on solar panels for Victorian renters.

Statewide



Appendix 1: Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership – Membership

Name Description Position

Alicia Darvall Alicia is Executive Director of Global Partners for B Lab, where she is growing a global movement of people using business as a force for good. B Lab works with entrepreneurs to build on their values, engage with community and stakeholders, and focus on measuring their impact through the B Corp Certification. Alicia has held senior roles in organisations including Moonlight Cinema, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Social Traders and Melbourne Fashion Festival.

Chair

Steve Whittington

Steve is an organiser for the Independent Education Union, whose work includes advocating for members’ workplace rights and improving pay and conditions throughout the non-government education system. Steve is also a Board Member at the Centre for Strategic Education.

Deputy Chair

Sally Howe Sally is a senior health executive with a background in the private health sector, health economics and public and community health. A graduate of the AICD, and currently a non-executive director on the Connect Health and Community Board, Sally chairs the Southern Melbourne Primary Care Partnership and is Director, Business and Service Development at Cabrini Health.

Member

Simon Stafrace

Simon has been a psychiatrist in the private and public sectors for over 25 years. As the Program Director of Psychiatry at Alfred Health, Simon is responsible for the delivery of specialist and primary mental health services in the inner south of Melbourne, and at a psychiatry research centre in partnership with Monash University.

Member

Lizzy Kuoth Currently employed at St Francis Xavier College and Australian Multicultural Foundation, Lizzy established a group for South Sudanese youth in 2008. In 2012, she was awarded the Empowering Monash Women’s’ Award for her role as a dedicated youth leader and human rights activist.

Member

Jane Farmer Jane is a recognised leader and researcher in innovations in rural and small health services workforce and service delivery. Jane is interested in civic technology, citizen involvement, coproduction, social enterprise and social value measurement. She is Director of the Social Innovation Research Institute at Swinburne University.

Member

Damian Ferrie Damian is CEO of Star Health (formerly Inner South Community Health) and has held leadership roles in the health, housing, community development and transport sectors in New South Wales and Victoria. Damian has also been responsible for programs that narrow the gap between disadvantaged communities and the rest of the state.

Member

Philip Mallis Philip recently retired as a councillor for Boroondara City Council and currently works as a transport planner in Melbourne. He holds Masters degrees in Urban Planning and Public Policy and Management from the University of Melbourne specialising in transport and governance. Philip is a convenor of Maptime Melbourne, and has extensive volunteer experience across the region.

Member

Julia Griffith Julia is Deputy Secretary of Youth Justice at Department of Justice and Regulation and Chair of the Criminology Research Advisory Council. Julia has also been responsible for implementing state government employment programs assisting disadvantaged jobseekers.

Victorian Government Representative



Name Description Position

Mick Cummins

Mr Mick Cummins is currently Acting CEO at Bayside City Council. Mick was appointed Director Corporate Services in June 2012. Prior to his appointment at Bayside, Mick was General Manager Corporate at Frankston City Council. Mick has extensive local government experience in the areas of finance, governance, organisational development, customer service and community services.

Acting CEO, Bayside City Council

Phillip Storer Phillip is CEO of Boroondara City Council. He holds qualifications in town planning and was Boroondara’s first Director of Infrastructure. During his career, Philip has advised Council on a number of challenging projects.

CEO,

Boroondara City Council

Rebecca McKenzie

Rebecca is an accomplished leader with a successful career at executive level across three countries and three sectors. Before joining Glen Eira City Council, Rebecca’s roles included CEO at Mitchell Shire Council in Melbourne’s north and Director of Corporate Services for Yarra Ranges Council.

CEO, Glen Eira City Council

Warren Roberts

A Civil Engineer with qualifications in business management and 40 years’ experience, Warren is committed to local government making a difference within the Community. Warren has served on the National and State Boards of the IPWEA and on the Board of LGPro. He is currently Chairman of the Municipal Engineering Foundation Victoria.

CEO,

Stonnington City Council



Appendix 2: Victorian Government Response to the Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership Priorities 2017

Following receipt of the Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership’s advice on regional priorities in November 2017, the Victorian Government considered this advice and developed responses to each of the Partnership’s stated priorities. This has included:

• responding to priorities through engagement with existing government programs and services

• providing funding and departmental resources to further develop proposed actions, where government believes further detailed work and evidence are required before government can fully consider proposals for either policy changes or funding new infrastructure and services

• developing funding proposals for consideration in the Victorian Budget 2018/19.

The following outlines the Victorian Government’s detailed response to the Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership’s advice on regional priorities.



Priority Outcome 1: Environment and open space

Increase the network of accessible public open space, supporting inclusive, vibrant and healthy neighbourhoods.

Victorian Government response:

The Government is working to ensure the Inner South East Metro Region has access to a wide range of accessible community, sporting and recreational facilities and open space.

The region will benefit from the projects that have been funded in recent years including 22.5 hectares of new parkland being created by the Caufield to Dandenong rail project, redevelopment of Banksia Reserve including a multi-use sports pavilion facilitating the activities of Beaumaris Football, Cricket and Tennis clubs, and the redevelopment and expansion of the Dunlop Pavilion to upgrade the player change rooms, umpires change room multi-purpose area and to build a new kiosk and public and spectator amenities.

Priority Action Government Response Timeframe

Develop a pilot project to establish a Regional Open Space Strategy taking into consideration forecast population growth, dwelling numbers, open space supply and demand

The Victorian Budget 2018/19 included $250,000 for the development of a Melbourne-wide Metropolitan Open Space Strategy.

DELWP will prepare the Metropolitan Open Space Strategy for Melbourne. This will include a mapping exercise and identification of key sites as suggested by the Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership.

DELWP will consult with the Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership in developing the Strategy.

Detailed project plan completed August 2018

Draft Metropolitan Open Space Strategy available early 2019

Pilot projects in Inner South East Region due mid 2019

Conduct a mapping exercise to identify existing government land in the inner south east that is surplus to requirements within identified gap areas

The Metropolitan Open Space Strategy for Melbourne will include a mapping exercise and identification of key sites as suggested by the Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership.


Continuing into 2019




Negotiate and agree transfer of key sites identified above to LGAs for conversion into open space such as:

• Old Reservoir site on Warrigal Road East Bentleigh (border of Glen Eira and Monash Councils)

• Chapel off Chapel Precinct to enable redevelopment of Star Health

The Metropolitan Open Space Strategy for Melbourne will include a mapping exercise and identification of key sites as suggested by the Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership.


Continuing into 2019

Caulfield Station Precinct Plan: Identify opportunities for new public open space including within Caulfield Racecourse Reserve

The Victorian Planning Authority (VPA) is working with DELWP, Glen Eira and Stonnington City Councils on two processes that are running together – a structure plan for the Caulfield Station Precinct and a Strategic Land Use Plan for the Caulfield Racecourse Reserve.

Initial community consultation occurred in June 2018. DELWP called for community nominations to the new Reserve Trust in January 2018. The new Trust came into effect on 1 August 2018.

The Trust will manage the reserve under the new Caulfield legislation, which is to manage the reserve for a balance of racing, public park and recreation.

DELWP will facilitate a meeting between the Racecourse Reserve Trust and the Partnership to establish an ongoing conversation regarding open space, as the Trust develops their plan for increased community access.

Structure Plan for Caulfield Station Precinct commences in 2019

East Village Precinct Plan: Secure land for new parks within the precinct through a public open space contribution

The VPA is working with Glen Eira City Council on the rezoning of the East Village Precinct. The rezoning will be supported by a comprehensive development plan which will allocate land for community parks and recreation space within the precinct.

Council approved a structure plan as the basis for public exhibition and planning scheme amendment in late 2018

Finalisation of planning scheme amendment process by late 2019




Map all schools across the region to identify opportunities for shared use agreements of open space / sporting facilities out of hours (and remove barriers to agreements where they do not currently exist or where they are not effective)

The Department of Education and Training (DET), through the Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA), is progressing a map of all schools, together with information on how to engage in shared use arrangements to support schools and the community.

Early 2019

Work with VicTrack in consultation with Transport for Victoria to identify opportunities for, and develop a framework to assess the business case for, conversion of airspace over lowered rail corridors into public open space in key activity centre locations. Include consideration of a first right of refusal for Local Government where development is to be considered.

VicTrack has progressed the planning of numerous airspace conversion projects with partners in the South Yarra, Prahran and Windsor activity centres.

VicTrack will meet with the Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership to discuss planning in airspace projects.

VicTrack met with the Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership in mid-2018

Develop a policy framework to evaluate and quantify Community Benefit value to assist in the evaluation of options and assessment of the highest and best use of surplus Government land

The Government’s Land Use Policy was released in December 2017. This policy includes a framework for assessing the public value of land uses across social, environmental, economic and intergenerational equity impacts. This framework will be used to evaluate and assess future use options of surplus and underutilised government land.

DELWP will brief the Partnership on the policy framework and the changes it will make to the assessment of public value of land.

Ongoing

A staged feasibility and cost plan to support funding for a business case for the proposed Marine Education Science and Community Centre (MESAC) multi-purpose hub on the Beaumaris foreshore

The Government supports the development of a business case for the proposed MESAC multi-purpose hub on the Beaumaris foreshore, and will work with the Partnership to finalise the scope of the proposal, for funding consideration under the Metropolitan Partnerships Development Fund.

Mid 2019



Encourage local employment hubs that support strong, local economies, fostering collaboration, innovation and education for small businesses, to enable people and businesses to work flexibly, close to home.


The Inner South East Metro Region has a diversified economic base that is becoming increasingly knowledge-focused.

The Government has a number of programs supporting small and new businesses. Initiatives such as Creative State and LaunchVic are providing new avenues of support for entrepreneurship, innovation and startups. These initiatives are assisting the region’s focus on growing information communications and technology, and creative industries employment.

Priority Outcome 2: Economy, industry and jobs


Establish an innovation and education precinct as part of the Caulfield Structure Plan providing linkages between Monash University, and new employment

Future growth plans for the Monash University campus at Caulfield are included as part of the Caulfield Structure Plan. Monash University is a member of the project control group and is assisting the VPA in development of the structure plan. The plan will consider greater integration of the Monash campus into the surrounding precinct and improved pedestrian and access.

Learnings from Action 64 of Plan Melbourne 2017–2050 will also identify further opportunities for emerging creative industries to access affordable spaces.

The first phase of community consultation occurred in May/June 2018 and the Partnership will be invited to participate and contribute to the finalisation of the Precinct Structure Plan.

Finalisation of the structure plan for the Caulfield Station Precinct by end 2019

Establish an innovation health and ‘smart school’ education precinct as part of the East Village structure plan providing linkages between Monash University, a new state education facility (likely to be a secondary college) and new office-based development

The draft comprehensive development plan for East Village includes land for a future secondary school.

The VSBA is in discussion with the land owners about land acquisition for the future school.

Council approved a structure plan as the basis for public exhibition and planning scheme amendment in late 2018

Finalisation of planning scheme amendment process following the public exhibition stage




Develop and deploy a pilot program to connect investors and founders, and stimulate knowledge, and capability

Pilot programs such as this could be eligible for funding through LaunchVic programs. These are subject to competitive application processes.

The department has provided information about available funding to the partnership.

Regular LaunchVic funding rounds and programs

Establish a curated pop-up co-working space and startup resource centre within the region to assess interest and market (potential site identified)

State Library Victoria (SLV) is leading development of an initiative to support new and early stage entrepreneurs.

SLV is working with library services across Victoria to pursue the development of StartSpace programs across the state, delivered through existing public library infrastructure with support from a centralised StartSpace team and fitted out for StartSpace community requirements.

To date, 31 of Victoria’s 47 library services have expressed interest in joining the StartSpace Network, representing regional, rural and outer metropolitan locations


Deliver the right mix of social and affordable housing through mandatory inclusionary zoning in new developments, and explore options for community housing developments.


The Victorian Government has invested in initiatives to support liveability and the resilience of the environment and local communities across the region. This includes current investments to enhance access to public and private housing. The Government has committed over $1 billion in housing and homelessness support, as well as $2.1 billion in financial support to grow social housing across the state This includes $23.3 million being invested to redevelop Markham Avenue Estate to provide more social housing in the region for Victorians in need of affordable rental housing. Through the Victorian Government’s Social Housing Investment Planning (SHIP) grants program, Glen Eira Council received $200,000 to help drive planning and development of social housing.

Priority Outcome 3: Affordable & Social Housing


Explore options to secure affordable housing prior to rezoning of redevelopment and strategic sites, e.g. East Village, Bentleigh East, Caulfield Structure Plan

Amendments to the Planning and Environment Act to facilitate the supply of affordable housing came into operation on 1 June 2018 – Planning and Building Legislation Amendment (Housing Affordability and Other Matters) Act 2017.

Inclusion of a component of affordable housing within the East Village precinct is under active consideration and will be part of Council’s consideration prior to seeking authorisation to exhibit and planning scheme amendment.

Planning and Environment Act amendments came into operation on 1 June 2018

Council approved a structure plan for the East Village precinct as the basis for public exhibition and planning scheme amendment in late 2018

Explore the use of ‘air rights’ over land owned by state government and state authorities (including the Government facilitating discussions with these agencies as to how such land might be made available) to enable Community Housing Providers to leverage the value and use debt finance equity to provide affordable housing for key workers

The state views air rights like any other property. In the absence of specific government policy objectives for a piece of land with air rights, the default will be to seek highest and best use.

The sale or lease of ‘air rights’ over land owned by Victorian Government agencies over existing structures and rail corridors may be feasible, however the suitability of the land for developing will need to be further investigated.

To ensure a coordinated approach to identifying these opportunities, it is recommended that Land Use Victoria undertakes further investigation of opportunities that are identified. It is suggested that DHHS responds concerning the issue of affordable housing and the implicit policy cost versus alternative highest and best use.

Historically techniques such as decking over railway lines has proven expensive compared to simply acquiring nearby land.

TBC



Improve connectivity of all transport modes to cover sustainable, low cost travel across the region, including north- south coverage, reducing the car dependency currently leading to associated health, environmental and economic problems.Victorian Government response:

The Inner South East Metro Region is growing quickly and the Victorian Government is working to improve the transport network to provide access to employment, services and recreation.

Over recent years, the Victorian Government has been responding to the broad transport needs of the Inner South-east Region by delivering a suite of major transformational city shaping infrastructure projects, supported by projects that respond to the Inner South East’s more local transport needs.

The Victorian Budget 2018/19 continues our investment in the Inner South East Region. This includes $12.33 million for a wider entrance at South Yarra Station and fully accessible tram stops and $3 million for design and planning works for a light rail connection between Caulfield and Rowville, linking Caulfield Station to Monash University’s Clayton campus via Chadstone Shopping Centre. The Budget also includes a further $572 million for preliminary works and planning for the Cranbourne Line duplication, delivery of power and signaling upgrades from the city to Cranbourne and Pakenham, and undertaking detailed design work to enable new high capacity metro trains to run to Sunbury.

Priority Outcome 4: Transport connectivity


Focussed investment across two to three key strategic cycling corridors to improve cycling rates and contribute to the transport task by providing high quality infrastructure that is safe, comfortable and connected

Transport for Victoria with VicRoads support is considering opportunities for improvements to strategic cycling corridors. Identification of opportunities will be discussed with local councils and considered for development and funding through future budget processes.

TBC

Increase in evening and weekend tram services

The Victorian Government is investing in the Metro Tunnel, which will unlock tram capacity along the St Kilda Road tram corridor, freeing up trams for other routes.

TBC

North-south tram shuttle on Glenferrie Rd

The Victorian Government is investing in the Metro Tunnel, which will unlock tram capacity along the St Kilda Road tram corridor, freeing up trams for other routes.

TBC




Integrated Transport Plan prepared for Caulfield Station Precinct

The VPA and Transport for Victoria are developing the Caulfield Station Precinct Integrated Transport Plan. An Integrated Transport Assessment document provides high level guidance on current and projected transport usage for the precinct, opportunities to better integrate modes and improve access to active and public transport.

The Integrated Transport Assessment document is in preparation. Consultation took place through mid-2018, with preparation of a draft structure plan in early 2019

Delivery of the Kew to Highett strategic cycling corridor

Improvements to the Kew to Highett strategic cycling corridor were considered through the $100 million Safer Cyclists and Pedestrian Fund. This indicated that further investigation and consultation was required to be undertaken by local government before the project could be considered for funding under any future program.

TBC

Development of plans for small tram extensions to improve connectivity: tram route 5 to Darling Station, tram route 3/3a to East Malvern Station

The Metro Tunnel will unlock public transport capacity for all regions.

TBC

Establish a pilot for route planning and timetabling to improve and strengthen connectivity for the bus network with the rail network

The Government is working on progressive improvements to bus-train connectivity, with a number of projects across metropolitan Melbourne. Any train timetable change triggers a review of bus timetables to maintain coordination between the modes.

DELWP will brief the Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership on planned improvements to bus-train connectivity, and will seek input from the Partnership on critical service connectivity issues in the region.

DELWP met with the Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership in mid-2018



20-minute neighbourhood: Accessible, safe and attractive local areas where people can access most of their everyday needs within a 20-minute walk, cycle or local public transport trip.

Active transport: Transport requiring physical activity, typically walking and cycling.

Activity centres: Areas that provide a focus for services, employment, housing, transport and social interaction. They range in size and intensity of use from smaller neighbourhood centres to major suburban centres and larger metropolitan centres.

Affordable housing: Housing that is appropriate for the needs of a range of very low to moderate income households, and priced (whether mortgage repayments or rent) so these households are able to meet their other essential basic living costs.

Annual Assembly: Annual meeting in each metropolitan region in June/July/August 2018 to assist Metropolitan Partnerships to test, refine and finalise their annual advice to government.

Community infrastructure: Public places and spaces that accommodate community facilities and services and support individuals, families and groups to meet their social needs, maximise their potential and enhance community wellbeing.

Greenfield: Undeveloped land identified for residential or industrial/commercial development, generally on the fringe of metropolitan Melbourne.

Green wedges: Defined under Part 3AA of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 as “land that is described in a metropolitan fringe planning scheme as being outside an urban growth boundary”. There are 12 defined green wedges spanning parts of 17 municipalities.

Growth areas: Locations on the fringe of metropolitan Melbourne designated in planning schemes for large- scale transformation, over many years, from rural to urban use.

Infrastructure: Basic facilities and networks needed for the functioning of a local community or broader society.

Liveability: A measure of a city’s residents’ quality of life, used to benchmark cities around the world. It includes socioeconomic, environmental, transport and recreational measures.

Major Activity Centres: Suburban centres that provide access to a wide range of goods and services. They have different attributes and provide different functions, with some serving larger subregional catchments. Plan Melbourne identified 121 Major Activity Centres.

Melbourne’s 10 interface councils: Outer-suburban councils in some of the most rapidly growing areas in Melbourne: Cardinia, Casey, Hume, Melton, Mitchell, Mornington Peninsula, Nillumbik, Whittlesea, Wyndham and Yarra Ranges.

Metropolitan Activity Centres: Higher-order centres with diverse employment options, services and housing stock, supported by good transport connections. Existing centres include Box Hill, Broadmeadows, Dandenong, Epping, Footscray, Fountain Gate/Narre Warren, Frankston, Ringwood and Sunshine. Future centres will include Lockerbie and Toolern.

Metropolitan Melbourne: The 31 municipalities that make up metropolitan Melbourne, plus part of Mitchell Shire within the urban growth boundary.

Metropolitan region: A grouping of metropolitan local government areas that are connected by their alignment within the city’s major transport corridors and shared use of major metropolitan infrastructure and services. Plan Melbourne identified six metropolitan regions: Western, Eastern, Southern, Northern, Inner South East and Inner Metro.

National Employment and Innovation Cluster: Designated concentrations of employment distinguished by a strong core of nationally significant knowledge-sector businesses and institutions that make a major contribution to the national economy and Melbourne’s positioning in the global economy.

Resilience: The capacity of individuals, communities, institutions, businesses, systems and infrastructure to survive, adapt and grow, no matter what chronic stresses or shocks they encounter.

Urban growth boundary: The geographic limit for the future urban area of Melbourne.

Urban renewal: The process of planning and redeveloping underutilised medium and large-scale urban areas, precincts or sites for mixed land-use purposes.

Appendix 3: Glossary






Documents

Inner South East Metro Region - Suburban Development · South East Metro Region Five Year Plan provides an update on the Inner South East Region’s growing population and economy,