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Southern Metro Region

Southern Metro RegionFive Year Plan for Jobs, Services and Infrastructure 2018–2022

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Office for Suburban Development

1Southern 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.

2 Southern Metro Region Five Year Plan

Introduction 4

Your Southern Metro Region 5

Southern Metro Region snapshot 8

The Southern Metropolitan Partnership 9

Putting the Community at the Center 10

Metropolitan Development Advisory Panel 10

Metropolitan Partnership Development Fund 10

The Southern Metro Region – Land Use Framework Plan 11

Investment overview 13

Pick My Project 22

Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution 23

Growing Suburbs Fund 24

Victorian Government election commitments 25

Appendix 1: Southern Metro Region Metropolitan Partnership – Membership 30

Appendix 2: Victorian Government Response to the Southern Metropolitan Partnership Priorities 2017 32

Appendix 3: Glossary 42

Contents



This year’s Southern Metro Region Five Year Plan provides an update on the southern region’s growing population and economy, and outlines the Government’s investments from the Victorian Budget 2018/19 and 2018 election commitments 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 2017 advice provided by the newly formed Southern Metropolitan Partnership on priorities for enhancing the Southern Metro Region’s economy and liveability

• the Government’s response to the Partnership’s 2017 advice, including details on its response to each of the Partnership’s priority actions

• a report on the joint development of the southern region’s Land Use Framework Plan by the Government and southern region 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 Southern Metro Region Five Year Plan will assist all levels of government and the Southern Metro Region’s communities to work together to identify local challenges and opportunities, and develop new ways to enhance liveability and prosperity.

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

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

Introduction



Your Southern Metro Region The Southern Metro Region includes the bayside Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Kingston, Frankston and Mornington Peninsula, the inland regional economic centre of Greater Dandenong, and the growing outer suburban LGAs of Cardinia and Casey. Together these locations contain significant concentrations of private, government and community sector jobs and services – and are critical to meeting the employment, service and infrastructure needs of the region’s growing population.

The Southern Metro Region has the largest population of the six Melbourne regions at 1,059,000 people (22 per cent of Melbourne’s total). Its population is expected to continue to grow, adding more than 126,000 people between 2017 and 2022.

Dandenong and Frankston are the region’s major metropolitan hubs, serving as focal points for jobs and industry. The Southern Metro Region has the largest concentration of manufacturing and related activity in Australia, which is centred on the Dandenong National Employment and Innovation Cluster. The region is also leading the new direction in advanced manufacturing as the sector transitions from automotive production.

Accommodating this growth within the region requires support to revitalise established suburbs and to expand local services and infrastructure. Timely delivery of infrastructure and services in the region’s newest outer suburbs will be critical to success.



Population Households Housing mix

• 1,059,000 residents

• 22 per cent of metropolitan Melbourne’s total population

• projected to grow by 12 per cent over the next four years

• estimated population of more than 1.1 million residents by 2021

• 133,000 couples with children

• 96,000 couples without children

• 85,000 lone-person households

• 46,000 one-parent families

Regional housing mix as at June 2016:

• 3,543 apartments of three or more storeys

• 318,700 separate houses

• 75,254 townhouses/flats/small apartments

Industry and business Key employment centres Employment

Top five employing industries:

• manufacturing

• retail trade

• health care and social assistance

• construction

• education and training

• Dandenong National Employment and Innovation Cluster

• Frankston and Dandenong Major Activity Centres

• Cheltenham, Southland and Fountain Gate, Narre Warren

• health and education precincts in Dandenong, Frankston, Narre Warren and Berwick

• 392,268 jobs in 2016

• 17 per cent of all jobs in metropolitan Melbourne

• the top five sectors provide almost 60 per cent of the region’s employment

• 6.9 per cent unemployment rate, 0.8 percentage points higher than the metropolitan average

Future employment growth Regional strengths Regional Challenges/Opportunities

Employment in the Southern Metro Region is projected to increase by an additional 25,800 jobs by 2022:

• 8,300 additional jobs in health care and social assistance

• 5,200 additional jobs in construction

• 4,800 additional jobs professional, scientific and technical services

• 3,900 additional jobs in education and training

• 3,600 additional jobs in retail trade

• rapid population growth in the region driving jobs growth in services-based industries

• concentration of manufacturing businesses and growth in advanced manufacturing

• affordable housing options

• natural assets including Point Nepean National Park and the Mornington Peninsula

• supporting industry to transition from the automotive sector

• creating employment opportunities for young people

• strengthening tourism infrastructure

• increasing engagement and retention in education

• improving access to employment, education, services and recreation across the region

Southern Metro Region snapshot

The Southern Metro Region is home to a growing population against a backdrop of significant change and transformation in its industry structure, employment and demographic profile. Future population projections and industry trends suggest Melbourne’s south will continue to grow, with broader industry transitions driven by technology and the shift to knowledge-based industries.



The Southern Metropolitan Partnership

The Southern 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 Government.

Over its first 18 months of operation, the Southern Metropolitan Partnership has consulted regional stakeholders and community leaders to identify opportunities for driving improved outcomes for the region and its suburbs. This has included hosting two annual assemblies with regional community and business members to assist in developing its 2017 and 2018 advice to government (Appendix 1).

In communicating its priorities to government, the Southern Metropolitan Partnership outlined its vision for communities to have ‘increased access and equity to enable a fairer, safer and more prosperous region; committed to working together to leverage opportunities and overcome challenges to enable well-planned, efficient and connected services and infrastructure for current and future generations, with a focus on our most vulnerable community members’.

The Partnership’s 2017 priority outcomes covered four principal themes, with specific actions that the Partnership believed should be progressed by government:

• Housing – Provide greater access to affordable housing options across the southern region

• Transport – Improve access to employment, education, services and recreation across the region, with higher frequency public transport and greater connectivity and integration of services

• Education and youth engagement – Increase engagement and retention in education for pre-school-aged children and at-risk youth in the middle years age group to break the cycle of disadvantage

• Water – Support broad-scale uptake of fit-for-purpose recycled water, providing a climate-resilient water resource for long-term economic growth and environmental benefit.

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

• $2.2 billion to duplicate and upgrade key arterial roads in Melbourne, including roads in the Southern Metro Region

• $55.7 million to improve metropolitan bus services, including routes servicing Carrum Downs, Cranbourne, Moorabbin and Narre Warren

• $400,000 to assess wastewater treatment options for the region led by South East Water, including the future role of the Pakenham Sewage Treatment Plant.

Full details of the Partnership’s 2017 advice and the response from the Government are at Appendix 2. The Southern 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 Southern Metropolitan Five Year Plan.



Putting the Community at the Center

Building on its establishment of Metropolitan Partnerships as a way to involve communities in determining local priorities, the Government has launched additional initiatives in the Suburban Development portfolio that will strengthen the government’s focus on supporting the southern region and engaging with its communities to identify and deliver innovative local infrastructure, services and programs.

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, the government has established a new $2 million Metropolitan Partnerships Development Fund.

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 support the development of responses to 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 2018–19 will be developed as part of the government’s response to priorities identified by the Southern Metropolitan Partnership.

The Victorian 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.



The Southern Metro Region – Land Use Framework Plan

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 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 population of the Southern Metro Region is projected to grow from 1,059,000 in 2017 to a total of 1.8 million people in 2050. This growth will need to be accommodated in both established and growth areas and be supported by an expansion of local jobs, the provision of infrastructure, access to services and a quality environment.

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 Southern Metro Region, its strengths and opportunities. Strengths of the Southern Metro Region identified include:

• Enviable landscapes including coastal towns, hinterland and agricultural plains, and cosmopolitan urban centres provide a high amenity lifestyle and a real prospect for residents to age in place.

• The country’s most dynamic manufacturing precinct employs 66,300 workers, produces almost half of Victoria’s manufacturing output and is positioned to be the manufacturing heartland of Australia.

• The Dandenong NEIC is essential to the growing manufacturing, education and health sectors in surrounding activity centres, including the newly emerging Major Activity Centre in Clyde.

• The Frankston Metropolitan Activity Centre and its unique location on Port Phillip Bay provides lifestyle, education and economic opportunities.

• High value agricultural production connects with the food industry sector in Dandenong and regional logistics networks.

• Natural landscapes that are iconic to the region and a valuable community asset support the liveability of Melbourne. These landscapes include areas of international, state and local conservation significance and are critical to the achieving the state’s biodiversity goals.

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



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

• valuing state and regionally significant industrial land and assets for their role in generating local jobs and providing high-skilled industry expertise unique to the region

• strengthening the connections between education and high-skilled jobs in Frankston and Dandenong to deliver centres of excellence, where education grows employment opportunities and expands future industries

• leading new transport technologies to maximise efficiency, productivity and sustainability in future land use and transport planning integration

• growing the significance of regional transport infrastructure, including the Moorabbin Airport and a possible South-East Airport; developing the Port of Hastings as world-class in its design and operation, best practice in its environmental standards, and supported by effective freight infrastructure

• providing bicycle and walking connections that encourage sustainable, active transport and recreation connections between activity centres

• delivering affordable and social housing through planning mechanisms and housing initiatives

• strengthening tourism infrastructure to support an increasing demand on the region’s unique leisure and recreation destinations, and expanding cultural tourism opportunities

• planning and managing tourism and leisure in the green wedge to be consistent with environmental values, rural character and agricultural activity

• championing renewable energy opportunities and being a leader in climate change mitigation for the region’s ongoing security, sustainability and liveability.

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.



Investment overview

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 southern region contained in the Victorian Budget 2018/19;

• Pick My Project grants to strengthen the liveability of local areas announced for the Southern Metro Region;

• Growing Suburbs Fund grants for community infrastructure in the southern region LGAs of Cardina, Casey and Morning Peninsula; and

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

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



Victorian Budget 2018/19 - Southern Metropolitan Region Outcomes

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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 Southern 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.



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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.

$2.2 billion for two packages of arterial road upgrades in the northern and south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne to deliver high-priority road upgrades and maintenance for these outer suburban communities. These two major projects will be procured as public private partnerships, which will ensure motorists benefit from new high-quality roads while the existing network is maintained to a high standard for years to come.

The South-Eastern Roads Upgrade will include a combination of duplication and upgrade works to arterial roads including:

• Golf Links Road, from Peninsula Link to Baxter-Tooradin Road

• Grant Road, from Baxter-Tooradin Road to Frankston-Flinders Road, Langwarrin South

• Healesville-Koo Wee Rup Road, from Princes Freeway to Manks Road, Pakenham

• Hallam North Road, from Heatherton Road to James Cook Drive, Endeavour Hills

• Lathams Road, from Oliphant Way to Frankston-Dandenong Road, Carrum Downs

• Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road, from Thompsons Road to South Gippsland Highway, Cranbourne

• Thompsons Road, Cranbourne and Carrum

• Pound Road West/Remington Drive will be widened from two to four lanes between Abbott’s Road and South Gippsland Highway, including a new bridge over the Cranbourne line.

$711 million for the second stage of the Monash Freeway upgrade project to expand the freeway, with additional lanes between Warrigal Road and EastLink, and between Clyde Road and Cardinia Road, reducing congestion and improving travel times for more drivers in Melbourne’s south-east. The upgrade also includes installing smart on-road technology from the South Gippsland Freeway to the Beaconsfield interchange and links to a new, duplicated O’Shea Road.



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$572 million for further upgrades to Melbourne’s busiest rail corridor, delivering power upgrades and modern signalling from the city to Cranbourne and Pakenham, paving the way for the Cranbourne line duplication; and undertaking detailed design work to enable new high-capacity metro trains to run to Sunbury.

$375 million for the Mordialloc Freeway upgrade to the proposed bypass from an arterial road to a freeway connection between the Mornington Peninsula Freeway at Springvale Road and the Dingley Bypass. This significant upgrade will reduce average travel time and congestion along the route and other arterial roads in the south.

$60 million for more than 2,000 car parks to be upgraded and built at key train stations, including Sandown Park. This will improve amenity and provide more options to access train stations and encourage the increased uptake of public transport.

$50 million for the Carrum Promenade revitalisation including new community spaces, improved beach connections, a new promenade, additional car parking and public amenities provided at Carrum as part of the level crossing removal works on the Frankston train line.

EDUCATION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD

The Government is responding to the growing demand for student places in the Southern Metro Region by investing more than $160 million to build new schools and to modernise and upgrade existing secondary and primary schools across the southern region.

$86.2 million for new schools and additional stages of school buildings to meet growing demand from Victoria’s strong population growth. This includes new schools at:

• Botanic Ridge Primary School

• Casey Fields (Five Ways) Primary School

• Clyde North East Primary School

• Keysborough South Primary School.

Additional school buildings:

• Pakenham Primary School.




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$76.7 million to upgrade 24 schools in the southern region. This will improve educational outcomes through providing high-quality classrooms and facilities for learning and community use.

• Ballam Park Primary School

• Belvedere Park Primary School

• Berwick Secondary College

• Bonbeach Primary School

• Carrum Primary School

• Chelsea Heights Primary School

• Dandenong West Primary School

• Edithvale Primary School upgrades

• Hampton Park Secondary College

• Karingal Primary School

• Kingsley Park Primary School

• Koo Wee Rup Secondary College

• Lyndale Secondary College

• Mount Erin Secondary College

• Narre Warren South P-12 College

• Patterson Lakes Primary School

• Rowellyn Park Primary School

• Seaford Primary School

• Springvale Rise Primary School

• Westall Schools Regeneration

• Frankston Special Developmental School

• Nepean Special School

• Yarrabah School

• Frankston North Education Precinct.

$271.7 million for land to be acquired for new schools across Victoria including for Cardinia and Casey.

$17.2 million for master planning, detailed design and early works at 14 current and future sites including:

• Emerson School

• Education Plan – Carnegie, Hughesdale, Murrumbeena, Oakleigh and surrounding region for secondary provision and excellence

• Mentone Park Primary School

• Southern Autistic School, including Endeavour Hills Special School new school planning.




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$3 million to construct a new early childhood development facility co-located at Botanic Ridge Primary School. The funding will enable a stable transition from early learning services into primary school and contribute to improved educational and health outcomes for students.

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 statewide 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.

$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.




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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.

$2 million for additional Empower Youth projects in areas experiencing social and economic disadvantage including in Dandenong, Casey and Frankston to strengthen the health and wellbeing of young people at risk of disengagement, enable their participation in community, engage them in education and training, and enhance their pathways to employment.

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 Sunshine Hospital 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.

$32.6 million for caring for the ageing including $6 million for an elder abuse family counselling and mediation service.

$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, 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.

CULTURE AND RECREATION

The Southern Metro Region offers a variety of cultural, sport and recreation infrastructure and programs with a network of regional and local tracks and trails, parks and aquatic and leisure facilities. The Victorian Government is ensuring that new and existing sport and recreation facilities meet the demand generated by population growth in the established inner south, as well as new communities across the southern region’s growth areas.

$67 million for a professional women’s sports fund that will be used to develop or upgrade a number of facilities for professional women’s sport across Melbourne, including:

• $5 million for Casey Fields

• $13 million for Moorabbin Oval to deliver new and improved infrastructure and better accommodate women’s sport.

$60 million statewide for the Community Sports Infrastructure Fund to provide grants to local government 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.




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$50 million for the Growing Suburbs Fund to boost the number of community infrastructure projects delivered in Melbourne’s interface councils including Cardinia, Casey and Mornington Peninsula. Infrastructure such as parks, community centres, town centres, swimming pools and cultural facilities will be built or upgraded.

$3 million to upgrade The National Water Sports Centre on the Patterson River to improve facilities at the site, including the access road, car park and shedding. The site is used for water-based activities including rowing, water skiing, canoeing, kayaking, jet skiing, boat shows and training sessions.

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 and enhance environmental sustainability across the Southern Metro Region.

$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.

$1.2 million statewide to develop an air quality strategy. This strategy will provide a consistent and coordinated approach to ensuring good-quality air in Victoria into the future.

$0.4 million to develop a business case to upgrade the Pakenham sewerage treatment plant.




Budget 2018-19

Creating bridges: Free Sikh community kitchen, Officer“help Us Finish our Mobile Shower for the Homeless Truck”, Frankston

Growing The Future: Pakenham Community School Farm and Food Project, Pakenham

Essentials for fleeing families, Frankston

Bee Experience Educational Program, Officer The Women’s Spirit Project, Frankston South

Joint Use Community Function Room, Officer We Care Community Shed, Dandenong North

Creating awareness about our unique salad-bowl status, Officer

Pet Food Bank, Carrum

Sikh community centre, Pakenham Getting girls on track, Mentone

Landscaping and Construction of Car Parks at Buddhist Vihara Victoria Premises, Berwick

impactFUL, Cheltenham

Spirit of the Great Lake - Kadawara Yaagaya – Production, Narre Warren

Expansion of mountain bike trails at Arthurs Seat State Park, Dromana

Narre Warren North Fire Brigade Realistic Training Equipment Grant, Narre Warren North

For Women in Recovery From Domestic and Family Violence, Mount Martha

SIKH Volunteers Casey Food Van, Cranbourne Mt Martha Farmers’ Market, Mount Martha

Powering Ahead - Cranbourne Public Hall Solar Energy Project, Cranbourne

Alexandra Park Sports Lighting Upgrade, Mornington

Community Safety and Education Project, Cranbourne MSC wet weather viewing and verandah, Mornington

Cranbourne Bowls Outdoor Area Project, CranbourneAlexandra Park Cricket Nets Upgrade to multiuse facility, Mornington

Casey Community Gardens & Community Centre Food Share, Berwick

Sunday Sessions at the Briars, Mount Martha

Free Casey Community Cinema Under the Stars Events, Narre Warren South

Coolart Homestead Renovation Project, Somers

Hampton Park Night Market and Multicultural Festival, Hampton Park

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 southern region a total of $3.65 million of funding was allocated across 31 successful projects, including:

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



Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution

The Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution (GAIC) is a fund for essential infrastructure development in Melbourne’s growth areas of Melton, Wyndham, Hume, Mitchell, Whittlesea and the southern region LGAs of Cardinia and Casey. GAIC delivers state and regionally significant infrastructure projects that support the needs of these growing communities.

GAIC is funding facilities such as construction of new railway stations, land acquisition for ambulance stations and schools, and the development of cycling and pedestrian infrastructure. GAIC funding committed for 2018-19 in the southern region was $145.52 million.

Southern Growth Area

CouncilsProjects 2017–18

GAIC funding contribution

CaseySchool building project $112.10 million

Metro Bus Service Improvements $3.3 million

Berwick-Cranbourne Road intersection land acquisition $3.8 million

Clyde North Fire Station construction $8.52 million

Casey Fields Regional Soccer Centre construction $5.0 million

Cranbourne Railway Station parking and amenity improvements $4.8 million

Clyde North - Berwick bus route $4.3 million

Clyde - Berwick bus route $3.7 million

Table 1: GAIC funding provided in the Southern Metro Region in 2017–18



Southern Interface Councils

Projects 2017–18GSF funding contribution

Cardinia Comely Banks Recreation Reserve Pavilion $3,500,000

Gembrook Leisure Park Playspace and Skatepark Upgrade $500,000

Casey Hallam Recreation Reserve Hall Renewal and Refurbishment $885,000

Endeavour Hills Community Precinct Stage 2 (EH2) $1,682,000

Cranbourne West Community Hub and Urban Heart $2,533,000

Mornington Peninsula

Mornington Community Hub $2,050,000

Sports Growth Lighting Package $1,052,250

Hastings Seniors Learning Hub $546,000

Table 2: GSF funding provided in the Southern Metro Region in 2017–18

Growing Suburbs Fund The Growing Suburbs Fund (GSF) is a $200 million fund provided to deliver critical local infrastructure for communities in Melbourne’s fastest-growing outer suburbs.

The GSF is designed to bring forward critical community infrastructure priorities, delivering projects that improve the amenity, liveability and resilience of interface communities, support connections, enhance services and provide local jobs. These include family and community centres, town centre and civic revitalisation projects and open space and amenity improvements.

The GSF is available to 10 interface councils: Melton, Wyndham, Yarra Ranges, Whittlesea, Hume, Mitchell and Nillumbik, and the southern region LGAs of Cardinia, Casey and Mornington Peninsula. The following table highlights GSF funding provided in the Southern Metro Region in 2017–18.



Victorian Government election commitments

The Victorian Government is continuing to respond to the growth and change in Melbourne’s Southern 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.

Statewide

Transport


$38.3 million to widen the road from Fox Road to Belgrave-Hallam Road, doubling the existing two lanes to four. Intersections will be upgraded at Heatherton Road and Ernst Wanke Road, and traffic lights will be installed at the Memorial Drive and Crawley Road intersection, helping traffic flow more smoothly.

City of Casey

New traffic lights at the intersection of Ballarto Road and Lyrebird Drive in Carrum Downs, making it safer and easier for drivers turning out of Lyrebird Drive.

City of Frankston

$150 million for the Car Parks for Commuters Fund, with stations to benefit including:

• 400 new car parks at Cranbourne Station, bringing the total number of spaces to over 1000

• 135 new car parks at Lynbrook Station

• 150 new car parks at Dandenong Station

• 450 new car parks Pakenham Station

• 500 new car parks at Frankston Station

• more car parking and a second entrance at Seaford Station.

City of Casey

City of Greater Dandenong

Shire of Cardinia

City of Frankston

Deliver a Superstation at Pakenham which will include a dedicated V/Line track and third platform to separate the regional and metropolitan trains at the new station.

Shire of Cardinia

Remove the last of the 15 level crossings on the Cranbourne line – making it Victoria’s first level crossing-free rail line.

Multiple Local Government Areas

$750 million to duplicate eight kilometres of single track on the Cranbourne line from Dandenong to Cranbourne. This will remove the bottlenecks that cause delays and allow the number of train services to be doubled during peak times, delivering trains every ten minutes along the whole Cranbourne line. Tracks will be updated around Dandenong station where the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines separate.

Multiple Local Government Areas



On top of the $750 million Cranbourne Duplication Project, the Government will deliver a properly costed plan for a rail link to Clyde, with an additional $7 million for vital planning work.

Region

Remove an additional 25 level crossings by 2025

FRANKSTON LINE: Five additional crossings on the Frankston line – in addition to the 11 completed or underway – will be removed, including three crossings in Chelsea –removed by lowering the rail under the road

PAKENHAM LINE: All four dangerous and congested level crossings in Pakenham will be removed by elevating the rail line and Pakenham Station will become a Superstation

CRANBOURNE LINE: Remove the last of the 15 level crossings on the Cranbourne line – making it Victoria’s first level crossing-free rail line (as part of the $750 million Cranbourne Duplication).

Region

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

$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


New schools, including:

• Pakenham Henry Road Secondary

• Cranbourne West Secondary & Special School

• Clyde North Primary School

• Clyde North Secondary College

• Endeavour Hills Special School.

City of Casey

Shire of Cardinia

Greater Dandenong



Nineteen school upgrades including:

• $22.8 million to upgrade Clyde Primary School

• $6.6 million to upgrade Cranbourne Secondary College

• $5.9 million to upgrade Cranbourne South Primary School

• $700,000 to upgrade Cranbourne West Primary School

• $8.4 million to upgrade Dandenong High School

• $4.8 million to upgrade Derinya Primary School

• $11.26 million for the next stage of the Frankston North Education Precinct

• $3.9 million to upgrade Hampton Park Secondary College

• $2.5 million to upgrade Koo Wee Rup Primary School

• $1.5 million to upgrade Lang Lang Primary School

• $8.5 million to upgrade Mordialloc College

• $4.5 million to upgrade Narre Warren North Primary School

• $9.6 million to upgrade Parkdale Secondary College

• $8 million to upgrade Patterson River Secondary College

• $7.8 million to upgrade Skye Primary School

• $2.9 million to upgrade Timbarra P-9 College

• $1 million to upgrade St Anne’s School (City of Frankston)

• $1 million to upgrade St Joseph’s School (City of Kingston)

• $4 million to upgrade St Peter’s College (City of Casey).

Statewide

Kinder for every three-year-old

Labor will invest 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, including a new kindergarten next to a primary school opening in Clyde North in 2022.

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

$220 million to build better TAFEs. Statewide

Health, housing and wellbeing


Frankston Hospital Redevelopment, including 120 new hospital beds, two new operating theatres, 13 new emergency department beds and two floors dedicated to mental health.

City of Frankston

Training Victorian Surfers to Save Lives at our Beaches

Surfers Rescue 24/7 program at all Victorian boardriders clubs over the next four years and introduce a modified program into secondary schools aimed at 12-17 year old students who surf.

Schools in the Mornington Peninsula will be offered the program.

Shire of Mornington Peninsula

$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 and it will also deliver a range of critical services, including:

• 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

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

• Boosting the number of home visits for vulnerable families, so 7,000 families get more support

• First aid training to around 26,000 parents per year.

Statewide with new centres in City of Casey and City of Frankston

New parents and early childhood investment including:

• $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.

Statewide

Royal Commission into Mental Health. Statewide

Emergency services

• $109 million for 90 new paramedics to be recruited, including $25 million to upgrade and build new ambulance stations and deliver 23 new vehicles on the road.

Statewide

Culture and recreation


Upgrade of Jubilee Park, Frankston

$10m towards Jubliee Park Masterplan, which includes a multi-purpose stadium with courts for netball and an indoor cricket training hub.

City of Frankston

$100,000 Facility Upgrade to the AUMSAI Sansthan Temple in Mordialloc, as part of a pledge to establish Victoria’s first $3 million Indian Community Infrastructure Fund.

City of Kingston

Gurdwara Sahib temple in Keysborough will receive $100,000 to upgrade their facilities.City of Greater Dandenong

$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

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



Liveable and sustainable communities


More green open space:

• Planning work to connect 1,881 hectares of parks and reserves for locals to enjoy between the Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands and Mornington

• Seaford wetlands will get a $5 million package of landscaping and environmental works, with upgrades to walking paths and facilities

• 355 hectare chain of parks from Warrigal Road in Moorabbin to Braeside Park in Dingley Village, with walking and bike trails and adventure play areas for local kids

• Establish Cardinia Creek South Parkland near Officer

• Complete Clyde Regional Park.

City of Frankston

Shire of Mornington Peninsula

City of Kingston

City of Casey

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



Name Description Position

Elizabeth Deveny

Elizabeth is CEO of the South Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network. She was formerly the CEO of Bayside Medicare Local and has worked at the University of Melbourne building and coordinating activities of the general practice practice-based research network.

Chair

Andrew Simmons

Andrew is CEO of South East Local Learning and Employment Network, where he works to improve outcomes for young people in the education, training and employment sectors through the development of strategic sustainable partnerships. He also sits on a broad range of committees, task forces, networks and boards.

Deputy Chair

Andrew Cornwall

Andrew is Managing Director of Ventura Bus Company, Melbourne’s largest bus provider, with over 1,500 employees and delivery of 32 million passenger trips across the southern region. Andrew is the third generation of the Cornwall family to have led Ventura and is currently on the board of Bus Association Victoria.

Member

Vicki MacDermid

Vicki is Executive Director and Partner at Pitcher Partners where she delivers business advisory solutions to a broad portfolio of clients. Vicki is also Chair of the Inclusion and Diversity Committee and author of a research paper “What Horses Teach us about Leadership”.

Member

Shabnam Safa

Shabnam co-founded Noor Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation, to help newly arrived refugees and migrants with their settlement in Australia and to foster a positive connection between young people and their community. She has represented Australia at the UN and other international summits and has also earned her black-belt in karate.

Member

Jill Walsh Jill is a Partner with Actco Pickering Metal Industries. Jill is an accountant by profession and has spent more than a decade working in Dandenong where she is well known for her passionate advocacy for local content in government procurement, together with support for local and Victorian manufacturing across all sectors.

Member

Andrew Gardiner

Andrew is the CEO of Dandenong and District Aborigines Co-operative Ltd. (DDACL). He has more than 30 years’ experience working in the Indigenous sector in Victoria and Far North Queensland, including seven years with the Office of Aboriginal Affairs Victoria and the past eight years with DDACL.

Member

Jackie Galloway

Jackie is CEO of Peninsula Community Legal Centre (PCLC), an independent not-for-profit organisation that provides free legal services to Melbourne’s south-eastern communities. Jackie has worked at the Centre since 1998 holding various roles including caseworker, program management and executive positions, prior to her role at PCLC she has worked in the welfare sector.

Member

Appendix 1: Southern Metro Region Metropolitan Partnership – Membership



Name Description Position

Jenny Atta Jenny is Deputy Secretary, Infrastructure and Finance Services Group at Department of Education and Training. Jenny has extensive experience working in the public sector.

Victorian Government representative

Carol Jeffs Carol Jeffs was appointed CEO of the Cardinia Shire Council in October 2018. Ms Jeffs brings extensive experience in local government management and leadership, and a demonstrated commitment to community engagement and participation.

CEO, Cardinia Shire Council

Glenn Patterson

Glenn Patterson was appointed CEO of the City of Casey in August 2018. Mr Patterson brings a wealth of experience serving as CEO at Yarra Ranges Shire Council since 2008, and previously as CEO at Baw Baw Shire Council.

CEO, of Shire of Casey Council

John Nevins John has been CEO at the City of Kingston since May 2005. Before joining Kingston, John spent 10 years working in local government in metropolitan Melbourne. John’s experience also includes seven years of senior management and leadership roles at the Public Transport Corporation and 12 years in the Victorian Public Service.

CEO, Kingston City Council

Dennis Hovenden

CEO, Frankston City Council, Dennis has more than 30 years local government experience across three states and has tertiary qualifications in Political Science, Legal Studies and Public Sector Management. Dennis is a member of the Victorian LGPro Board, the National Local Government Professionals Australia Board and is International Vice President on the International City/County Management Association Board.

CEO, Frankston City Council

John Baker John Baker was appointed CEO of the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council in October 2018. Mr Baker has extensive local government experience in the UK combined with commercial expertise developed as lead Partner in both Ernst and Young and KPMG in the UK and Australia

CEO, of Mornington Peninsula

Carl Cowie Carl is a Scotland native with qualifications in economics, finance, an MBA and studies at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston. Carl has been a CEO at Mornington Peninsula Shire since 2014. He has sector experience in healthcare, facilities management, transport and manufacturing and construction project management., and is highly skilled in maximising business performance, executing clear business strategies and increasing customer satisfaction.

CEO,

Mornington Peninsula Shire Council



Appendix 2: Victorian Government Response to the Southern Metropolitan Partnership Priorities 2017

Following receipt of the Southern Metropolitan Partnership’s advice on regional priorities in November 2017, the Victorian Government considered the 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 proposals, where government believes detailed work and evidence are required before government can consider proposals for new infrastructure and services

• developing new initiatives funded in the Victorian Budget 2018/19

• commitments to new initiatives announced as a part of the 2018 State Election.

The following outlines the Victorian Government’s full response to the Southern Metropolitan Partnership’s 2017 advice on regional priorities.



Provide greater access to affordable housing options across the southern region through a pilot for an ‘Inclusionary Zoning Housing Model’ on identified public land in Frankston that can be rolled out across the region, and undertake a scoping exercise on potential ‘Youth Foyer’ sites co-located with TAFE campuses in the region.

Victorian Government response:

The Victorian Government is investing in initiatives to enhance access to affordable 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, including in the Southern Metro Region. Through the Victorian Government’s Social Housing Investment Planning (SHIP) grants program, Cardinia ($144,780), Casey ($145,000) and Frankston ($160,000) Councils received funding to help drive the planning and development of social housing in their respective areas.

Priority Action Government Response Timeframe

Pilot an Inclusionary Zoning Housing Model on two identified sites in Frankston. Build in strong policy direction and an evaluation model that will allow for roll out of other pilot sites across the region

As part of the Homes for Victorians housing strategy, the Government is undertaking an Inclusionary Housing Pilot (IHP) on six surplus government land parcels, delivering up to 100 new social housing homes across the sites.

While none of the IHP sites are located within the Southern Metro Region, DELWP will brief the Partnership on directions emerging from the existing IHP sites. Additional sites can be considered if the pilot is extended.

Construction of first sites is due to commence end of December 2018 / early 2019

Undertake scoping exercise of potential Youth Foyer sites in the Southern Metro Region co- located with TAFEs

The Government’s support is subject to the outcomes of a comprehensive longitudinal evaluation of the three Education First Youth Foyers being undertaken by the Brotherhood of StLaurence. The findings will inform the design and funding model for future responses to young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. DHHS will discuss the outcomes of this work with the partnership.

Late 2018 / early 2019

Priority Outcome 1: Housing



Improve access to employment, education, services and recreation across the region with higher frequency public transport and greater connectivity and integration of services by developing a Southern Region Transport Master Plan with input from the Partnership on guiding principles; adding an express bus from Rosebud to Frankston via Peninsula Link to connect with express train services and introducing shuttle bus service between Dandenong and Dandenong South Industrial Precinct.


Over recent years, the Victorian Government has been responding to the broad transport needs of the Southern Metro Region by delivering a suite of major transformational city shaping transport infrastructure projects and new trains and trams, supported by projects that respond to the Southern Metro Region’s more local transport needs.

The Victorian Budget 2018/19 continues our investment in the southern region’s transport infrastructure. Seven suburban arterial roads in the region are being upgraded as part of almost $2.2 billion in Suburban Roads Upgrades in Melbourne’s northern and south-eastern suburbs. The Budget includes $711 million for the second stage of the upgrade to the Monash Freeway, which includes widening and upgrading the Monash all the way from Chadstone to Pakenham. A further $75 million has been allocated for the Mordialloc Bypass to build a four-lane freeway connection between the Mornington Peninsula Freeway at Springvale Road and the Dingley Bypass.

A further $572 million has been allocated to enable and plan for the duplication of the Cranbourne line, deliver power and signalling upgrades from the city to Cranbourne and Pakenham and undertake detailed design work to enable new high capacity metro trains to run to Sunbury and upgraded car parking spaces to be built at Sandown station.

Public transport is also being improved, with $50 million provided for a five-year redevelopment project for the Frankston Station Precinct, and $608 million for the Caulfield to Dandenong conventional signalling and power infrastructure upgrade. Funding of $9 million will improve Merinda Park Railway Station access and car parking; $49.3 million for train stabling at Kananook; $21 million for a new rail station at the Southland shopping complex; and $5.6 million for upgrades to Berwick Railway Station, Cranbourne Railway Station and Casey Active Transport Improvements.

Priority Outcome 2: Transport




Develop a Southern Region Transport Master Plan with input from the Partnership on guiding principles

Transport for Victoria (TfV) will work with the Southern Metropolitan Partnership to identify regional priorities providing data and analysis.

The Government is supporting the transport network to address challenges associated with the level of growth in the Southern Metro Region

• $572 million will be provided for further upgrades to Melbourne’s busiest rail corridor – delivering more services, better reliability and modern signalling from the City to Cranbourne and Pakenham, paving the way for the future Cranbourne line duplication

• Following Metro Tunnel opening in the mid-2020s, High Capacity Metro Trains will run all the way from Cranbourne and Pakenham in the east through to Sunbury in the west – linked through the CBD by the Metro Tunnel

• $2.2 billion to duplicate and upgrade key arterial roads in Melbourne, including roads in Cranbourne, Dandenong South, Langwarrin South, Pakenham and Seaford

• $711 million for Monash Freeway upgrade

- Stage 2, providing additional lanes between Warrigal Road and EastLink, and between Clyde Road and Cardinia Road

• $75 million to upgrade the Mordialloc Bypass to a nine-kilometre, four-lane freeway

• $49.3 million for Frankston Line stabling at Kananook providing additional capacity to accommodate predicted future growth on the Frankston Line

• $60 million to increase and improve train station car parking, including at Sandown Park

• $10 million to plan for upgrades at metropolitan train stations, including at Seaford, Kananook and Pakenham

• Commencement of the Baxter Rail Extension Business Case, which will assess the costs and benefits of electrifying the line as well as additional enhancements including track duplication, level crossing removals, station upgrades, car parking and train stabling.

The department will work with the Southern Metropolitan Partnership over the next 12 months




New express bus from Rosebud to Frankston via Peninsula Link to connect with express train services

When reviewing existing bus routes or planning for new ones, TfV considers several factors including the likely number of users, development of a direct and easily understood network, and connectivity with other public transport services.

Additional express trips from Rosebud to Frankston would be considered in thiscontext. TfV welcomes the opportunity to consult with Partnerships on alternative proposals that best address the overall need of customers on the Mornington Peninsula.

November 2020

New shuttle bus service between Dandenong and Dandenong South Industrial Precinct

TfV will regularly review changes in demand and loading issues on buses in the Dandenong area.

TfV will organise a meeting with the Partnership to discuss the needs and current demands in the area.

The Government is providing $55.7 million for improvements to metropolitan bus services, including routes servicing Carrum Downs, Cranbourne, Moorabbin, Narre Warren.

TfV will work with the Partnership over the next 18 months to identify regional transport priorities providing data and analysis.

TfV will work with the Southern Metropolitan Partnership to progress this action in 2019



Increase engagement and retention in education for pre- school-aged children and at-risk youth in the middle years age group to break the cycle of disadvantage, by: developing a community awareness campaign promoting the benefits of early years literacy, including messages targeting disadvantaged groups; identifying and rolling out a fit-for- purpose localised early years literacy strategy and pilot with hard to reach cohort; identifying up to 12 schools across the region with risk factors for student disengagement and pilot a ‘Geelong Project Model’ in four of the schools.


The Victorian Government has invested $6 billion to make Victoria the Education State, improving outcomes for every child and student, in every classroom, in every school, and for all communities. School targets focus on the things that promote excellence across the curriculum and on the healthand wellbeing of students and break the link between disadvantage and student outcomes.

In the Southern Metro Region, the Government is responding to the growing demand for student places by investing $86.2 million to build new schools or additional stages and $76.7 million to modernise and upgrade 24 existing secondary and primary schools.

$271 million has been allocated to acquire land for schools across the state including for Cardinia and Casey.

In addition, $3 million has been provided to construct a new early childhood development facility co-located at Botanic Ridge Primary School.

The Government is also working to improve performance of schools and teaching including $32.9 million to fund 200 additional Primary Maths and Science Specialists statewide, $22.1 million statewide for workshops and teaching tools to improve literacy and numeracy teaching, $4.4 million statewide to ensure schools have access to the very best principals, through a new program to prepare and assess those aspiring to be principals, and $1 million statewide for schools to purchase musical instruments and music professional development.

Priority Outcome 3: Education and youth engagement




Develop a community awareness campaign promoting the benefits of early years literacy including messages targeting disadvantaged groups

The priority actions for the Southern Metro Region will be partly addressed through the roll out of elements of the Education State Early Childhood Reform Plan. This work will support local effort to promote the benefits of early years literacy.

The statewide roll out of Supported Playgroups for families experiencing vulnerability or disadvantage includes a focus on assisting families to enhance their child’s early literacy learning in the home.

Commencing in 2018-2019, an allocation of $3.1 million over four years will provide for a selection of books and guidance for parents and carers on how to foster literacy and numeracy in the home environment to be included in the ‘Prep Bag’. This will provide age-appropriate books, chosen in consultation with experts to support families to enhance their child’s literacy and numeracy learning.

DET staff will work with local stakeholders and service providers to maximise the impact of these initiatives.

The Early Childhood Reform Plan was announced in 2017 and continues to be implemented

Continuing into 2019




Identify and roll out a fit-for- purpose localised early years literacy strategy and pilot with hard to reach cohorts

The priority action for the Southern Metropolitan Partnership will be addressed through the School Readiness Funding program. The Government is delivering an extra$55.3 million over the next four years in the School Readiness Funding into kindergartens to better supporteducationally disadvantaged children.

One of the priority outcomes of this funding will include improvingcommunication outcomes for children.

Through the Victorian Literacy Portal, an Early Childhood Literacy Teaching toolkit was launched in 2018. This provides early years educators with a range of resources and curriculum support to assist with early childhood literacy teaching and learning.

To support early childhood educators to build on practice, the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority developed an educator Practice Guide focused on communication and language development in 2018. It includes scenarios developed by both early childhood and speech pathology experts.

Toolkit and practice guide released in 2018

Identify up to 12 schools across the region with risk factors for student disengagement

The South Eastern Victorian Region of DET will work with DHHS, DJR and Victoria Police to identify relevant schools based on existing DET datasets, combined with both qualitative and quantitative data from the Multi Agency Panel and the Children and Youth Area Partnership.

Continuing into 2019

Pilot the ‘Geelong Project Model’ in 4 of the schools identified in Action 3.3

Evaluation of the key strengths of the ‘Geelong Model’, the implementation approach for this region, and the need for additional funding to support a pilot to be undertaken to confirm the feasibility of a pilot.

Subject to positive evaluation and funding, DET will identify potential candidate schools for pilot commencement in mid-2019.

Assuming feasible to proceed with pilot, timing will depend on funding either internally or through the normal budget processes.

Funding in early 2019 would result in commencement in mid-2019



Support broad scale uptake of fit-for-purpose recycled water across the Southern Metro Region providing a climate resilient water resource for long-term economic growth and environmental benefit by developing a business case for water reuse at the Eastern Treatment Plant and developing a business case to upgrade the Pakenham Sewerage Treatment Plant.


The Victorian Government is investing in initiatives to support climate resilience including water re-use projects. $3.3 million has been provided to develop a drought-proof, secure and protected water supply to irrigate the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Cranbourne Gardens. This project will use recycled water from the Eastern Treatment Plant and includes installation of pipes, pumps, water tanks and a secondary treatment plant.


Develop a business case for water reuse at the Eastern Treatment Plant

This project will be considered through the integrated water management (IWM) forums. A transparent prioritisation process is being undertaken with thekey stakeholders (urban water sector) to determine which IWM projects are of most value to the region and wouldbenefit from a collaborative approach to planning.

1 year

Develop a Business Case to upgrade the Pakenham Sewerage Treatment Plant

The south-eastern edge of Melbourne is undergoing significant and rapidpopulation growth with these areas likely to exceed their existing local wastewater treatment capacity in the coming years.

Commitments have been made to assess the wastewater treatment options for this region, including the future role of the Pakenham Sewerage Treatment Plan. This will be led by the local water corporation, South East Water, in partnership with other regional agencies.

Consideration will be given to the environmental impacts of wastewater discharge to the Western Port Bay and opportunities for local reuse to maximise local growth opportunities.

1 year

Priority Outcome 4: Water




Policy review with alternative pricing models other than full cost recovery

Pricing models will be considered as part of any business case development. Investment in business cases is subject to both agency and government budgetary processes. The Government’s integrated water management program will facilitate inter-agency investmentin business cases to maximise cost- sharing opportunities.

Once released, Strategic Directions Statements for the Western Port and Dandenong Catchments covering integrated water management in the Southern Metro Region could bepresented to the Southern Metropolitan Partnership.

Strategic Directions Statements for the Western Port and Dandenong Catchments covering integrated water management in the Southern Metro Region will be released 2018-19

Construct pipeline to access recycled water

The business case outlined above will look at potential access to recycled water in the region. Should the feasibility study prove favourable, future budget may be sourced for capital spend.

This is contingent on the outcome of the business case



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.

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