Mornington electorate
Chris CREWTHER (Mornington) (14:47): (98) My question is to the Minister for Environment. Will the minister intervene to enable a public reserve and ephemeral wetlands at the decommissioned South East Water reservoir at 57 Kunyung Road, Mount Eliza, under Parks Victoria management? This site is still owned by the government but has been referred to the Department of Transport and Planning to consider alternative use and sale options. I ask the Minister for Environment whether they could propose to the Department of Transport and Planning that Parks Victoria gain ownership of this site and that the site then be rehabilitated and made into public wetlands and a reserve. The potential for it to be sold and rezoned for a potential housing development is creating unnecessary anxiety amongst local residents. It is imperative that we preserve such sites, as has been done with the old Frankston Reservoir and the old Devilbend Reservoir as well.