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Five Year Plan for Jobs, Services and Infrastructure 2017–2021

INITIAL INVESTMENT REPORT

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Aboriginal AcknowledgementThe 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 fi st 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. The Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation are the Traditional Owners of the lands that now make up the Eastern Metro Region of Melbourne.

Eastern Metro Region Five Year Plan 1

Premier’s forewordMelbourne is far more than just its city centre.Our suburbs, and all the people who’ve chosen to make their home there, are integral to our state’s success.It means that as our population and our suburbs continue to grow, governments at every level must continue to keep pace.It’s why we’ve established a Suburban Development portfolio– focused on making sure governments, businesses and communities work together across Melbourne’s suburbs.To support this work – and to make sure we’re listening to the people who know these communitiesbest – we’ve established six new Metropolitan Partnerships.Covering the breadth of Melbourne, these partnerships encompassthe Southern, Eastern, Northern, Western, Inner South- East and Inner Metro regions.

This work is further guided by our Five Year Jobs, Services and Infrastructure Plans for Melbourne’s regions.We see these plans as the foundation for greater engagement and collaboration between the Victorian Government and local communities.Together, we can ensure that as Melbourne grows, our infrastructure - our roads,transport, schools and hospitals - meet the needs of local residents.And together, we can make our suburbs even stronger.

The Hon Daniel Andrews MPPremier of Victoria

2 Eastern Metro Region Five Year Plan

Minister’s forewordThe Eastern Metro Region Five Year Plan for Jobs, Services and Infrastructure and similar plans for the fi e other metropolitan regions represent a new approach to the way the Victorian Government responds to local priorities and reports within a regional context.Victoria is transforming the way governments work with thecommunity and the private sector to plan and build our cities.For too long, governments, community organisations and businesses have focused on their individual challenges and areas of responsibility – rather than coordinating their infrastructure and service provision around the needs of communities. And state governments have tended to plan at the statewide level, makingit hard to see precisely what is happening at the local level.This fi st Five Year Plan shows a government determined to adopt a more transparent and inclusive planning approach to growth at a meaningful regional scale. It’s part of our public-sector reform agenda to develop more collaborative approaches to community engagement.We are giving citizens and stakeholders, including the Metropolitan Partnerships, key facts about their region’s growth and development. It provides a comprehensive picture of the Victorian Government’s planned investments as outlined in the State Budget, including where and when these investments will be delivered.

The plan will support the Eastern Metropolitan Partnership as it continues working with the region’s councils, business and community sectors. It will be an important input to the partnership’s role as adviser to government on regional priorities supporting jobs growth and enhanced liveability across the region. Future updates of this plan will incorporate the government’s response to this annual adviceand the latest information on the government’s regional investments and initiatives.As these plans evolve they will become even more refl e of the partnership’s input and the response of the government and its key partners across the Eastern Metro Region.My hope is that by providing information in this way, we will support all key players in this vibrant region to work even more closely to manage growth andto maintain and strengthen the liveability of this region’s suburban communities.

The Hon Lily D’Ambrosio MPMinister for Suburban Development

ContentsPart 1: Introduction 6A new approach to planning and delivering government investment for our suburbs 7Why the government is preparing Five Year Plans 8The Eastern Metro Region Five Year Plan – Initial Investment Report 9The Eastern Metropolitan Partnership 9

Part 2: The Eastern Metro Region 10Introducing the Eastern Metro Region 12A changing population 13Regional employment 13

Part 3: Investment overview 16Investment overview 17Investing in jobs and the economy 18Investing in infrastructure and service delivery 25Our partners 42

Part 4: Next steps 46Incorporating and responding to Metropolitan Partnership advice 47Future updates of Five Year Plans 48

Appendix 1: Eastern Metro Region Metropolitan Partnership – membership50

Appendix 2: Glossary 52


Part 1: Introduction

A new approach to planning and delivering government investment for our suburbsMelbourne is securing its place as a highly competitive and prosperous global city. We are a city of more than 320 suburbs – every one of them with a distinct history, identity, character and community. It is vital for the government to listen more closely and to learn from the collective lived experience of these communities.

For the seventh year in a row, Melbourne has been voted the world’s most liveable city. Most Melburnians believe their city is a great place to live and that the liveability of their suburbs is generally improving. Of course, people’s perceptions will depend on where they live across the inner, middle and outer suburban areas of Melbourne.The government wants to see the benefit of prosperity and investment shared by all residents across our city, no matter where they live. Of course, the rapid pace of growth presents challenges, for example, the need for new infrastructure, services and jobs to accommodate the new population – at a time of changing climatic conditions.The government recognises that new approaches are needed to improve the way governments, business and the community work together to identify and action priorities that can both lift productivity and ensure that the benefit of growth are shared, and to meet the challenges ahead.

The government wants to see the benefit of prosperity and investment shared by all residents across our city, no matter where they live.


Why the government is preparing Five Year Plans

The Victorian Government has released Plan Melbourne 2017–2050, the government’s long-term plan to accommodate Melbourne’s future population and employment. Plan Melbourne 2017–2050 sets out the strategic policy directions required to manage the city’s growth andchange towards 2050. In addition to this, the government wants to better understand and respond to the particular challenges and opportunities faced by communities in different parts of Melbourne. The government has identified six new metropolitan regions: Inner Metro, Inner South East Metro, Western Metro, Northern Metro, Eastern Metro and Southern Metro. These regions provide the basis for a new, more collaborative engagement with communities and better coordinated planning and delivery of jobs, services and infrastructure.To facilitate increased collaboration at this regional level, the government has established six Metropolitan Partnerships, bringing together experts and leaders from all levels of government, business and the community to identify and progress issues that matter in their region. They will provide advice to government on priorities for projects, programs and services that better meet the specific needs of their regional communities.To support the conversation with the new Metropolitan Partnerships, the government will produce rolling Five Year Plans for Jobs, Services and Infrastructure for each of the six metropolitan regions. The plans will provide a breakdown of the government’s investment in each region and respond to the particular challenges and priorities raised with government by the Metropolitan Partnerships. The Five Year Plans willnot duplicate or overlap existing strategies or policies, but rather serve to complement those strategies and policies, with a focus on establishing and supporting a more inclusive, localised and coordinated approach to policy development, investment and service delivery.

These regions provide the basis for a new, morecollaborative engagement with communities and better coordination of planning and delivery of jobs, services and infrastructure.

The Eastern Metro Region Five Year Plan – Initial Investment Report

This plan sets out how the government is working with its key partners to make our suburbs even stronger and better places to live. It provides a regional view of the government’s existing and planned projects and programs, and it provides key foundational information for the newly formed Metropolitan Partnerships to further develop theirregional investment priorities. Future annual updates will incorporate more detail on the challenges and priorities for action in each region.The Eastern Metro Plan includes an overview of the region’s population, economy and liveability, and outlines Victorian Government investments, primarily from the 2017–18 State Budget, to support jobs and deliver infrastructure and services in the regionover the next fi e years. It highlights the substantial contribution and role played by other levels of government and other key stakeholders in creating and maintaining liveable suburbs.By bringing together this information at the metropolitan regional level, the plan will assist governments and communities to work cooperatively to identify potential gaps in the delivery of jobs, services and infrastructure, and to respond to new opportunities for partnerships between governments, business and the community.The plan is intended for a broad audience, including community and private sector organisations based in the Eastern Metro Region, state government departments and agencies, local and federal governments, and citizens interested in betterunderstanding how government is working to meet the needs of their region and local community.

The Eastern Metropolitan PartnershipThe Eastern Metro Region Metropolitan Partnership was established in June 2017. It is chaired by Robin Whyte, CEO at Eastern Health Network. Robyn has extensive experience in health policy and strategy, service system reform and health care improvements. The deputy chair is Phil Murton, CEO of the Eastern Football League, the largest community football/ netball league in Australia with more than 600 teams.

Its membership includes six other community and business representatives with varied backgrounds, experiences and networks, appointed by the Minster for Suburban Development and the Special Minister of State for four-year terms. It also includes the CEO of each local council in the region, a Deputy Secretary from the Victorian Government, and a representativefrom the Commonwealth government (see Appendix 1).The partnership’s role is to work closely with its regional communities to identify the most important opportunities to drive improved social, economic and environmental outcomes and make a real difference to the liveability and prosperity of the Eastern Metro Region and its suburbs. Part of this role includes hosting Annual Assemblies of regional community and business leaders to test, refi and assist in fitheir advice to the government. They will also be called upon to participate in major regional activities to align with Plan Melbourne 2017-2050.

On 31 August 2017, 144 community members, businesses, councillors and mayors came together to help determine the key priorities for the Eastern Metro Region. This was in addition to the online engagement that occurred between 7 August and 30 August where residents from the Eastern Metro Region had the opportunity to express their views through the engagevic website. This website was visited by 1,007 people, with 74 people completing thepre-engagement questions. The Eastern Metropolitan Partnership is producing its first set of advice on regional priorities for the Eastern Metro Region.Emerging outcome areas include:• Affordable Housing: Increase supply of local

affordable housing for vulnerable people and key workers

• Regional Connectivity: Improve transport connectivity throughout the region, as well as access to natural assets

• Jobs for Youth: Better employment outcomes for young people

• Integrated Health and Social Services: More integrated health and social services for those in need

• Social Inclusion: Improve social connection and well-being of residents

Following the receipt of this advice, the Minister for Suburban Development will work with portfolio Ministers to determine an appropriate response,including through consideration in the annual State Budget process where appropriate.More information is provided on these processes in Part 4: Next steps.

Part 2:The Eastern Metro RegionFigure 1Source: ABS Estimated Residential Population 2016

Yarra Ranges (S)

155,312Manningham (C)

122,902Whitehorse (C)

170,093Monash (C)

192,850

Maroondah (C)

114,979Knox (C)

160,665

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Total population of the Eastern Metro Region

916,801

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Couple with children in 2016122,000 households36% of total (metro average 33%)

Couple without children in 201691,000 households27% of total (metro average 25%)

Lone person in 201675,000 households22% of total (metro average 24%)

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One-parent family in 201636,000 households11% of total (metro average 11%)

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Introducing the Eastern Metro RegionExtending from the modern research hub of Monash and the established suburbs of Doncaster and Box Hill to the mountain-ash forests of the Dandenong Ranges and the vineyards of the Yarra Valley in the far north-east, the Eastern Metro Region is highly diverse.Home to more than 916,000 people, the Eastern Metro Region covers six local government areas (LGAs): suburban Monash, Whitehorse and Manningham, and the outer suburban LGAs of Knox and Maroondah and the Shire of Yarra Ranges. Monash is a science and education centre; Manningham features the Doncaster retail hub; and the Shire of Yarra Ranges features the Dandenong Ranges and food and wine destinations.The region’s natural assets are a focus for tourism.The Eastern Metro Region’s suburbs have traditionally housed much of Melbourne’s early growth. In the outer east, the residential areas and commercial centres that support the knowledge economy of the Monash National Employment and Innovation Cluster (NEIC) give way to the significant tourist destinations of the Dandenong Ranges National Park and the expansive bushland of the Yarra Ranges. Melbourne’s long-term land use plan, Plan Melbourne 2017-2050, highlights Box Hill and Ringwood as the region’s key Metropolitan Activity Centres, serving as major hubs for the local community. The Monash NEIC has been identified in

Plan Melbourne 2017–2050 because of its concentration of linked businesses and institutions, excellent transport connections and the potential to accommodate significant future growth in jobs. The region is also home to state-significant health and education precincts: Box Hill Hospital, Monash Medical Centre, Knox Private Hospital, Box Hill TAFE, Deakin University (Burwood) and Monash University (Clayton). In addition, the region is served by 23 Major Activity Centres.

Table 1: Eastern Metro Region – Major Activity Centres

Yarra Ranges

Manningham

Maroondah

Knox Whitehorse Monash

Chirnside ParkLilydale

Doncaster East– The Pines Doncaster Hill

Croydon Ringwood*

Bayswater Boronia Mountain GateRowville – Stud ParkWantirna South – Knox Central

Box Hill*Burwood East – Tally HoBurwood Heights Forest Hill Chase Nunawading

Brandon Park ClaytonGlen Waverley Mount Waverley Oakleigh

* Metropolitan Activity Centres

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The Belgrave-Lilydale and Glen Waverley train lines provide strong public transport linkages to the CBD, with EastLink and the Eastern and Monash Freeways providing key road linkages for those in the north- east and south-east, respectively. Much of the region’s infrastructure is built around these transport hubs, with particular concentrations in Metropolitan Activity Centres such as Box Hill and Ringwood. Further east, Healesville has the only hospital beyond the main suburban area.The Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges, both renowned tourism and environmental assets, attract a combined 4.1 million visitors each year. The Yarra River catchment, which contains significant parkland with community and environmental benefits, is home to more than two million people and provides 70 per cent of Melbourne’s drinking water.

A changing populationThe Eastern Metro Region’s population is expected to continue to grow by more than 55,000 between 2016 and 2021. Population growth is not expected to be equally distributed across the region. The Box Hill District is expected to increase by up to 10 per cent,whereas the Belgrave-Olinda suburbs are expected to experience a decline in population of two per cent.

In the Eastern Metro Region people aged between 15 and 29 make up the largest share of the population (approximately 21 per cent in 2016). Over the fi e years to 2021, the 30 to 44 and 75 and over age groups are projected to grow faster than other age groups.Lone-person households are expected to be the fastest growing household type over this period, with much of the region’s population growth expected to be in higher density areas such as Box Hill.

Regional employmentThe Eastern Metro Region contained approximately 368,000 jobs in 2015, approximately 17 per centof metropolitan Melbourne’s jobs. The number of residents who also work in the region was 51 per cent in 2011, similar to the metropolitan Melbourne average of 50 per cent in that same year.The region’s focus on jobs in health, education and administrative support has allowed it to quickly adapt to its changing economic profile. Over the past fiv e years, the Eastern Metro Region has maintained an average unemployment rate of approximately 1.1 percentage points lower than the Melbourne average.In March 2017, the unemployment rate in the Eastern Metro Region was 4.8 per cent, down from 4.9 per cent in December 2016.

Figure 4: Eastern Metro Region resident unemployment rate, 2011 to 2016Source: Commonwealth Department of Employment, Small Area Labour Markets – December Quarter 2016

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Part 3: Investment overview

Investment overviewThe Victorian Government is continuing to respond to the growth and change in Melbourne’s Eastern Metro Region by investing in new and upgraded services and infrastructure.

These investments, primarily contained in the recent 2017–18 State Budget, 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 plan examines:• jobs – initiatives to support and expand jobs growth in the Eastern Metro

Regional economy• infrastructure and service investments – funding for education, health, justice,

transport and community infrastructure projects and new services• our partners – an overview of the role played by the region’s local governments,

the Commonwealth government and the private and community sectors in supporting liveable suburbs and their significant contribution to employment and local suburban infrastructure and services.


Case studyFuture Industries Manufacturing ProgramThe Victorian Government’s Future Industries Manufacturing Program is helping businesses in the Eastern Metro Region expand their operations and implement new manufacturing technologies and processes in their Victorian operations, providing a critical foundationfor growth.Support from the fund will help Scoresby-based manufacturer Medical Developments International to build a new facility, create 15 new jobs and increase its global exports by $50 million.

Investing in jobs and the economy

Victoria leads the nation in jobs growth. According to ABS data, approximately 98,300 additional jobs were created in Victoria in the year to August 2017. Thisis more than a third of the 284,800 additional jobs created nationally in the same period.The Victorian Government is backing the economy and growth with major investments in projects, industries and ideas to encourage small businesses to grow and big businesses to invest, creating more jobs for Victorians. As well as nurturing high-growth sectors and encouraging innovation, the government is supporting workers affected by industry transition, and disadvantaged jobseekers.Major investments include the $1 billion Jobs for Victoria package unveiled in the 2016–17 Budget, the Premier’s Jobs and Investment Fund, and the $273 million Future Industries Fund, which supports job creation in eight high-growth sectors:• construction technologies• international education• professional services• defence technologies• food and fibre• medical technologies and pharmaceuticals• new-energy technologies• transport technologies.The Victorian Government is investing in major infrastructure projects that create employment in the construction sector across Victoria. In the Eastern Metro Region, the government has commenced planningto complete the North East Link; eight of the most dangerous and congested level crossings are being removed; and record investments in modernising and upgrading education assets are underway.

To further support the region’s key industries, the government is supporting the development of the Monash NEIC. As Melbourne’s second largestconcentration of jobs outside the CBD, the Monash NEIC is well positioned to grow jobs close to where people live.Challenges for the region are an ageing population and the loss of knowledge workers to the Melbourne CBD. The increasing number of commuter tripsby workers is placing a strain on current transport infrastructure, resulting in increasing commute times and congestion. Creating more employment within the key centres in Melbourne’s east will providemore employment opportunities closer to home for Melbourne’s east residents and can help ensure quality of life for residents and prosperity for the region.

Statewide jobs initiatives and supportThe government’s pipeline of infrastructure investments, valued at over $33 billion, is expected to create tens of thousands of jobs in constructionand related industries. This is supported by the Major Projects Skills Guarantee, which ensures that 10 per cent of the contracted hours on these major projects are secured for apprentices and trainees.Building on these investments, the government has announced funding for additional employment programs designed to support workers affected by industry transition and directly support jobs growth in growing sectors of Melbourne’s economy. Through Skills First, the Victorian Government is focusinggovernment-funded vocational education and training (VET) on courses aligned to government priority projects, investments and high-growth sectors. Both the Funded Course List and Regional Jobs and Training Needs Reports signal to TAFEs and other training providers those qualifications of most value to the economy and identify areas of local labour market demand.These statewide programs are open to businesses and individuals across Melbourne and include:• $63 million Jobs Victoria program, which

helps people looking for work and employers looking for workers in locations of high need. To date, over$50 million has been allocated for 51 employment services under the Jobs Victoria Employment Network. The allocation of funding is closely aligned to the labour market needs in each location, and specifically to the proportion oflong-term’ unemployed jobseekers in each region

• $58.5 million Future Industries: Victoria’s Automotive Transition Plan to support workers, communities and businesses affected by the closure of automotive manufacturing in the state. This includes:» $5 million Automotive Supply Chain

Transition Program to assist eligible businesses to identify new markets and opportunities and to develop strategies to take advantage of them

» $45.1 million Local Industry Fund for Transition to support investment leading to new, sustainable jobs and to contribute to the economic development of local areas most affected by the closure of the major car manufacturers

» $8.4 million South East Automotive Transition to establish a skills program to strengthen training and job search support in

south-east Melbourne

• $250 million Future Industries Fund to support priority industry sectors that have the potential for extraordinary economic growth. It includes the following:» $18 million Future Industries Manufacturing

Program to assist companies to implement new manufacturing technologies

» $20 million Future Industries Sector Growth Program to provide funding for projects designed to support Future Industries sector strategies

» $20 million New Energy Jobs Fund to backnew-energy technology projects that support the uptake of renewable energy, reduce emissions and assist community groups to develop their own projects

• $30 million Automotive Supply Chain Training Initiative to provide professional and practical career advice to assist workers affected by industry closures to successfully transition into new employment

• $16 million to provide expert advice to workers through Skills and Job Centres on training and employment opportunities including referrals to community support and advice on career planning

• $30 million Regional and Specialist Training Fund to deliver the skills required for specialist occupations of economic significance across Melbourne

• $15 million Back to Work Scheme to incentivise businesses to employ retrenched auto and dairy workers

• $8.2 million Apprenticeship Support Offices to make sure first-year apprentices get the support they need to finish their training (all first-year apprentices up to the age of 24 years in the Eastern Metro Region will receive assistance from this program)

• $4 million Empower Youth Program to provide intensive, coordinated support to vulnerable young people in areas experiencing social and economic disadvantage to strengthen their health and wellbeing, connection to community, engagement in education and training, and their pathways to employment

• $33 billion Local Jobs First – Victorian Industry Participation Policy, which is the government’s pipeline of infrastructure investments, expected t o create tens of thousands of jobs in construction and related industries. This is supported by theMajor Projects Skills Guarantee, which ensures that 10 per cent of the contracted hours on these major projects are secured for apprentices and trainees

• $60 million LaunchVic to encourage and build entrepreneurship, innovation and start-ups and to create new jobs and investment opportunities in Victoria.


Supporting future jobs growth in the Eastern Metro RegionThe population of the Eastern Metro Region is over 916,000, with more than 368,000 jobs. The major employers in the region are retail, health care and social assistance, manufacturing and education and training.The region is expected to create an extra 68,000 jobs by 2031.Melbourne’s east is seeing the shift to a knowledge-based economy. Manufacturing has been a mainstay of the economy, especially around Clayton and Bayswater. While manufacturing is still important, other industriesare meeting the future jobs growth challenge in the region.Future growth in employment in the Eastern Metro Region is expected to be driven by:• education – especially in

Monash University at Clayton, and Deakin University at Burwood

• medical technology/ pharmaceutical – especially in Monash University at Clayton and in Bayswater

• research, science and engineering – especially in Monash University at Clayton

• health – recent expansions at Box Hill by Epworth, Monash University at Clayton, Knox Health Precinct at Knox, and in Ringwood

• manufacturing – Monash University at Clayton and in Bayswater and Knox

• logistics – Monash University at Clayton.

The centrepiece for jobs growth in the east is likely to be the Monash Cluster, with Monash Universityat its core. Monash University is proposing a $1.5 billion expansion through to 2031, and the Victorian Government is working closely with the University, Monash Counciland others to develop one of the world’s leading innovationclusters. Included in the cluster is CSIRO Clayton, the Synchrotron and the Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication. Together, the Victorian Government believes the ingredients are there to develop a world-class science and research innovation cluster,driving jobs growth in what already is Melbourne’s second largest concentration of jobs.Health is a key sector, as seen by recent expansions at Box Hill by Epworth and in the new Knox Health Precinct. The proposedMonash Heart Hospital will add a new health capability to the east.The development of the Monash Science and Research innovation cluster will also drive growth in creative industries including media and ICT, professional services, accommodation and hospitality.Box Hill and Ringwood will also contribute to the growth in jobs in the east, especially in retail, hospitality, health and education and professional services for the region.

The three outer eastern councils of Knox, Maroondah and Yarra Valley are working together to rejuvenate the important manufacturing cluster at Bayswater. Bayswateris the site of the national headquarters of Siemens, employing almost 1,000 on its campus. The government has been working with Bayswater companies affected by the auto closures to transform their products and markets.Tourism has been, and will continue to be, a major driver for jobs and investment, especially for the Dandenong Ranges and the Yarra Valley, building on world-renowned attractions including wineries and Puffing Billy.


Government coordination and support in the Eastern

Metro RegionDescription

$3.6 million to support 415 employment outcomes in the east through Jobs Victoria partners and targeting particular workers, including at:Workways Australia LimitedFGM ConsultantsJesuit Social ServicesVICSEG New FuturesWestgate Community Initiatives

$835,000 to generate new jobs in the east in communities most affected by industry transition:$300,000 in Boronia for transition projects$415,000 in Bayswater for building$120,000 in Croydon for machinery

$183,000 to date for companies in the east to identify future opportunities in new markets and to develop strategies to take advantage of them

$1,424,184 to date to support businesses in the east investing in manufacturing technologies and processes and to create new jobs in the region

Job initiatives in the Eastern Metro RegionWhere available, a breakdown of program investment specific to the Eastern Metro Region is provided in the table below.

Expected delivery timeframe

YR 12017

YR 22018

YR 32019

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Infrastructure

Services

Arrow indicates delivery beyond fi e years


Government coordination and support in the Eastern Metro RegionThe Victorian Government Business Office in Ringwood is staffed by business development managers who are specialistsin business and industry. They support businesses and help navigate government services, programs and regulations.Business development managers have local knowledge of the operating environment, offering advice and guidance on resources to start, run or develop a business.

Economy and Planning Working GroupsThe Victorian Government is working to better integrate the efforts of its key economic portfolios and to strengthenrelationships with local government and the Commonwealth at the metropolitan regional level through its newly established Economy and Planning Working Groups (EPWGs). These groups join up planning, infrastructure, transport and economic development portfolios across local, state and federal government in each of the six metropolitan regions. EPWGs focus on maximising inter-governmental input into major economic-focused urban development projects to drive investment and jobs growth. For the Eastern EPWG this includes the development of the Monash NEIC.The EPWGs are led by a local government CEO to ensure alignment with their Metropolitan Partnership. The Eastern EPWG is chaired by the CEO of the City of Maroondah.


Infrastructure underpins the liveability of communities and play critical role in supporting local economies and connecting suburban communities.

Investing in infrastructure and service delivery

Diverse and sustainable investments in infrastructure and services will promote prosperity in the Eastern Metro Region and enhance liveability.Infrastructure underpins the liveability of communities and plays a critical role in supporting local economies and connecting suburban communities. Infrastructure makes services possible, ensuring that communities have better health outcomes, greater social mobility and strong economic growth, productivity and employment.The government is providing significant investments in this region – from major road, rail, health and h i g h e r education projects, to local-level investments in service infrastructure such as schools, police stations, maternal child and health services and sporting and recreation facilities.

This plan lists investments under six areas:• transport• education and early childhood• community safety• health• culture and recreation• liveability and resilience.


Case studyNorth East Link

The Victorian Government is providing theinfrastructure needed to support growth in Melbourne’s Eastern Metro Region. The Victorian Budget 2017-18 provided the first $100 million for the North East Link to complete critical design, planning and preconstruction works before contracts are signed in 2019.North East Link is a new freeway link between the Metropolitan Ring Road at Greensborough and the Eastern Freeway or EastLink. North East Link will provide a safe and efficientfreeway connection for 100,000 vehicles a day, take long-haul trucks off local streets and reduce congestion.

Transport

The population of the Eastern Metro Region requires efficient and effective transport connections to access education and work and to participate in community life. To achieve this, traffic management will need to be improved through improved connectivity to the rail network.Transport challenges facing the network in the Eastern Metro region are associated with maintaining access including to the Monash NEIC.The Victorian Government is addressing transport congestion at a city-wide level by investing $11 billion in the Metro Tunnel Rail Project, removing 50 of the most dangerous and congested level crossings, delivering the West Gate Tunnel and upgrading major freeways. In the Eastern Metro Region, the government is making significant investments in new transport projects including $100 million to plan for the North East Link, and level crossings will be removed at Hughesdale, Clayton , Mitcham, Blackburn, Bayswater, Lilydale and Mooroolbark.Priorities that will drive planning, decisions and potential interventions will focus on:• developing transport networks to move people

efficiently and keep pace with population growth

• improving the frequency, priority and integration of public transport

• improving travel times and the reliability of public transport

• enhancing options for active transport.

Description

$7.6 million to improve the bus interchange and car parking atHuntingdale Station

$100 million for the planning and preconstruction of the North East Link to complete the Metropolitan Ring Road

$5.1 million for the Warrandyte Bridge widening

$14.5 million for the Box Hill to Ringwood shared-use path

Major infrastructure and service investments in the Eastern Metro Region


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YR 32019

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SERVICES$193.2 million to maintain the public transport Night Network, which provides 24-hour services across metropolitan Melbourne each weekend. Residents in the Eastern Metro Region will be able to travel later and stay out longer with all-night metropolitan trains and trams and late night bus services

Infrastructure

Services



Case studyYarra Ranges Tech School

As part of its commitment to making Victoriathe Education State, the Victorian Government has established the Yarra Ranges Tech School. Hosted by Box Hill Institute, the new school will provide secondary school students from 20 partner schools in Yarra Ranges with access to cutting-edge learning environments andinnovative education programs designed to link with local industry to deliver real-world learning.These innovative education programs will align with growth industries such as precision manufacturing, digital technologies, renewable energy and food, fi e and biotechnology.

Education and early childhood

The Victorian Government has invested $5 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 health and wellbeing of students and break the link between disadvantage and student outcomes. A number of schools and early learning facilities across the Eastern Metro Region will receive multimillion-dollar upgrades to ensure they can provide high-quality education for years to come.The government is responding to the growing demand for student places in the region by investing over $99 million to modernise and upgrade existing secondary and primary schools. In addition, $128 million was provided to the Yarra Ranges Tech School so that secondary students from the Yarra Ranges area have access to cutting-edge learning, which is hosted by Box Hill Institute.

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The government is modernising and upgrading secondary schools across the Eastern Metro Region• $10.35 million Highvale Secondary College• $7.6 million Monbulk College• $10 million Upwey High School• $5.5 million Wellington Secondary College• $3.5 million Wheelers Hill Secondary College

The government is modernising and upgrading primary schools across the Eastern Metro Region• $5.8 million Amsleigh Park Primary School• $5.3 million Bimbadeen Heights Primary School• $7.2 million Boronia Heights Primary School• $1.3 million Donburn Primary School• $2.0 million Glen Waverely Primary School• $0.6 million Highvale Primary School• $3.5 million Hughesdale Primary School• $1.0 million Jells Park Primary School• $0.8 million Lilydale Primary School• $2.1 million Lilydale West Primary School• $5.3 million Parkhill Primary School• $0.8 million Waverley Meadows Primary School

The government is investing in upgrade and modernisation projects at specialist schools in the Eastern Metro Region• $0.9 million Bulleen Heights School• $2.0 million Glenallen School• $4.1 million Heatherwood School• $0.5 million Yarra Ranges Special Development School

$2.55 million for the Children’s Facilities Capital Program to establish new and upgraded early learning facilities• $1.6 million Integrated Children’s Centre Ringwood East• $1.6 million Lilydale Lakeside Children’s Centre (this

funding is in addition to the $5 million already committed to this project)

• $0.35 million Newhope Childhood Wellbeing project

$128 million for the Tech Schools package including the new Monash Tech School. The Yarra Ranges Tech school opened in 2017 in Lilydale

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SERVICES $202.1 million through the Education State Early Childhood Reform Plan to expand and reform early childhood services across Victoria. This plan includes:• $81.1 million to help parents handle the challenges of

parenting by expanding supported playgroups statewide, and extending the age at which families can access the enhanced maternal and child health service

• $108.4 million to help kindergartens deliver high-quality and inclusive programs

• $5.4 million for more help for Aboriginal families to provide a strong foundation for their children’s learning and development

Parents in the Eastern Metro Region will receive better support with the strengthened maternal and child health service. Kindergarten services will be improved with the introduction of needs-based funding, with more support for children and families who need it most.

$50.7 million statewide to address underperformance in schools. This includes funding for:• Turnaround Teams across Victoria, made up of an

executive principal and two leading teachers, to be deployed in underperforming schools to help lift results

• School Improvement Partnerships to link our lowest performing schools with our highest, allowing them to share ideas for improvement

Schools in the Eastern Metro Region will benefit from access to 25 of Victoria’s best teachers and access to the highest performing schools to improve outcomes for students

$9.7 million statewide to raise the quality of teacher education and training. This will improve the skills of teachers, encouraging them to collaborate and to implement the latest teaching developments in the classroom across schools in the Eastern Metro Region

$23.7 million statewide to lift the quality of teaching and school leadership. Schools and teachers in the Eastern Metro Region will benefit from an expansion of the Professional Learning Communities initiative

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Case studyAutomatic numberplate- recognition technology rolling out across VictoriaThe Victorian Government is introducing initiatives to improve road safety including automatic numberplate-recognition technology. The program is rolling out across all 220Victoria Police Highway Patrol vehicles. It will enable Victoria Police to identify unregistered vehicles and vehicles with outstanding warrants.Importantly, this will also allow Victoria Police to detect and remove dangerous unauthorised drivers from our roads. In 2016, at least 19 percent of fatal collisions in Victoria were caused by unauthorised drivers.

Community safety

The Victorian Government is creating safer, more cohesive communities by putting more than 3,100 extra police officers on the streets and giving them the resources, equipment and support they need to keep Victorians safe.The State Budget 2017–18 provided an historic $2 billion boost for police, the largest ever investment in the history of Victoria Police. In addition, $320 million is being provided to community corrections to helpkeep Victorians safe, adding more than 300 additional staff to respond to growth in the number of people on community-based court orders.The Victorian Government is taking measures to create a Victoria free from family violence through a$1.9 billion package. The government’s 10-year plan, Ending Family Violence – Victoria’s Plan for Change, includes establishing Support and Safety Hubs. These hubs will be places where survivors of family violence can access the help they need to stay safe.

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$448.1 million to set up Support and Safety Hubs across Victoria wheresurvivors of family violence can access the help they need to stay safeOne hub will be located in inner eastern Melbourne, servicing Whitehorse, Manningham and Monash LGAs, and one will be located in outer eastern Melbourne, servicing Maroondah, Knox and Yarra Ranges. These hubs will be established by June 2021

$7.5 million to design and redevelop a new fi e station in Box Hill Fire Station

$2.8 million to build a new Warburton Police Station

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SERVICES$2 billion investment statewide will deliver 2,729 new police officers including 415 specialist family violence officers. This is in addition to 406 police officers already funded in the 2016–17 Budget and is part of the $596 million Public Safety Package

$162 million statewide to support vulnerable children and their families. This includes:• $72.2 million to better assist children in the statutory

child protection system (this includes employing an extra 450 child protection practitioners statewide)

• $59.6 million to better assist children in the statutory out-of-home care system

• $29.2 million for early intervention to strengthen responses to families

Specific services in the Eastern Metro Region are yet to be determined

$0.73 million for community organisations in the Eastern Metro Region to help prevent gambling-related harm through projects including the production of gambling prevention podcasts and community education and training activities delivered by people whose lives have been affected by gambling

$0.07 million to implement additional safety features to the scout hall within the Maroondah Council

$0.95 million for local graffiti education projects including a community mural in Monash and education programs in Yarra Ranges schools

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Case studyNew Support and Safety Hubs

The government is redesigning the healthand human service system to deliver more integrated care, with services seamlessly organised around people’s needs and, where possible, their preferences. We are creating greater opportunities for care to be provided in people’s homes or in a single, community-based location close to where they live or work. Health and wellbeing hubs will be created at existing sites and in new locations, initially focused on the growth areas of Melbourne, and will form part of local area access networks for a range of services, including the new Support and Safety Hubs for those at risk of or experiencing family violence.

Health

The Victorian Government is making major investments in Victoria’s health system to build a high-quality, proactive health and social service system. These investments will be guided by the government’s new Statewide Design, Service and Infrastructure Plan for Victoria’s Health System 2017- 2037, which identifies the priorities that will chart our path forward over the next 20 years for investment in infrastructure, programs, services and resources to meet the health care needs of communities across the state. The statewide plan will support joined-up planning at the regional level across health services, local government, Primary Health Networks, Aboriginal-controlled health services, and other service sectors.Building on major investments in hospitals, the government is making further investments in our hospitals and health workforce, boosting access to mental health services, improving ambulance response times and providing people living withdisability more choice and control over their support services through the government’s investment in the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Absolutely Everyone: State Disability Plan 2017-2020.As part of the government’s focus on Victoria’s health system, $54 million is being provided to establish 24/7 Supercare Pharmacies with nurses available between 6pm and 10pm every night.Access to mental heath services across Victoria will be boosted with $325.7 million being provided to ensure more medical and allied health staff are available on weekends. In the Eastern Metro Region, additional funding is being provided to health providers covering all local government areas including $95.6 million for Eastern Health and $138.3 million for Monash Health.

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$20 million to deliver upgrades at Angliss Hospital including 20 additional beds at the site:• a new 14-bed intensive care / high dependency unit• expansion and redevelopment of the current short stay facility• internal reconfiguration of the existing emergency department

to provide two mental health beds and four paediatric beds$10 million for Stage 1 of the Maroondah Comprehensive Cancer Centre Project, which forms part of the staged development of a cancer centre adjacent to Maroondah Hospital starting with the consolidation of the Breast Screen Service and the BreastAssessment Service with Supportive Care Services into one purpose- built facility$14.6 million for the Early in Life Mental Health Service as part of the Monash Children’s Hospital project. It will deliver a dedicated space in the new hospital to provide mental health services for children. Due for completion mid-2022$63.2 million for the upgrade and expansion of the Monash Medical Centre emergency department to support the opening of the new Monash Children’s Hospital$150 million to help fund Australia’s fi st specialist heart hospital at Monash Hospital. Initial funding of $15 million was provided forplanning and early works, with a further $135 million allocated to be held in contingency until requiredA Changing Places facility is a toilet designed to meet the needs of people with a severe or profound disability. Four locations in Eastern Metro Region will include Changing Places facilities: McKenzie Reserve Yarra Glen, HE Parker Reserve Heathmont, Healesville Sanctuary and Mullum Mullum Stadium Donvale

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SERVICES$325.7 million is being invested to boost access to mental health services across Victoria. This means that more medical and allied staff will be available on weekends. Extra services include:• meeting clinical services demand• perinatal depression funding• more medical and allied staff available on weekends• expansion of forensic mental health services• operational funding for bedsIn the Eastern Metro Region, additional funding is being provided to health providers including:• $95.6 million – Eastern Health (includes Yarra Ranges,

Manningham, Maroondah, Knox NW and NE and Whitehorse)

• $138.3 million – Monash Health (includes Knox South and Monash)$78.4 million across Victoria for the Treatment for Alcohol and other Drugs program to:• increase phone and web-based support• establish 30 new alcohol and drug rehabilitation beds• provide counselling and treatment services to reunite

families affected by addiction• provide services for people with mandatory treatment

conditions in their community corrections ordersFunding allocation is still being determined; however, for the Eastern Metro Region community it will mean:• improved access to phone and web-based support• more access to counselling and treatment services• more services for people with a mandatory treatment condition

on their community corrections order$81.1 million for Maternal and child health (MCH) services to help families get their kids ready for kindergarten and beyond, including:• $4.9 million to respond to demand on the telephone

information line• $37.7 million to progressively expand the MCH service to

support children up to the age of three• $11 million to fund an additional MCH visit to women and

children at risk of family violence• $5.2 million to attract new MCH nurses and support the

development of all MCH nurses in the latest techniques and practices to support families, including those struggling with trauma

Expanding the MCH program and funding additional visits to address family violence will involve directing additional investment ($3.5 million) in service delivery into the Eastern Metro Region

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$27 million to fund two key suicide prevention initiatives across the state:• assertive outreach trials in six health services to support

people following a suicide attempt• place-based suicide prevention trials, with activities in

each trial site based on identified local needs and delivered through a partnership with, and co-investment from, Primary Health Networks at 12 sites

In the Eastern Metro Region, Maroondah Hospital is a trial site for the assertive outreach HOPE initiativeThe Maroondah area is a place-based trial site being delivered through a partnership with Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network$1.67 billion to increase hospital services across the state. This includes:• an additional 41,000 admissions• 38,000 emergency treatments• tackling elective surgery waiting lists, enabling an extra 6,600

extra surgeries$54 million to establish 20 Supercare Pharmacies (with at least fi e in regional Victoria) to stay open 24/7, with a nurse available between 6pm and 10pm each nightIn the Eastern Metro Region, this program has established a Supercare Pharmacy in Wantirna South, with an additional location in Ringwood to open by 30 June 2018$1.59 million to meet increased hospital demand for palliative care services and to support greater access to responsive home-based palliative care$0.4 million to support providers servicing the area to better assist clients receiving home-based palliative care$43.8 million to fund general practitioners to attend up to 100 Victorian government secondary schools up to one day a week to provide medical advice and health care to students most in needSchools in the Eastern Metro Region include Boronia K-12 College, Upper Yarra Secondary College, Healesville High School, Bayswater Secondary College, Croydon Community School, Melba Secondary College, Scoresby Secondary College and Yarra Hills Secondary College$1.0 million to upgrade Knox Community Health Service

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Case studyGrowing Suburbs Fund

Through the Victorian Government’s GrowingSuburbs Fund, communities in the outer areas of the Eastern Metro Region are being provided funding to meet the needs of their fastest growing communities.This includes $1 million provided to the Shire of Yarra Ranges for the Upwey Tecoma Community Recreational and Sporting Hub. The hub will accommodate the needs of member groups by providing a modern and well-designed facility that is suitable for a range of local activities for people of all ages.

Culture and recreation

As well as being where we live and work, Melbourne’s suburbs are where communities play – Melbourne’s Eastern Metro Region accommodates a vast array of cultural and sporting groups and clubs. The Victorian Government is delivering a significant program of investment s to support the growth of these socially vital institutions.As the Eastern Metro Region is an established region, population growth is largely generated by infill development as opposed to new growth areas.The population profile of the Eastern Metro Region is also changing. Whereas couples with children have historically been the predominant household type, the fastest growing household type in the Eastern Metro region is the lone-person household, closely followed by couples without children.By 2031, the Eastern Metro Region is also expected to have a larger proportion of its population over the age of 85 than any other metropolitan region. The Victorian Government is working to make sure this cohort is provided with a wide range of community infrastructure and services that continues to meet their needs.The Growing Suburbs Fund is a $150 million investment over four years in critical local infrastructure for communities in Melbourne’s diverse and fast-growing outer suburbs and interface areas. The Eastern Metro Region includes the interface Shire of Yarra Ranges. Yarra Ranges has received$5.5 million through the Growing Suburbs Fund to deliver eight local infrastructure projects.

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$3 million to deliver the HE Parker multi-sports indoor stadium in Heathmont

$3 million for the Oakleigh Recreation Centre Indoor Stadium and Gymnastics Facility Development Project, which includes indoor sports courts and a new home for Waverley Gymnastics Club$0.5 million for a new multi-purpose pavilion and community meeting space at the Upwey Tecoma Community Recreational and Sporting Hub$0.5 million to support the upgrade and refurbishment of the Olinda Pool including installation of a new play space

$4.47 million to establish a new park, play space and sports oval at the former Olinda Golf Course

$0.5 million to provide a new multi-purpose pavilion and community meeting space in Belgrave South

$0.3 million for upgrades at Columbia Reserve in Wheelers Hill to support more female participation in sport

$0.5 million for upgrades at Scammell Reserve in Oakleigh South to support more female participation in sport

$2.25 million over three years to the Creative Suburbs Program to create opportunities for Melbourne’s outer metropolitan communities to engage with, and participate in, high-quality arts and creative experiences$3 million to the annual statewide VicArts Grants Program to encourage creative endeavours and the professional practice of Victoria’s artists and smaller arts companies



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Case studyNew Energy Jobs Fund

As part of the Victorian Government’scommitment to helping communities and businesses develop projects that create jobs and support clean energy, Maroondah City Council is one of 19 local governments sharing in $764,000 to help fund a solar project for low-income households. The project funded from the New Energy Jobs Fund grants program will explore the best ways to overcome barriers to the uptake of renewable energy technologies in local areas.

Liveability and resilience

The health of Melbourne’s natural environment contributes to the liveability of our suburbs – the presence of parks, trees, green spaces, waste management, how we plan the built environment, how we use water and how we produce energy.A resilient community is better prepared for extreme weather events such as storms, flooding and bushfires, events familiar to many citizens in the Eastern Metro Region.The Victorian Government is investing in initiatives to support liveability and the resilience of the environment and local communities across the region. This includes investments in transport, new waste management, energy production, water-use approaches and enhancing access to public and private housing.The government’s response to the impacts of climate change aims to protect our suburbs’ natural assets and to ensure the resilience of our suburbs to manage these impacts, including preparing for more extreme weather events. Under Victoria’s Climate Change Adaptation Plan 2017-2020, communities are being empowered to adapt. The government is producing easy-to-understand, up-to-date information about impacts, building the capacity of state and local governments to manage the risks to communities and infrastructure, and improving the city’s green space and environmental infrastructure.

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$0.55 million for two projects in the Eastern Metro Region to support the development of infrastructure to increase resource recovery and to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill

$1.5 million to local governments for projects that improve the health of waterways and the bays, support the liveability of local places and enable thriving landscapes through sustainable stormwater management

$0.045 million for local engagement programs targeting litter and illegal dumping, improving resource recovery and activating the Love Food Hate Waste campaign

$0.3 million for schools in the Eastern Metro Region to embed sustainability in everything they do. The program supports schools to reduce resource use, make cost savings, teach sustainability and engage communities

$371 million statewide into the Homes for Victorians program to increase the supply of social housing and renew existing stock within this region, including a program to upgrade rooming houses. Relevant providers in the Eastern Metro Region can seek funds to meet the particular needs of people in the region



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Our partnersLocal government

Councils in the Eastern Metro Region play a critical role in leading and supporting their communities. As the level of government closest to the community, they are often the fi st and most important point of contact for citizens in meeting needs for local infrastructure and services.Councils engage with their communities in developing and driving strategies to directly respond to citizens’ needs.

Regional plans and strategiesA review of Council Strategic Plans in the region reveals that the councils share common strategic objectives. Most councils focus on healthy communities, liveable and inclusive communities, sustainable environments, prosperous local economies, good governance and responsive and efficient services as key strategic outcomes for theircommunities. Councils in the Eastern Metro Region are planning to deliver improvements across these areas over the next four years.The significantpolicy alignment across local governments in the region provides a strong foundation for future partnerships and coordinated action.

JobsCouncils are also a major employer within the region. Collectively the Eastern Metro Region’s councils employ 3,931 people as well as supporting jobs through their roles in building and maintaining local infrastructure assets, purchasing contracted services and in funding jobs through the support they provide to their local community sector organisations. The employment projections of this partnership decrease to 3,898 people over the next four years.

Infrastructure provisionCouncils play a major role in providing local infrastructure across their municipalities. This includes items such as: local roads and bridges; footpathsand cycle-ways; recreational, leisure and community facilities; parks, open spaces and streetscapes; and waste management. Based on an analysis of their Strategic Resource Plans, the Eastern Metro Region councils currently manage over $11.2 billion in assets. Their current infrastructure funding plans indicate they spent more than $155 million in 2016–17 and plan to invest a further $553 million over the next fourfinancial years.

Service provisionAcross the region in 2016–17 councils delivered an average of 100 services to their communities – key services that make a real difference to the lives of residents including libraries, public pools, sporting grounds, parks, gardens and arts facilities, and to maintain historic places and buildings. Their services have been consolidated into the nine key themes (see Figure 6).

State government supportWhile councils provide the majority of their services and infrastructure from own source revenue, they are also assisted by a wide range of state government grant programs. The Eastern Metro Region councils received $78.4 million in Victorian Government recurrent and non-recurrent grants in 2016.


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The role of the Commonwealth government

Private and community sectors

Responsibility for providing infrastructure is primarily held by the state, territory and local governments and the private sector. However, the Commonwealth government has a role in influencing and supporting infrastructure decisions through payments tostates, territories and local governments. The Commonwealth government also plays a lead role in delivering communications infrastructure and managing major airports and aviation services.The Commonwealth contributes funding for roads, rail and intermodal terminals on the National Land Transport Network, and elsewhere, under National Partnership Agreements. For example, in late 2016, the Commonwealth and Victorian governments agreed to the $3 billion Victorian Infrastructure Package. Under the package, the Commonwealth is contributing $500 million towards the Monash Freeway Upgrade to help service Eastern Metro Region residents.Future opportunities for stronger engagement with the Commonwealth may arise through its Smart Cities framework and national focus on the development of City Deals.

The Victorian Government welcomes opportunities to deliver infrastructure and services through engagement with local private and community sector partners.Private businesses play a major role in supporting the liveability and prosperity of the Eastern Metro Region. Local businesses provide the majority of the region’s employment opportunities and the supply of goods and services. They also contribute important social services ranging from education and health services, such as private hospitals and schools, to recreational and sporting facilities such as private gyms, function centres and cultural venues.The community sector, which encompasses professional and volunteer service organisations, contributes significantlyto the liveability of the region’s suburbs. Community sector organisations are key partners with all levels of government, taking on front-line roles in delivering services that underpin strong communities and families. Increasingly, these organisations work collaboratively at the local level toimprove the breadth and accessibility of their services in communities by developing integrated facilities and service hubs.

Part 4: Next steps

AnnualAssemblies

Ministerand Cabinet

Finaliseregional priorities

Release FiveYear Plans (initial investment report)

Review anddevelop responses (including through budget)

Review andfurther develop regional priorities (including consideration of initial Five Year Plans)Prepare

update (including Metropolitan Partnerships advice and government response)

AnnualAssemblies

Release FiveYear Plan (first annual update)

The Eastern Metro Region Five Year Plan – Initial Investment Report is the first step in demonstrating at the regional level what the government is doing to strengthen liveability and prosperity in the region.With this first Five Year Plan as its starting point, the Office for Suburban Development will undertake further work with Victorian Government departments and agencies and metropolitan local governments to strengthen this new approach to informing citizens and key stakeholders about planned investments to drive local jobs and provide essential infrastructure and services to support future growth.

Incorporating and responding to Metropolitan Partnership adviceFuture updates of the Eastern Metro Region Five Year Plan will include the Metropolitan Partnership’s advice on regional priorities and the government’s response to this advice. This annual update process will commence with the release of the second 2018–19 Five Year Plan Update Report in 2018.The next steps in this update process will involve:• Eastern Metropolitan Partnership

priorities provided to the Minister for Suburban Development, who will then brief Cabinet

• Ministers considering their responses to this advice as part of their priority setting for their respective portfolios, including potential consideration in the State Budget process

• second Five Year Plans released, including initial Eastern Metro Partnership advice and the government’s response through Budget funding initiatives and other non-budget measures.

The updated Five Year Plan will then act as a resource for the Eastern Metro Partnership as it works through its next annual cycle of engagement with its communities to identify and determine regional priorities.

Government

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Future updates of Five Year Plans

Five Year Plans will be updated annually to incorporate funding commitments from the State Budget process and a response to the priorities raised by Metropolitan Partnerships. The Office of Suburban Development will continue to work with all government departments to ensure that the plans incorporate the most up-to-date data and information about each metropolitan region.The Victorian Government and its departments are already progressing work to develop statewide measures to achieve better monitoring of progress in the delivery of major government policies and departmental objectives at the metropolitan regional level.The Officefor Suburban Development will identify and report on the progress of these outcome measures to help regional stakeholders better understand how new investments in infrastructure and services are translating into regional-level outcomes. The results of this work will also be incorporated into future updates of this plan.Future updates are also expected to incorporate the progress on delivering Action 1 of the Plan Melbourne Five-Year Implementation Plan, which is to prepare Land-use Framework Plans for each of Melbourne’s six regions. The purpose of these plans is to achieve better alignment between state and local planning and the development of local planning strategies.DELWP will coordinate input into the Land-Use Framework Plans for each metropolitan region. This work will progress in close partnership with local governments and relevant state government departments and agencies and in consultation with the Metropolitan Partnerships.

Five Year Plans will be updated annually,incorporating funding commitments from the State Budget process and a response to the priorities raised by Metropolitan Partnerships.


Appendix 1: Eastern Metro Region Metropolitan Partnership – membership

Name Description Position

Robin Whyte Robin is the CEO at Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network. She has extensive experience in health policy and strategy, service system reform and health care improvement.

Chair

Phil Murton Phil is CEO of the Eastern Football League, the largest community football/ netball league in Australia, with more than 600 teams. He is deputy chair of the Key Leaders Group for Knox Communities That Care and was a member of the Knox Council Recreation and Leisure Liaison Group. Phil has degrees in Human Movement (Hons) and Education and an MBA from Monash Business School.

Deputy Chair

Kristian Dauncey

Kristian is the CEO of Knoxbrooke Inc., a leading disability service in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. He has a commercial background, working in Australia and overseas.

Member

Susan Maastricht

Susan is the executive director of the Lilydale Lakeside Campus at Box Hill Institute and a registered veterinarian with diverse clinical, operational and senior management experience in university, research institute and education settings.

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Simon O’Callaghan

Simon is the CEO of Yarra Ranges Tourism. He was a member of the Melbourne East Regional Development Australia Committee and held the positions of chair and director of the Yarra Ranges Enterprise Centres.

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David Plunkett

David is the CEO of Eastern Health and has extensive executive and senior management experience in the public and private sectors. He has a clinical background as a registered nurse and holds an MBA.

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Fiona Purcell Fiona is the CEO of the Outer Eastern Local Learning and Employment Network. She has had extensive experience working with local schools, TAFE, business and industry and community groups.

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Karyn Sobels Karyn is the deputy president of the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and has more than 30 years’ experience in the retail,telecommunications and banking sectors. Currently the principal of business advisors SKS Hub Pty Ltd, she also serves on the boards of the Telstra Licensee Association, Riskinfo and Autsim Spectrum Australia.

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Name Description Position

Elizabeth Langdon

Elizabeth is Deputy Secretary, People, Capability and Oversight at the Department of Health and Human Services, and has more than 20 years’ public and private sector experience, leading policy and operational teams.

Victorian Government representative

Warwick Winn Warwick has extensive experience in senior leadership positions in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Prior to his position as CEO of Manningham City Council he was general manager of North Sydney Council.

CEO,Manningham City Council

Steve Kozlowski

Steve is the CEO of Maroondah City Council. He has more than 25 years of senior local government management experience across Melbourne and served for 10 years as local government CEO in Gippsland. He is also chair of the Melbourne East Regional Development Australia Committee.

CEO,Maroondah City Council

Tony Doyle Before joining local government, Tony had a successful career in the fi services sector, holding senior leadership positions with one of Australia's largest banks. He has worked in Australia and the United Kingdom and led large and diverse teams across a number of environments.

CEO, Knox City Council

Andi Diamond Andi is the CEO of Monash Council and president of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade. Prior to her current role she served as CEO of Yarra Council for four years. She holds a BA in Social Work, an MBA and a Doctorate of Business and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

CEO, Monash City Council

Glenn Patterson

Glenn was appointed Yarra Ranges CEO in 2008, following time as the Baw Baw Council CEO. He has 25 years’ senior management experience with a number of metropolitan and rural councils, his fi st CEO role being at Colac Otway Shire in 1998. He also spent time as the CEO of a Melbourne-based property development group.

CEO, Yarra Ranges Shire Council

Noelene Duff Prior to joining the City of Whitehorse in 2000, Noelene was the director of Customer Services at the City of Monash and has held management roles in state and local government and the not-for-profi sector, including as a senior policy advisor at the Department of the Premier and at Cabinet and the Health Department of Victoria.

CEO,Whitehorse City Council


Appendix 2: Glossary20-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 ofuse from smaller neighbourhood centres to major suburban centres and larger metropolitan centres.Annual Assembly: Annual meeting in each metropolitan region in August/September 2017 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.Global city: A city with significant focus and investment in vibrant creative practitioners, iconic cultural infrastructure and assets, thriving cultural and creative businesses, deep and broad community engagement, audiences, access and an international outlook.Green economy: An economy in which economic growth and the health of our natural resources sustain each other, and in which the market, businesses and government better refllect the value of nature.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.

Liveability: A measure of a city’s residents’ quality of life, used to benchmark cities around the world. Itincludes 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 identifies

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, Inner South East and Inner Metro.National Employment and Innovation Clusters: 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.

Neighbourhood activity centres: Local centres that provide access to local goods, services andemployment opportunities and serve the needs of the surrounding community.Ramsar wetlands: Wetlands listed as internationally significant under the Convention on Wetlands held in Ramsar, Iran in 1971.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.Social infrastructure: Encompasses all the facilities, services and networks that help families, groups and communities to meet their social, health, education, cultural and community needs.State Significant Industrial Precincts: Strategically located land available for major industrial development linked to the Principal Freight Network and transport gateways.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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