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Planning for Employment National Employment and Innovation Clusters and their impact on Greater Metropolitan Melbourne Your partner in planning great places for a growing Victoria Peter Sagar Acting Executive Director Inner & Middle Melbourne 17 July 2019
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Planning for Employment
National Employment and Innovation Clusters and their impact on Greater Metropolitan
Melbourne
Your partner in planning great places for a growing Victoria
Peter SagarActing Executive Director Inner & Middle Melbourne
17 July 2019
Melbourne’s growth
challenge and opportunity
Source: 1. ABS 3805.0 Historical population estimates 2. ABS 3101.0 Australian Demographic Statistics Dec, 2016
A fortunate challenge
Melbourne has a number of competitive advantages
Source: DEDJTR
Victoria’s economy will continue to be shaped by a range of factors
Domestic
Demographic change
Energy prices and security of supply
Transition (e.g. automotive, energy)
Heightened security concerns
Rapid population growth
Housing market stress
Low wage growth
Global
Technologies
Globalisation
Changing worker preferences
Changing consumer preferences
Climate change
New business models
Urbanisation
Source: DELWP based on ABS Cat. 5220.0
We are on the right path: the rise of knowledge sector industries
Melbourne’s spatial
employment ecosystem
Melbourne’s spatial employment ecosystem
Melbourne’s spatial employment ecosystem
Melbourne’s spatial employment ecosystem
Melbourne’s spatial employment ecosystem
Melbourne’s spatial employment ecosystem
Major transport infrastructure will support a ‘hub & spoke’ model of highly
specialised employment precincts for future oriented jobs
The VPA’s planning
for economic growth
Ingredients to supporting the planning for NEICs
Sector Specialisation Strength Challenge
Population-serving Connectivity Image
Med-tech Anchors Space
Adv. Manufacturing Critical mass Place
Agri-Science Space Connectivity
Each NEIC has a program of planning activities (that are already underway)
including for change areas.
Specialisation of NEICs
Over 50% of Melbournians are within 5km of NEICs.
SRL & MARL will be catalytic investment to required to leverage the NEICs.
Planning controls need to reinforce and facilitate the NEICs.
Need champions for these places
Collaboration with community, Councils, agencies, institutions and businesses will create success.
Need to invest in creating high quality places
