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Inner South East Metro RegionFive Year Plan for Jobs, Services and Infrastructure 2017–2021

INITIAL INVESTMENT REPORT

INNER SOUTH EAST METRO

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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 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. The Wurundjeri and Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation are the Traditional Owners of the lands that now make up the Inner South East Metro Region of Melbourne.

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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

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Minister’s forewordThe Inner South East 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 theVictorian 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 first 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 Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership as it continuesworking 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 advice and the latest information on thegovernment’s regional investments and initiatives.As these plans evolve they will become even more reflective of the partnership’s input and theresponse of the government and its key partners across the Inner South East 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

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

Part 2: The Inner South East Metro Region 10Introducing the Inner South East 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 23Our partners 40

Part 4: Next steps 44Incorporating and responding to Metropolitan Partnership advice 45Future updates of Five Year Plans 46

Appendix 1: Inner South East Metro Region Metropolitan Partnership – membership 48

Appendix 2: Glossary 50

Inner South East Metro Region Five Year Plan

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 benefits 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 benefits of growth are shared, and to meet the challenges ahead.

The government wants to see the benefits 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 delivery of 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 withgovernment by the Metropolitan Partnerships. The Five Year Plans will not duplicate or overlap existing strategies or policies, but complement them, 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.

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The Inner South East 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 Inner South East 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 region over the next fiv 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 organisationsbased in the Inner South East Metro Region, state government departments and agencies, local and federal governments, and citizens interested in better understanding how government is working to meet the needs of their region and local community.

Inner South East Metro Region Metropolitan PartnershipThe Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership was established in June 2017. It is chaired by Alicia Darvall, who has held senior roles in a range of organisations including Moonlight Cinema, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Social Traders and Melbourne Fashion Festival. Deputy chair is Steve Whittington, an organiser for the Independent Education Union and board member at the Centre for Strategic Education.

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 Inner South 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 30 August 2017, 103 community members, business representatives councillors and mayors came together to help determine the key priorities for the Inner South East Metro Region. This was in addition to the online engagement that occurred between 7 August and30 August where residents from the Inner South East Metro Region had the opportunity to express their views through the engagevic website. This website was visited by 1,369 people, with 116 people completing the pre-engagement questions. The Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership is producing its fi st setof advice on regional priorities for the Inner South Region. Emerging outcome areas include:• Open Space & Environment: Promote

healthy neighbourhoods by developing an increased network of active open space

• Economy, Industry & Jobs: Encourage local employment hubs and fle xible, co-working spaces in line with the 20-minute neighbourhood framework

• Affordable & Social Housing: Create the right mix of private, public and social housing to anticipate the future needs of the growing community

• Transport Connectivity: Improve connectivity of transport modes to cover sustainable, low-cost travel across the region (including north-south travel) and reduce car usage

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 Inner South East Metro Region

Figure 1Source: ABS Estimated Residential Population 2016

Stonnington (C)

111,606Bayside (C)

102,737

Boroondara (C)

177,361Glen Eira (C)

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Total population of the Inner South East Metro Region

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41,000 EXPECTED INCREASE

INCREASE 40,000–55,000

Population by ageFigure 2Source: ABS Estimated Residential Population 2016

75 years and over

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Introducing the Inner South East Metro RegionThe Inner South East Metro Region of Melbourne reaches from Kew to the beaches of Brighton. The area includes major retail precincts such as Chapel Street, Camberwell Junction, Glenferrie Road and Chadstone, as well as quieter residential areas in its inner and middle suburbs.

Home to more than 540,000 people, the Inner South East Metro Region includes the inner suburban local government areas (LGAs) of Stonnington, Glen Eira, Boroondara and Bayside.The Inner South East Metro Region’s suburbs provide a variety of housing, employment and lifestyle opportunities. These range from the region’s higher density historic inner suburbs to its more residential post-war suburbs. The region is served by 19 Major Activity Centres. These sites contain significant retail precincts and concentrations of private, government and community sector jobs and services – and are critical to meeting the local needs of the Inner South East Metro Region’s population.

Today, the Inner South East Metro Region is Melbourne’s second smallest region by area but is also one of the most prosperous. The region is home to Swinburne University and Monash University (Caulfield). In 2016, the region generated an estimated gross regional product (GRP) of $31.7 billion, approximately 10 per cent of the total GRP of metropolitan Melbourne.Important natural assets include the Yarra River, which defines the northern border of the region, over 17km of coastline in Bayside, and many heritage-listed structures, parks and gardens. The region also features a rich network of regional and community arts and cultural facilities such as the Monash University Museum of Art, the Bayside Artsand Cultural Centre, Chapel off Chapel and Hawthorn Arts Centre. These assets, combined with the region’s close proximity to central Melbourne, make the Inner South East Metro Region an exciting and highly liveable place for both residents and visitors.

Table 1: Inner South East Metro Region – Metropolitan Activity Centres and Major Activity Centres

Boroondara Stonnington Glen Eira Bayside

Camberwell Junction Hawthorn-Glenferrie Road Kew Junction

Malvern/Armadale Prahran/South Yarra Toorak Village

Bentleigh Carnegie Caulfield Elsternwick Glenhuntly

Brighton–Bay Street Brighton–Church Street CheltenhamHampton Sandringham

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A changing population Regional employmentThe Inner South East Metro Region has a population of more than 540,000 people (approximately 12 percent of Melbourne’s total). Its population is projected to continue to grow between 2016 and 2021 but at a lower rate than the Melbourne metropolitan average (with expected population growth of approximately seven per cent compared with 12 per cent for all regions).Accommodating this growth will require a focus on supporting the region to revitalise and expand local services and infrastructure to meet the needs of a growing population while maintaining the amenity and historic character of its suburban communities.In the Inner South East Metro Region people aged between 15 and 29 make up the largest share of the population (approximately 22 per cent in 2016). Over the fi e years to 2021, the 30 to 44 and 60 to 74 age groups are projected to grow faster than other age groups. Couples without children and lone-person households are expected to be the fastest growing household types over this period.

The Inner South East Metro Region contained approximately 213,000 jobs in 2015, 10 per cent of metropolitan Melbourne’s jobs. The number ofresidents who also work in the region is 32 per cent, the lowest of any of Melbourne’s metropolitan regions, and significantly lower than the Melbourne average of 50 per cent.At March 2017, the resident unemployment rate in the Inner South East Metro Region was 3.5 per cent,2.4percentage points lower than the metropolitan Melbourne average. The unemployment rate in the region has consistently been around 2.1 percentage points lower than the metropolitan Melbourne average since June 2011. There are also relatively low levels of youth unemployment in the Inner South East Metro Region.

Figure 4: Inner South East 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 Inner South East 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 Inner South-East

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 significantcontribution to employment and local suburban infrastructure and services.


Case studyMajor Projects Skills Guarantee

The Victorian Government is creatingopportunities that support jobs growth in Melbourne’s Inner South East metro Region through the Major Projects Skills Guarantee. As part of the guarantee, Victorian apprentices, trainees and engineering cadets are working on the Level Crossing Removal Project onthe Frankston Line. The project includes level crossing removal as well as upgrading signalling along the Frankston Line.

Investing in jobs and the economy

Victoria leads the nation in jobs growth. According to recent ABS data, approximately 98,300 additionaljobs were created in Victoria in the year to August 2017. This is more than a third of the 284,800 additional jobs created nationally.The Victorian Government is committed to projects, industries and ideas that will encourage small businesses to grow and big businesses to invest. The Victorian Government is focused on supporting and driving economic development, investment and job creation across the state.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.A challenge in the Inner South East Metro Region is that it has no central employment centre, making the region dependent upon employment in the CBD and other areas of Melbourne. It is also experiencing an ageing population. Over the period to 2031, thefastest growing age bracket for the region is expected to be 80–84 year olds, followed by the 75–78 and 70–74 brackets.

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 of long-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 Officers to make sure fi st-year apprentices get the support they need to finalise their training (all first-year apprentices up to the age of 24 years in the Inner South East 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 to 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 Inner South East Metro RegionThe population of the Inner South East is over 540,000, with more than 213,000 jobs in the region. Major employers are: retail, health care and social assistance; professional, scientific and technical services; and education and training.Melbourne’s Inner South East is an established area of Melbourne and is likely to experience slower population and jobs growth in comparison to regions with substantial areas of undevelopedland for residential and industrial development. The government is forecasting an increase of some 60,000 jobs in the Inner South East Metro Region through to 2031.The Inner South East has a diversified economic base that is becoming increasingly knowledge-focused.Other key industry growth sectors for the region include: health care and social assistance; professional services; information communications and technology; creative industries; and the visitor economy.The challenge is to grow more jobs within the region. Creative industries are seen as a focus for growth, with Prahran / South Yarra and new potential creative industries hubs in Caulfield and Bentleigh.With a Monash University business campus at Caulfield and Swinburne University campus at Hawthorn, international education is important notjust as a job generator but with potential for start-ups and knowledge companies wanting to locate nearby.

The region’s concentration of high-income households and its strong level of accessibility will also continueto support growth in its retail sector, with areas such as Chadstone, Chapel Street and Glenferrie Road providing particularly large hubs for retail activity from residents and visitors.The government is also making substantial investments into aged care in the region to help cater for the growing ageing population. Investments in the modernisation of aged care facilities such as the $55.6 million provided for the planning and developmentof the 90-bed St George’s Aged Care facility in Kew will help drive jobs growth in the health and social assistance sector.In the Inner South East Metro Region, the government has a number of programs supporting small andnew businesses. Initiatives such as Creative State and LaunchVic will provide new avenues of support for entrepreneurship, innovation and start-ups.These initiatives will assist the Inner South East Metro Region’s focus on growing information communications and technology, and creative industries employment.

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$1.2 million in jobs services in the Inner South East Metro Region to support 113 employment outcomes through Jobs Victoria partners and targeting particular workers, including at:Workways Australia LimitedJesuit Social ServicesReclink Australia

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

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Economy and Planning Working GroupsThe Victorian Government is working to better integrate the efforts of its key economic portfolios and strengthen relationships 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 governmentin 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.The Inner South East EPWG is chaired on a rotating basis by the CEOs of each of the participating councils, to ensure alignment with the work of the Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership. The participating councils are the City of Boorondara, City of Stonnington, City of Glen Eira and Bayside City Council.

Infrastructure

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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 inner South East 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 higher 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 studyCaulfield to Dandenong upgrades

The Victorian Government is providing the infrastructure needed to support growth in Melbourne’s Inner South East Metro Region.This includes the Caulfieldto Dandenong project, which is working to improve safety and reduce congestion along Melbourne’s busiest train line through the level crossings at Bourke Road, North Road, McKinnon Road, Centre Road, Grange Road, Koornang Road and Murrumbeena. Under this project, the government is also building fi e brand newstations at Carnegie, Murrumbeena, Hughesdale, Clayton and Noble Park.

Transport

The transport challenges facing the transport network in the Inner South East Metro Region are associated with the level of growth in this region. There are complexities associated with accommodating this growth while also managing and mitigating the impacts on amenity and liveability. The transport network needs to provide access to employment, services and recreation while supporting further development of the Monash National Employment and Innovation Cluster (NEIC).The Victorian Government is addressing transport congestion at the 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. Some of the government’s largest investments in transport are being made in the Inner South East Metro Region, including upgrades to theMonash Freeway and the removal of level crossings at Glen Iris, Carnegie, Ormond, McKinnon, Bentleigh and Murrumbeena.The priorities that will drive planning decisions and potential interventions will focus on:• improving the resilience of the transport network• managing the transport network to

improve efficiency and reliability• supporting access to services for residents• supporting the needs of residents• enhancing options for active transport• maintaining competitive advantages of access

to Melbourne Airport.

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The government is delivering upgrades to the Monash Freeway

$21 million for a new rail station at the Southland shopping complex

$110 million to widen the Chandler Highway Bridge to six lanes and toprovide a new cycling and walking connection

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

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Case studyBeaumaris Secondary School in BaysideAs part of its commitment to making Victoria the Education State, the Victorian Government has committed $26.8 million for the new Beaumaris Secondary College in Bayside. Located on the former site of Sandringham College, Beaumaris Secondary College is a new stand-aloneYear 7–12 school catering for students in the Beaumaris and the surrounding area. The school will have a strong community focus, with two competition-grade cricket ovals, a multi- purpose pitch and a sports pavilion on the site. The sporting facilities were built in partnership with the Melbourne Cricket Club. They will provide the school with access to state-of-the- art sports facilities during school hours, and the community with shared access to these facilities after hours and on weekends.

Education and early childhood

The Victorian Government 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 Inner South East 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$64 million to build new schools and $60.8 million to modernise and upgrade existing secondary and primary schools.

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The government is investing in new schools to meet the growing demand for student places in the Inner South East Metro Region:• $26.8 million to build a new Beaumaris Secondary College

(funding from the last three State Budgets)• $37.2 million in fi stage funding to build the new 7–12

Prahran Secondary College

The government is investing to modernise and upgrade secondary schools across the Inner South East Metro Region:• $9.6 million to upgrade and modernise Bentleigh Secondary

College, plus $3.8 million through the School Pride and Sports Fund

• $3.5 million to upgrade and modernise Camberwell High School• $7 million to upgrade and modernise Cheltenham

Secondary College• $8.8 million to upgrade and modernise Glen Eira College• $9 million to upgrade and modernise McKinnon Secondary College

The government is also investing to modernise and upgrade the Inner South East Metro Region’s primary schools:• $5.5 million to upgrade and modernise Carnegie Primary School• $3 million to upgrade and modernise Tucker Road

Bentleigh Primary School• $3.7 million to upgrade and modernise Valkstone Primary School

The government is investing to modernise and upgrade Specialist Schools the Inner South East Metro Region:• $11.4 million to deliver works for the Bayside Special

Developmental School (part of the Special Schools Package)• $2.2 million to upgrade and modernise Berendale School

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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, including:• $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 (MCH) 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

This initiative will provide parents in the Inner South East Metro Region with better support from the strengthened MCH service. Kindergarten services will be improved with the introduction of needs-based funding, with more support for children and families who need it the 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 Inner South East 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 implement the latest teaching developments in the classroom across schools in the Inner South East Metro Region

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

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Case studyAutomatic numberplate- recognition 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 setting up 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. The hubs will provide places where survivors of family violence can access the help they need to stay safeThe Bayside Peninsula area is one of the launch areas for the Support and Safety Hubs. A hub will scale up operation from late 2017 and will service Bayside, Stonnington and Glen Eira residentsAnother hub will be set up by June 2021 to service Boroondara, along with several LGAs in the Eastern Metro Region



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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 PackageThe first 300 additional frontline police are scheduled to be rolled out

$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 Inner South East Metro Region are yet to be determined

$0.3 million towards a gambling recovery and support project that uses the dramatic arts and people who have lived experience of gambling harm. While based in the south-east this project will have reach across metropolitan and regional Victoria

$0.67 million to improve security at public facilities such as local hockey clubs and boat sheds

$0.087 million for local graffi e duc a t i o n projects in the Inner South East Metro Region including street and traffic art

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Case studyNew Support and Safety Hub

The government is redesigning the healthand human service system to deliver more integrated care, with services seemlessly 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, $325.7 million is provided to boost access to mental health services across Victoria, with more medical and allied staff available on weekends.In addition, $54 million is being provided to establish 24/7 Supercare Pharmacies with nurses available between 6pm and 10pm every night.

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$161.2 million to expand the medical imaging and consulting suites at Moorabbin Hospital. The medical imaging department will have an additional PET CT machine, new MRI machine and improved waiting area. The consulting suites will be redeveloped to increase the number from 10 to 21$57.6 million to build a new three-storey facility at St George’s Hospital, Kew. It will provide a 90-bed public sector residential aged care service supporting contemporary models of care



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SERVICES$2.36 million to support greater access to responsive home-based palliative care$0.53 million to support providers to better assist clients receiving home-based palliative care. These funds will go to a catchment wider than the Inner South East Metro Region but will service needs in this area$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$37.6 million ($92 million over four years) is expected to provide additional services to residents of the Inner South East Metro Region, who overall account for approximately 6 per cent of all hospital admissions in Victoria each year$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 Inner South East Metro Region, additional funding is being provided to health providers including:• $50.8 million – St Vincent’s (includes Boroondara Kew

and Hawthorn)• $95.6 million – Eastern Health (includes Boroondara

and Camberwell)• $50.6 million – Alfred Health (includes Stonnington, Glen Eira

North and Bayside)• $138.3million – Monash Health (includes Glen Eira South)

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$78.4 million across Victoria for the Treatment for Alcohol and other Drugs program including:• increase phone and web-based support• establishing 30 new alcohol and drug rehabilitation beds• counselling and treatment services to reunite families

affected by addiction• providing services for people with mandatory treatment

conditions in their community corrections ordersIn the Inner South East Metro Region, it will mean improved access to phone and web-based support, more access to counselling and treatment services and more services for people with a mandatory treatment condition on their community corrections orders$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 delivered through a partnership with, and co-investment from Primary Health Networks at 12 sites

Alfred Health in the Inner South East Metro Region has been selected as one of the services to participate in the assertive outreach trials. The trials will focus on improving care following a suicide attempt using tailored, person-centred support$81.1 million is being provided for MCH and parenting support reforms as part of the $201 million investment in early childhood reform to help families get their kids ready for kindergarten and beyond.Funding includes:• $4.9 million to respond to demand on the telephone

information line (MCH line)• $37.7 million to expand the enhanced 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 assist families, including those struggling with trauma

Expanding the enhanced MCH program and funding additional visits to address family violence will involve directing additional investment ($1 million) in service delivery into the Inner South East Metro Region$54 million to set up 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 night. In the Inner South East Metro Region, a Supercare Pharmacy is now in operation in Balwyn

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Case studyNew Parkland for the Inner South East

Communities in the Inner South East Metro Region will benefit from the 22.5 hectares of new parkland being created by the CaufieldtoDandenong rail project. Government established a Community Open Space Expert Panel (COSEP) to oversee plans for the new open space andto incorporate local knowledge into the fi designs. An Open Space Ideas Hub was created to seek community feedback on some of the ideas from COSEP and to hear creative ideas and solutions from the community on how to transform the rail corridor into an attractive and safe environment for local communities to enjoy. Under design proposals, 17km of shared paths will be created, a boon for cyclists and walkers. The new path will create a continuous path from Caulfieldto the EastLink trail.

Culture and recreation

As well as being where we live and work, Melbourne’s suburbs are where communities play – Melbourne’s Inner South East Metro Region accommodates a vast array of cultural and sporting groups and clubs.The Victorian Government is delivering a significant program of investment to support the growth of these socially vital institutions.Future growth in the Inner South East Metro Region will be centred on high-density developments located near the region’s key transport hubs and retail/activity centres. To help accommodate this growth, the government is working to make sureresidents are provided with a wide range of accessible community, sporting and recreational facilities.

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$0.65 million to redevelop Banksia Reserve including a multi-use sports pavilion facilitating the activities of Beaumaris Football, Cricket and Tennis clubs$0.58 million to redevelop and expand the ground floorof the Dunlop Pavilion to upgrade the player change rooms, umpires changeroom multi-purpose area and to build a new kiosk and public and spectator amenities

$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 studyMarkham Avenue

The Markham Avenue estate is beingredeveloped by Places Victoria on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services as part of the Victorian Government’s commitment to renewing and increasing public housing in Victoria.The 56 units previously located on site were in poor condition, with only 12 habitable, and all were demolished in January 2016. Thisredevelopment will deliver new public housing, including 10 per cent more than previously existed on the site. It will provide more one and two-bedroom properties, which are in highest demand. The development will also create new private housing that will provide greater housing diversity in Ashburton to give first-home buyers and downsizers more opportunity to make their home in Ashburton.

Liveability and resilience

The health of Melbourne’s natural environment contributes to the liveability of our suburbs. This includes the presence of parks, trees, green spaces, waste management, how we plan the builtenvironment, how we use water and how we produce energy.A resilient community is better prepared for weather events such as flooding and extreme heat.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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$0.038 million for floodmitigation works between Murrumbeena and Malvern

$23.3 million to redevelop Markham Avenue Estate to provide more social housing for Victorians in need of affordable rental housing

$57.6 million to develop a purpose-built public residential aged care facility at St George’s Hospital in Kew designed to support best practice person-centred care. The facility will also include aged persons’ mental health

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

$2.038 million to assess coastal hazards from fl and erosion.This will inform state and council priorities for infrastructure,development and service provision to reduce vulnerability to climate changeBayside Council within the Inner South-East Metro Region will be part of this assessment and will benefit from enhanced community resilience to climate change impacts in the Port Phillip Bay area

$0.3 million to assist schools to embed sustainability in everything they do, providing them with practical support to reduce resource use, make cost savings, teach sustainability across the curriculum and engage communities beyond the school gate

$0.04 million for local engagement programs in the Inner South East targeting litter and illegal dumping, improving resource recovery and activating of the Love Food Hate Waste campaign


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Our partnersLocal government

Councils in the Inner South East 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 first 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 council’s share common strategic objectives. These include a 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 their communities. Councils are planning to implement major strategies over the next four years to deliver improvements across these areas.These Council Plans and the strong alignment of their strategic objectives, highlight the potential for joint regional action in partnership with the Victorian Government, industry and community sector to address common issues and add value to the outcomes of individual councils.

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, Inner South East Metro councils currently manage over $10.9 billion in assets. Their current infrastructure funding plans indicate they spent more than $93.6 million in 2016–2017 and plan to invest a further $481 million over the next four financial 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 and gardens, and arts facilities and maintaining historic places and buildings. Their services have been consolidated into nine key themes (see Figure 6).

JobsCouncils are also a major employer within the region. Collectively the Inner South East Metro councils employ approximately 2,719 people and support jobs through their roles in building and maintaining local infrastructure assets, purchasing contracted services and in funding jobs through the support they provide their local community sector organisations. Theemployment projections of this partnership will decrease to 2,692 people over the next four years.

State government supportWhile councils provide the majority of their services and infrastructure from own source revenue, they are also assisted by state government grant programs. The Inner South East Metro councils received $37.9 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, theCommonwealth 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 Inner South East 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 throughengagement with local private and community sector partners.Private businesses play a major role in supporting the liveability and prosperity of the Inner South East Metro Region. Local businesses provide the majority of the region’s employment opportunities and the supply of goods and services. They also contributeimportant 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

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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)

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Release FiveYear Plan (first annual update)

The Inner South East 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 Inner South East Metro Region Five Year Plan will include the Metropolitan Partnership’s advice on regional priorities and the government’s response to this advice. This annualupdate 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:• Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership

provides priorities 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 5 Year Plans released, including initial Inner South East 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 Inner South East Metro Partnership as it works through its next annual cycle of engagement withits communities to identify and determine regional priorities.

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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 Office for 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 achieve 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: Inner South East Metro Region Metropolitan Partnership – membership

Name Description Position

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

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Steve Whittington

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

Deputy Chair

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

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

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

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

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

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Philip Mallis Philip recently retired as a councillor for Boroondara City Council and is currently completing a Master of Urban Planning at the University of Melbourne specialising in transport and governance. Philip is also an Information Services Zone Coordinator at Tennis Australia, and has extensive volunteer experience across the region.

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Name Description Position

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

Victorian Government representative

Adrian Robb Adrian has been the CEO of Bayside City Council since 2008. Prior to this he was CEO at Mount Alexander Shire Council. Adrian’s previous experience includes executive level roles in the community services, citystrategy and planning, and corporate service portfolios. He is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and board member of the Institute for Public Administration Australia (Vic).

CEO, Bayside City Council

Phillip Storer Phillip is the CEO of Boroondara City Council. He holds qualifi in town planning and was Boroondara's fi st director of infrastructure. During his career, Philip has advised Council on a number of challenging projects.

CEO,Boroondara City Council

Rebecca McKenzie

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

CEO, Glen Eira City Council

Warren Roberts A civil engineer with qualifi in business management and 40 years’ experience, Warren is committed to local government making a difference within the community. Warren has served on the national and state boards of the IPWEA and on the board of LGPro. He is currently chairman of the Municipal Engineering Foundation Victoria.

CEO,Stonnington City Council


Appendix 2: 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 reflect 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 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 identifiedsix 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.