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Southern Metro Region

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

INITIAL INVESTMENT REPORT

SOUTHERN 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 Bunurong and Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation are the Traditional Owners of the lands that now make up the Southern Metro Region of Melbourne.

Southern 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 Western Metro Region Five Year Plan

Minister’s forewordThe Southern 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 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 Southern 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 reflective of the partnership’s input and theresponse of the government and its key partners across the Southern 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


4 Southern Metro Region Five Year Plan

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

Part 2: The Southern Metro Region 10Introducing the Southern 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 46

Part 4: Next steps 50Incorporating and responding to Metropolitan Partnership advice 51Future updates of Five Year Plans 52

Appendix 1: Southern Metro Region Metropolitan Partnership – membership54

Appendix 2: Glossary 56


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 priorities for the delivery of projects, programs and services to 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.


The Southern 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 Southern Metro Plan includes an overview of the region’s population, economy and liveability, andoutlines 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 Southern 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 Southern Metropolitan PartnershipThe Southern Metropolitan Partnership was established in June 2017. It is chaired by Elizabeth Deveny, CEO of the South Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network, and deputy chaired by Andrew Simmons, CEO of South East Local Learning and Employment Network.

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 Southern 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 11 October 2017, 136 community members, business representatives, councillors and mayors came together to help determine the key priorities for the Southern Metro region. This was in addition to the online engagement that occurred between 14 August and 11 October where residents from the Southern Metro Region had the opportunity to express their views through the engagevic website. This website was visited by 1,067 people, with 72 people completing the pre-engagement questions. The Southern Metropolitan Partnership is producing its first set of advice on regional priorities for the Southern Metro Region. Emerging outcome areas include:• Housing: Provide greater access to

affordable housing options across the region

• Transport: Improve connectivity and access to employment, education, services and recreational activities

• Education and Youth Engagement: Increase education and retention for children and young people

• Water: Develop a regional approach to water usage to provide for long term economic growth and environmental benefits

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 Southern Metro RegionFigure 1Source: ABS Estimated Residential Population 2016

Kingston (C)

159,023

Greater Dandenong (C)

160,952

Frankston (C)

139,511

Cardinia (S)

97,625

Mornington Peninsula (S)

160,862

(C) = City; (S) = Shire

Casey (C)

313,521Total population of the Southern Metro Region

1,031,494

A brief history...

BCEBunurong people occupy most of

the modern Southern Metro

Region 1848Dandenong post

office opens to support

expanding

agriculture and rural settlement

across the Southern Metro

Region

1941Frankston Hospital is

founded

1962First stage of the

South Eastern (Monash)

Freeway opens

1986Dandenong and Frankston LGAs

reach a combined population of

145,000

2016

20212011

0 to 14 years 30 to 44 yearsCouple with childrenCouple without children

Southern Metro Region 2016 population

Source: ABS Estimated Residential Population 2016 Source: DELWP 2017 (unpublished)

124,000 EXPECTED INCREASE

INCREASE 125,000–145,000

Population by ageFigure 2Source: ABS Estimated Residential Population 2016

75 years and over

60 to 74 years

45 to 59 years

30 to 44 years

15 to 29 years

Households by typeFigure 3Source: DELWP 2017, ABS Census 2016

Couple with children in 2016133,000 households35% of total (metro average 11%)

Couple without children in 201696,000 households26% of total (metro average 33%)

Lone person in 201685,000 households23% of total (metro average 25%)

0 to 14 years

0% 5% 10% 15% 20%25%

One-parent family in 201646,000 households12% of total (metro average 11%)

Age group expecting the greatest change over the next 5 years: Household types expecting the

greatest change over the next 5 years:

Source: Victoria in Future 2016, DELWP Source: Victoria in Future 2016. DELWP

2001 Reconstru ction of WestfieldNarre Warren completed

2008EastLink completed

2010Dandenong markets complete

$26 million

redevelopmen

t

2015Frankston

Hospital opens $81 million expansion

2016Southern

Metro Region is the first

of Melbourn

e’s regions to

pass 1 million

residents

Introducing the Southern Metro RegionExtending from its northern border at Cheltenham and Moorabbin, through to the southern tip of the Mornington Peninsula and the eastern limits of Pakenham and Officer, Melbourne’s Southern Metro Region spans coastline, growth areas and the regional hubs of Frankston and Dandenong.Home to more than 1,031,000 people, the Southern Metro Region is a diverse and vibrant area that spans six local government areas (LGAs) in Melbourne’s south-east. The region includes the coastal LGAs of Kingston, Frankston and Mornington Peninsula, theinland regional economic centre of Greater Dandenong, and the outer suburban growth LGAs of Cardinia and Casey.Released in March 2017, Plan Melbourne 2017–2050 is the Victorian Government’s metropolitan planning strategy and is intended to guide the growth of Melbourne for the next 35 years. Plan Melbourne 2017– 2050 highlights Dandenong, Frankston and Fountain Gate-Narre Warren as the key metropolitan activity centres in the Southern Metro Region, serving as focal points for jobs and industry, as well as major hubs for the local community. In particular, Dandenong is part of a National Employment and Innovation Cluster (NEIC).These areas have a concentration of linked businesses and institutions, excellent transport connections and the potential to accommodate significant future growth in jobs. Dandenong South is also a State Significant Industrial Precinct (SSIP) with strengths in advanced manufacturing, health, education, wholesale trade, transport, postal and warehousing. Plan Melbourne 2017-2050 also recognises three State Significant health and three education precincts: Frankston Hospital,Casey Hospital, Dandenong Hospital, Monash University (Frankston), Monash University (Berwick) and Chisholm TAFE Precinct. In addition, the region is served by 25 Activity Centres. The Southern Metro Region has a rich natural environment that is in many ways defined byits proximity to the coast. Its natural assets include the

Point Nepean National Park at the mouth of Port Phillip Bay, which holds both environmental and historical significance, and the Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands.Further inland, the Southern Metro Region also boasts Cranbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens, featuring the contemporary Australian Garden, the Emerald Lake Park and Bunyip State Park.The Southern Metro Region also includes significant ‘green wedges’ (that is, non-urban areas of metropolitan Melbourne that largely support agriculture and low-density uses) in Kingston (roughly 2,070 hectares extending from Karkarook Park to Braeside Park), Western Port (largely within the City ofCasey) and the Mornington Peninsula. Complementing this, the Western Port and Edithvale-Seaford was listed as a UNESCO Ramsar Wetlands site of significancein 1982. This area is now a part of the Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve.The Frankston and Cranbourne-Pakenham train lines form important radial linkages into the CBD and inner Melbourne and have contributed to the three-pronged layout of assets in the Southern Metro Region. The region’s higher density residential areas run alongthe train lines and the coast of Port Phillip Bay. The Southern Metro Region is also home to Southland Shopping Centre, one of the largest regional shopping centres in Melbourne, and home to two key transport gateways (Port of Hastings and Moorabbin Airport).Despite the Southern Metro Region’s reliance on car travel, commuting time is generally shorter than the Melbourne average – likely to be due to the relatively high number of people who live and work in the region.

Table 1: Southern Metro Region – Major Activity Centres

Kingston Greater Dandenong

Cardinia Casey Frankston

Mornington Peninsul

Chelsea CheltenhamCheltenham- SouthlandMentone Moorabbin Mordialloc

Dandenong*Keysborough- ParkmoreNoble Park Springvale

OfficerPakenham

Berwick Casey Central Clyde**Clyde North** Cranbourne Endeavour Hills Hampton ParkFountain Gate-Narre Warren*

Frankston* Karingal

Hastings Mornington Rosebud

* Metropolitan Activity Centres ** Future Major Activity Centres


% Resident unemployment rate All regionsSouthern

10

8

6

4

2

0

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

A changing population

Regional employment

The Southern Metro Region has the largest population of the six Melbourne regions at over one million people (22 per cent of Melbourne’s total). Its population is expected to continue to grow rapidly, adding more than 125,000 people between 2016 and 2021. The projected growth rate of approximately 12 per cent is in line with the metropolitan average.However, some areas within the region are expected to increase by over 30 per cent, such as the suburbs of Officer-Packenham (33 per cent) and Cranbourne (32 per cent), while other areas are forecast to experience more modest growth, such as Pearcedale-Tooradin (2 per cent) and Frankston-Seaford (3 per cent).In the Southern Metro Region people aged between 30 and 44 make up the largest share of the population (approximately 21 per cent in 2016). Over the fi eyears to 2021, the 0 to 14 and 30 to 44 age groups are projected to grow faster than other age groups.Couple-without-children households are expected to be the fastest growing household type over this period.

The Southern Metro Region has a large and diverse workforce. It contained approximately 357,000 jobs in 2015. The proportion of residents who also work within the region was 58 per cent in 2011 compared with the metropolitan Melbourne average of 50 per cent.Between 2011 and 2016, the resident unemployment rate in the Southern Metro Region was on average 1.2 percentage points higher than that of metropolitan Melbourne average.In March 2017, the unemployment rate in the Southern Metro Region was 6.8 per cent, down slightly from 6.9 per cent in December 2016 (see Figure 4).

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


TH EAST A RN

MORNINGTONPENINSULA

Southern Metro RegionFigure 5Source: DELWP analysis, March 2017


Part 3: Investment overview

Investment overviewThe Victorian Government is continuing to respond to the growth and change in Melbourne’s Southern 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 Southern 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 studyLocal Industry Fund for Transition Program

The Victorian Government’s Local Industry Fund for Transition (LIFT program) is helping businesses in the Southern Metro Region expand their operations and create new jobs in communities hardest hit by the closureof automotive manufacturing. Melbourne Rotomould, a manufacturer of plastic products in Pakenham, has been supported through the LIFT program to design and build a new factory and to invest in new equipment, including machinery for the roto-lining of large special- purpose chemical containers. The project is expected to create nearly 100 new jobs, all suitable for ex-auto workers.

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.The Victorian Government is investing in major infrastructure projects that create employment in the construction sector across Victoria. In the Southern Metro Region, the government is removing eight of the most dangerous and congested level crossings, and record investments are occurring to modernise and upgrade our education assets.

Accessibility to jobs is a key challenge for the residents of the Southern Metro Region where there are insufficient jobs for the burgeoning population and poor transport links to access training and employment. The unemployment rate in the SouthernMetro Region has been 1.2 percentage points higher on average than for metropolitan Melbourne as a whole between 2011 and 2016.

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 fir st-year apprentices get the support they need to finish their training (all first-year apprentices up to the age of 24 years in the Southern 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 Southern Metro RegionWith a population of over one million people, the Southern Metro Region has the largest population of the six Melbourne metropolitan regions. There are more than 357,000 jobs in the region, which has a focus on growing as the manufacturing centre ofAustralia. Major employers are in the manufacturing, retail trade, health care and social services sectors.The government has invested $5 million in the region to help businesses get the expert advice they need to identify opportunities in other markets as major car manufacturing in Victoria ceases. For example,Australian Precision Technologies in Berwick received a grant of $16,000 to develop a business transition plan to make the most of new opportunities inlocal and global manufacturing supply chains. An additional 11 companies to date have received assistance through jobs programs in the region.The Dandenong NEIC is the centre of Southern Metro manufacturing. The south accounts for some 44 per cent of all Victorian production. With almost 150,000 jobs in total across the south, it is the largestconcentration of manufacturing and related activity in Australia.Future growth in employment in the Southern Metro Region is expected to be driven by:• manufacturing – especially in Dandenong

South, Hallam, Braeside, Carrum Downs, Moorabbin and Pakenham

• health and social assistance – especially in Berwick, Dandenong and Frankston

• logistics – especially in Dandenong South, Hallam, Braeside and Hastings.

The geography of the region offers the potential for significant future industry growth. The SouthernMetro Region affords cheaper access to land on the urban fringe, with good proximity to transport routes including the Monash Freeway, the Princes Highway, EastLink and the Western Port Highway. This is further supported by the Port of Hastings on Western Port Bay, which specialises in oil, liquid petroleum gas and unleaded petrol. Logistics is also a significant

industry in the region.

The Victorian Government is working to leverage the Southern Metro Region’s competitive advantagesby supporting the further development of the NEIC and Southern Industrial Precinct in Dandenong, the Officer-Packenham Industrial Precinct and the Port of Hastings Industrial Precinct.Tourism is also an industry of competitive advantage and a key source of economic growth. This is driven by: the region’s rich natural assets; access to the coast along the Mornington Peninsula and Western Port; and its reputation for high-quality local food and wine. Tourism has been further supported by the construction of Peninsula Link, a toll-free 27 km roadbetween EastLink at Carrum Downs and Mount Martha.More recently, health services have begun to play a larger role in the regional economy, with the Victorian Government designating Frankston as a state health and education precinct. This has contributed to the health sector becoming the fastest growing and largest employing industry in Frankston, with an increase of 1,353 jobs since 2011. The Major Activity Centres of Narre Warren/Berwick and Frankston both have a focus on health and social assistance and retail.Along with Monash Health, Peninsula Health is a major provider of clinical and community health services in the Southern Metro Region. In addition, Monash University’s Peninsula Campus has a focus on primary and allied health, offering courses in nursing, physiotherapy and occupational therapy.The government and councils are working with the manufacturing industry to continue its transformation post auto, and to drive investment and jobs growth in the developing health and education hubs at Berwick and Frankston.


Description

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

Expected delivery timeframe

YR 12017

YR 22018

YR 32019

YR 42020

YR 52021

JOBS VICTORIA

$7.7 million in jobs services in the Southern Metro Region to support 886 employment outcomes through Jobs Victoria partners and targeting particular workers, including:• AFL SportsReady Ltd• AGA• Choice Career Services• Brotherhood of St Laurence• FGM Consultants Pty Ltd• Jesuit Social Services• TaskForce• The Bridge Incorporated• White Lion Inc.• Westgate Community Initiatives• Holmesglen Institute of TAFE

$6,863,188 to generate new jobs in the south through the Local Industry Fund for Transition including:• $1,096,938 in Carrum Downs for vertical integration

and capacity expansion• $500,000 in Hallam for capital investment• $350,000 in Keysborough• $316,250 in Braeside for a new machine line and new assembly plant• $2,500,000 in Dandenong for transition to a new

facility and manufacturing• $1,800,000 in Packenham for growth and diversification• $300,000 in Seaford for new materials

$955,000 for companies in the south to identify future opportunities in new markets and developing strategies to take advantage of them

$2,369,940 to support businesses in the south investing in manufacturing technologies and processes and to create new jobs

$100,000 to support connected health in Wattle Park through the Future Industries Sector Growth Program

$1.05 million for Dandenong and Doveton to support the City of Greater Dandenong Employment Taskforce to unite local employers, employment agencies, training organisations and jobseekers andto harness the major investment opportunities provided by the Victorian Government in the region

Infrastructure

Services

Arrow indicates delivery beyond fi e yearsSouthern Metro Region Five Year Plan 21

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

focuses on the following Victorian Government industry priority sectors:

advanced manufacturing food and fibre medical technology and pharmaceuticals professional services information and communication

technology transport and logistics retail.

Economy and Planning Working GroupsThe Victorian Government is working to better integrate the efforts of its key economic portfolios and to 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 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 Southern EPWG this includes the development of the Dandenong NEIC.The EPWGs are led by a local government CEO to ensure alignment with their Metropolitan Partnership. The Southern EPWG is chaired by the CEO of the City of Greater Dandenong.


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 Southern 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 studyFranskton Station Precinct Redevelopment

The Victorian Government is providing the infrastructure needed to support growth in Melbourne’s Southern Metro Region. Part of its commitment includes the state government’s$63 million investment in the Frankston Station Precinct Redevelopment. In March 2017, the government released the design of the new Frankston station, which will deliver a new bus interchange, wider footpaths, fresh landscaping and road improvements to reduce congestion.

Transport

The challenges facing the transport network in the Southern Metro Region are associated with the level of growth in the region. The focus for planning and investment will be on connecting people to services, recreation activities and employment areas such as the Dandenong national employment and innovation cluster (NEIC), while accommodating movements for industry and freight.Priorities include supporting the development of the Dandenong NEIC to provide access to employment, services and recreation with cross-regional links to support further development.Alongside new connections to the network the government will manage the network more effectively to support the growing population, industry and employment in the Southern Metro Region.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.In the Southern Metro Region, the M1 Freeway is being widened and will benefit from new intelligent traffic management systems that will improve traffic flow and reliability. Planning for new road links such as the Mordialloc bypass is underway.The priorities which 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 the Melbourne Airport.

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$50 million for a fi e-year redevelopment project for the Frankston Station Precinct. The project involves redeveloping the train station to deliver a safer, more modern place of business and activity, and to grow investment towards the long-term vision of a revitalised city centre

$608 million for the Caulfield to Dandenong conventional signalling and power infrastructure upgrade

$9 million to improve Merinda Park Railway Station access and car parking. The works will include a new car park, improved road access and footpath connections and installation of a Parkiteer bicycle storage facility at the station

$187.4 million for train stabling at Kananook. This will bolster amenity in Carrum and provide a custom facility for stabling on the Frankston line

$300 million to build a new bypass to connect the Mornington Peninsula Freeway to the Dingley Bypass

The government is widening the Monash Freeway (Stage 1) to add an extra lane each direction between EastLink and Clyde Road and a managed motorway upgrade between Oakleigh to Chadstone

$175 million for a Thompsons Road upgrade to improve safety and capacity for this vital east-west corridor in Melbourne’s south-east growth region

$38.4 million for a Hallam Road duplication

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

$5.6 million for signalisation and interchange upgrades to:• Berwick Railway Station• Cranbourne Railway Station• Casey Active Transport Improvements

SERVICES$193.2 million to maintain the public transport Night Network, which provides 24-hour services across metropolitan Melbourne each weekend. Residents in the Southern 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 studyCasey Tech School

As part of its commitment to making Victoriathe Education State, the Victorian Government has established the Casey Tech School. Hosted by Chisholm Institute at its Berwick Campus, the new Tech School will provide secondary school from the 21 partner schools in the Casey area. It will have access to cutting-edge learning environments and innovative education programs designed to link with local industry to deliver real-world learning. Its innovative education programs will align with growth industries such as biomedical technology and high-tech manufacturing, production and processing technologies, andemphasise the science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills needed for the jobsof the future.

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 numberof schools and early learning facilities across the Southern 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 $26.8 million to build new schools and $76.48 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 Southern Metro Region:• $13 million for construction of a new primary school at Gum

Scrub Creek• $13.8 million for construction of a new school in Pakenham

The government is modernising and upgrading secondary schools across the Southern Metro Region:• $3 million for Carrum Downs Secondary School• $0.5 million for the Frankston North Education Precinct• $0.5 million for Glenagles Secondary College• $3 million for Kambrya College• $5.8 million for McClelland Secondary College• $2.1 million for Mount Erin Secondary College• $5 million for Narre Warren South P-12 College• $5 million for Noble Park Secondary College• $20.6 million to fund major works for the Yarrabah School• $4.5 million for Fountain Gate Secondary College• $6 million for Lyndale Secondary College

$128 million for the Tech Schools Package including the new Casey Tech School anticipated to open in 2018

The government is modernising and upgrading the Southern Metro Region’s primary schools:• $4 million for Parktone Primary School• $2.1 million for Silverton Primary School• $5.7 million for Hampton Park Primary School• $3 million for Chandler Park Primary School• $0.35 million for Aldercourt Primary School• $0.08 million for Banyan Fields Primary School• $0.25 million for Berwick Fields Primary School• $5 million to deliver works planned in 2016–17 for Seaford

North Primary School

$70.5 million statewide to acquire land for future school sites across Victoria. Sites across the Southern Metro Region include:• Botanic Ridge Proposed P-6• Timbertop Proposed P-6

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$4.56 million to establish new/upgrades to early learning facilities:$0.29 million at East Karingal Preschool$1.2 million at Gum Scrub Creek Integrated Children’s Centre$1.6 million at Livingston Family and Community Centre$0.65 million at Mentone Park Primary School Kindergarten$0.35 million at Pakenham Kindergarten$0.12 million at Rangebank Preschool(Timelines are indicative and will be determined by grant recipient organisations)

$8 million for the Holmesglen Moorabbin Student Hub

$15 million for a new health training facility at the Chisholm Institutein Berwick


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 (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 Southern Metro Region with better support by the strengthened MCH service, and kindergarten services will be improved with the introduction of needs-based funding to provide more support for children and families who need it the most

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$50.7 million statewide to address underperformance in schools. Thisincludes 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 resultsSchool Improvement Partnerships to link our lowest performing schools with our highest, allowing them to share ideas for improvementSchools in the Southern 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 Southern Metro Region

$23.7 million statewide to lift the quality of teaching and school leadership. Schools and teachers in the Southern 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 with 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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$5.0 million to expand and refurbish four community corrections services, including Moorabbin, Pakenham, Cranbourne and Frankston

$0.72 million to develop public safety and security infrastructure in the Southern Metro Region to improve community safety and confidence in public placesGrants included are for CCTV projects and neighbourhood revitalisation projects in Narre Warren, Frankston and Pakenham

$448.1 million to establish Support and Safety Hubs across Victoria where survivors of family violence can access the help they need to stay safe. A hub will be established in Southern Melbourne by June 2021 to service Greater Dandenong, Cardinia and CaseyThe Bayside Peninsula area is one of the launch sites for the Support and Safety Hubs. A hub will scale up operation from late 2017 and will service Kingston, Frankston and Mornington Peninsula LGAs, along with Port Phillip LGA in the Inner Metro Region

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SERVICES$2 billion investment statewide to 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, and this region will benefit from additional frontline policeofficers. As at 30 June 2017, there are 2,037 sworn police officers in the Southern Metro Region$0.12 million to implement locally-based crime prevention solutionsIn the Southern Metro Region this will improve public places such as the Chelsea Yacht Club and Seaford Tennis Club

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$2.45 million to address offending behaviour and recidivism by young people aged 10–24 years who have had contact with, or are at risk of involvement with, the criminal justice systemIn the Southern Metro Region, this program will see youth crime prevention programs implemented in Frankston, Dandenong and Casey

$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

Information on services in the Southern Metro Region are yet to be determined

$0.27 million to help prevent gambling-related harm across Victoria. One project has received funding in the Southern Metro RegionThis project aims to limit access and exposure among young people to gambling in video games through engaging prominent video game industry representatives in workshops and conversations.While based in the south, this project will have statewide reach

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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 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 identified 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 existing 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 with disability more choice and control over their support services through the government’s investment in theNational 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 Phamacies with nurses available between 6pm and 10pm every night.In the Southern Metro Region, $139.94 million is being provided to expand the Casey Hospital to treat more patients, conduct more surgeries and to support more births in one of the region’s fastest growing areas.

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$139.91 million to expand the Casey Hospital. This project will deliver a significant increase in scale to the current facility and increase the ability of Monash Health to treat higher acuity patientsThe hospital will increase in size by 35 per cent and will be able to treat 12,000 more patients, conduct 8,000 more surgeries and support 500 more birthsThe scope includes 128 inpatient beds, six new operating theatres, 12 day procedure places, 12 intensive care beds, expanded sterile and support areasThe Changing Places facility program aimed to deliver toilet facilities designed to meet the needs of people with a severe or profound disability. In the Southern Metro Region, there will be six locations:Octavia Street, MorningtonRiding Disabled Victoria, Moorabbin (funded by local government)Frankston Station Precinct RedevelopmentCasey Hospital ExpansionFrankston Hospital RedevelopmentKingston City Council (funded by local government)$1.2 million to acquire land sites for a new ambulance station in Clyde North

$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 demandperinatal depression fundingmore medical and allied staff available on weekendsexpansion of forensic mental health servicesoperational funding for bedsIn the Southern Metro Region, additional funding is being provided to health providers including:$38.3 million – Monash Health (includes Kingston North, Greater Dandenong, Cardinia and Casey)$39.6 million – Peninsula Health (includes Kingston South, Frankston and Mornington Peninsula)



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$78.4 million 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• services for people with mandatory treatment conditions in

their community corrections ordersThe allocation of funding is still being determined. However, for the Southern 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 orders$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 night. Five Supercare Pharmacies opened inJune 2016, a further seven opened in June 2017, and the final

eight will open in June 2018In the Southern Metro Region one Supercare Pharmacy is currently in operation in Keysborough, with another due to open in Cranbourne North by 2018$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

In the Southern Metro Region, Peninsula Health is a trial site for the assertive outreach HOPE initiative. Mornington Peninsula/Frankston and Dandenong are place-based trial sites being delivered through a partnership with South 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$123.5 million ($302.6 million over four years) is expected to provide additional services to residents of the Southern Metro Region,who overall account for approximately 18 per cent of all hospital admissions in Victoria each year

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$1.89 million in additional funding for the Southern Metro Region to support greater access to responsive home-based palliative care$0.491 million for a one-off equipment and infrastructure grant will support providers servicing the area to better support clients receiving home-based palliative care. These funds will go to a catchment wider than the Southern Metro Region but will service needs in this area$10.94 million to help local health and community services respond to increased arrivals of refugees, particularly from Syria and Iraq$3 million is being provided to the Southern Metro Region for:• innovative model for immunisation catch-up and delivery in

the Greater Dandenong region• language services including a Language Services

Innovation Grant at Monash Health• Refugee Minor Program case worker capacity expansion$43.8 million for 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 those students most in needIn the Southern Metro Region schools include Monterey Secondary College, Narre Warren South P-12 College, Oakwood School, Pakenham Secondary College, Rosebud Secondary College, Carrum Downs Secondary College, Cranbourne Secondary College, Dandenong High School, Gleneagles Secondary College, Keysborough Secondary College, McClelland Secondary College, Noble Park Secondary College, Patterson River Secondary College, Cranbourne East Secondary College, Fountain Gate Secondary College, Hallam Senior Secondary College, Lyndale Secondary College and Mornington Secondary College

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Case studyCommunity center for Clyde North

Through the Victorian Government’s Growing Suburbs Fund, communities in the outer areas of the Southern Metro Region are being provided funding to meet the needs of theirfastest growing communities. This includes $2.5 million provided to the City of Casey for the Selandra Integrated Community Centre in Clyde North. The centre will provide new spaces for community activities and services necessaryto support the area’s growing population. The building will include a commercial kitchen and a range of multi-purpose spaces for programs, consultations, meetings, community services and small businesses.

Culture and recreation

As well as being where we live and work, Melbourne’s suburbs are where communities play – Melbourne’s Southern Metro Region accommodates a vast array of cultural and sporting groups and clubs. The Victorian Government is delivering a significant

program of investment supporting the growth of these socially vital institutions.The Southern Metro Region is growing rapidly. Many new residents are expected to locate themselves in new and growing suburbs such as Officer, Pakenham, Clyde North and Cranbourne. To support these growing suburbs, the government is working tomake sure they are provided with a wide range of community, sporting and recreational facilities.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. The Southern Metro Region includes the three interface councils of Cardinia, Casey and Mornington Peninsula. Together these councils have received $28,110,708 through the Growing Suburbs Fund to deliver 19 local infrastructure projects.

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$0.5 million to upgrade pavilion space including the kitchen, social space and amenities at the Narre Warren Football Netball Pavilion Extension$0.650 million to expand and redevelop the Casey Indoor Leisure Centre to increase capacity from six to 10 courts, provide a 1,500- seat show-court facility and substantially improve existing facilities and amenity$0.388 million to redevelop the Carrum Sailing Clubhouse, demolishing the two-storey structure and replacing it with a three- storey structure containing club amenities, change rooms, boat storage and multi-purpose meeting rooms$1 million for the Carrum Downs Multi-Purpose Pavilion to create a multi-purpose community sports pavilion that will include female- friendly change rooms, universal access and community meeting rooms

$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 professional the practice of Victoria’s artists and smaller arts companies


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Case studyNew Energy Jobs Fund

Through the Victorian Government’s NewEnergy Jobs Fund, help has been provided to support GreenSync’s Community GridsMornington Peninsula project. The project, one of the most sophisticated electricity demand management solutions ever undertaken in Australia, will explore how an integrated demand management solution can shave peaks in energy demand and reduce network constraints in the Mornington Peninsula region. Smart meters, battery storage and air-conditioner controllers will be tested for their potential contribution to avoiding significantnetwork upgrade needs.

Liveability and resilience

The health of Melbourne’s natural environment contributes to the liveability of our suburbs. This includes the presence of parks, trees and green spaces, our approach to 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 bushfires, storms and flooding.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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$3.3 million to provide a drought-proof, secure and protected water supply to irrigate the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Cranbourne Gardens. This project will use recycled water from the Eastern Treatment Plant and includes installation of pipes, pumps, water tanks and a secondary treatment plant

$0.466 million towards capital works in Bangholme, Christmas Hill, Dromana-Portsea, Boneo, Mouth Martha, Lang Lang and Cranbourne to help towns and cities become more resilient and thrive in all climates

$1.23 million for three projects to support the development of infrastructure to increase resource recovery and to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill

$20.6 million to establish new metropolitan parks in Melbourne’s growth areas. In the Southern Metro Region $5.1 million will be provided over two years for three new parks, one of which will be in Cranbourne

$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 Southern Metro Region can seek funds to meet the particular needs of people in the region

$0.3 million to assist schools to embed sustainability in everything they do – through providing practical support to reducing resource use and making cost savings, integrating sustainability into the curriculum and sharing learnings beyond the school gate

$0.24 million for a one-off place-based capacity-building project Strengthening Seniors Inclusion and Participation in local communities to strengthen community-based services and participation opportunities for older peopleIn the Southern Metro Region, the project locations are Greater Dandenong, Mornington Peninsula and Frankston


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$4.8 million for the Officers for the Protection of the Local Environment(OPLE) pilot program to test the effectiveness of embedding 10 OPLEs in 13 councils over 15 months to address lower complexity waste and pollution issues. Participating Southern Metro Region councils include Casey and Dandenong

$2.038 million to undertake a detailed local assessment of coastal hazards from floodingand erosion. This will inform state and council priorities for infrastructure, development and service provision to reduce vulnerability to climate changeCouncils within the Southern 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

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Our partnersLocal government

Councils in the Southern 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 councils 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 toaddress 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, Southern Metro councils currently manage over $11.4 billion in assets. Their current infrastructure funding plans indicate they spent more than $295 million in 2016–17 and plan to invest a further $788 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 such as libraries, public pools, sporting grounds, parks and gardens, arts facilities, and maintaining historic places and buildings. Their services have been consolidated into nine themes (see Figure 6).JobsCouncils are also a major employer within the region. Collectively the Southern Metro councils employ approximately 4,511 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 their local community sector organisations. The employment projections of this partnership will increase to 4,569 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 through accessing a wide range of state government grant programs. The Southern Metro councils received $115 million in Victorian Government recurrent and non-recurrent grants in 2016.


Figure 6: Southern Metro Region estimated local government spend by functional areaSource: DELWP, March 2017

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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 to states,territories and local governments. The Commonwealth government also plays a lead role in delivering communications and managing major airports and aviation services. The Commonwealth contributes funding for roads, rail and intermodal terminals onthe National Land Transport Network, and elsewhere, under National Partnership Agreements. For example, in late 2016, the Commonwealth and Victorian Government 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 Southern Metro residents - EastLink to Clyde Road will see an extra lane in each direction, with smart technology added from Chadstone to Pakenham to ease congestion for faster travel.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 Southern 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.


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Part 4: Next steps

AnnualAssemblies

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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 Southern 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 Southern 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:• Southern 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 Five Year Plans released, including initial Southern 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 Southern Metro Partnership as it works through its next annual cycle of engagement with its communities on identifying and determining 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 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: Southern Metro Region Metropolitan Partnership – membership

Name Description Position

Elizabeth Deveny

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

Chair

Andrew Simmons

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

Deputy Chair

Andrew Cornwall

Andrew is the managing director of Ventura Bus Company, Melbourne's largest bus provider, with more than 1,500 employees and delivering 32 million passenger trips across the Southern Metro Region. Andrew is the third generation of the Cornwall family to have led Ventura and is currently on the board of Bus Association Victoria.

Member

Vicki MacDermid

Vicki is an executive director and partner at Pitcher Partners where she delivers business advisory solutions to a broad portfolio of clients. Vicki is also chair of the Inclusion and Diversity Committee and author of a research paper “What Horses Teach us about Leadership”.

Member

Shabnam Safa

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

Member

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

Member

Andrew Gardiner

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

Member

Jackie Galloway

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

Member


Name Description Position

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

Victorian Government representative

Garry McQuillan

Garry has held the position of CEO at Cardinia Shire Council for more than 10 years. He has a long history in local government in Victoria and New South Wales. Garry is the chairperson of the Southern Metropolitan Regional Development Australia Committee and is a member of the Interface and South East Metropolitan group of councils.

CEO, Cardinia Shire Council

Mike Tyler Mike has been the CEO of Casey since 1995. Prior to this he worked at the City of Berwick as the director of Development Services and the Deputy City Planner.

CEO, Casey City Council

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

CEO, Kingston City Council

Dennis Hovenden

Currently CEO of Frankston City Council, Dennis has more than 30 years’ local government experience across three states and has tertiary qualifi in political science, legal studies and public sectormanagement. Dennis is a member of the Victorian LGPRO Board and the National Local Government Professionals Australia Board and is International Vice President on the ICMA Board.

CEO, Frankston City Council

John Bennie John was appointed CEO of the Greater Dandenong City Council in 2006. He was previously CEO at Manningham City Council and has held numerous executive roles over his 37-year local government career. John is currently a non-executive director at MAVIB, Chisholm Institute and Mannacare P/L. In 2012, he concluded seven continuous years of service to LGPro and LGMA, where he held the respective positions of State President (2005 and 2006) and National President (2011).

CEO, Greater Dandenong City Council

Carl Cowie Carl is a Scotland native with qualifi in economics, fi and studies at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston. CEO at Mornington Peninsula Shire since 2014, he has sector experience in healthcare,facilities management, transport, manufacturing and construction project management. Highly skilled in maximising business performance, executing clear business strategies and increasing

CEO,Mornington Peninsula Shire 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 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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