Caulfield Racecourse Reserve
Following petition presented to house:
To the Legislative Council of Victoria:
The petition of residents of Victoria draws to the attention of the house the potential conflict of interest of Caulfield Racecourse Reserve trustees in their commercial relationships with the Melbourne Racing Club.
The petitioners therefore request that the Legislative Council of Victoria take action to instigate a public inquiry into past commercial transactions between the trustees and Melbourne Racing Club, and call on the minister for environment and the Minister for Racing to end further alienation of this public land, ensure management by the trustees is transparent and accountable, and enforce the three uses of the reserve defined by the Crown grant.
By Ms PENNICUIK (Southern Metropolitan)
(794 signatures).
Laid on table.
Ordered to be considered next day on motion of Ms PENNICUIK (SouthernMetropolitan).
PS: we have received the following notice from a resident. Once again local amenity will be disturbed by the MRC money making ventures. We wonder:
- has a permit been granted for this new event?
- has a lease been signed as yet?
- what guarantee do residents have that the sound will be within EPA limits? Who will supervise and ensure that the legal requirements are met?
Glen Eira Debates 
March 18, 2015 at 10:50 AM
Labs already back tracking.
March 18, 2015 at 11:03 AM
Residents will be watching, reading, observing decisions taken. Hopefully, not cosmetic changes. Labor’s second term is dependant on the outcome of the Residential Zones review.
March 18, 2015 at 5:54 PM
From today’s unedited Hansard. We remind readers that parliament passed a resolution that the Minister for Planning table the Residential Zones Standing Advisory Committee report on Bayside by March 11. Here is the response –
The Acting Clerk — I have received a letter dated 16 March 2015 from the Attorney-General in relation to the city of Bayside. It states:
I refer to the Legislative Council’s resolution of 25 February 2015 seeking the production of:
a copy of the report prepared for the Minister for Planning by the ResidentialNext Hit Previous HitZonesNext Hit Previous HitStandingNext Hit Previous HitAdvisoryNext Hit Previous HitCommitteeNext Document concerning draft amendment C125 relating to the city of Bayside.
The Council’s deadline of 11 March does not allow sufficient time for the government to respond to the Council’s resolution. The government is considering the Council’s order, having regard to the need to protect the public interest, and will endeavour to respond as soon as possible.
March 18, 2015 at 6:42 PM
Guy never published the 2000 submissions on the residential zones reform when a parliamentary resolution stated he should. So far Labor is incredibly disappointing.
March 18, 2015 at 8:00 PM
Racourse is not the place for rock concerts and loud music. It is surrounded by houses.
March 19, 2015 at 10:46 PM
I don’t feel reassured after reading Richard Wynne’s letter. He didn’t provide satisfactory reasons for delaying a review to the end of the year, and the “advice” provided by advisory committees are part of what should be reviewed. It is prohibitively expensive to repair mistakes made in the administration of the Planning System so if things have gone awry, they should be rectified promptly. Delaying just ensures things will be set in stone or concrete, quite literally.