2016-12-06
Ms DUNN (Eastern Metropolitan) — My constituency question is for the Minister for Planning. Knox City Council is proposing a 'Knox central business district' to extend from Stud Road to Scoresby Road under the draft Knox central structure plan and planning scheme amendment C149. This development covers water bodies associated with Blind Creek, which is an important part of a biodiversity corridor for native bird species and home to many regionally vulnerable and endangered flora species. It is feared by the local community that the development will lead to the reclamation of this water body, resulting in the loss of wildlife and biodiversity that is precious in Knox. Can the minister advise how he will ensure the protection of the biodiversity values, flora and fauna, the threatened, vulnerable or endangered species, and the water body locally called Lake Knox, which is fed by Blind Creek?