OUTER SUBURBAN/INTERFACE SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE INQUIRY ON GROWING THE SUBURBS: INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN OUTER SUBURBAN MELBOURNE June 2013 ORDERED TO BE PRINTED Victorian Government Printer Parliamentary Paper PP 236, Session 2010-13 Inquiry on Growing the Suburbs The Committee records its appreciation to everyone who has contributed to the Inquiry through the submission process and at the Committee’s public hearings; they are listed in the Appendices. The report was prepared by the Committee’s Research Officers, Mr Scott Martin and Ms Charlotte Frew under the direction of the Committee’s Executive Officer, Mr Nathan Bunt. Administrative support was provided by Ms Michelle Summerhill and Ms Natalie-Mai Holmes. Outer Suburban/Interface Services and Development Committee (2013) Inquiry on Growing the Suburbs: Infrastructure and Business Development in Outer Suburban Melbourne Front Cover Images: Top left: Sign for Boxpark Pop-up Mall in Shoreditch, London, United Kingdom. Courtesy of: Mrs Jan Kronberg, Chair, Outer Suburban/Interface Services and Development Committee. Top centre: Aerial view of suburban Vancouver. Courtesy of: Mrs Jan Kronberg, Chair, Outer Suburban/Interface Services and Development Committee. Top right: Image of scientists working in a laboratory. Courtesy of: Mono Design. Centre left: The Hub co-working space in Melbourne. Courtesy of: Paul Jeffers, ‘Adults who work hard should play hard’; The Age, image 20 of 23. Centre right: Volumes café and street scape in Eltham, Shire of Nillumbik, Melbourne. Courtesy of: Mrs Jan Kronberg, Chair, Outer Suburban/Interface Services and Development Committee. Bottom left: Docklands Light Rail System, London, United Kingdom. Courtesy of: Mrs Jan Kronberg, Chair, Outer Suburban/Interface Services and Development Committee. Bottom right: Epping wholesale fruit and vegetable market, Epping, Melbourne. Courtesy of: Major Projects Victoria. Back Cover Image: Metropolitan Melbourne Network Development Plan: Rail Image courtesy of (c) Public Transport Victoria 2012, All Rights Reserved. ISBN: 978-0-9808053-1-4 Cover Design: Mono Design Printer: On-Demand Outer Suburban/Interface Services and Development Committee Parliament House, Spring Street East Melbourne, Victoria 3002 Phone: +613 8682 2826 Fax: +613 8682 2858 Email: [email protected] Website: www.parliament.vic.gov.au/osisdc Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................................ I COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP ........................................................................................................................... VII FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ...............................................................................................................................VIII CONTACT DETAILS .................................................................................................................................................VIII TERMS OF REFERENCE .................................................................................................................................... IX EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................... XI CHAIR’S FOREWORD ................................................................................................................................... XVII LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................................................... XXIII LIST OF FIGURES .......................................................................................................................................... XXV ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................................................... XXVII GLOSSARY .................................................................................................................................................. XXXI TABLE OF FINDINGS ................................................................................................................................ XXXVII TABLE OF RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................................................... XXXIX PART A: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 45 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 45 1.1 PURPOSE AND CONTEXT OF THE INQUIRY ....................................................................................................... 45 1.2 TERMS OF REFERENCE ............................................................................................................................... 47 1.3 CONDUCT OF THE INQUIRY ......................................................................................................................... 48 1.3.1 Submissions ..................................................................................................................................... 48 1.3.2 Public hearings and briefings .......................................................................................................... 48 Melbourne public hearings ....................................................................................................................................... 48 Outer suburban public hearings ................................................................................................................................ 48 Interstate study tour to Perth and Adelaide ............................................................................................................. 49 Overseas study tour .................................................................................................................................................. 49 1.3.3 Background research ...................................................................................................................... 50 1.4 WHAT IS INFRASTRUCTURE? ....................................................................................................................... 50 1.5 WHAT IS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT? ............................................................................................................. 51 1.6 WHAT IS OUTER SUBURBAN MELBOURNE? .................................................................................................... 52 CHAPTER 2: PROFILES OF MELBOURNE’S INTERFACE COUNCILS ................................................................... 55 2.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................ 55 2.2 CARDINIA ............................................................................................................................................... 56 2.2.1 Residents’ place of work ................................................................................................................. 56 2.2.2 Residents’ main method of travel to work ...................................................................................... 57 2.2.3 Skills profile ..................................................................................................................................... 57 2.3 CASEY .................................................................................................................................................... 58 2.3.1 Residents’ place of work ................................................................................................................. 58 2.3.2 Residents’ main method of travel to work ...................................................................................... 59 i Inquiry on Growing the Suburbs 2.3.3 Skills profile ..................................................................................................................................... 59 2.4 HUME ................................................................................................................................................... 59 2.4.1 Residents’ place of work ................................................................................................................. 59 2.4.2 Residents’ main method of travel to work ...................................................................................... 59 2.4.3 Skills profile ..................................................................................................................................... 60 2.5 MELTON ................................................................................................................................................ 61 2.5.1 Residents’ place of work ................................................................................................................. 61 2.5.2 Residents’ main method of travel to work ...................................................................................... 62 2.5.3 Skills profile ..................................................................................................................................... 62 2.5 MITCHELL ..............................................................................................................................................