Minister’s foreword The South East Metro Region Five Year Plan for Jobs, Services and Infrastructure and similar plans for the fi e other metropolitan regions represent a new approach to the way the Victorian Government responds to priorities and reports within a regional context. Victoria is transforming the way governments work with the community 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, making it 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 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 The plan will support the Inner South East 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 advice and the latest information on the government’s regional investments and initiatives. As plans evolve they will become even more reflective of the partnership’s input and the response of the government and its key partners across the Inner South East Metro Region. My hope is that by providing information in this way, we will support all key players in this vibrant region to work even more closely to manage growth and to maintain and strengthen the liveability of this region’s suburban communities. The Hon Lily D’Ambrosio MP Minister for Suburban Development Inner South East Metro Region Five Year Plan 3 e
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 and change towards 2050. In addition to this, the government wants to better understand and respond to the particular challenges and opportunities faced by communities in different parts of Melbourne. The government has identified six new metropolitan regions: Inner Metro, Inner South East Metro, Western Metro, Northern Metro, Eastern Metro and Southern Metro. These regions provide the basis for a new, more collaborative engagement with communities and better coordinated planning and delivery of jobs, services and infrastructure. To facilitate increased collaboration at this regional level, the government has established six Metropolitan Partnerships, bringing together experts and leaders from all levels of government, business and the community to identify and progress issues that matter in their region. They will provide advice to government on delivery of projects, programs and services that better meet the specific needs of their regional communities. To support the conversation with the new Metropolitan Partnerships, the government will produce rolling Five Year Plans for Jobs, Services and Infrastructure for each of the six metropolitan regions. The plans will provide a breakdown of the government’s investment in each region and respond to the particular challenges and priorities raised with government 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, more collaborative engagement with communities and better coordination of planning and delivery of jobs, services and infrastructure. 8 South East Metro Region Five Year Plan
South East Metro Region 2016 population 41,000 EXPECTED INCREASE INCREASE 40,000–55,000 Population by age Figure 2 Source: ABS Estimated Residential Population 2016 75 years and over Households by type Figure 3 Source: DELWP 2017, ABS Census 2016 Couple with children in 2016 60 to 74 years Households Growth 67,440 5% (all regions: 589,824) (all regions: 9%) Couple without children in 2016 45 to 59 Households Growth 8% (all regions: 446,299) (all regions: 12%) 30 to 44 years Lone person in 2016 15 to 29 years Households Growth 8% (all regions: 427,134) (all regions: 13%) 0 to 14 years One-parent family in 2016 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% Households Growth 5% (all regions: 189,143) (all regions: 11%) Age groups 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 21
Introducing the Inner South East Metro Region The Inner South East Metro Region of Melbourne reaches from Kew to the beaches of Brighton. The area includes major retail precincts such as Chapel Street, Camberwell Junction, Glenferrie Road and Chadstone, as well as quieter residential areas in its inner and middle suburbs. Home to more than 540,000 people, the South East Metro Region includes the inner suburban local government areas (LGAs) of Stonnington, Glen Eira, Boroondara and Bayside. The Inner South East Metro Region’s suburbs provide a variety of housing, employment and lifestyle opportunities. These range from the region’s higher density historic inner suburbs to its more residential post-war suburbs. The region is served by 19 Major Activity Centres. These sites contain significant retail precincts and concentrations of private, government and community sector jobs and services – and are critical to meeting the local needs of the Inner South East Metro Region’s population. the Inner South East Metro Region is Melbourne’s second smallest region by area but is also one of the most prosperous. The region is home to Swinburne University and Monash University (Caulfield). In 2016, the region generated an estimated gross regional product (GRP) of $31.7 billion, approximately 10 per cent of the total GRP of metropolitan Melbourne. Important natural assets include the River, which northern border of the region, over 17km of coastline in Bayside, and many heritage-listed structures, parks and gardens. The region also features a rich network of regional and community arts and cultural facilities such as the Monash University Museum of Art, the Bayside Arts and Cultural Centre, Chapel off Chapel and Hawthorn Arts Centre. These assets, combined with the region’s close proximity to central Melbourne, make the Inner South East Metro Region an exciting and highly liveable place for both residents and visitors. Table 1: Inner South East Metro Region – Metropolitan Activity Centres and Major Activity Centres Boroondara Stonnington Glen Eira Bayside Camberwell Junction Hawthorn-Glenferrie Road Kew Junction Malvern/Armadale Prahran/South Yarra Toorak Village Bentleigh Carnegie Caulfield Glenhuntly Brighton–Bay Street Brighton–Church Street Cheltenham Hampton Sandringham * Metropolitan Activity Centres 12 Inner South East Metro Region Five Year Plan
Major infrastructure and service investments in the Inner South East Metro Region Expected delivery timeframe YR 1 2017 YR 2 2018 YR 3 2019 YR 4 2020 YR 5 2021 INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES Services Arrow indicates delivery beyond fi years South East Metro Region Five Year Plan 25 e
Major infrastructure and service investments in the Inner South East Metro Region Expected delivery timeframe Description $78.4 million across Victoria for the Treatment for Alcohol and other Drugs program including: increase phone and web-based support establishing 30 new alcohol and drug rehabilitation beds counselling and treatment services to reunite families affected by addiction providing services for people with mandatory treatment conditions in community corrections orders In the Inner South East Metro Region, it will mean improved access to phone and web-based support, more access to counselling and treatment services and more services for people with a mandatory treatment condition on their community corrections orders $27 million to fund two key suicide prevention initiatives across the state: assertive outreach trials in six health services to support people following a suicide attempt place-based suicide prevention trials, with activities in each site based on identified local needs delivered through a partnership with, and co-investment from Primary Health Networks at 12 sites Alfred Health in the Inner South East Metro Region has been selected as one of the services to participate in the assertive outreach trials. The trials will focus on improving care following a suicide attempt using tailored, person-centred support $81.1 million is being provided for MCH and parenting support reforms as part of the $201 million investment in early childhood reform to help families get their kids ready for kindergarten and beyond. Funding includes: $4.9 million to respond to demand on the telephone information line (MCH line) $37.7 million to expand the enhanced MCH service to support children up to the age of three $11 million to fund an additional MCH visit to women and children at risk of family violence the and to will investment ($1 million) in service delivery into the South East Metro Region $54 million to set up 20 Supercare Pharmacies (with at least fi in regional Victoria) to stay open 24/7, with a nurse available between 6pm and 10pm each night. In the Inner South East Metro Region, a Supercare Pharmacy is now in operation in Balwyn YR 1 2017 YR 2 2018 YR 3 2019 YR 4 2020 YR 5 2021 Services Arrow indicates delivery beyond fi years 34 South East Metro Region Five Year Plan