PLANNING Minister Justin Madden was confronted by angry landowners protesting the Growth Area Infrastructure Tax (GAIC) at an early morning breakfast meeting last week.
Mr Madden was the keynote speaker on the theme of Melbourne @ 5 Million at the launch of Western Water’s 2009/10 Corporate Plan in Melton.
Taxed Out members travelled from across Victoria to confront the Minister after continued silence from him.
Taxed Out’s western branch chairperson Nola Dunn said Mr Madden was not very popular around the town.
"He has not bothered to come out to any of our public meetings and address the concerns of affected landowners, yet he can attend a corporate breakfast to speak about Melbourne @ 5 Million. He wants to make landowners the cash cows for this grand plan but he can’t even take the time to come and speak with them," she said.
Winsome Anderson, 71, started her journey from Clyde to Melton before dawn to arrive at 7am to confront Mr Madden.
"I’m devastated by this $95,000 per hectare. When I sell or subdivide my land on my 26 hectares that amounts to $2.2 million debt and I’m calling it a debt because that’s how the bank is talking to me," she told him.
The protesters called on Mr Madden to change the proposal before it goes to Parliament to make the tax payable at the point of development, not on the first property transaction.
"In its current form the GAIC has received widespread opposition, and not just from landowners," said Jeanette Laffan, Secretary of Taxed Out’s Northern Branch.
"The Victorian Farmers Federation, Melton City Council, the Urban Development Institute of Australia (Victoria), the Australian Property Institute, the Property Council of Australia, the Housing Institute Association and the Law Institute of Victoria have all condemned the current proposal."
When Mr Madden did address the protesters, Shadow Minister for Planning Matthew Guy quoted him as saying "if you don’t want your land in the UGB [Urban Growth Boundary] please let me know, please let me know and we won’t zone."
Mr Guy said Victorians are being deliberately misled by his false claim that they will simply ‘zone out’ residents who don’t want to be in the UGB.
"Just Madden lacks the courage to be upfront and tell people that under Labor’s plans their rates will go up ten fold and if they choose to move they’ll have to pay his GAIC tax.
"Claiming that residents will simply be ‘zoned out’ at the whim of the government is untrue, and gives false hope and is outrageously misleading.
"The Brumby Government has already released details of investigation areas and draft boundaries for the new UBG.
"This Minister’s claim that small parcels within the UGB can be ‘zoned out’ is wrong," Mr Guy said.
At the end of last month the State Government confirmed that legislation detailing the GAIC has been drafted and is ready for introduction to Parliament, despite the public consultation ending just days before.
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Madden confronted at corporate breakfast
