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From YouTube: Budget Forum 2020 Q&A
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Questions from attendees and answers from speakers at the Brimbank State and Federal Budget Forum 2020
A
A
You
talked
you
made
reference
in
your
presentation
to
livability
being
one
of
the
key
dimensions
of
the
work
that
were
meters
are
looking
at,
and
there
are
a
number
of
questions
in
the
slido
four
match
that
are
asking
about
that
balance
between
some
of
the
positive
and
the
less
positive
effects
of
development
in
the
in
the
western
region
and
how
some
of
these
development
opportunities
are
seeking
to
strike
an
effective
balance,
particularly
around
some
of
the
poorer,
the
potential
for
economic,
environmental
outcomes,
as
well
as
what
opportunities
there
are
for
community
led
and
community
input
into
the
shape
of
these
development
opportunities
are
taking.
B
Yeah
look,
I
suppose
our
starting
point
in
relation
to
liveability
is
if
you
want
to
grow
jobs
in
a
local
area,
and
you
want
to
have
a
diversity
of
jobs.
You've
also
got
to
have
places
where
people
will
want
to
work,
and
there
needs
to
be
a
recognition
that,
for
all
of
us,
there's
things
that
we
love
about
where
we
live
and
there's
things
that
frustrate
the
hell
out
of
us,
because
it's
it's
different
to
what
we've
seen
elsewhere.
B
So
when
we
talk
about
livability,
we're
really
talking
about
sort
of
urban
design
features
streetscapes,
you
know
lovely
green
canopies
in
our
in
our
neighborhoods
open
spaces.
The
environmental
aspects
that
are
so
important
was
lovely
to
hear
him
and
talk
about
sort
of
the
seven
star
sort
of
energy
rating
on
housing
stock.
It's
about
diversity
of
housing.
It's
not
pushing
every
it's
about
having
a
community
where
everyone
feels
welcome.
B
So
I
from
waimea's
point
of
view,
whilst
we
don't
dig
right
down
into
sort
of
the
street
by
street
liveability
aspects
right
across
the
entire
western
region.
What
really
is
saying
when
we
talk
to
three
levels
of
government
is
the
investments
that
you
will
make
the
jobs
that
will
grow
in
particular
areas
like
sunshine.
There
is
component
parts
of
our
economic
centers
that
we
will
look
to
such
as
open
space,
streetscape
urban
design,
diversity
of
housing,
transport
connectivity.
B
All
of
those
things
which
give
a
vibrance
about
our
local
economic
hubs
that
people
not
only
want
to
work
there.
They
want
to
live
there
as
well.
So
when
we
talk
about
livability
jason,
it's
really
in
those
very
broad
terms.
We
don't
want
communities
to
be
dormant.
We
don't
want
communities
to
be
good
for
some
and
not
everyone,
so
it's
really
about
bringing
a
recognition
to
those
areas.
I
hope
that
sort
of
broadly
answers
the
question.
There
is
a
sectional
livability
in
the
report,
the
proposal
and
I've.
A
Well,
thank
you.
Thank
you
to
perhaps
just
sticking
out
with
you
for
a
minute.
You
talked
a
couple
of
times
there
about
employment
as
well,
and
there
was
a
question
somebody
referenced
your
comments
about
people
in
the
west,
often
leaving
the
west
for
work.
Have
you
also
looked
at
the
numbers
of
people
who
are
coming
into
the
west
for
work
and
where
there's
a
mismatch
between
available
skills
and
available
positions.
B
B
Some
of
the
really
big
sort
of
gaps
are
that
we
have
about
50
000
workers
in
melbourne's,
west,
working
in
sort
of
professional
services,
a
sort
of
white
collar
jobs.
Perhaps
at
the
higher
income
level
we
have.
We
have
a
disproportionately
low
level
of
those
jobs
available
in
melbourne's
west.
So
again,
it's
not
to
call
out
one
industry
over
another,
because
all
industries
are
important
in
terms
of
the
future
growth
and
social
services
and
health
and
education
are
going
to
be
some
of
the
big
areas
of
growth.
B
But
you
know
when
we're
talking
about
putting
an
airport
rail
link
or
suburban
rail
through
sunshine.
Suddenly
private
developers
are
wanting
to
come
and
talk
about
building
offices
for
professional
workers
in
sunshine,
and
that's
not
to
me
that
sunshine's
suddenly
going
to
change
its
face
overnight,
but
it
is
about
bringing
a
diversity
of
job
opportunities
so
that
when
the
next
generation
of
people
moving
into
the
west
or
young
people
are
being
educated
in
the
west
or
looking
at
their
job
options,
they
can
actually
have
a
greater
choice
than
they've
had
to
now.
B
So
it's
really
a
recognition
that
we
do
have
people
in
the
west
that
are
already
working
in
particular
areas
and
professional
services
is
one
of
those
areas,
but
they're,
actually
traveling
out
of
melbourne's
west
to
get
employment.
We
want
to
bring
more
of
those
jobs
in
order
to
do
that,
we've
got
to
attract
employers
to
want
to
invest
and
they're
already
looking
very
seriously
at
sunshine
in
particular,
because
the
fact
that
there'll
be
a
mass
capacity
to
move
people
in
and
out
of
that,
some
economic
precinct
thanks
john.
A
Thank
you
emma.
I
wonder
if
you
had
comments
to
make
in
relation
to
the
employment
picture,
particularly
in
brimbank
and
the
west,
you
touched
a
bit
on
the
impacts
of
covert,
particularly
for
women
and
for
younger
people
and
the
fact
that
the
state
budget,
you
know
brought
particular
attention
to
young
people
from
culture
and
linguistically
diverse
backgrounds.
What
are
your
thoughts
about
the
economic
opportunities
arising
out
of
the
budgets
for
brendan.
C
I
would
imagine,
I
suspect,
wade
and
others
on
this
call
are
probably
already
onto
this
actually
in
terms
of
looking
at
where
people
have
been
particularly
impacted,
and
we
know
in
terms
of
looking
at
brim
bank,
for
example,
when
we
look
at
the
the
data
in
terms
of
unemployment
and
that
sort
of
that
local
data
and
also
the
data
actually
on
poverty
and
we've
got
our
property
maps
online.
C
If
anyone
wanted
to
jump
on
those
and
have
a
look
as
well,
it
just
shows
where
we
need
that
really
targeted
support,
and
I
think
for
me
one
of
the
reasons
we
did.
The
poverty
maps
going
back
a
little
while
it
was
to
show
the
local
characteristics
of
each
area
and
actually
particularly
looking
at
the
importance
of
organization,
or
you
know,
entities
such
as
local
government
to
say.
Well,
there
are
some
things
that
are
systematic,
such
as
jobseeker
and
job
keeper,
etc.
C
C
But
it's
about
actually
tailoring
responses
to
the
needs
of
communities,
and
I
do
think
we've
got
this
particular
opportunity
right
now
by
virtue
of
things
that
are
happening
at
a
state
and
a
federal
level,
but
joining
them
up
really
tightly
with
that
local
need
so
yeah,
broad
systemic
issues,
but
also
looking
at
actually
how.
What
are
some
of
the
things
that
we
need
to
do
at
a
local
level
in
terms
of
understanding
the
local
need
and
the
data's
there
and
it
speaks
for
itself.
C
And
when
you
look
at
the
work
that
everyone
on
this
call
is
doing.
I
think
that's
going
to
be
quite
pointed
in
terms
of
some
of
the
effects
that
need
to
to
sort
of,
or
some
of
the
action
that
needs
to
be
taken
from
here
as
well.
A
Lovely
thank
you.
I
mean
you've
touched
on
this
in
the
chat
in
in
zoom,
one
of
the
one
of
the
really
important
factors
in
setting
up
a
good
start
to
life
in
education
and,
ultimately,
employment
is
access
to
early
education.
There
was
a
question
about
access
to
four-year-olds
kinder.
Do
you
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
that.
C
Yes,
one
of
the
just
to
flag.
The
question
was
around
four-year-old
kendra
and
I
think
the
certainty
which
would
be
both
for
services
kinders
and
also
for
for
for
families
and
and
guardians
etc.
C
One
of
the
challenges
we've
got
in
four-year-old
kinder
is
that
the
15
hours
of
funded
four-year-old
kinder
is
subject
to
a
national
partnership
agreement
and
it
doesn't
seem
to
matter
which
color
of
politics
is
in
at
a
state
level
trying
to
lock
in
that
national
partnership
agreement,
often
for
longer
than
12
months,
let
alone
in
advance
is
an
enormous
challenge.
So,
just
to
answer
that
question
really
directly,
that's
been
a
problem
forever
and
it
brings
a
huge
amount
of
pain.
C
Actually,
when
it
comes
to
services
who
are
trying
to
provide
in
advance
around,
how
do
you
you
know?
How
do
you
give
families
a
certainty,
etc
that
they
need?
It
always
seems
to
get
there,
but
gee.
Sometimes
it's
been
pretty
damn
late
and
it
makes
it
really
hard
for
services
that
are
planning
around
how
they
you
know
the
services
that
they'll
provide
going
forward.
C
But
I
can't
recall
off
the
top
of
my
head
whether
bryn
mac
is
one
for
next
year,
but
we
know
that
that
high
quality
early
childhood
education
just
makes
a
transformational
difference
to
a
young
person's
life
trajectory,
whether
it's
about
health,
whether
it's
about
their
economic
participation
etc,
and
one
of
the
things
that
often
gets
focused
on
around
early
childhood.
Education
is
well
it's
great
because
it
lets
primarily
mums
work.
C
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
emma
I'm,
I'm
so
mindful
of
the
time
and
wanting
to
provide
a
little
bit
of
space
for
people
to
have
a
break
before
we
delve
in
a
little
bit
more
detail
in
into
discussion
in
the
topic
areas,
perhaps
to
throw
to
both
of
you.
We
have
a
number
of
you
know,
folks,
on
the
call
who
are
local
residents
in
the
greenbank
area
or
are
working
in
ngos
and
other
organizations
servicing
the
brimbank
area
from
each
of
your
your
perspectives.
A
What
are
the
the
kind
of
lead
opportunities
for
people
to
be
engaging
with?
What's
come
out
of
the
state
budget
really
to
improve
experience
and
access
for
people
in
the
brimbank
area?
I
know
that's
a
tough
question
because
there's
so
much
there,
but
you
know
some
really
high
impact
opportunities
that
folks
might
engage
with.
B
I
might
go
first
and
give
emma
the
last
word
and
it's
terrific
to
be
co-presenting
with
emma
today,
because
they
do
such
great
work
right
across
victoria
and
and
much
of
what
we
see
in
the
budget
comes
from
the
advocacy
of
they
always
bring
evidence
to
the
table.
So
it's
really
lovely
to
be
co-presenting
with
them
up,
but
I
I
did
want
to
say,
look
think
about
an
airport
rail
link
as
not
just
a
stop
in
sunshine.
It's
a
jobs
corridor
for
10
years.
B
There's
a
great
project
that
I've
looked
at
over
in
the
uk.
It
was
an
upgrade
of
a
sewer
line,
not
a
particularly
attractive
project.
I
know
in
in
london,
over
25,
kilometers
and
part
of
the
legacy
of
that
project
was
that
workers
were
drawn
from
the
postcodes
in
which
that
sewer
line
ran
and
it
ran
through
some
pretty
disadvantaged
areas.
I
think
there's
a
wonderful
opportunity
through
brimbank's
leadership.
My
meter-
and
I
know
v
cost-
supports
the
social
procurement
aspects
of
the
victorian
government
to
look
at
a
jobs
corridor
project
like
airport
rail
link.
B
Yes,
it
will
create
opportunities
for
sunshine
and
brim
bank,
but
why
not
think
about
it
as
having
some
requirements
about
drawing
opportunities
out
for
workers
who
are
looking
for
work,
not
just
in
brimbank
but
across
melbourne's
west?
I
think
that's
a
really
great
centerpiece,
which
is
can
be
extended
into
areas
such
as
the
one
that
emma
talked
about
in
terms
of
social
housing.
A
C
Thank
you
and
thank
you
for
your
incredibly
kind
to
words
and
I
have
to
say
kudos
to
wade
for
everything
he
did,
particularly
as
a
minister
to
make
actually
in
the
leading
work
to
make
this
happen
as
well
and
to
everyone
on
this
call
because
wade's
point
around
that
traditional
under
investment
in
the
west.
It's
profound-
and
this
is
our
chance
to
actually
redress
some
of
that
imbalance.
C
C
We
know
they're
kind
of
the
knitting
that
often
hold
the
communities
together
so
just
to
add
that
in
in
addition
to
the
points
that
we've
made
and
the
other
thing
that
we're
really
calling
for
looking
forward
is
a
well-being
budget,
because
really,
if
you've
got
like
actually,
I
know
this
has
just
changed,
but
we've
always
sort
of
said
you
can
have
a
aaa
credit
rating.
But
if
you've
got
a
triple
a
credit
rating
and
a
hundred
thousand
people
who
are
on
a
waiting
list
for
a
house,
what
does
that
mean
about
your
society?
C
C
I
think
that's
really
important
and
we
we're
having
some
pretty
good
conversations
about
that
now
and
I
think
it
would
be
great
to
join
with
everyone
on
this
call
to
kind
of
say
well
actually,
how
do
we
deliver
for
well-being
for
everyone
who
is
in
the
bring
bank
of
the
broader
west
and
north
communities?
How
do
we
deliver
so
if,
for
example,
if
we're
looking
at
an
infrastructure
project,
how
does
that
deliver
towards
well-being
and
having
governments
report?
C
You
know
accordingly,
as
I
do
in
new
zealand
and
looking
at
what
happens
in
in
scotland
and
iceland
and
other
areas.
I
just
think
we've
got
this
real
moment.
Ironically,
that's
come
through
a
pandemic
can
come
through
enormous
hardship.
How
do
we
take
that,
and
actually
to
be
candid,
I
think
it's
created
opportunities
we
would
not
have
had
otherwise.
A
Right
right
and
there's
a
a
great
silver
lining
to
an
otherwise
dreadful
experience
and
highlighting
not
a
particularly
new
experience,
either.
That's
been
long
running
equity
issues,
so
much
richness
in
that
discussion.
We
could
continue
talking
for
hours.
That's
some
really
valuable
insights
from
from
both
of
you
to
set
us
up
for
the
next
phase
of
our
discussion
today.
A
If
everyone
can
join
me
in
virtually
thanking
emma
and
wade
both
of
you
for
your
contribution
today,
that's
been
really
super
exceptional
and
helpful.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
time
and
both
have
a
very
lovely.