Dr MULINO (Fraser) (19:35): I rise tonight to speak on the exciting opportunity for economic transformation in my electorate of Fraser offered by the Sunshine transport superhub. This is a once-in-a-century opportunity to revitalise an area at the heart of my electorate. The Sunshine superhub is an exciting transport development that is built around the Melbourne Airport Rail Link—a $10 billion plus project that is the much-overdue connection between the CBD of Melbourne and one of Australia's largest and fastest-growing airports, an airport that is growing by millions of visitors every year. This is a landmark project with an opportunity to reinvent the southern part of Fraser. Importantly, this superhub will be not just the fulcrum of the Melbourne Airport Rail Link but also a critical part of the western rail plan, a combination of projects designed to improve transport connections in the west of Melbourne. It is also going to be the key connection point between regional centres, such as Geelong, Ballarat and the Melbourne CBD. It is going to become a transport hub that will connect people throughout the state and across the suburbs with jobs and other important services. The design of the superhub must be sympathetic to local needs and priorities. In particular, if we look at recent developments in the Sunshine area, we see that, while many of these developments have had positive impacts, there have been some deleterious impacts, such as the separation of Sunshine into halves. Local residents are crying out for a Sunshine transport superhub that reconnects the two halves of Sunshine. In addition, those locals who commented on the exciting opportunity of the Melbourne Airport Rail Link and related projects are very keen that the economic and social benefits that arise from it do not result in unintended transport congestion problems around the transport superhub and the Sunshine precinct as a whole. To avoid this situation a broader strategic vision is needed for the superhub, founded upon new job creation and consisting of investment attraction, urban design and rejuvenation, community infrastructure and improved public services. Importantly, I'd like to put on the record that I believe that the development of the transport superhub in Sunshine needs to put great emphasis on bus transport. Too often in our capital cities we focus almost exclusively on heavy rail and light rail to the exclusion of bus transport. What we can be left with in our big cities is very effective transport spines that can sometimes exclude people living in suburbs not far away from those spines. When we think about the Sunshine precinct, for example, we know that there is an amazing new health facility—the Joan Kirner Women's and Children's Hospital—approximately 1½ to two kilometres away from the Sunshine train station, a small distance but a very large distance if there aren't effective bus options to get from the hospital to the train station. To make the Sunshine area an effective precinct, in my opinion, there will need to be much greater emphasis on buses. The superhub must also have employment at its core. It shouldn't just be a transport hub. It needs to also be developed with a view to local employment opportunities. The best way to do this is to have a holistic view of the strategic opportunities that the transport superhub provides. In the west the jobs-to-population ratio within a number of the local government areas is the lowest in the metropolitan Melbourne area, so we need to make sure that the transport superhub is designed in such a way that it provides employment opportunities and doesn't become just a car park for Melbourne Airport. Finally, we need to ensure that the billions that are spent on this project are spent in such a way as to provide the best outcome possible for the local community. Social procurement should be front and centre. That can involve apprenticeships for local young people and also engagement with social enterprises who can provide employment opportunities for people from a disadvantaged background. This is an exciting opportunity, and we must ensure that investment into this project is with a strategic view.