On 9 September, the Local Government Panel Report was released recommending Sunbury be removed from the City of Hume. Among the Reports’ recommendations is that a population of around 100,000 is the minimum for establishing the future viability of the new municipality (P.37). Such future growth has been previously set out in Plan Melbourne when zoning was changed in 2010. Since then there has been a strategic planning group made up of members of our Parish Education Board and the planners at the diocesan office. Members of this group work with the Metropolitan Planning Authority to plan and purchase future parish sites within our parish. Hence, we hope to be ready to accommodate our future parishioners.
…….Kevin McIntosh