00:00 Public housing resident Mohamed has spent the day taking calls from worried neighbours.
00:06 It's just been a lot of fear and anxiousness and confusion and uncertainty about what exactly the process is.
00:12 No notice, no nothing. Everybody's shocked.
00:16 By 2031 their homes in North Melbourne and Flemington will be knocked down.
00:21 They're the first to go under the government's plan to demolish all 44 of Melbourne's public housing towers.
00:27 We don't know where we're going to go. That's very, very scary.
00:31 Over the next 30 years all towers will be knocked down and redeveloped to triple the number of people living there,
00:37 though social housing will only see a 10% boost.
00:40 The government says it's door knocked more than 4,000 homes so far to notify residents.
00:45 Randomly a door knock on the door saying, "Hey, your entire life, your entire supports are all going."
00:51 To where? You don't know. To answers? You don't know. Here's a QR code.
00:56 Exactly the same thing as they've done for the COVID-19 lockdown.
01:00 We'll have opportunities to house those people and we will.
01:03 And we'll house them as close to schools and hospitals and other support services, family, as we possibly can.
01:10 Today the Premier was selling the government's new planning reforms,
01:13 including taking away some powers from councils to speed up the application process.
01:18 Many of these councils have had a long time, they've had their chance.
01:22 They have not made the sort of decisions they should be making.
01:25 The government says the worst offenders for delayed permit applications are Darabin, Cardinia and Yarra councils.
01:31 Councillors represent their local communities, putting sunlight, scrutiny, transparency and accountability over those decisions.
01:39 Yes, there is scope to reform the system, but Daniel Andrews is the worst offender when it comes to sitting on planning applications.
01:46 The government says a task force for resolving council planning delays will be established by November.
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