Make Melton part of regional Victoria


Make Melton part of regional Victoria
The issue
Melton is a town west of Melbourne, which, although hit hard by COVID-19 during Victoria's second wave, only has 5 active cases. It covers 2 postcodes (3337 which serves Melton, Melton West, Kurunjang and Toolern Vale as well as 3338 which covers Brookfield, Exford, Eyensbury and Melton South). The town is served by Victoria's REGIONAL train network. So if it isnt on the metro network, why isnt it considered regional? By the time anything can be done to move Melton to regional Victoria, the town will surly have minimal cases. Melton's surrounding LGA's, Brimbank, Wyndham and Hume, all have increasing cases whereas Melton's is decreasing. Moving Melton to being considered regional will allow the area to begin to kickstart Melbourne's economy as well as assist in helping Metro Melbourne's all so vital 14 day average with one less area being counted. Melton has a very low amount of cases with only 1 new in the past 2 weeks. With Melton's rate of growth in cases being less than the regional Mitchell Shire, it is a safe option, not to mention regional Victoria begins directly below, above and to the left of Melton.
The issue
Melton is a town west of Melbourne, which, although hit hard by COVID-19 during Victoria's second wave, only has 5 active cases. It covers 2 postcodes (3337 which serves Melton, Melton West, Kurunjang and Toolern Vale as well as 3338 which covers Brookfield, Exford, Eyensbury and Melton South). The town is served by Victoria's REGIONAL train network. So if it isnt on the metro network, why isnt it considered regional? By the time anything can be done to move Melton to regional Victoria, the town will surly have minimal cases. Melton's surrounding LGA's, Brimbank, Wyndham and Hume, all have increasing cases whereas Melton's is decreasing. Moving Melton to being considered regional will allow the area to begin to kickstart Melbourne's economy as well as assist in helping Metro Melbourne's all so vital 14 day average with one less area being counted. Melton has a very low amount of cases with only 1 new in the past 2 weeks. With Melton's rate of growth in cases being less than the regional Mitchell Shire, it is a safe option, not to mention regional Victoria begins directly below, above and to the left of Melton.
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Petition created on 12 October 2020