Ten municipalities on the outskirts of Melbourne have accounted for more than half the city’s growth over the past decade, but attracted less than 20 per cent of funding for infrastructure and services. Belgin Besim from the Interface Councils says this spatial divide has already put the health
and wellbeing of residents at risk and raises the prospect of a city divided.

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Belgin Besim is Executive officer – Policy and Strategy, Community Services at the City of Whittlesea. This article is based on the Creating liveable communities in the Interface pre-election campaign document launched by the Interface Councils. Its intent is to highlight the challenges being managed by Interface Councils and to make a case for increased government investment into specified infrastructure and services for each municipality.