Ms Gina Kelly:

The boundaries we are speaking about, which are monitored by the Regional Development Monitor, are linked to the CSO's 2016 definition of settlement boundaries. These were updated in 2022 and look more at land cover-based assessment rather than population-based assessment of the boundaries. I understand that it is an area on which the Department is considering an issues paper on how we might define compact growth and various ways to consider it. As Mr Hussey mentioned, it is not something we have considered specifically.