An Aussie politician has gone public with his desire to bring Disneyland down under, naming three Melbourne locations where “the happiest place on earth” could possibly be constructed. Libertarian MP for Melbourne’s south-east metropolitan area, David Limbrick, said the popular theme park would bring entertainment and bolster job growth in the state. In September, Disney announced a $60 billion investment in its theme parks over the next decade — double what it spent on them in the last decade.
Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today And Limbrick said Australia would be a top contender for international expansion. Limbrick, who is also the chair of the Select Committee on the 2026 Commonwealth Games Bid, said three sites south-east of Melbourne offered enough undeveloped land to be considered. “Disney would need 50 hectares or more and that is easily obtainable in suburbs where we still have sizable farms such as areas around Cranbourne, Langwarrin and Lyndhurst,” he told 7NEWS.
com.au . “Southeast Melbourne has the land, the transport infrastructure, and a pool of talented artists and performers.
“Australia must surely be on the list of possible places to expand, and I am going to put south-east Melbourne firmly at the top of the list.” Disney said last year that it had “over 1000 acres of land for possible future development to expand theme park space across its existing sites” both in the US and internationally. The company said there were a n.
