The couple own a 65.5-hectare property on Gunns Gully Road that is partly subject to compulsory acquisition for the Outer Metropolitan Ring Road.

"The issue isn't who actually pays the money - it's when - the GAIC will still be factored into the sale and we will lose out," Mr Greenwood said.

"It's a sham and a smokescreen set up by the Government so people will become complacent about it."

Mr Greenwood said he also "knew for a fact" that the GAIC would be factored into the acquisition price for the land, subject to the Outer Metropolitan Ring Road.

"It will be indirectly deducted from that purchase price."

Hume Mayor Jack Ogilvie said he believed owners should continue to contribute to the infrastructure costs to avoid the responsibility falling on local government. The council made a submission to the Government, calling for the purchasers to be required to pay the tax.

"I think that it's a fairer and better way of doing it but I also believe that the owners of the land who are going to benefit enormously should cover the cost of the infrastructure. It will be interesting to see how it all unfolds now."

Yuroke MP Liz Beattie, who supported the changes, urged residents to provide feedback on the legislation.

"There has been a lot of debate in the community about the best way to ensure quality of life is preserved in Yuroke, and families have access to public transport, parks, schools, roads, hospitals and other vital infrastructure that new communities need," she said.

Gerard Gowans, whose parents own a two-hectare property on Providence Road, Greenvale, said the changes were "a joke" and added that "they'd probably change again anyway".

"It's got to be the developers, not private purchasers who pay. No one here is going to benefit from infrastructure - they won't put any in here. It's just an excuse for the Government to rake in more money."