❓ The Minister for Lands provides an update on the Ocean Reef Marina project, highlighting its economic benefits, job creation, environmental considerations, and collaboration with local stakeholders. The project aims to be a transformative tourism and residential precinct.
AnsweredQoN 595Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
CORONAVIRUS — ECONOMIC RECOVERY PACKAGE —
OCEAN REEF MARINA
595. Ms E. HAMILTON to the Minister for Lands:
I refer to the McGowan Labor government's investment
in major job-creating projects that will support WA's recovery from the
economic impacts of COVID-19, including Ocean Reef marina. Can the minister
update the house on the work that is underway to deliver Ocean Reef marina,
which has been talked about for decades, and outline to the house how this
project will support local jobs and help drive economic growth?
OCEAN REEF MARINA
595. Ms E. HAMILTON to the Minister for Lands:
I refer to the McGowan Labor government's investment
in major job-creating projects that will support WA's recovery from the
economic impacts of COVID-19, including Ocean Reef marina. Can the minister
update the house on the work that is underway to deliver Ocean Reef marina,
which has been talked about for decades, and outline to the house how this
project will support local jobs and help drive economic growth?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for Joondalup for that very, very good
question about a very important project that has been many years in the making.
On Sunday, with the member for Joondalup and the Premier, and a member who is
not in the chamber, we announced the start of work on Ocean Reef marina, which
will become a landmark retail, recreational, residential and tourism precinct
for the northern suburbs. Now that we have started, we estimate that over the
course of construction, in terms of both the public and private components,
there will be 8 500 jobs and more than 900 ongoing jobs once the marina is
complete. All up, on top of the nearly $130 million that the state government
is putting into the project, we expect this to attract approximately $650 million
in private sector investment and provide an estimated $3 billion boost to our
economy. When completed, of course—it will be completed over the next
decade or so—the marina will include capacity for 550 boat pens, as
well as 200 boat stackers, 12 000 square metres of retail and commercial space,
high-quality public amenities, including a protected beach, and, as announced
by the Premier, a coastal pool, which I know has been a big part of the
feedback received by the member for Joondalup about this particular project. I am
also pleased—badgered as I have been regularly by the member for
Joondalup—to put in another $6.5 million to ensure that the Ocean Reef
Sea Sports Club and Marine Rescue Whitfords are given new premises. That is
something the local community will be very happy with.
Residential development is a key part of this project. One
issue I have noted in the protests about this and in some of the public comment
from Liberals who oppose it is that residential has always been a key component
of this project. Between 900 and 1 000 proposed residential lots have been a part
of this project since it has been talked about. There has been a change in how
we mixed up the diversity of those residential lots, but it has certainly been
a part of the marina proposal for at least the last decade.
Importantly, because I know that people are worried about the
environmental processes, this has always been done according to the highest levels of environmental protection. The marine
component of the development has been subject to a public environmental
review by the Environmental Protection Authority, which found that the project
will not have a significant impact on the environment and hence approval was
granted in 2019. I note that DevelopmentWA is working closely with the
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development above and beyond the
conditions imposed on it to relocate 100 000 rows of abalone stock to protect
the future sustainability of the species.
Work has commenced on this
project, and it will continue to take place over the next decade or so until it
is complete . Ultimately, when people talk about transformative projects,
the projects with vision that some former politicians might refer to, it is exactly these sorts of projects that they are
talking about. Member for Joondalup, this will be transformative for the
tourism and residential offering for people across Perth, not just those in the
northern suburbs. I am delighted that we have been able to, with our project
partners and the City of Joondalup, get this project underway.
question about a very important project that has been many years in the making.
On Sunday, with the member for Joondalup and the Premier, and a member who is
not in the chamber, we announced the start of work on Ocean Reef marina, which
will become a landmark retail, recreational, residential and tourism precinct
for the northern suburbs. Now that we have started, we estimate that over the
course of construction, in terms of both the public and private components,
there will be 8 500 jobs and more than 900 ongoing jobs once the marina is
complete. All up, on top of the nearly $130 million that the state government
is putting into the project, we expect this to attract approximately $650 million
in private sector investment and provide an estimated $3 billion boost to our
economy. When completed, of course—it will be completed over the next
decade or so—the marina will include capacity for 550 boat pens, as
well as 200 boat stackers, 12 000 square metres of retail and commercial space,
high-quality public amenities, including a protected beach, and, as announced
by the Premier, a coastal pool, which I know has been a big part of the
feedback received by the member for Joondalup about this particular project. I am
also pleased—badgered as I have been regularly by the member for
Joondalup—to put in another $6.5 million to ensure that the Ocean Reef
Sea Sports Club and Marine Rescue Whitfords are given new premises. That is
something the local community will be very happy with.
Residential development is a key part of this project. One
issue I have noted in the protests about this and in some of the public comment
from Liberals who oppose it is that residential has always been a key component
of this project. Between 900 and 1 000 proposed residential lots have been a part
of this project since it has been talked about. There has been a change in how
we mixed up the diversity of those residential lots, but it has certainly been
a part of the marina proposal for at least the last decade.
Importantly, because I know that people are worried about the
environmental processes, this has always been done according to the highest levels of environmental protection. The marine
component of the development has been subject to a public environmental
review by the Environmental Protection Authority, which found that the project
will not have a significant impact on the environment and hence approval was
granted in 2019. I note that DevelopmentWA is working closely with the
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development above and beyond the
conditions imposed on it to relocate 100 000 rows of abalone stock to protect
the future sustainability of the species.
Work has commenced on this
project, and it will continue to take place over the next decade or so until it
is complete . Ultimately, when people talk about transformative projects,
the projects with vision that some former politicians might refer to, it is exactly these sorts of projects that they are
talking about. Member for Joondalup, this will be transformative for the
tourism and residential offering for people across Perth, not just those in the
northern suburbs. I am delighted that we have been able to, with our project
partners and the City of Joondalup, get this project underway.
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