❓ Dr. Honey questions the Minister for Planning about the Subi East redevelopment, alleging it violates policy regarding high-rise apartments with alcohol venues near schools. The Minister accuses Dr. Honey of spreading fear and division.
AnsweredQoN 781Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
SUBI EAST REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECT
781. Dr D.J. HONEY to the Minister for Planning:
I
have a supplementary question. Can the minister explain why she has allowed the
Subi East redevelopment, given published government policy that
explicitly excludes having high-rise apartments with venues that sell alcohol
immediately adjacent to a public school?
PROJECT
781. Dr D.J. HONEY to the Minister for Planning:
I
have a supplementary question. Can the minister explain why she has allowed the
Subi East redevelopment, given published government policy that
explicitly excludes having high-rise apartments with venues that sell alcohol
immediately adjacent to a public school?
AnswerView source ↗
I just explained it.
Dr D.J. Honey : You didn't.
Tell me where you have an alcohol-serving venue doing that.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : The whole
idea is that the member wants to spread fear, when we are trying to develop
safe and active precincts. That is all he is trying to do. When Paul Blackburne
launched those buildings at One Subiaco and the Grove in Mosman Park, who was
in the front row clapping? Those developments were many storeys above what the
scheme actually noted. There he was, sitting in the front row clapping. He will
be there again. I suspect that if the same developers were doing a project in
that area, he would be there clapping again.
Across the suburbs and across the
community, there is what we call mixed use. I support mixed-use developments
because I want a variety of people and vibrancy. The member is spreading fear
because he is saying that a person who lives in an apartment is a bad person.
He is saying that a person in a one-bedroom apartment is a bad person, but that
is not correct. That type of fear creates division and hatred in the community—that
someone who rents an apartment is so much worse than a neighbour who owns it.
That is what the member is alluding to. That is divisive, it creates hate and
it does not go —
Mr M. McGowan : It's not legitimate.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : It is not legitimate. It does not
create strong communities, which is what this government is about. Honestly, I suspect I will get a list of all
the schools that members know have multi-unit developments near them.
Dr D.J. Honey : Tell me where there's a bar.
Ms A. Sanderson : There's a karaoke bar next to
Mercedes.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : Mercedes College is probably a good
example.
Several members interjected.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : Are there any others?
The SPEAKER : Members! It was a supplementary question,
minister.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : We can probably go through it later,
but like I said, honestly, I find the tone of this debate, the tone of the
question —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Minister for Water!
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : I think you have all had enough fun on
that topic so far. If you want to make a list and provide it to the minister,
feel welcome, but I would like to be able to give the member for Kimberley the
call.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : The tone of this question was all
about creating division, which we do not need to be doing at this moment in
time. We want to create safe environments, with people out there enjoying their
communities on the streets in safe, active precincts. That is what we are
about.
Dr D.J. Honey : You didn't.
Tell me where you have an alcohol-serving venue doing that.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : The whole
idea is that the member wants to spread fear, when we are trying to develop
safe and active precincts. That is all he is trying to do. When Paul Blackburne
launched those buildings at One Subiaco and the Grove in Mosman Park, who was
in the front row clapping? Those developments were many storeys above what the
scheme actually noted. There he was, sitting in the front row clapping. He will
be there again. I suspect that if the same developers were doing a project in
that area, he would be there clapping again.
Across the suburbs and across the
community, there is what we call mixed use. I support mixed-use developments
because I want a variety of people and vibrancy. The member is spreading fear
because he is saying that a person who lives in an apartment is a bad person.
He is saying that a person in a one-bedroom apartment is a bad person, but that
is not correct. That type of fear creates division and hatred in the community—that
someone who rents an apartment is so much worse than a neighbour who owns it.
That is what the member is alluding to. That is divisive, it creates hate and
it does not go —
Mr M. McGowan : It's not legitimate.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : It is not legitimate. It does not
create strong communities, which is what this government is about. Honestly, I suspect I will get a list of all
the schools that members know have multi-unit developments near them.
Dr D.J. Honey : Tell me where there's a bar.
Ms A. Sanderson : There's a karaoke bar next to
Mercedes.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : Mercedes College is probably a good
example.
Several members interjected.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : Are there any others?
The SPEAKER : Members! It was a supplementary question,
minister.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : We can probably go through it later,
but like I said, honestly, I find the tone of this debate, the tone of the
question —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Minister for Water!
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : I think you have all had enough fun on
that topic so far. If you want to make a list and provide it to the minister,
feel welcome, but I would like to be able to give the member for Kimberley the
call.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : The tone of this question was all
about creating division, which we do not need to be doing at this moment in
time. We want to create safe environments, with people out there enjoying their
communities on the streets in safe, active precincts. That is what we are
about.
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