❓ Mr Taylor asks about the sale of state heritage-listed warders' cottages. The Minister explains the sale is part of a revolving fund to reinvest in other heritage projects, highlighting restoration works and protections.
AnsweredQoN 877Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
HERITAGE — WARDERS' COTTAGES
877. Mr M.H. TAYLOR to the Minister for
Heritage:
Last week the minister announced
that the state heritage–listed warders' cottages are on the
market for sale. Can the minister tell the house about the sale of the
significant heritage properties?
877. Mr M.H. TAYLOR to the Minister for
Heritage:
Last week the minister announced
that the state heritage–listed warders' cottages are on the
market for sale. Can the minister tell the house about the sale of the
significant heritage properties?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for Bateman for
the question. One of this government's key commitments in the heritage
portfolio at the last election was the creation of a revolving fund, which we
have termed heritage works. This fund seeks to take underutilised or unutilised
state heritage–listed assets and de-risk them, move them back into the
market and then reinvest the proceeds into the next heritage project. In the
past three years, we have been working progressively on this project, and two
starter projects are now ready to go out to the market. The projects are the
Coogee Hotel and post office, which is currently out for expressions of
interest, and, as I announced last week, very importantly, the warders'
cottages in Fremantle, which will be open for expressions of interest until 9
December.
For those warders' cottages,
the restoration works that have happened over the past couple of years include
the removal and restoration of 2 000 square metres of limestone rendering and
paint, and entirely new site and building drainage to address some long-term
deterioration issues. Most timbers have been replaced and the buildings have
been brought into modern building code compliance for fire safety separation.
As I said, the cottages are out for
expressions of interest until 9 December for the community. We are not closed
off about the future uses of these cottages. The cottages were built in 1851,
at the same time as the Fremantle Prison. This project presents an opportunity
for people to own a part of that World Heritage–listed story around
Fremantle Prison. These cottages are a key part of that history. We are open to
hearing about both residential and commercial opportunities, and we will see
what comes in from those expressions of interest.
Ms
S.F. McGurk interjected.
Mr
A.P. JACOB : The heritage values of these structures will continue to be
protected as state heritage–listed assets and afforded the full
protections of the state Heritage Act. Similarly, any sales will also require
heritage agreements.
I pick up on the interjection of the
member for Fremantle, who, on her website today, still calls this a bad outcome
for heritage and a bad outcome for Fremantle. She cannot take it that a Liberal–National
government is investing in her seat and restoring heritage buildings in her
electorate. Members opposite are so sour that they have to write that it is a bad
outcome for heritage and a bad outcome for Fremantle. I would hate to live in
that world. Having these buildings reoccupied is the best possible heritage
outcome, and then quarantining the proceeds and reinvesting them in the next
heritage project means that heritage works, and the heritage revolving fund,
will only grow into the future and give us greater capacity to address many of
the assets that sit within state ownership.
the question. One of this government's key commitments in the heritage
portfolio at the last election was the creation of a revolving fund, which we
have termed heritage works. This fund seeks to take underutilised or unutilised
state heritage–listed assets and de-risk them, move them back into the
market and then reinvest the proceeds into the next heritage project. In the
past three years, we have been working progressively on this project, and two
starter projects are now ready to go out to the market. The projects are the
Coogee Hotel and post office, which is currently out for expressions of
interest, and, as I announced last week, very importantly, the warders'
cottages in Fremantle, which will be open for expressions of interest until 9
December.
For those warders' cottages,
the restoration works that have happened over the past couple of years include
the removal and restoration of 2 000 square metres of limestone rendering and
paint, and entirely new site and building drainage to address some long-term
deterioration issues. Most timbers have been replaced and the buildings have
been brought into modern building code compliance for fire safety separation.
As I said, the cottages are out for
expressions of interest until 9 December for the community. We are not closed
off about the future uses of these cottages. The cottages were built in 1851,
at the same time as the Fremantle Prison. This project presents an opportunity
for people to own a part of that World Heritage–listed story around
Fremantle Prison. These cottages are a key part of that history. We are open to
hearing about both residential and commercial opportunities, and we will see
what comes in from those expressions of interest.
Ms
S.F. McGurk interjected.
Mr
A.P. JACOB : The heritage values of these structures will continue to be
protected as state heritage–listed assets and afforded the full
protections of the state Heritage Act. Similarly, any sales will also require
heritage agreements.
I pick up on the interjection of the
member for Fremantle, who, on her website today, still calls this a bad outcome
for heritage and a bad outcome for Fremantle. She cannot take it that a Liberal–National
government is investing in her seat and restoring heritage buildings in her
electorate. Members opposite are so sour that they have to write that it is a bad
outcome for heritage and a bad outcome for Fremantle. I would hate to live in
that world. Having these buildings reoccupied is the best possible heritage
outcome, and then quarantining the proceeds and reinvesting them in the next
heritage project means that heritage works, and the heritage revolving fund,
will only grow into the future and give us greater capacity to address many of
the assets that sit within state ownership.
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