❓ A parliamentary question regarding the sale of land at the Department of Agriculture and Food headquarters, including potential contamination and relocation plans. The Minister provides details on planned consolidation, contamination status, remediation costs, and other land sales to fund the redevelopment.
AnsweredQoN 1066Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD — POSSIBLE CONTAMINATED SITE
1066. Hon KEN TRAVERS to the
Minister for Agriculture and Food:
(1) What
current activities will be closed or relocated at the Department of Agriculture
and Food headquarters to allow for the sale of the 14.2 hectares of land that
was announced today, and when will this occur?
(2) Has any contamination been identified at this site?
(3) What is the current estimated cost to remediate this
contamination?
(4) Has the
department previously been requested to identify surplus land that can be sold
to fund the development of the new department headquarters?
(5) If yes to (4), what land has been identified and how much
is it expected to realise?
OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD — POSSIBLE CONTAMINATED SITE
1066. Hon KEN TRAVERS to the
Minister for Agriculture and Food:
(1) What
current activities will be closed or relocated at the Department of Agriculture
and Food headquarters to allow for the sale of the 14.2 hectares of land that
was announced today, and when will this occur?
(2) Has any contamination been identified at this site?
(3) What is the current estimated cost to remediate this
contamination?
(4) Has the
department previously been requested to identify surplus land that can be sold
to fund the development of the new department headquarters?
(5) If yes to (4), what land has been identified and how much
is it expected to realise?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this
question.
(1) Subject to
pending government decisions, the department is planning to consolidate into a
new headquarters redevelopment on the existing site, releasing around 14.2
hectares of surplus land for sale when completed in 2021, accommodating all
current business activities.
(2) Yes,
noting that the Department of Environment Regulation has classified the site as
''possibly contaminated—investigation required'', and has
lodged a memorial confirming this classification on the land title.
(3) The cost is not known at this stage.
(4) Yes.
(5) Three
metropolitan sites were approved for sale in the cabinet approval given for the
headquarters redevelopment project. The anticipated funding realised from the
sale of the Forrestfield site, the Medina site and the part sale of the
Kensington–South Perth site is estimated at $48.4 million.
question.
(1) Subject to
pending government decisions, the department is planning to consolidate into a
new headquarters redevelopment on the existing site, releasing around 14.2
hectares of surplus land for sale when completed in 2021, accommodating all
current business activities.
(2) Yes,
noting that the Department of Environment Regulation has classified the site as
''possibly contaminated—investigation required'', and has
lodged a memorial confirming this classification on the land title.
(3) The cost is not known at this stage.
(4) Yes.
(5) Three
metropolitan sites were approved for sale in the cabinet approval given for the
headquarters redevelopment project. The anticipated funding realised from the
sale of the Forrestfield site, the Medina site and the part sale of the
Kensington–South Perth site is estimated at $48.4 million.
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