❓ Question regarding the McGowan government's support for the Perth Festival's 'Highway to Hell' event, focusing on job creation, tourism, and honouring Bon Scott. The Minister's answer details the event and its benefits, with some partisan banter.
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HIGHWAY TO HELL — PERTH FESTIVAL 2020
922. Mrs L.M. O'MALLEY to the Minister for Culture and
the Arts:
I refer to the McGowan Labor government's ongoing
commitment to supporting Perth Festival and, specifically, the headline act,
the Highway to Hell event.
Can the minister outline to the house how this government,
through this fantastic and unique event, is creating jobs and encouraging
tourism at the same time as paying homage to an Australian rock legend?
922. Mrs L.M. O'MALLEY to the Minister for Culture and
the Arts:
I refer to the McGowan Labor government's ongoing
commitment to supporting Perth Festival and, specifically, the headline act,
the Highway to Hell event.
Can the minister outline to the house how this government,
through this fantastic and unique event, is creating jobs and encouraging
tourism at the same time as paying homage to an Australian rock legend?
AnswerView source ↗
What a great rock legend Bon Scott is. Of course, Western Australian
history will forever epitomise that great musician —
The SPEAKER : Face the Chair, minister. Don't
sing!
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : He was a great musician for Western
Australia. It was great to be down there at Tompkins Park in the City of
Melville on Sunday to announce what will be a remarkable close to the Perth
Festival 2020. We will have a number of flatbed trucks traversing the so-called Highway to Hell , which was epitomised in that song from AC/DC, from the
Raffles Hotel, past the Leopold Hotel, which was a very famous place that Bon
used to go to and frequent, down to the traffic bridge. It will be a great
family event. We will invite all of Western Australia and interstate and
international visitors.
Mr P.A. Katsambanis interjected.
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : What is wrong?
Mr P.A. Katsambanis : Will Angus be there?
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : He might be there. You never know,
Angus could be there! I do not know whether the member for Dawesville will be
there. He will look out of place in his three-piece suit. I do not know whether
he will look in place.
The fact of the matter is that there will be a huge crowd. As
we know, AC/DC is very well known across the world and has sold millions and
millions of albums. It is an iconic Western Australian story.
We are going to have flatbed trucks going up the Highway
to Hell and some magnificent entertainment. I will tell members about some of the performers who will be
on the back of these trucks. Abbe May and Carla Geneve will be there. There will be community choirs; Dom Mariani;
Hells Bells; the Jam Tarts, a very famous Western Australian band; the
Pigram Brothers, a famous band from the member for Kimberley's part of
the world; Amyl and the Sniffers, we will not go there! We will keep going: the
Southern River Band; the Tommyhawks; and, member for Midland and Minister for
Police, the Western Australia Police Force Pipe Band will be there. Just
imagine the pipes playing High Voltage ! Unfortunately we will reject the
Liberal Party being on there; we are not going to have them on the back of a rented Budget flatbed truck because they will
probably want to sing Goodbye and Good Riddance to Bad Luck ,
which is a very famous AC/DC song. Of course, a subtle one for the member for North West Central is Night of the Long Knives ,
another very famous AC/DC song. The member could do that on the
back of a three-wheeler tricycle!
It is going to be fantastic. We will
invite lots of people. There will be tens of thousands of people. It is going
to be a great thing for job creation, celebrating a Western Australian story.
As the Premier said on Sunday, which was the best line on Sunday, we are doing
all of this by investing in the creative regions, investing in Western Australian
creatives, increasing the tourism product and opportunities to the world by
bringing the budget Back in Black ! That is what we have done. After the
2017 election, the Western Australian people were Thunderstruck by the
appalling state of the economy left to us by members opposite.
history will forever epitomise that great musician —
The SPEAKER : Face the Chair, minister. Don't
sing!
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : He was a great musician for Western
Australia. It was great to be down there at Tompkins Park in the City of
Melville on Sunday to announce what will be a remarkable close to the Perth
Festival 2020. We will have a number of flatbed trucks traversing the so-called Highway to Hell , which was epitomised in that song from AC/DC, from the
Raffles Hotel, past the Leopold Hotel, which was a very famous place that Bon
used to go to and frequent, down to the traffic bridge. It will be a great
family event. We will invite all of Western Australia and interstate and
international visitors.
Mr P.A. Katsambanis interjected.
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : What is wrong?
Mr P.A. Katsambanis : Will Angus be there?
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : He might be there. You never know,
Angus could be there! I do not know whether the member for Dawesville will be
there. He will look out of place in his three-piece suit. I do not know whether
he will look in place.
The fact of the matter is that there will be a huge crowd. As
we know, AC/DC is very well known across the world and has sold millions and
millions of albums. It is an iconic Western Australian story.
We are going to have flatbed trucks going up the Highway
to Hell and some magnificent entertainment. I will tell members about some of the performers who will be
on the back of these trucks. Abbe May and Carla Geneve will be there. There will be community choirs; Dom Mariani;
Hells Bells; the Jam Tarts, a very famous Western Australian band; the
Pigram Brothers, a famous band from the member for Kimberley's part of
the world; Amyl and the Sniffers, we will not go there! We will keep going: the
Southern River Band; the Tommyhawks; and, member for Midland and Minister for
Police, the Western Australia Police Force Pipe Band will be there. Just
imagine the pipes playing High Voltage ! Unfortunately we will reject the
Liberal Party being on there; we are not going to have them on the back of a rented Budget flatbed truck because they will
probably want to sing Goodbye and Good Riddance to Bad Luck ,
which is a very famous AC/DC song. Of course, a subtle one for the member for North West Central is Night of the Long Knives ,
another very famous AC/DC song. The member could do that on the
back of a three-wheeler tricycle!
It is going to be fantastic. We will
invite lots of people. There will be tens of thousands of people. It is going
to be a great thing for job creation, celebrating a Western Australian story.
As the Premier said on Sunday, which was the best line on Sunday, we are doing
all of this by investing in the creative regions, investing in Western Australian
creatives, increasing the tourism product and opportunities to the world by
bringing the budget Back in Black ! That is what we have done. After the
2017 election, the Western Australian people were Thunderstruck by the
appalling state of the economy left to us by members opposite.
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