❓ Question addresses the successful delivery of the new Western Australian Museum project, highlighting its on-time and within-budget completion, support for WA businesses and job creation. The Minister's answer affirms the project's success and contrasts it with past projects.
AnsweredQoN 92Legislative Assembly
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WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM
— PROJECT
92. Mr J.N. CAREY to the Minister for Culture and the Arts:
(1) Can the
minister update the house on how the McGowan Labor government has proudly
delivered the new Museum project on time and within budget?
(2) Can the
minister outline to the house how the McGowan Labor government has ensured that
this project has supported WA businesses and jobs?
— PROJECT
92. Mr J.N. CAREY to the Minister for Culture and the Arts:
(1) Can the
minister update the house on how the McGowan Labor government has proudly
delivered the new Museum project on time and within budget?
(2) Can the
minister outline to the house how the McGowan Labor government has ensured that
this project has supported WA businesses and jobs?
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I thank the
member for Perth for the question.
(1)–(2) The
McGowan government is very proud of the new Western Australian Museum, because
we are delivering it on time and on budget
and with a clear focus on ensuring that we employed Western Australians to build it. Over 3 300 of them have been involved in the construction,
including 450 Western Australians in the creative industries. We have also seen
82 per cent of the contracts awarded to Western Australian businesses. It is a stark difference from that lot
when it was trying to build a bridge across to Perth Stadium . It is a stark
difference, because when we came to power, we wanted to make sure that the new
Museum for Western Australia was not only an iconic magnificent cultural building,
but also, of course, built by Western Australians.
Mr R.S. Love interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Moore!
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : I know
that a number of members have been there and seen and spoken to —
Mr R.S. Love interjected.
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : What is
the member for Moore's problem?
The SPEAKER : Minister!
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : There will
be a gallery for you!
The SPEAKER : Member for
Moore, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, I call you to order
for the first time. I am on my feet. Face the chair. This is not the audience.
I am the Speaker and you talk to me.
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : There will
be a gallery for you. You will be in the relics gallery, son! That is where you
will be!
The SPEAKER : I will sit you
down.
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : Mr
Speaker, let me tell you about that. Not only has 82 per cent of the work gone
to Western Australian businesses, which
equates to about $131 million to Western Australian businesses, but also 60
apprentices were engaged on the project. If members talk to some of those
apprentices, as I have, they will find that they are absolutely stoked
with the fact that they have been building a magnificent building that Western Australia
will be proud of. Hanging in Hackett Hall is the very famous blue whale Otto.
That will be another magnificent feature of this Museum for Western Australia.
The aperture for that, the metal construction that allows that to be assembled,
was of course done —
[Interruption from the gallery.]
The SPEAKER : A member in the
Speaker's gallery there, you are not allowed to take photos. Can you
delete those please; otherwise, I will have the Sergeant-at-Arms escort you
out.
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : It is all
right; it is the president of the Shire of Derby–West Kimberley, and I welcome
him to the gallery today.
The SPEAKER : The way he is
going, he will not be there much longer.
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : I say to
the shire president that he will be very proud of this magnificent new Museum,
because the First Nation people of Western Australia will be featured
throughout all the galleries. It is a theme throughout all the galleries,
because we recognise that this new Museum is a magnificent opportunity to
recognise the tremendous, rich history of our First Nation people in Western Australia.
Of course, the Kimberley region will feature prominently in the stories told.
This is a great project. Later in this year, we will open the new Museum for Western
Australia. It will have international attention because of the magnificent
architecture, but, of course, it is the stories that the Museum will tell that
we can all be proud of. Unlike those opposite, we are proud of it and we are
looking forward to opening it, and I can tell members that Western Australians
are going to be very, very proud of their Museum of Western Australia.
member for Perth for the question.
(1)–(2) The
McGowan government is very proud of the new Western Australian Museum, because
we are delivering it on time and on budget
and with a clear focus on ensuring that we employed Western Australians to build it. Over 3 300 of them have been involved in the construction,
including 450 Western Australians in the creative industries. We have also seen
82 per cent of the contracts awarded to Western Australian businesses. It is a stark difference from that lot
when it was trying to build a bridge across to Perth Stadium . It is a stark
difference, because when we came to power, we wanted to make sure that the new
Museum for Western Australia was not only an iconic magnificent cultural building,
but also, of course, built by Western Australians.
Mr R.S. Love interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Moore!
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : I know
that a number of members have been there and seen and spoken to —
Mr R.S. Love interjected.
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : What is
the member for Moore's problem?
The SPEAKER : Minister!
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : There will
be a gallery for you!
The SPEAKER : Member for
Moore, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, I call you to order
for the first time. I am on my feet. Face the chair. This is not the audience.
I am the Speaker and you talk to me.
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : There will
be a gallery for you. You will be in the relics gallery, son! That is where you
will be!
The SPEAKER : I will sit you
down.
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : Mr
Speaker, let me tell you about that. Not only has 82 per cent of the work gone
to Western Australian businesses, which
equates to about $131 million to Western Australian businesses, but also 60
apprentices were engaged on the project. If members talk to some of those
apprentices, as I have, they will find that they are absolutely stoked
with the fact that they have been building a magnificent building that Western Australia
will be proud of. Hanging in Hackett Hall is the very famous blue whale Otto.
That will be another magnificent feature of this Museum for Western Australia.
The aperture for that, the metal construction that allows that to be assembled,
was of course done —
[Interruption from the gallery.]
The SPEAKER : A member in the
Speaker's gallery there, you are not allowed to take photos. Can you
delete those please; otherwise, I will have the Sergeant-at-Arms escort you
out.
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : It is all
right; it is the president of the Shire of Derby–West Kimberley, and I welcome
him to the gallery today.
The SPEAKER : The way he is
going, he will not be there much longer.
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : I say to
the shire president that he will be very proud of this magnificent new Museum,
because the First Nation people of Western Australia will be featured
throughout all the galleries. It is a theme throughout all the galleries,
because we recognise that this new Museum is a magnificent opportunity to
recognise the tremendous, rich history of our First Nation people in Western Australia.
Of course, the Kimberley region will feature prominently in the stories told.
This is a great project. Later in this year, we will open the new Museum for Western
Australia. It will have international attention because of the magnificent
architecture, but, of course, it is the stories that the Museum will tell that
we can all be proud of. Unlike those opposite, we are proud of it and we are
looking forward to opening it, and I can tell members that Western Australians
are going to be very, very proud of their Museum of Western Australia.
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