❓ Question on housing availability and infill development in Subiaco, focusing on government efforts and opposition. The Minister's answer details progress on Subiaco projects and criticizes the member for Cottesloe's opposition to density.
AnsweredQoN 656Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
HOUSING —
AVAILABILITY
656. Mrs J.M.C. STOJKOVSKI to the Minister for Planning:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's significant efforts in delivering more housing for Western
Australians and providing more housing options and housing diversity across the
state.
(1) Can the
minister update the house on how the government is unlocking more land to help
drive infill development, including in Subiaco?
(2) Can the
minister advise the house if she is aware of anyone who opposes giving Western Australians
more housing choice?
Several members interjected.
AVAILABILITY
656. Mrs J.M.C. STOJKOVSKI to the Minister for Planning:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's significant efforts in delivering more housing for Western
Australians and providing more housing options and housing diversity across the
state.
(1) Can the
minister update the house on how the government is unlocking more land to help
drive infill development, including in Subiaco?
(2) Can the
minister advise the house if she is aware of anyone who opposes giving Western Australians
more housing choice?
Several members interjected.
AnswerView source ↗
Thank you.
The SPEAKER : Minister for
Planning, I suspect you have a lot of eager helpers here, but I am going to ask
them to desist, please.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : It is a nice
team. I thank the member for the question.
(1)–(2) Of
course, it has been a big few weeks in Subiaco. We saw the removal of the last
wall at the old Princess Margaret Hospital for Children site. The demolition
works have progressed very well there. We are now moving to the civil works to
prepare the land for new developments.
Today we were out at Subiaco Oval, a place
of many memories for many people. Of course, it was the home of football for
many years. Today we are putting on the market the first two sites around the
oval, in the oval precinct. One site is over 3 300 square metres, and the other
is over 1 000 square metres. It is anticipated
that site 1, lot 1, will be up to 30 storeys and site 2 will be up to 11
storeys. Again, this will create more housing choice and more housing
opportunities in what is a very good area. It has its own oval, it has Bob
Hawke College and brilliant public transport connections—two stations
within walking distance and of course a very good bus network. It is a very
good location.
We will be aiming for over 2 700
dwellings and over 4 500 people to be living in that area, of course creating
more vibrancy, better usage of our public transport system and supporting small
business in the area. One of the key things is that when you bring density and
people to areas, they support small business; they support local businesses.
That is very much what will be happening in Subiaco.
Members should not be surprised but
some people opposed this project. It was the member for Cottesloe.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : Remember, the
member for Cottesloe does not want anyone living near schools. He opposed having any high-density developments near schools
because he has this opinion about people who live in apartments .
Apparently, everyone who lives in an apartment is a bad person. It was
demonstrated again today. Of course, we know it is not the best day for the
Leader of the Liberal Party. Not only was the first question he asked
deplorable, but today a poll showed that he has only nine per cent support out
there.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : When we woke
up and saw the poll result in the paper, I thought I would see what his stars said for the rest of the day. We know that he woke
up to a bad poll result, but the day might change in relation to his star sign. We checked the member's stars for today. It states —
Relationships at � work could be
intense today.
Several members interjected.
Point of Order
The
SPEAKER : I just want to remind members that points of order are
heard in silence.
Mr R.S.
LOVE : This is not the first time this minister has brought astrology
into this chamber. I do not think it has any relevance to the question that has
been asked and I ask that she come back to answer the question properly.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please.
Minister, you can perhaps explain the relevance.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : The relevance
is of course that there are a couple of members, one member in particular, who
oppose the Subi East development, which I am referring to today. I thought I would
double-check how his day is going. The next part of the member's star
sign prediction states —
Expect � colleagues to be more
defensive than usual, so tread carefully.
The best stars were for the Deputy
Leader of the Liberal Party, whose stars said —
Strive
to be at your diplomatic best. The more you dig your heels in and refuse to
budge, the more frustrating the day will be.
Deputy leader, it is yours for the
taking! The senior members of the Liberal Party are saying, ''Take the
leadership'', but of course we know that both members of the Liberal
Party in this house are puppets of the powerbrokers in the upper house. It does
not matter who is Leader of the Liberal Party while the party is still governed
by the extremist powerbrokers in the upper house. No-one can recognise this new
Liberal Party. It does not look anything like the Liberal Party of the past.
The SPEAKER : Minister for
Planning, I suspect you have a lot of eager helpers here, but I am going to ask
them to desist, please.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : It is a nice
team. I thank the member for the question.
(1)–(2) Of
course, it has been a big few weeks in Subiaco. We saw the removal of the last
wall at the old Princess Margaret Hospital for Children site. The demolition
works have progressed very well there. We are now moving to the civil works to
prepare the land for new developments.
Today we were out at Subiaco Oval, a place
of many memories for many people. Of course, it was the home of football for
many years. Today we are putting on the market the first two sites around the
oval, in the oval precinct. One site is over 3 300 square metres, and the other
is over 1 000 square metres. It is anticipated
that site 1, lot 1, will be up to 30 storeys and site 2 will be up to 11
storeys. Again, this will create more housing choice and more housing
opportunities in what is a very good area. It has its own oval, it has Bob
Hawke College and brilliant public transport connections—two stations
within walking distance and of course a very good bus network. It is a very
good location.
We will be aiming for over 2 700
dwellings and over 4 500 people to be living in that area, of course creating
more vibrancy, better usage of our public transport system and supporting small
business in the area. One of the key things is that when you bring density and
people to areas, they support small business; they support local businesses.
That is very much what will be happening in Subiaco.
Members should not be surprised but
some people opposed this project. It was the member for Cottesloe.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : Remember, the
member for Cottesloe does not want anyone living near schools. He opposed having any high-density developments near schools
because he has this opinion about people who live in apartments .
Apparently, everyone who lives in an apartment is a bad person. It was
demonstrated again today. Of course, we know it is not the best day for the
Leader of the Liberal Party. Not only was the first question he asked
deplorable, but today a poll showed that he has only nine per cent support out
there.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : When we woke
up and saw the poll result in the paper, I thought I would see what his stars said for the rest of the day. We know that he woke
up to a bad poll result, but the day might change in relation to his star sign. We checked the member's stars for today. It states —
Relationships at � work could be
intense today.
Several members interjected.
Point of Order
The
SPEAKER : I just want to remind members that points of order are
heard in silence.
Mr R.S.
LOVE : This is not the first time this minister has brought astrology
into this chamber. I do not think it has any relevance to the question that has
been asked and I ask that she come back to answer the question properly.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please.
Minister, you can perhaps explain the relevance.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : The relevance
is of course that there are a couple of members, one member in particular, who
oppose the Subi East development, which I am referring to today. I thought I would
double-check how his day is going. The next part of the member's star
sign prediction states —
Expect � colleagues to be more
defensive than usual, so tread carefully.
The best stars were for the Deputy
Leader of the Liberal Party, whose stars said —
Strive
to be at your diplomatic best. The more you dig your heels in and refuse to
budge, the more frustrating the day will be.
Deputy leader, it is yours for the
taking! The senior members of the Liberal Party are saying, ''Take the
leadership'', but of course we know that both members of the Liberal
Party in this house are puppets of the powerbrokers in the upper house. It does
not matter who is Leader of the Liberal Party while the party is still governed
by the extremist powerbrokers in the upper house. No-one can recognise this new
Liberal Party. It does not look anything like the Liberal Party of the past.
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