❓ The Minister for Planning provides an update on the Yagan Square project, highlighting its features, cost, and involvement of the Whadjuk community. The response is largely positive, promoting the development's benefits.
AnsweredQoN 945Legislative Assembly
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PERTH CITY
LINK — YAGAN SQUARE
945. Ms E. EVANGEL to the Minister
for Planning:
I was pleased to attend the media event last week at which
the minister and the Premier announced the design for Yagan Square at Perth
City Link. Can the minister please update the house on what people will be able
to experience at Yagan Square?
LINK — YAGAN SQUARE
945. Ms E. EVANGEL to the Minister
for Planning:
I was pleased to attend the media event last week at which
the minister and the Premier announced the design for Yagan Square at Perth
City Link. Can the minister please update the house on what people will be able
to experience at Yagan Square?
AnswerView source ↗
Mr Speaker —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Bassendean, you can ask your own question later. I call you to order
for the first time.
I thank the member for the question. This is a very positive
story, which the opposition does not seem to relate well to. From our point of
view, and from the point of view of 99 per cent of people in Western Australia,
what is happening in that area is really exciting and part of the
transformation of Perth as the capital of Western Australia. Last Friday I was
pleased to attend, along with the Premier, the Lord Mayor and the member for
Perth, the public announcement of the detailed design of Yagan Square. It will
be a very exciting, active and interesting public space in the middle of the
city. From early 2017 it will again become the meeting place that it once was,
with tens of thousands of people expected to pass through the area.
Ms M.M. Quirk :
What will it cost?
Mr J.H.D. DAY : It
will be around $73 million. Does the member think that is worth it?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Cannington, I call you to order for the first time. Member for
Bassendean, I call you to order for the second time.
Mr J.H.D. DAY :
Ninety-nine per cent of people in Western Australia—except for about 20
members sitting opposite—think it will be a wonderful development. It
will include a range of spaces for up to 8 500 people. It will include an
amphitheatre, fresh-food markets, a children's play area, native
gardens, water features, a cycling centre, public art and a digital tower with
the ability to broadcast real-time events. A digital canopy, in the shape of
the lake system that once existed at the location until the late 1800s, will
provide shelter from the elements during the day. A particular element of this
project is the involvement of representatives from the Whadjuk community who
have been very much involved in determining the detailed design and who will
play a role in what events will occur. They will have input in relation to the
themes of place, people, animals, birds and landscape. There will be ongoing
opportunities to further celebrate Aboriginal culture through the activation
occurring in the area. As I said, this will be a very exciting place. It will
be a very positive reflection of the important Aboriginal history, heritage and
culture of the area of the Whadjuk people, and the Noongar people more widely.
Most people will be very impressed, once they are able to visit the area in
early 2017.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Bassendean, you can ask your own question later. I call you to order
for the first time.
I thank the member for the question. This is a very positive
story, which the opposition does not seem to relate well to. From our point of
view, and from the point of view of 99 per cent of people in Western Australia,
what is happening in that area is really exciting and part of the
transformation of Perth as the capital of Western Australia. Last Friday I was
pleased to attend, along with the Premier, the Lord Mayor and the member for
Perth, the public announcement of the detailed design of Yagan Square. It will
be a very exciting, active and interesting public space in the middle of the
city. From early 2017 it will again become the meeting place that it once was,
with tens of thousands of people expected to pass through the area.
Ms M.M. Quirk :
What will it cost?
Mr J.H.D. DAY : It
will be around $73 million. Does the member think that is worth it?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Cannington, I call you to order for the first time. Member for
Bassendean, I call you to order for the second time.
Mr J.H.D. DAY :
Ninety-nine per cent of people in Western Australia—except for about 20
members sitting opposite—think it will be a wonderful development. It
will include a range of spaces for up to 8 500 people. It will include an
amphitheatre, fresh-food markets, a children's play area, native
gardens, water features, a cycling centre, public art and a digital tower with
the ability to broadcast real-time events. A digital canopy, in the shape of
the lake system that once existed at the location until the late 1800s, will
provide shelter from the elements during the day. A particular element of this
project is the involvement of representatives from the Whadjuk community who
have been very much involved in determining the detailed design and who will
play a role in what events will occur. They will have input in relation to the
themes of place, people, animals, birds and landscape. There will be ongoing
opportunities to further celebrate Aboriginal culture through the activation
occurring in the area. As I said, this will be a very exciting place. It will
be a very positive reflection of the important Aboriginal history, heritage and
culture of the area of the Whadjuk people, and the Noongar people more widely.
Most people will be very impressed, once they are able to visit the area in
early 2017.
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