❓ A parliamentary question regarding the Perth City Link project. The Minister's response details the project's benefits, including housing, employment, and improved city connectivity, while also addressing criticism regarding the involvement of private sector land and the demolition of the Perth Entertainment Centre.
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PERTH CITY LINK
I am proud to be part of a government that is committed to improving our great capital city with projects such as the revitalisation of the Perth Cultural Centre, the Perth Waterfront project and the East Perth riverside urban renewal project. Yet another one of those visionary projects is the Perth City Link. Can the minister update the house on this important infrastructure project that will transform our Perth central business district? Mr J.H.D. DAY
I am proud to be part of a government that is committed to improving our great capital city with projects such as the revitalisation of the Perth Cultural Centre, the Perth Waterfront project and the East Perth riverside urban renewal project. Yet another one of those visionary projects is the Perth City Link. Can the minister update the house on this important infrastructure project that will transform our Perth central business district? Mr J.H.D. DAY
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I am very happy to do so. I was particularly pleased to attend a small event at the Perth Entertainment Centre a week ago with the Premier, the Chairman of Seven West Media, as the company is now known, Kerry Stokes, and Peter Gammell, also from Seven West Media. I was particularly pleased to witness the expertise of the Premier with a sledgehammer! Mr C.J. Barnett : I need it! Mr J.H.D. DAY : He was certainly very adept and I must say that at the end of the process the condition of the wall very much resembled the appearance of the opposition most of the time! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.H.D. DAY : This is a very significant project in the regeneration of the City of Perth. Mr J.N. Hyde : Private sector land has nothing to do with you. The previous Labor government — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Hopefully, people to my left expect to ask another question at this point. I suggest to everybody in this place that if they want another question they should observe a little more silence. It is a plea from me. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The incredible thing about the member for Perth is that he is the only member that I have ever known to complain when a government spends large amounts of public funding in his electorate! The member for Perth continually complains about the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by the state government — Mr J.N. Hyde : You are not spending a cent on the Entertainment Centre, but you want to take the credit. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member for Perth, the alleged shadow Minister for Planning, shows his ignorance of the process and the fact that the continued presence of the old Entertainment Centre, which served Perth well from 1974 to 2002, is a major impediment to the development of the Perth City Link project, the sinking of the rail line and the sinking of the bus station, and that it is necessary for the Entertainment Centre to be demolished. The land is owned by Seven West Media and I am very pleased that there has been strong cooperation between Seven West Media and the state government, through the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and the Public Transport Authority, in the development of this area, a major part of which is removing the Entertainment Centre. Most people in Western Australia get that. If the member for Perth needs an additional briefing, I am very happy to provide it. What will be provided at the end of this process, which will take a number of years, will be housing for 3 000 people, employment opportunities for 13 500 people, commercial space of 240 000 square metres and, most importantly, the reuniting of the Northbridge area and the Perth CBD, and the creation of a very vibrant and active series of public spaces for the people of Perth and Western Australia to make much better use of their capital city.
Mr J.H.D. DAY replied: I am very happy to do so. I was particularly pleased to attend a small event at the Perth Entertainment Centre a week ago with the Premier, the Chairman of Seven West Media, as the company is now known, Kerry Stokes, and Peter Gammell, also from Seven West Media. I was particularly pleased to witness the expertise of the Premier with a sledgehammer! Mr C.J. Barnett : I need it! Mr J.H.D. DAY : He was certainly very adept and I must say that at the end of the process the condition of the wall very much resembled the appearance of the opposition most of the time! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.H.D. DAY : This is a very significant project in the regeneration of the City of Perth. Mr J.N. Hyde : Private sector land has nothing to do with you. The previous Labor government — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Hopefully, people to my left expect to ask another question at this point. I suggest to everybody in this place that if they want another question they should observe a little more silence. It is a plea from me. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The incredible thing about the member for Perth is that he is the only member that I have ever known to complain when a government spends large amounts of public funding in his electorate! The member for Perth continually complains about the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by the state government — Mr J.N. Hyde : You are not spending a cent on the Entertainment Centre, but you want to take the credit. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member for Perth, the alleged shadow Minister for Planning, shows his ignorance of the process and the fact that the continued presence of the old Entertainment Centre, which served Perth well from 1974 to 2002, is a major impediment to the development of the Perth City Link project, the sinking of the rail line and the sinking of the bus station, and that it is necessary for the Entertainment Centre to be demolished. The land is owned by Seven West Media and I am very pleased that there has been strong cooperation between Seven West Media and the state government, through the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and the Public Transport Authority, in the development of this area, a major part of which is removing the Entertainment Centre. Most people in Western Australia get that. If the member for Perth needs an additional briefing, I am very happy to provide it. What will be provided at the end of this process, which will take a number of years, will be housing for 3 000 people, employment opportunities for 13 500 people, commercial space of 240 000 square metres and, most importantly, the reuniting of the Northbridge area and the Perth CBD, and the creation of a very vibrant and active series of public spaces for the people of Perth and Western Australia to make much better use of their capital city.
I am very happy to do so. I was particularly pleased to attend a small event at the Perth Entertainment Centre a week ago with the Premier, the Chairman of Seven West Media, as the company is now known, Kerry Stokes, and Peter Gammell, also from Seven West Media. I was particularly pleased to witness the expertise of the Premier with a sledgehammer! Mr C.J. Barnett : I need it! Mr J.H.D. DAY : He was certainly very adept and I must say that at the end of the process the condition of the wall very much resembled the appearance of the opposition most of the time! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.H.D. DAY : This is a very significant project in the regeneration of the City of Perth. Mr J.N. Hyde : Private sector land has nothing to do with you. The previous Labor government — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Hopefully, people to my left expect to ask another question at this point. I suggest to everybody in this place that if they want another question they should observe a little more silence. It is a plea from me. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The incredible thing about the member for Perth is that he is the only member that I have ever known to complain when a government spends large amounts of public funding in his electorate! The member for Perth continually complains about the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by the state government — Mr J.N. Hyde : You are not spending a cent on the Entertainment Centre, but you want to take the credit. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member for Perth, the alleged shadow Minister for Planning, shows his ignorance of the process and the fact that the continued presence of the old Entertainment Centre, which served Perth well from 1974 to 2002, is a major impediment to the development of the Perth City Link project, the sinking of the rail line and the sinking of the bus station, and that it is necessary for the Entertainment Centre to be demolished. The land is owned by Seven West Media and I am very pleased that there has been strong cooperation between Seven West Media and the state government, through the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and the Public Transport Authority, in the development of this area, a major part of which is removing the Entertainment Centre. Most people in Western Australia get that. If the member for Perth needs an additional briefing, I am very happy to provide it. What will be provided at the end of this process, which will take a number of years, will be housing for 3 000 people, employment opportunities for 13 500 people, commercial space of 240 000 square metres and, most importantly, the reuniting of the Northbridge area and the Perth CBD, and the creation of a very vibrant and active series of public spaces for the people of Perth and Western Australia to make much better use of their capital city.
Mr C.J. Barnett : I need it! Mr J.H.D. DAY : He was certainly very adept and I must say that at the end of the process the condition of the wall very much resembled the appearance of the opposition most of the time! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.H.D. DAY : This is a very significant project in the regeneration of the City of Perth. Mr J.N. Hyde : Private sector land has nothing to do with you. The previous Labor government — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Hopefully, people to my left expect to ask another question at this point. I suggest to everybody in this place that if they want another question they should observe a little more silence. It is a plea from me. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The incredible thing about the member for Perth is that he is the only member that I have ever known to complain when a government spends large amounts of public funding in his electorate! The member for Perth continually complains about the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by the state government — Mr J.N. Hyde : You are not spending a cent on the Entertainment Centre, but you want to take the credit. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member for Perth, the alleged shadow Minister for Planning, shows his ignorance of the process and the fact that the continued presence of the old Entertainment Centre, which served Perth well from 1974 to 2002, is a major impediment to the development of the Perth City Link project, the sinking of the rail line and the sinking of the bus station, and that it is necessary for the Entertainment Centre to be demolished. The land is owned by Seven West Media and I am very pleased that there has been strong cooperation between Seven West Media and the state government, through the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and the Public Transport Authority, in the development of this area, a major part of which is removing the Entertainment Centre. Most people in Western Australia get that. If the member for Perth needs an additional briefing, I am very happy to provide it. What will be provided at the end of this process, which will take a number of years, will be housing for 3 000 people, employment opportunities for 13 500 people, commercial space of 240 000 square metres and, most importantly, the reuniting of the Northbridge area and the Perth CBD, and the creation of a very vibrant and active series of public spaces for the people of Perth and Western Australia to make much better use of their capital city.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : He was certainly very adept and I must say that at the end of the process the condition of the wall very much resembled the appearance of the opposition most of the time! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.H.D. DAY : This is a very significant project in the regeneration of the City of Perth. Mr J.N. Hyde : Private sector land has nothing to do with you. The previous Labor government — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Hopefully, people to my left expect to ask another question at this point. I suggest to everybody in this place that if they want another question they should observe a little more silence. It is a plea from me. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The incredible thing about the member for Perth is that he is the only member that I have ever known to complain when a government spends large amounts of public funding in his electorate! The member for Perth continually complains about the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by the state government — Mr J.N. Hyde : You are not spending a cent on the Entertainment Centre, but you want to take the credit. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member for Perth, the alleged shadow Minister for Planning, shows his ignorance of the process and the fact that the continued presence of the old Entertainment Centre, which served Perth well from 1974 to 2002, is a major impediment to the development of the Perth City Link project, the sinking of the rail line and the sinking of the bus station, and that it is necessary for the Entertainment Centre to be demolished. The land is owned by Seven West Media and I am very pleased that there has been strong cooperation between Seven West Media and the state government, through the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and the Public Transport Authority, in the development of this area, a major part of which is removing the Entertainment Centre. Most people in Western Australia get that. If the member for Perth needs an additional briefing, I am very happy to provide it. What will be provided at the end of this process, which will take a number of years, will be housing for 3 000 people, employment opportunities for 13 500 people, commercial space of 240 000 square metres and, most importantly, the reuniting of the Northbridge area and the Perth CBD, and the creation of a very vibrant and active series of public spaces for the people of Perth and Western Australia to make much better use of their capital city.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.H.D. DAY : This is a very significant project in the regeneration of the City of Perth. Mr J.N. Hyde : Private sector land has nothing to do with you. The previous Labor government — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Hopefully, people to my left expect to ask another question at this point. I suggest to everybody in this place that if they want another question they should observe a little more silence. It is a plea from me. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The incredible thing about the member for Perth is that he is the only member that I have ever known to complain when a government spends large amounts of public funding in his electorate! The member for Perth continually complains about the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by the state government — Mr J.N. Hyde : You are not spending a cent on the Entertainment Centre, but you want to take the credit. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member for Perth, the alleged shadow Minister for Planning, shows his ignorance of the process and the fact that the continued presence of the old Entertainment Centre, which served Perth well from 1974 to 2002, is a major impediment to the development of the Perth City Link project, the sinking of the rail line and the sinking of the bus station, and that it is necessary for the Entertainment Centre to be demolished. The land is owned by Seven West Media and I am very pleased that there has been strong cooperation between Seven West Media and the state government, through the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and the Public Transport Authority, in the development of this area, a major part of which is removing the Entertainment Centre. Most people in Western Australia get that. If the member for Perth needs an additional briefing, I am very happy to provide it. What will be provided at the end of this process, which will take a number of years, will be housing for 3 000 people, employment opportunities for 13 500 people, commercial space of 240 000 square metres and, most importantly, the reuniting of the Northbridge area and the Perth CBD, and the creation of a very vibrant and active series of public spaces for the people of Perth and Western Australia to make much better use of their capital city.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.H.D. DAY : This is a very significant project in the regeneration of the City of Perth. Mr J.N. Hyde : Private sector land has nothing to do with you. The previous Labor government — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Hopefully, people to my left expect to ask another question at this point. I suggest to everybody in this place that if they want another question they should observe a little more silence. It is a plea from me. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The incredible thing about the member for Perth is that he is the only member that I have ever known to complain when a government spends large amounts of public funding in his electorate! The member for Perth continually complains about the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by the state government — Mr J.N. Hyde : You are not spending a cent on the Entertainment Centre, but you want to take the credit. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member for Perth, the alleged shadow Minister for Planning, shows his ignorance of the process and the fact that the continued presence of the old Entertainment Centre, which served Perth well from 1974 to 2002, is a major impediment to the development of the Perth City Link project, the sinking of the rail line and the sinking of the bus station, and that it is necessary for the Entertainment Centre to be demolished. The land is owned by Seven West Media and I am very pleased that there has been strong cooperation between Seven West Media and the state government, through the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and the Public Transport Authority, in the development of this area, a major part of which is removing the Entertainment Centre. Most people in Western Australia get that. If the member for Perth needs an additional briefing, I am very happy to provide it. What will be provided at the end of this process, which will take a number of years, will be housing for 3 000 people, employment opportunities for 13 500 people, commercial space of 240 000 square metres and, most importantly, the reuniting of the Northbridge area and the Perth CBD, and the creation of a very vibrant and active series of public spaces for the people of Perth and Western Australia to make much better use of their capital city.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : This is a very significant project in the regeneration of the City of Perth. Mr J.N. Hyde : Private sector land has nothing to do with you. The previous Labor government — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Hopefully, people to my left expect to ask another question at this point. I suggest to everybody in this place that if they want another question they should observe a little more silence. It is a plea from me. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The incredible thing about the member for Perth is that he is the only member that I have ever known to complain when a government spends large amounts of public funding in his electorate! The member for Perth continually complains about the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by the state government — Mr J.N. Hyde : You are not spending a cent on the Entertainment Centre, but you want to take the credit. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member for Perth, the alleged shadow Minister for Planning, shows his ignorance of the process and the fact that the continued presence of the old Entertainment Centre, which served Perth well from 1974 to 2002, is a major impediment to the development of the Perth City Link project, the sinking of the rail line and the sinking of the bus station, and that it is necessary for the Entertainment Centre to be demolished. The land is owned by Seven West Media and I am very pleased that there has been strong cooperation between Seven West Media and the state government, through the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and the Public Transport Authority, in the development of this area, a major part of which is removing the Entertainment Centre. Most people in Western Australia get that. If the member for Perth needs an additional briefing, I am very happy to provide it. What will be provided at the end of this process, which will take a number of years, will be housing for 3 000 people, employment opportunities for 13 500 people, commercial space of 240 000 square metres and, most importantly, the reuniting of the Northbridge area and the Perth CBD, and the creation of a very vibrant and active series of public spaces for the people of Perth and Western Australia to make much better use of their capital city.
Mr J.N. Hyde : Private sector land has nothing to do with you. The previous Labor government — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Hopefully, people to my left expect to ask another question at this point. I suggest to everybody in this place that if they want another question they should observe a little more silence. It is a plea from me. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The incredible thing about the member for Perth is that he is the only member that I have ever known to complain when a government spends large amounts of public funding in his electorate! The member for Perth continually complains about the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by the state government — Mr J.N. Hyde : You are not spending a cent on the Entertainment Centre, but you want to take the credit. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member for Perth, the alleged shadow Minister for Planning, shows his ignorance of the process and the fact that the continued presence of the old Entertainment Centre, which served Perth well from 1974 to 2002, is a major impediment to the development of the Perth City Link project, the sinking of the rail line and the sinking of the bus station, and that it is necessary for the Entertainment Centre to be demolished. The land is owned by Seven West Media and I am very pleased that there has been strong cooperation between Seven West Media and the state government, through the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and the Public Transport Authority, in the development of this area, a major part of which is removing the Entertainment Centre. Most people in Western Australia get that. If the member for Perth needs an additional briefing, I am very happy to provide it. What will be provided at the end of this process, which will take a number of years, will be housing for 3 000 people, employment opportunities for 13 500 people, commercial space of 240 000 square metres and, most importantly, the reuniting of the Northbridge area and the Perth CBD, and the creation of a very vibrant and active series of public spaces for the people of Perth and Western Australia to make much better use of their capital city.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Hopefully, people to my left expect to ask another question at this point. I suggest to everybody in this place that if they want another question they should observe a little more silence. It is a plea from me. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The incredible thing about the member for Perth is that he is the only member that I have ever known to complain when a government spends large amounts of public funding in his electorate! The member for Perth continually complains about the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by the state government — Mr J.N. Hyde : You are not spending a cent on the Entertainment Centre, but you want to take the credit. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member for Perth, the alleged shadow Minister for Planning, shows his ignorance of the process and the fact that the continued presence of the old Entertainment Centre, which served Perth well from 1974 to 2002, is a major impediment to the development of the Perth City Link project, the sinking of the rail line and the sinking of the bus station, and that it is necessary for the Entertainment Centre to be demolished. The land is owned by Seven West Media and I am very pleased that there has been strong cooperation between Seven West Media and the state government, through the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and the Public Transport Authority, in the development of this area, a major part of which is removing the Entertainment Centre. Most people in Western Australia get that. If the member for Perth needs an additional briefing, I am very happy to provide it. What will be provided at the end of this process, which will take a number of years, will be housing for 3 000 people, employment opportunities for 13 500 people, commercial space of 240 000 square metres and, most importantly, the reuniting of the Northbridge area and the Perth CBD, and the creation of a very vibrant and active series of public spaces for the people of Perth and Western Australia to make much better use of their capital city.
The SPEAKER : Hopefully, people to my left expect to ask another question at this point. I suggest to everybody in this place that if they want another question they should observe a little more silence. It is a plea from me. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The incredible thing about the member for Perth is that he is the only member that I have ever known to complain when a government spends large amounts of public funding in his electorate! The member for Perth continually complains about the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by the state government — Mr J.N. Hyde : You are not spending a cent on the Entertainment Centre, but you want to take the credit. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member for Perth, the alleged shadow Minister for Planning, shows his ignorance of the process and the fact that the continued presence of the old Entertainment Centre, which served Perth well from 1974 to 2002, is a major impediment to the development of the Perth City Link project, the sinking of the rail line and the sinking of the bus station, and that it is necessary for the Entertainment Centre to be demolished. The land is owned by Seven West Media and I am very pleased that there has been strong cooperation between Seven West Media and the state government, through the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and the Public Transport Authority, in the development of this area, a major part of which is removing the Entertainment Centre. Most people in Western Australia get that. If the member for Perth needs an additional briefing, I am very happy to provide it. What will be provided at the end of this process, which will take a number of years, will be housing for 3 000 people, employment opportunities for 13 500 people, commercial space of 240 000 square metres and, most importantly, the reuniting of the Northbridge area and the Perth CBD, and the creation of a very vibrant and active series of public spaces for the people of Perth and Western Australia to make much better use of their capital city.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : The incredible thing about the member for Perth is that he is the only member that I have ever known to complain when a government spends large amounts of public funding in his electorate! The member for Perth continually complains about the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by the state government — Mr J.N. Hyde : You are not spending a cent on the Entertainment Centre, but you want to take the credit. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member for Perth, the alleged shadow Minister for Planning, shows his ignorance of the process and the fact that the continued presence of the old Entertainment Centre, which served Perth well from 1974 to 2002, is a major impediment to the development of the Perth City Link project, the sinking of the rail line and the sinking of the bus station, and that it is necessary for the Entertainment Centre to be demolished. The land is owned by Seven West Media and I am very pleased that there has been strong cooperation between Seven West Media and the state government, through the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and the Public Transport Authority, in the development of this area, a major part of which is removing the Entertainment Centre. Most people in Western Australia get that. If the member for Perth needs an additional briefing, I am very happy to provide it. What will be provided at the end of this process, which will take a number of years, will be housing for 3 000 people, employment opportunities for 13 500 people, commercial space of 240 000 square metres and, most importantly, the reuniting of the Northbridge area and the Perth CBD, and the creation of a very vibrant and active series of public spaces for the people of Perth and Western Australia to make much better use of their capital city.
Mr J.N. Hyde : You are not spending a cent on the Entertainment Centre, but you want to take the credit. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member for Perth, the alleged shadow Minister for Planning, shows his ignorance of the process and the fact that the continued presence of the old Entertainment Centre, which served Perth well from 1974 to 2002, is a major impediment to the development of the Perth City Link project, the sinking of the rail line and the sinking of the bus station, and that it is necessary for the Entertainment Centre to be demolished. The land is owned by Seven West Media and I am very pleased that there has been strong cooperation between Seven West Media and the state government, through the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and the Public Transport Authority, in the development of this area, a major part of which is removing the Entertainment Centre. Most people in Western Australia get that. If the member for Perth needs an additional briefing, I am very happy to provide it. What will be provided at the end of this process, which will take a number of years, will be housing for 3 000 people, employment opportunities for 13 500 people, commercial space of 240 000 square metres and, most importantly, the reuniting of the Northbridge area and the Perth CBD, and the creation of a very vibrant and active series of public spaces for the people of Perth and Western Australia to make much better use of their capital city.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member for Perth, the alleged shadow Minister for Planning, shows his ignorance of the process and the fact that the continued presence of the old Entertainment Centre, which served Perth well from 1974 to 2002, is a major impediment to the development of the Perth City Link project, the sinking of the rail line and the sinking of the bus station, and that it is necessary for the Entertainment Centre to be demolished. The land is owned by Seven West Media and I am very pleased that there has been strong cooperation between Seven West Media and the state government, through the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and the Public Transport Authority, in the development of this area, a major part of which is removing the Entertainment Centre. Most people in Western Australia get that. If the member for Perth needs an additional briefing, I am very happy to provide it. What will be provided at the end of this process, which will take a number of years, will be housing for 3 000 people, employment opportunities for 13 500 people, commercial space of 240 000 square metres and, most importantly, the reuniting of the Northbridge area and the Perth CBD, and the creation of a very vibrant and active series of public spaces for the people of Perth and Western Australia to make much better use of their capital city.
Mr J.H.D. DAY replied: I am very happy to do so. I was particularly pleased to attend a small event at the Perth Entertainment Centre a week ago with the Premier, the Chairman of Seven West Media, as the company is now known, Kerry Stokes, and Peter Gammell, also from Seven West Media. I was particularly pleased to witness the expertise of the Premier with a sledgehammer! Mr C.J. Barnett : I need it! Mr J.H.D. DAY : He was certainly very adept and I must say that at the end of the process the condition of the wall very much resembled the appearance of the opposition most of the time! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.H.D. DAY : This is a very significant project in the regeneration of the City of Perth. Mr J.N. Hyde : Private sector land has nothing to do with you. The previous Labor government — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Hopefully, people to my left expect to ask another question at this point. I suggest to everybody in this place that if they want another question they should observe a little more silence. It is a plea from me. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The incredible thing about the member for Perth is that he is the only member that I have ever known to complain when a government spends large amounts of public funding in his electorate! The member for Perth continually complains about the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by the state government — Mr J.N. Hyde : You are not spending a cent on the Entertainment Centre, but you want to take the credit. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member for Perth, the alleged shadow Minister for Planning, shows his ignorance of the process and the fact that the continued presence of the old Entertainment Centre, which served Perth well from 1974 to 2002, is a major impediment to the development of the Perth City Link project, the sinking of the rail line and the sinking of the bus station, and that it is necessary for the Entertainment Centre to be demolished. The land is owned by Seven West Media and I am very pleased that there has been strong cooperation between Seven West Media and the state government, through the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and the Public Transport Authority, in the development of this area, a major part of which is removing the Entertainment Centre. Most people in Western Australia get that. If the member for Perth needs an additional briefing, I am very happy to provide it. What will be provided at the end of this process, which will take a number of years, will be housing for 3 000 people, employment opportunities for 13 500 people, commercial space of 240 000 square metres and, most importantly, the reuniting of the Northbridge area and the Perth CBD, and the creation of a very vibrant and active series of public spaces for the people of Perth and Western Australia to make much better use of their capital city.
I am very happy to do so. I was particularly pleased to attend a small event at the Perth Entertainment Centre a week ago with the Premier, the Chairman of Seven West Media, as the company is now known, Kerry Stokes, and Peter Gammell, also from Seven West Media. I was particularly pleased to witness the expertise of the Premier with a sledgehammer! Mr C.J. Barnett : I need it! Mr J.H.D. DAY : He was certainly very adept and I must say that at the end of the process the condition of the wall very much resembled the appearance of the opposition most of the time! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.H.D. DAY : This is a very significant project in the regeneration of the City of Perth. Mr J.N. Hyde : Private sector land has nothing to do with you. The previous Labor government — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Hopefully, people to my left expect to ask another question at this point. I suggest to everybody in this place that if they want another question they should observe a little more silence. It is a plea from me. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The incredible thing about the member for Perth is that he is the only member that I have ever known to complain when a government spends large amounts of public funding in his electorate! The member for Perth continually complains about the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by the state government — Mr J.N. Hyde : You are not spending a cent on the Entertainment Centre, but you want to take the credit. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member for Perth, the alleged shadow Minister for Planning, shows his ignorance of the process and the fact that the continued presence of the old Entertainment Centre, which served Perth well from 1974 to 2002, is a major impediment to the development of the Perth City Link project, the sinking of the rail line and the sinking of the bus station, and that it is necessary for the Entertainment Centre to be demolished. The land is owned by Seven West Media and I am very pleased that there has been strong cooperation between Seven West Media and the state government, through the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and the Public Transport Authority, in the development of this area, a major part of which is removing the Entertainment Centre. Most people in Western Australia get that. If the member for Perth needs an additional briefing, I am very happy to provide it. What will be provided at the end of this process, which will take a number of years, will be housing for 3 000 people, employment opportunities for 13 500 people, commercial space of 240 000 square metres and, most importantly, the reuniting of the Northbridge area and the Perth CBD, and the creation of a very vibrant and active series of public spaces for the people of Perth and Western Australia to make much better use of their capital city.
Mr C.J. Barnett : I need it! Mr J.H.D. DAY : He was certainly very adept and I must say that at the end of the process the condition of the wall very much resembled the appearance of the opposition most of the time! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.H.D. DAY : This is a very significant project in the regeneration of the City of Perth. Mr J.N. Hyde : Private sector land has nothing to do with you. The previous Labor government — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Hopefully, people to my left expect to ask another question at this point. I suggest to everybody in this place that if they want another question they should observe a little more silence. It is a plea from me. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The incredible thing about the member for Perth is that he is the only member that I have ever known to complain when a government spends large amounts of public funding in his electorate! The member for Perth continually complains about the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by the state government — Mr J.N. Hyde : You are not spending a cent on the Entertainment Centre, but you want to take the credit. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member for Perth, the alleged shadow Minister for Planning, shows his ignorance of the process and the fact that the continued presence of the old Entertainment Centre, which served Perth well from 1974 to 2002, is a major impediment to the development of the Perth City Link project, the sinking of the rail line and the sinking of the bus station, and that it is necessary for the Entertainment Centre to be demolished. The land is owned by Seven West Media and I am very pleased that there has been strong cooperation between Seven West Media and the state government, through the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and the Public Transport Authority, in the development of this area, a major part of which is removing the Entertainment Centre. Most people in Western Australia get that. If the member for Perth needs an additional briefing, I am very happy to provide it. What will be provided at the end of this process, which will take a number of years, will be housing for 3 000 people, employment opportunities for 13 500 people, commercial space of 240 000 square metres and, most importantly, the reuniting of the Northbridge area and the Perth CBD, and the creation of a very vibrant and active series of public spaces for the people of Perth and Western Australia to make much better use of their capital city.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : He was certainly very adept and I must say that at the end of the process the condition of the wall very much resembled the appearance of the opposition most of the time! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.H.D. DAY : This is a very significant project in the regeneration of the City of Perth. Mr J.N. Hyde : Private sector land has nothing to do with you. The previous Labor government — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Hopefully, people to my left expect to ask another question at this point. I suggest to everybody in this place that if they want another question they should observe a little more silence. It is a plea from me. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The incredible thing about the member for Perth is that he is the only member that I have ever known to complain when a government spends large amounts of public funding in his electorate! The member for Perth continually complains about the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by the state government — Mr J.N. Hyde : You are not spending a cent on the Entertainment Centre, but you want to take the credit. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member for Perth, the alleged shadow Minister for Planning, shows his ignorance of the process and the fact that the continued presence of the old Entertainment Centre, which served Perth well from 1974 to 2002, is a major impediment to the development of the Perth City Link project, the sinking of the rail line and the sinking of the bus station, and that it is necessary for the Entertainment Centre to be demolished. The land is owned by Seven West Media and I am very pleased that there has been strong cooperation between Seven West Media and the state government, through the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and the Public Transport Authority, in the development of this area, a major part of which is removing the Entertainment Centre. Most people in Western Australia get that. If the member for Perth needs an additional briefing, I am very happy to provide it. What will be provided at the end of this process, which will take a number of years, will be housing for 3 000 people, employment opportunities for 13 500 people, commercial space of 240 000 square metres and, most importantly, the reuniting of the Northbridge area and the Perth CBD, and the creation of a very vibrant and active series of public spaces for the people of Perth and Western Australia to make much better use of their capital city.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.H.D. DAY : This is a very significant project in the regeneration of the City of Perth. Mr J.N. Hyde : Private sector land has nothing to do with you. The previous Labor government — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Hopefully, people to my left expect to ask another question at this point. I suggest to everybody in this place that if they want another question they should observe a little more silence. It is a plea from me. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The incredible thing about the member for Perth is that he is the only member that I have ever known to complain when a government spends large amounts of public funding in his electorate! The member for Perth continually complains about the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by the state government — Mr J.N. Hyde : You are not spending a cent on the Entertainment Centre, but you want to take the credit. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member for Perth, the alleged shadow Minister for Planning, shows his ignorance of the process and the fact that the continued presence of the old Entertainment Centre, which served Perth well from 1974 to 2002, is a major impediment to the development of the Perth City Link project, the sinking of the rail line and the sinking of the bus station, and that it is necessary for the Entertainment Centre to be demolished. The land is owned by Seven West Media and I am very pleased that there has been strong cooperation between Seven West Media and the state government, through the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and the Public Transport Authority, in the development of this area, a major part of which is removing the Entertainment Centre. Most people in Western Australia get that. If the member for Perth needs an additional briefing, I am very happy to provide it. What will be provided at the end of this process, which will take a number of years, will be housing for 3 000 people, employment opportunities for 13 500 people, commercial space of 240 000 square metres and, most importantly, the reuniting of the Northbridge area and the Perth CBD, and the creation of a very vibrant and active series of public spaces for the people of Perth and Western Australia to make much better use of their capital city.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.H.D. DAY : This is a very significant project in the regeneration of the City of Perth. Mr J.N. Hyde : Private sector land has nothing to do with you. The previous Labor government — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Hopefully, people to my left expect to ask another question at this point. I suggest to everybody in this place that if they want another question they should observe a little more silence. It is a plea from me. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The incredible thing about the member for Perth is that he is the only member that I have ever known to complain when a government spends large amounts of public funding in his electorate! The member for Perth continually complains about the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by the state government — Mr J.N. Hyde : You are not spending a cent on the Entertainment Centre, but you want to take the credit. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member for Perth, the alleged shadow Minister for Planning, shows his ignorance of the process and the fact that the continued presence of the old Entertainment Centre, which served Perth well from 1974 to 2002, is a major impediment to the development of the Perth City Link project, the sinking of the rail line and the sinking of the bus station, and that it is necessary for the Entertainment Centre to be demolished. The land is owned by Seven West Media and I am very pleased that there has been strong cooperation between Seven West Media and the state government, through the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and the Public Transport Authority, in the development of this area, a major part of which is removing the Entertainment Centre. Most people in Western Australia get that. If the member for Perth needs an additional briefing, I am very happy to provide it. What will be provided at the end of this process, which will take a number of years, will be housing for 3 000 people, employment opportunities for 13 500 people, commercial space of 240 000 square metres and, most importantly, the reuniting of the Northbridge area and the Perth CBD, and the creation of a very vibrant and active series of public spaces for the people of Perth and Western Australia to make much better use of their capital city.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : This is a very significant project in the regeneration of the City of Perth. Mr J.N. Hyde : Private sector land has nothing to do with you. The previous Labor government — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Hopefully, people to my left expect to ask another question at this point. I suggest to everybody in this place that if they want another question they should observe a little more silence. It is a plea from me. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The incredible thing about the member for Perth is that he is the only member that I have ever known to complain when a government spends large amounts of public funding in his electorate! The member for Perth continually complains about the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by the state government — Mr J.N. Hyde : You are not spending a cent on the Entertainment Centre, but you want to take the credit. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member for Perth, the alleged shadow Minister for Planning, shows his ignorance of the process and the fact that the continued presence of the old Entertainment Centre, which served Perth well from 1974 to 2002, is a major impediment to the development of the Perth City Link project, the sinking of the rail line and the sinking of the bus station, and that it is necessary for the Entertainment Centre to be demolished. The land is owned by Seven West Media and I am very pleased that there has been strong cooperation between Seven West Media and the state government, through the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and the Public Transport Authority, in the development of this area, a major part of which is removing the Entertainment Centre. Most people in Western Australia get that. If the member for Perth needs an additional briefing, I am very happy to provide it. What will be provided at the end of this process, which will take a number of years, will be housing for 3 000 people, employment opportunities for 13 500 people, commercial space of 240 000 square metres and, most importantly, the reuniting of the Northbridge area and the Perth CBD, and the creation of a very vibrant and active series of public spaces for the people of Perth and Western Australia to make much better use of their capital city.
Mr J.N. Hyde : Private sector land has nothing to do with you. The previous Labor government — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Hopefully, people to my left expect to ask another question at this point. I suggest to everybody in this place that if they want another question they should observe a little more silence. It is a plea from me. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The incredible thing about the member for Perth is that he is the only member that I have ever known to complain when a government spends large amounts of public funding in his electorate! The member for Perth continually complains about the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by the state government — Mr J.N. Hyde : You are not spending a cent on the Entertainment Centre, but you want to take the credit. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member for Perth, the alleged shadow Minister for Planning, shows his ignorance of the process and the fact that the continued presence of the old Entertainment Centre, which served Perth well from 1974 to 2002, is a major impediment to the development of the Perth City Link project, the sinking of the rail line and the sinking of the bus station, and that it is necessary for the Entertainment Centre to be demolished. The land is owned by Seven West Media and I am very pleased that there has been strong cooperation between Seven West Media and the state government, through the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and the Public Transport Authority, in the development of this area, a major part of which is removing the Entertainment Centre. Most people in Western Australia get that. If the member for Perth needs an additional briefing, I am very happy to provide it. What will be provided at the end of this process, which will take a number of years, will be housing for 3 000 people, employment opportunities for 13 500 people, commercial space of 240 000 square metres and, most importantly, the reuniting of the Northbridge area and the Perth CBD, and the creation of a very vibrant and active series of public spaces for the people of Perth and Western Australia to make much better use of their capital city.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Hopefully, people to my left expect to ask another question at this point. I suggest to everybody in this place that if they want another question they should observe a little more silence. It is a plea from me. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The incredible thing about the member for Perth is that he is the only member that I have ever known to complain when a government spends large amounts of public funding in his electorate! The member for Perth continually complains about the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by the state government — Mr J.N. Hyde : You are not spending a cent on the Entertainment Centre, but you want to take the credit. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member for Perth, the alleged shadow Minister for Planning, shows his ignorance of the process and the fact that the continued presence of the old Entertainment Centre, which served Perth well from 1974 to 2002, is a major impediment to the development of the Perth City Link project, the sinking of the rail line and the sinking of the bus station, and that it is necessary for the Entertainment Centre to be demolished. The land is owned by Seven West Media and I am very pleased that there has been strong cooperation between Seven West Media and the state government, through the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and the Public Transport Authority, in the development of this area, a major part of which is removing the Entertainment Centre. Most people in Western Australia get that. If the member for Perth needs an additional briefing, I am very happy to provide it. What will be provided at the end of this process, which will take a number of years, will be housing for 3 000 people, employment opportunities for 13 500 people, commercial space of 240 000 square metres and, most importantly, the reuniting of the Northbridge area and the Perth CBD, and the creation of a very vibrant and active series of public spaces for the people of Perth and Western Australia to make much better use of their capital city.
The SPEAKER : Hopefully, people to my left expect to ask another question at this point. I suggest to everybody in this place that if they want another question they should observe a little more silence. It is a plea from me. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The incredible thing about the member for Perth is that he is the only member that I have ever known to complain when a government spends large amounts of public funding in his electorate! The member for Perth continually complains about the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by the state government — Mr J.N. Hyde : You are not spending a cent on the Entertainment Centre, but you want to take the credit. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member for Perth, the alleged shadow Minister for Planning, shows his ignorance of the process and the fact that the continued presence of the old Entertainment Centre, which served Perth well from 1974 to 2002, is a major impediment to the development of the Perth City Link project, the sinking of the rail line and the sinking of the bus station, and that it is necessary for the Entertainment Centre to be demolished. The land is owned by Seven West Media and I am very pleased that there has been strong cooperation between Seven West Media and the state government, through the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and the Public Transport Authority, in the development of this area, a major part of which is removing the Entertainment Centre. Most people in Western Australia get that. If the member for Perth needs an additional briefing, I am very happy to provide it. What will be provided at the end of this process, which will take a number of years, will be housing for 3 000 people, employment opportunities for 13 500 people, commercial space of 240 000 square metres and, most importantly, the reuniting of the Northbridge area and the Perth CBD, and the creation of a very vibrant and active series of public spaces for the people of Perth and Western Australia to make much better use of their capital city.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : The incredible thing about the member for Perth is that he is the only member that I have ever known to complain when a government spends large amounts of public funding in his electorate! The member for Perth continually complains about the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by the state government — Mr J.N. Hyde : You are not spending a cent on the Entertainment Centre, but you want to take the credit. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member for Perth, the alleged shadow Minister for Planning, shows his ignorance of the process and the fact that the continued presence of the old Entertainment Centre, which served Perth well from 1974 to 2002, is a major impediment to the development of the Perth City Link project, the sinking of the rail line and the sinking of the bus station, and that it is necessary for the Entertainment Centre to be demolished. The land is owned by Seven West Media and I am very pleased that there has been strong cooperation between Seven West Media and the state government, through the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and the Public Transport Authority, in the development of this area, a major part of which is removing the Entertainment Centre. Most people in Western Australia get that. If the member for Perth needs an additional briefing, I am very happy to provide it. What will be provided at the end of this process, which will take a number of years, will be housing for 3 000 people, employment opportunities for 13 500 people, commercial space of 240 000 square metres and, most importantly, the reuniting of the Northbridge area and the Perth CBD, and the creation of a very vibrant and active series of public spaces for the people of Perth and Western Australia to make much better use of their capital city.
Mr J.N. Hyde : You are not spending a cent on the Entertainment Centre, but you want to take the credit. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member for Perth, the alleged shadow Minister for Planning, shows his ignorance of the process and the fact that the continued presence of the old Entertainment Centre, which served Perth well from 1974 to 2002, is a major impediment to the development of the Perth City Link project, the sinking of the rail line and the sinking of the bus station, and that it is necessary for the Entertainment Centre to be demolished. The land is owned by Seven West Media and I am very pleased that there has been strong cooperation between Seven West Media and the state government, through the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and the Public Transport Authority, in the development of this area, a major part of which is removing the Entertainment Centre. Most people in Western Australia get that. If the member for Perth needs an additional briefing, I am very happy to provide it. What will be provided at the end of this process, which will take a number of years, will be housing for 3 000 people, employment opportunities for 13 500 people, commercial space of 240 000 square metres and, most importantly, the reuniting of the Northbridge area and the Perth CBD, and the creation of a very vibrant and active series of public spaces for the people of Perth and Western Australia to make much better use of their capital city.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member for Perth, the alleged shadow Minister for Planning, shows his ignorance of the process and the fact that the continued presence of the old Entertainment Centre, which served Perth well from 1974 to 2002, is a major impediment to the development of the Perth City Link project, the sinking of the rail line and the sinking of the bus station, and that it is necessary for the Entertainment Centre to be demolished. The land is owned by Seven West Media and I am very pleased that there has been strong cooperation between Seven West Media and the state government, through the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and the Public Transport Authority, in the development of this area, a major part of which is removing the Entertainment Centre. Most people in Western Australia get that. If the member for Perth needs an additional briefing, I am very happy to provide it. What will be provided at the end of this process, which will take a number of years, will be housing for 3 000 people, employment opportunities for 13 500 people, commercial space of 240 000 square metres and, most importantly, the reuniting of the Northbridge area and the Perth CBD, and the creation of a very vibrant and active series of public spaces for the people of Perth and Western Australia to make much better use of their capital city.
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