❓ Ms. Brewer questions the Premier on the accuracy of the Perth Park business case, specifically regarding the consistent accounting of inflation on costs. The Premier avoids directly answering, instead highlighting the project's broader benefits and criticising the previous Liberal government's stadium development.
AnsweredQoN 696Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
Perth Park—Business case
696. Ms Sandra Brewer to
the Premier:
I have a
supplementary question. How much is the benefit–cost ratio overstated
by failing to consistently account for inflation on the quantified costs, as
should have been done?
696. Ms Sandra Brewer to
the Premier:
I have a
supplementary question. How much is the benefit–cost ratio overstated
by failing to consistently account for inflation on the quantified costs, as
should have been done?
AnswerView source ↗
One thing that we
did not put in the business case is the important exposure this project will
provide to Western Australia, and Perth in particular, in relation to a whole
range of things—
Mr Lachlan Hunter interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Central Wheatbelt!
Mr Roger Cook: —such as community event
enhancement—
Mr Lachlan Hunter interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Central Wheatbelt, I am
calling you for the second time.
Mr Roger Cook: —media and brand exposure;
safety and connectivity enhancement; indirect economic benefits, such as
employment opportunities—
Mr Adam Hort interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Kalamunda!
Mr Roger Cook: —and social benefits, such as
increased sport participation. When we have a vision—
Mr Lachlan Hunter interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Central Wheatbelt, I remind you
that you are now on two calls.
Mr Roger Cook: When we have a vision around
diversifying the Western Australian economy, creating great-quality jobs,
ensuring that tourism is one of our pillars of that diversification and keeping
Western Australia the strongest economy in the country, we will occasionally
find people who will disagree with us, but we know that this is an important
project because we have done the designs, the consultation and the business
case—something that the Liberal government never did when developing
the multibillion-dollar Optus Stadium.
did not put in the business case is the important exposure this project will
provide to Western Australia, and Perth in particular, in relation to a whole
range of things—
Mr Lachlan Hunter interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Central Wheatbelt!
Mr Roger Cook: —such as community event
enhancement—
Mr Lachlan Hunter interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Central Wheatbelt, I am
calling you for the second time.
Mr Roger Cook: —media and brand exposure;
safety and connectivity enhancement; indirect economic benefits, such as
employment opportunities—
Mr Adam Hort interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Kalamunda!
Mr Roger Cook: —and social benefits, such as
increased sport participation. When we have a vision—
Mr Lachlan Hunter interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Central Wheatbelt, I remind you
that you are now on two calls.
Mr Roger Cook: When we have a vision around
diversifying the Western Australian economy, creating great-quality jobs,
ensuring that tourism is one of our pillars of that diversification and keeping
Western Australia the strongest economy in the country, we will occasionally
find people who will disagree with us, but we know that this is an important
project because we have done the designs, the consultation and the business
case—something that the Liberal government never did when developing
the multibillion-dollar Optus Stadium.
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