❓ The WA Government acknowledges the importance of the WA Museum and commits to addressing the inadequacies of the Francis Street building, blaming the previous government for inaction and outlining plans for a long-term solution and relocation.
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(1) Will the Government recognise and support the intrinsic value of the Western Australian Museum’s research programs in partnership with communities and industry by providing modern facilities in a publicly accessible place that will enable their continuity and growth? (2) Will the Government commit to providing world-class facilities that maintain and enhance the easy access of the public to museum educators, academics and collections at the Perth Cultural Centre, in accordance with modern museum philosophy and sustainability principles? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) The failure of the previous Government to deal with the inadequacy of the Francis Street building through occupational health and safety issues, building limitations, and the expansion of the Western Australian Museum on its Perth site has meant that the Gallop Government has been faced with an immediate short-term problem to deal with the Francis Street building. In addressing the immediate needs of the Western Australian Museum, the Government recognises the importance of the museum to our society and acknowledges the need to develop a long-term plan for the museum. In doing so, the Minister for Culture and the Arts established a ministerial steering committee to consider the future of the Francis Street building. The work of the ministerial steering committee will be informed by the work currently being undertaken by a number of planning committees involving all relevant stakeholders, including the Department of Culture and the Arts. These committees will develop a plan that will be cognisant of all planning relating to Perth, including the Perth Cultural Centre and the southern rail project. In the interim, the ministerial steering committee is addressing the priority to relocate the functions currently being undertaken in the Francis Street building.
(2) Will the Government commit to providing world-class facilities that maintain and enhance the easy access of the public to museum educators, academics and collections at the Perth Cultural Centre, in accordance with modern museum philosophy and sustainability principles? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) The failure of the previous Government to deal with the inadequacy of the Francis Street building through occupational health and safety issues, building limitations, and the expansion of the Western Australian Museum on its Perth site has meant that the Gallop Government has been faced with an immediate short-term problem to deal with the Francis Street building. In addressing the immediate needs of the Western Australian Museum, the Government recognises the importance of the museum to our society and acknowledges the need to develop a long-term plan for the museum. In doing so, the Minister for Culture and the Arts established a ministerial steering committee to consider the future of the Francis Street building. The work of the ministerial steering committee will be informed by the work currently being undertaken by a number of planning committees involving all relevant stakeholders, including the Department of Culture and the Arts. These committees will develop a plan that will be cognisant of all planning relating to Perth, including the Perth Cultural Centre and the southern rail project. In the interim, the ministerial steering committee is addressing the priority to relocate the functions currently being undertaken in the Francis Street building.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) The failure of the previous Government to deal with the inadequacy of the Francis Street building through occupational health and safety issues, building limitations, and the expansion of the Western Australian Museum on its Perth site has meant that the Gallop Government has been faced with an immediate short-term problem to deal with the Francis Street building. In addressing the immediate needs of the Western Australian Museum, the Government recognises the importance of the museum to our society and acknowledges the need to develop a long-term plan for the museum. In doing so, the Minister for Culture and the Arts established a ministerial steering committee to consider the future of the Francis Street building. The work of the ministerial steering committee will be informed by the work currently being undertaken by a number of planning committees involving all relevant stakeholders, including the Department of Culture and the Arts. These committees will develop a plan that will be cognisant of all planning relating to Perth, including the Perth Cultural Centre and the southern rail project. In the interim, the ministerial steering committee is addressing the priority to relocate the functions currently being undertaken in the Francis Street building.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) The failure of the previous Government to deal with the inadequacy of the Francis Street building through occupational health and safety issues, building limitations, and the expansion of the Western Australian Museum on its Perth site has meant that the Gallop Government has been faced with an immediate short-term problem to deal with the Francis Street building. In addressing the immediate needs of the Western Australian Museum, the Government recognises the importance of the museum to our society and acknowledges the need to develop a long-term plan for the museum. In doing so, the Minister for Culture and the Arts established a ministerial steering committee to consider the future of the Francis Street building. The work of the ministerial steering committee will be informed by the work currently being undertaken by a number of planning committees involving all relevant stakeholders, including the Department of Culture and the Arts. These committees will develop a plan that will be cognisant of all planning relating to Perth, including the Perth Cultural Centre and the southern rail project. In the interim, the ministerial steering committee is addressing the priority to relocate the functions currently being undertaken in the Francis Street building.
(1) Yes. (2) The failure of the previous Government to deal with the inadequacy of the Francis Street building through occupational health and safety issues, building limitations, and the expansion of the Western Australian Museum on its Perth site has meant that the Gallop Government has been faced with an immediate short-term problem to deal with the Francis Street building. In addressing the immediate needs of the Western Australian Museum, the Government recognises the importance of the museum to our society and acknowledges the need to develop a long-term plan for the museum. In doing so, the Minister for Culture and the Arts established a ministerial steering committee to consider the future of the Francis Street building. The work of the ministerial steering committee will be informed by the work currently being undertaken by a number of planning committees involving all relevant stakeholders, including the Department of Culture and the Arts. These committees will develop a plan that will be cognisant of all planning relating to Perth, including the Perth Cultural Centre and the southern rail project. In the interim, the ministerial steering committee is addressing the priority to relocate the functions currently being undertaken in the Francis Street building.
(2) The failure of the previous Government to deal with the inadequacy of the Francis Street building through occupational health and safety issues, building limitations, and the expansion of the Western Australian Museum on its Perth site has meant that the Gallop Government has been faced with an immediate short-term problem to deal with the Francis Street building. In addressing the immediate needs of the Western Australian Museum, the Government recognises the importance of the museum to our society and acknowledges the need to develop a long-term plan for the museum. In doing so, the Minister for Culture and the Arts established a ministerial steering committee to consider the future of the Francis Street building. The work of the ministerial steering committee will be informed by the work currently being undertaken by a number of planning committees involving all relevant stakeholders, including the Department of Culture and the Arts. These committees will develop a plan that will be cognisant of all planning relating to Perth, including the Perth Cultural Centre and the southern rail project. In the interim, the ministerial steering committee is addressing the priority to relocate the functions currently being undertaken in the Francis Street building.
(2) Will the Government commit to providing world-class facilities that maintain and enhance the easy access of the public to museum educators, academics and collections at the Perth Cultural Centre, in accordance with modern museum philosophy and sustainability principles? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) The failure of the previous Government to deal with the inadequacy of the Francis Street building through occupational health and safety issues, building limitations, and the expansion of the Western Australian Museum on its Perth site has meant that the Gallop Government has been faced with an immediate short-term problem to deal with the Francis Street building. In addressing the immediate needs of the Western Australian Museum, the Government recognises the importance of the museum to our society and acknowledges the need to develop a long-term plan for the museum. In doing so, the Minister for Culture and the Arts established a ministerial steering committee to consider the future of the Francis Street building. The work of the ministerial steering committee will be informed by the work currently being undertaken by a number of planning committees involving all relevant stakeholders, including the Department of Culture and the Arts. These committees will develop a plan that will be cognisant of all planning relating to Perth, including the Perth Cultural Centre and the southern rail project. In the interim, the ministerial steering committee is addressing the priority to relocate the functions currently being undertaken in the Francis Street building.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) The failure of the previous Government to deal with the inadequacy of the Francis Street building through occupational health and safety issues, building limitations, and the expansion of the Western Australian Museum on its Perth site has meant that the Gallop Government has been faced with an immediate short-term problem to deal with the Francis Street building. In addressing the immediate needs of the Western Australian Museum, the Government recognises the importance of the museum to our society and acknowledges the need to develop a long-term plan for the museum. In doing so, the Minister for Culture and the Arts established a ministerial steering committee to consider the future of the Francis Street building. The work of the ministerial steering committee will be informed by the work currently being undertaken by a number of planning committees involving all relevant stakeholders, including the Department of Culture and the Arts. These committees will develop a plan that will be cognisant of all planning relating to Perth, including the Perth Cultural Centre and the southern rail project. In the interim, the ministerial steering committee is addressing the priority to relocate the functions currently being undertaken in the Francis Street building.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) The failure of the previous Government to deal with the inadequacy of the Francis Street building through occupational health and safety issues, building limitations, and the expansion of the Western Australian Museum on its Perth site has meant that the Gallop Government has been faced with an immediate short-term problem to deal with the Francis Street building. In addressing the immediate needs of the Western Australian Museum, the Government recognises the importance of the museum to our society and acknowledges the need to develop a long-term plan for the museum. In doing so, the Minister for Culture and the Arts established a ministerial steering committee to consider the future of the Francis Street building. The work of the ministerial steering committee will be informed by the work currently being undertaken by a number of planning committees involving all relevant stakeholders, including the Department of Culture and the Arts. These committees will develop a plan that will be cognisant of all planning relating to Perth, including the Perth Cultural Centre and the southern rail project. In the interim, the ministerial steering committee is addressing the priority to relocate the functions currently being undertaken in the Francis Street building.
(1) Yes. (2) The failure of the previous Government to deal with the inadequacy of the Francis Street building through occupational health and safety issues, building limitations, and the expansion of the Western Australian Museum on its Perth site has meant that the Gallop Government has been faced with an immediate short-term problem to deal with the Francis Street building. In addressing the immediate needs of the Western Australian Museum, the Government recognises the importance of the museum to our society and acknowledges the need to develop a long-term plan for the museum. In doing so, the Minister for Culture and the Arts established a ministerial steering committee to consider the future of the Francis Street building. The work of the ministerial steering committee will be informed by the work currently being undertaken by a number of planning committees involving all relevant stakeholders, including the Department of Culture and the Arts. These committees will develop a plan that will be cognisant of all planning relating to Perth, including the Perth Cultural Centre and the southern rail project. In the interim, the ministerial steering committee is addressing the priority to relocate the functions currently being undertaken in the Francis Street building.
(2) The failure of the previous Government to deal with the inadequacy of the Francis Street building through occupational health and safety issues, building limitations, and the expansion of the Western Australian Museum on its Perth site has meant that the Gallop Government has been faced with an immediate short-term problem to deal with the Francis Street building. In addressing the immediate needs of the Western Australian Museum, the Government recognises the importance of the museum to our society and acknowledges the need to develop a long-term plan for the museum. In doing so, the Minister for Culture and the Arts established a ministerial steering committee to consider the future of the Francis Street building. The work of the ministerial steering committee will be informed by the work currently being undertaken by a number of planning committees involving all relevant stakeholders, including the Department of Culture and the Arts. These committees will develop a plan that will be cognisant of all planning relating to Perth, including the Perth Cultural Centre and the southern rail project. In the interim, the ministerial steering committee is addressing the priority to relocate the functions currently being undertaken in the Francis Street building.
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