❓ Question regarding potential 'cash-for-access' deals related to the Westport development. Premier's answer focuses on the long-term vision and future opportunities, without directly addressing the question of safeguards.
AnsweredQoN 819Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
WESTPORT —DEVELOP ERS
819. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Premier:
Supplementary question: what
parameters will the Premier put around to ensure that there are no
cash-for-access deals with anyone who might be associated with the development
of the port?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Please wait for
the ministers to stop interjecting.
819. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Premier:
Supplementary question: what
parameters will the Premier put around to ensure that there are no
cash-for-access deals with anyone who might be associated with the development
of the port?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Please wait for
the ministers to stop interjecting.
AnswerView source ↗
There has been a range of
consultations by the Future of Fremantle group, he says, looking at the member
for Fremantle to nod. Yes, the Future of Fremantle group is visualising what an
incredible future might exist for Fremantle. When we develop Westport, we will
free up around 270 hectares of developable land that could provide an iconic
destination for not only tens of thousands of Perth residents, but also many
people in the hospitality and tourism industry. I can imagine some of the most
staggeringly beautiful views from what we currently consider to be the North
Quay. It would be an incredibly exciting opportunity for people in the future.
This will come at a time when we move the container port operations from the
inner harbour to the outer harbour. We are talking the mid to late 2030s before
we start to see any of these things take place.
As I said in my speech yesterday, I do
not think I will be the Premier who opens Westport. I want to be the Premier
who starts it. The fact of the matter remains that the Future of Fremantle
group has a long-term vision of what that may look like. I will leave it up to
younger people to govern and discuss how that project develops.
consultations by the Future of Fremantle group, he says, looking at the member
for Fremantle to nod. Yes, the Future of Fremantle group is visualising what an
incredible future might exist for Fremantle. When we develop Westport, we will
free up around 270 hectares of developable land that could provide an iconic
destination for not only tens of thousands of Perth residents, but also many
people in the hospitality and tourism industry. I can imagine some of the most
staggeringly beautiful views from what we currently consider to be the North
Quay. It would be an incredibly exciting opportunity for people in the future.
This will come at a time when we move the container port operations from the
inner harbour to the outer harbour. We are talking the mid to late 2030s before
we start to see any of these things take place.
As I said in my speech yesterday, I do
not think I will be the Premier who opens Westport. I want to be the Premier
who starts it. The fact of the matter remains that the Future of Fremantle
group has a long-term vision of what that may look like. I will leave it up to
younger people to govern and discuss how that project develops.
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