North Metro Issues

FLORENCE HUMMERSTON KIOSK — RELOCATION NEGOTIATIONS

149. Hon ALISON XAMON to the minister representing the Minister for Planning:

I refer to the confidentiality of the compensation settlement agreed with Wang Nominees regarding the relocation of the Florence Hummerston kiosk at Elizabeth Quay.

(1) On what grounds was this compensation settlement determined to be confidential?

(2) Was any advice sought regarding the confidentiality of this settlement?

(a) If yes, who provided the advice?

(b) If no, why not?

EDUCATION CENTRAL POLICY — PERTH MODERN SCHOOL

HON DONNA FARAGHER (East Metropolitan) [ 1.08 pm ]: I move —

That this house notes both the significant concerns being raised across the community and the lack of consultation undertaken by the McGowan government on its Education Central policy, particularly the proposed relocation of the state’s only fully academically selective senior high school, currently at Perth Modern School, to a high-rise inner-city school within the Perth City Link, and calls on the government to —

Sensible infill

Alison has been working with a number of residents and community groups within North Metro who are concerned about the future of their neighbourhoods. Constituents have repeatedly raised concerns about substantial developments planned for old areas of Perth – and fear more poorly planned infill leading to reduced tree canopy; the loss of public space and well-loved landmarks which do not fit the criteria for heritage listing. This has often been carried out without the better transport links, and economic and cultural benefits which are supposed to come along with urban infill.

Urban bushland

Southwest Australia is an internationally recognised biodiversity hotpot. The 36 hotspots worldwide represent just 2.4% of the earth’s surface, but contain more than half of the world’s endemic plant species. They are also the areas that are most at threat of losing this diversity through habitat loss from land-use change and development. From Shark Bay in the north to Israelite Bay in the south, there are more than 1500 kinds of flora found nowhere else in the world.

Swan River

The Swan River is the jewel in Perth’s crown. A natural wonder, the Swan River Estuary stretches more than 60km from Fremantle to Ellen Brook. It is home to a population of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins; more than 130 species of fish (including seahorses!), more than 80 species of waterbird; and a huge array of native flora.

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