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 —

Stop the ISWA move

Moving the International School of Western Australia (ISWA) to the Doubleview Primary School site was part of the Barnett Government’s western suburbs school strategy; a plan which was intended to free up the City Beach Senior High School site so that it may be reopened in the future to cater for the projected population growth in the area. The Government has since scrapped that plan and instead built and opened Bob Hawke College, at Kitchener Park in Subiaco. Despite the ISWA move now being unnecessary, the process continued.

Ocean Reef Marina

The proposed Ocean Reef marina development will be located on the narrow coastal Bush Forever site 325 and in the Class-A reserve Marmion Marine Park. There is a major abalone reef just to the north of the marina and reason to be concerned about the impact of the development on that reef. It is therefore imperative that best environmental practice be strictly adhered to through all stages of the design and build process.

Protect Swan River dolphins

The Swan-Canning riverpark is home to a pod of 19 bottlenose dolphins which, as at September 2018, included nine adult females; seven adult males; seven juveniles and five calves.

The dolphins live in a precarious environment. They are vulnerable to the impacts of decreasing water quality through rubbish pollution and chemical run-off from agriculture. The pod is particularly at risk of entanglement in fishing nets, and injury from boats and other human recreational activity.

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