NSW parliamentary committee releases scathing appraisal of decision to build $1.34bn project on site with ‘very real flood risks’
The report is the culmination of a two-and-a-half-year inquiry into the Liberal state government’s management of cultural institutions. It was chaired by Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party state leader Robert Borsak, and compiled by three Liberal upper house members, two Labor members and one Greens member – with the three Liberal members issuing a dissenting statement in its appendix.
The 142-page report is also critical of the state government’s plan to split the collection housed in the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences to furnish the new Parramatta museum. As the report was being tabled in parliament on Thursday, the Powerhouse Museum announced it would stage a major retrospective on former fashion designer Carla Zampatti, opening 24 November.the three Liberal government members – Taylor Martin, Peter Poulos and Chris Rath – delivered a dissenting statement, saying the report lacked constructive recommendations and instead was an attempt “to score cheap political points and even delay the project through further red tape”.
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