With a preferred builder now selected for the MacPoint stadium, the Rockliff Government must outline its approach to the contract process for the project as an urgent priority
During Budget Estimates the Greens exposed that the Liberals’ plans for major new electricity infrastructure and a private contract to power the stadium had been shelved.
An agreement with Veolia to deliver a privately‑owned thermal energy plant and network at the stadium site had been abandoned for an as yet unclear alternative power proposal.
The Rockliff Government can’t keep ignoring both the community and the Parliament on the true costs of its unpopular, unaffordable Macquarie Point stadium.
There are serious inconsistencies between what RTI documents have revealed and what the CG told the PAC about the development of his “independent” opinion piece on the stadium.
RTI documents have exposed the level of input from the Devils, MBA and the Premier’s office on the Coordinator-General’s analysis of the economic impacts of the stadium.
The Coordinator‑General was asked in the PAC (Public Accounts Committee) whether you were aware of his opinion piece before it was published.
Last year, the Coordinator‑General wrote a stadium puff piece in which he presented what he said was his economic analysis done off the side of his desk.
Honourable Speaker, this morning I asked the Premier some serious questions about the conduct of the Coordinator‑General
In early July, work began to excavate and remove contaminated soil from the stadium site at Macquarie Point