Mr WOOD - 2004-10-14
Could you say how much money has been spent on consultants to date on the waterfront project? What is the Territory’s financial commitment to this project to the end of this financial year, and is the cost of consultancies part of this financial commitment?
Madam Speaker, I am sorry, I missed the last bit of the question.
Mr WOOD: Is the cost of consultancies part of this financial commitment; that is, the financial commitment to the end of this financial year?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, the allocation for this year is just over $8m to the waterfront. The other parts of the question – sorry, your questions are multi-layered and, sometimes, it is difficult to remember each bit.
Mr WOOD: Madam Speaker, it was: how much has been spent on consultants to date on the waterfront project?
Ms MARTIN: I will have to get back to you with that specific figure. And part three was?
Mr WOOD: Was the cost of consultancies part of the financial commitment to the end of this financial year on the waterfront?
Ms MARTIN: Yes, it is. Just over $8m is allocated for the waterfront this year. Other costs, of course, are part of the final negotiations with our preferred tenderer, and that will be done over the next six months.
I appreciate questions about the waterfront. I have not seen such an enthusiastic response from our community to any project as I have seen for the waterfront project. Sometimes I think we should just be building an enormous wave pool there, because that is what most people are so excited about.
Today’s NT News, with that really visionary picture of what is going to be happening down there, and a terrific headline: ‘An image to rival the Opera House’, is terrific - it really is. This is going to reshape and complement what Darwin is all about. Any time you have questions about the waterfront, roll them on.
Mr Dunham: You are building another Gold Coast down there.
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Drysdale, that is twice.
Madam Speaker, I am sorry, I missed the last bit of the question.
Mr WOOD: Is the cost of consultancies part of this financial commitment; that is, the financial commitment to the end of this financial year?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, the allocation for this year is just over $8m to the waterfront. The other parts of the question – sorry, your questions are multi-layered and, sometimes, it is difficult to remember each bit.
Mr WOOD: Madam Speaker, it was: how much has been spent on consultants to date on the waterfront project?
Ms MARTIN: I will have to get back to you with that specific figure. And part three was?
Mr WOOD: Was the cost of consultancies part of the financial commitment to the end of this financial year on the waterfront?
Ms MARTIN: Yes, it is. Just over $8m is allocated for the waterfront this year. Other costs, of course, are part of the final negotiations with our preferred tenderer, and that will be done over the next six months.
I appreciate questions about the waterfront. I have not seen such an enthusiastic response from our community to any project as I have seen for the waterfront project. Sometimes I think we should just be building an enormous wave pool there, because that is what most people are so excited about.
Today’s NT News, with that really visionary picture of what is going to be happening down there, and a terrific headline: ‘An image to rival the Opera House’, is terrific - it really is. This is going to reshape and complement what Darwin is all about. Any time you have questions about the waterfront, roll them on.
Mr Dunham: You are building another Gold Coast down there.
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Drysdale, that is twice.
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