Friends of Barangaroo

A key component of the Barangaroo debate is the NSW Labor Government’s proposed relocation of the current cruise ship facilities at Barangaroo to the yet to be constructed White Bay Cruise Passenger Terminal. This structure will be located at wharves 4 and 5 on the currently seldom used White Bay freight apron. This proposal includes facilities for exhibitions, functions and corporate events.

Friends of Barangaroo have written to the Minister of Planning objecting to relocating cruise passenger ships from Barangaroo to White Bay.

The Minister of Planning
Department of Planning
GPO Box 39 SYDNEY 2001

Attention: Director, Infrastructure Projects

Re: MP10_0069
Proposed Cruise Passenger Terminal, White Bay, Sydney

Dear Sir/Madam,

We object to the above application on the following grounds.

Assumption

The application pre-supposes that the existing cruise ship location at Barangaroo will no longer be available for cruise ships. The future of Barangaroo has not yet been set in concrete and whilst the proposals from Lend Lease are evident, they have not received planning approval let alone construction approval.

Premier Kristina Keneally today announced that she will assume ministerial responsibility for the $6 billion Barangaroo project. Before being promoted by her party to Premier, Ms Keneally was the Minister for Planning and set up the NSW Government Barangaroo Delivery Authority to develop the site.

The news will do little to quell the criticism that the NSW Government is "steamrolling the public" on the Barangaroo development as alleged by Sydney's Lord Mayor Clover Moore when she resigned from the Barangaroo Delivery Authority Board last week. If anything, it will only confirm the perception.

http://www.streetcorner.com.au/news/showPost.cfm?bid=19292&mycomm=SC

The lord mayor, Clover Moore, has quit the board in charge of Sydney's biggest development, claiming the public is being ''railroaded'' on the Barangaroo project.

In a letter to the Premier, Cr Moore said she was resigning because Kristina Keneally had failed to address her concerns about the removal of financial information from the Barangaroo contract, ''inadequate and ineffective community consultation'' and the ''external control'' that was forcing the project to proceed before it was considered properly.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/moore-quits-over-barangaroo-railroading-201009...

We are a group of community members excited about the possibilities presented by the impending redevelopment of the Barangaroo section of our iconic Sydney Harbour.

Brad Hazzard, Shadow Minister for Planning, in his speech at our August 3 Rally described Melbourne’s Docklands as a way for the development of Barangaroo NOT to proceed.

Lend Lease and the CEO of the Barangaroo Delivery Authority, Mr John Tabart, were players in the redevelopment of Melbourne’s Docklands. (Can you spot the differences in the two versions John’s bio?)

Last week the intrepid leader of our Video Team, Rod Morris, was down in Melbourne at Docklands. He recorded the views of ordinary Melbournians and their experiences of this desolate development: