Powerhouse Museum will move to Parramatta: Gladys Berejiklian
THE Powerhouse will move to Parramatta under a plan signed off by the Berejiklian Cabinet yesterday to deliver a “bigger and better” museum in the west.
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THE Powerhouse will move to Parramatta under a plan signed off by the Berejiklian Cabinet yesterday to deliver a “bigger and better” museum in the west.
It is understood a major planetarium is also being considered as part of the Parramatta development, which will have a science and technology focus.
The government is still finalising what it will do with the Ultimo site, although there is a desire to establish a cultural precinct in the space in a nod to those who have fiercely opposed the move.
The Daily Telegraph has previously reported the government’s preferred plan was to keep a fashion and creative collection at Ultimo. It is understood Cabinet yesterday discussed the need to undertake more business planning around the future of the precinct.
The government is expected to announce full details of the plan within days, and will release a summary of the business case for the relocation when it makes the announcement.
“The NSW government is moving the Powerhouse to Parramatta and we are proud to be giving families in Western Sydney greater access to one of the city’s great cultural icons,” a spokesman for Arts Minister Don Harwin said last night.
Despite committing to the relocation, the government last night refused to comply with a parliamentary order to table papers relating to the business case for the move.
“The government said they received a business case before December so they must have it or you have to call them liars,” Shooters and Fishers MP Rob Borsak, who chaired the upper house inquiry into the Powerhouse relocation, said.