Powerhouse Parramatta: entertainment centre ‘masquerading’ as a museum has high flood risk, inquiry finds
A NSW parliamentary committee has released a scathing appraisal of the decision to build the $1.34bn project on a site with very real flood risks'
The New South Wales government's controversial $1.34bn Powerhouse Parramatta project is in danger of becoming an entertainment and events centre masquerading" as a museum, and the ongoing risk of flooding to a priceless collection still has not been comprehensively addressed, according to the findings in a NSW upper house inquiry.
Tabled in parliament on Friday, the committee report also delivered a scathing appraisal of the state government's contentious decision to dismantle Victorian mansion Willow Grove to make way for the Parramatta museum, saying it had robbed Parramatta of its rapidly dwindling heritage".
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