Perth waterfront development proposals: Difference between revisions

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The proposal included realignment of Riverside Drive.

He stated that work would start before 2012 if his government was re-elected. The then opposition leader Colin Barnett objected to the plans, saying "people did not want skyscrapers on the city foreshore and the plan would create an exclusive enclave for corporations and rich apartment owners".<ref>{{Citation | author1=[[Weller, Richard Weller|Weller, author-link=Richard]] Weller | title=Boomtown 2050 | publication-date=2009 | publisher=UWA Publishing | isbn=978-1-921401-21-3 }} - quotes David Hatch, ''[[The West Australian]]'', 3 September 2008 : ''The Perth Waterfront Project and the State Government's Network City planning policy would be scrapped under a Liberal government, Colin Barnett said yesterday. The Liberal leader said people did not want skyscrapers on the city foreshore and the plan would create an exclusive enclave for corporations and rich apartment owners.''</ref>

The Carpenter government was defeated at the [[2008 Western Australian state election|2008 election]].

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==References==

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==Further reading==

*{{cite book|last1=Bolleter|first1=Julian|title=Take me to the River: The story of Perth's foreshore|date=2015|publisher=UWA Publishing|___location=Crawley, WA|isbn=9781742586489}}

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