The Minns Labor Government is turning their back on Macquarie Park as a world-class innovation precinct and delivering a major blow to our state\u2019s future economic prosperity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shadow Minister for Planning and Public Spaces and Shadow Minister for Housing Scott Farlow said the Government\u2019s housing agenda needs to cater for homes, jobs and recreation, and that today\u2019s announcement is a short-sighted attempt to address Sydney\u2019s housing crisis.
\u201cThe Macquarie Park master plan was building a world-class innovation precinct with tens of thousands of new jobs, more than 7,000 homes, schools and open space,\u201d Mr Farlow said.
\u201cToday the Government is ripping that up and turning their back on Sydney\u2019s Silicon Valley, which already supports more than 72,000 high value jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Government don\u2019t want employment and housing to co-exist, with Chris Minns proposing a choice between 23,000 jobs and 5,000 build-to-rent apartments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMacquarie Park is home to the Australian Headquarters for 9 of the 100 largest companies in the world. It is Australia\u2019s original innovation district and plans for the area need to complement housing and jobs, not pit them against each other.\u201d
\u201cThis is what we can expect when Chris Minns signs up to a national housing target with no consultation or advice from the Department of Planning,\u201d Mr Farlow said.
Shadow Minister for Jobs, Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology, Mark Coure, said this is the latest slap in the face to the New South Wales innovation industry from a Government that continues to show it is not interested in innovation.
\u201cThe innovation industry has already been subjected to significantly cut grants and subsidies by the Minns Labor Government, and now they\u2019ve decided to go after the state\u2019s innovation precincts\u201d Mr Coure said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cStartups and founders were already starting to look interstate due to the policy uncertainty coming from Chris Minns and his out of depth Ministers. The removal of essential commercial real estate that they need to operate and innovate is going to unfortunately result in more businesses deciding to go elsewhere.\u201d Mr Coure said.
Member for Ryde Jordan Lane said that Macquarie Park is an integral centre for the Northern Sydney community that is already creating a vibrant innovation precinct of the future which delivers both housing and jobs.
\u201cThe Ryde Local Government area already has 23 State Significant Development Applications planned for Macquarie Park with 20,000 apartments. Allowing Built-to-Rent to replace commercial will destroy job opportunities for our local Northern Sydney community,\u201d Mr Lane said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Minns Labor Government has not delivered any infrastructure to support this growth. There is no Catherine Hamlin Park, no bus interchange, no intersection upgrades.\u201d
\u201cThe latest masterplan that this Government is releasing has insufficient realistic, achievable infrastructure to be delivered in the foreseeable future,\u201d Mr Lane said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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