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Dear Premier,
I am writing to strongly protest against the sale of the Powerhouse building in Ultimo to property developers. This building is an integral part of Sydney’s unique landscape and should be kept for the public to enjoy.
The Powerhouse Museum is an important part of the city’s cultural life, and to see the building converted into apartments and taken away from the community is a disaster for all Australians.
Nationally significant buildings should be kept in public hands to ensure their preservation and long-term public use, rather than sold off to the highest bidder.
Yours sincerely,
4,786 SIGNATURES
GOAL: 3,000 signatures
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As someone who works down the road from this facility, its impossible not to notice the street blocks lined with buses delivering bus loads of school children, tourists and others to this important facility every day. Where is the accountability for such decision making? The short term focus on asset selling to justify needed services and infrastructure begs the question – what will future generations have left to sell? Find a smarter, more sustainable way to fund such services.
Only those public assets that fail to continue to offer significant non-financial value to the public should ever be sold. Leave the significant public goods and sites alone and make sure there is an appropriate assessment process in place that actually involves the participation of members of the public – after all – these decisions are required to be in the ‘public interest’.