Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 8 : Pressclippings, 1977-1981

The Courier Mail April lSth,1 978 ··•. ' "•-~~~~ - .. ~ .. ' . ~ .' • .a_.··. ·~- DEPUTY Premier (Mr. Knox) looking over the site or the Queensland Cultural Centre at sout h Brisbane yesterday . This main section ready for building Is to the west of Mclbournr;. Street. BRISBANE RIVER IXISTIHG'-i -~-----.._,..._ r-------..;'-::::·-:::---•r--- · -... ------~~-::==~~=~~~~-~'::-~=~-– r,-.:----, i' I I • ' I I 1. - MAHH.l.TTAH .L--, WAri· .•• ,. L - GREY ST, STANLEY ST, Cultural Centre now storm centre THE State Government may be tre • pa11- ing on City Council praperty with road– works for the Queensland Cultural Centre project at South Brisbane. · The Treasu rer (Mr. Knox) yesterdat accused the council of trying to renege or.i a previous council 's prnrnise to cede the land to the Gove rnment. He nld It. now RJl· p c •rcd the council would noL g throu~h with thr cteul. bUL lhe roadworks, although p11n of the r iverbank arrn, hnd ~tart ed. The land, Mn1:hnUn11 \Vnlk nnd the ri \'erbnn · park area 11C'Rl' Slnnlr,r Slreel.. hnd bern prom– ised us a gesture to· words t lie dc,·ctopmenl. of thl" cultllrRI cen tre. At. a rh·er~ldc prc-ss conference ~·esLerdny l\tr. Knos ~Aid J'Olld· wor~s had begur; in un– ticlpnt1on of counc:l co– opera.tion. The Government had power to resume the laud, but It would pre– fer to have councll co– operntlon. 'Little value' Asked If a resumption II' o u 1 cl lnl'Dlve com– pensatlor .. t.o t.hc coun– cil, Mr. I,nox mid 1110. t or the lnnd wns or "vcrr Utile 1·01ue." "I ncknowledge lllnt the R!lreemen t. nn the e.xchn1lce or lnnd was not formnlly pl'l"M?nted in wrl Jr..z: · he suid. More park •·nut It ha~ hc•t'n 1111- dcr,toocl for ,nm,, .'·en tlii th:tl lhl!, rdlcl'lt!d 1111' p 1111 ,, )" of the I'll) Council. •·:'\m\· I 11 ppcnr. the rouncil rnny 1111,·r ck – c1dcd not. to pur. uc tins policy: · ~II·, Knox said the cnlre would encroach on some opel'i space. hut ll• overall layout would rcsolL 111 twice as much p n r k 1 ll n d of better qunllty. The centre would cost 1he State Gorernment S62 million. It ll'OUld benefit the city. The l.ord Mai·or ( Al– d r r III an Slee man) rnllml ror dlsl!usslons with Mr. l\nox and lhe l'rcmlcr I ~lr. BJ•lk•• l'elerscn) to settle IIJ• ISMIC, ,- He sal~ he did not want It resolred by ex– . chnngcs In the media. Accusing Mr. Kr.ox of "cheap" political point coring," he said proper dialogue was necesrnry on •C\'cral lnter..gov– ernmentol Issues. Call tenders The Queensland Cul– t u rn 1 Centre Trust chalrmnr. ISlr Da1·fd Muir, said tenders for stnae I or ihe project woultl be called ln July. \Vork on n restnu– nun . nrL anllery and J)Arklna nren w tt.! due to . trHl oon after. Ex• r. n ,, a t I o 11 and piling work trnd ~tnrted. T he lUIRI project was rluc- tor co111plct1011 ii: 198:1. 1·11h the first two of Its four stages due tor complct1on before t h r 1 9 8 2 Co Ill• monwenlth Gnmes.