Suellen Fitzgerald Director, Parramatta Park and Western Sydney Parklands Trusts MAYS HILL GATEHOUSE Ms. Fitzgerald, I write to you in regards to the Parramatta Park Trust’s lease of the Mays Hill Gatehouse to Think Planners – a commercial consultancy firm providing its developer clients access to Government co-owned by Adam Byrnes and David Borger. The…
At the end of 2015, the NSW Government committed to developing the Fleet Street Heritage Precinct as a new Urban centre for Western Sydney – a plan for over 3000 new dwellings (and 8000 new residents) moving into Parramatta and commuting into the City to work. I’ve prepared a response to the NSW Premier and…
In response to a submission I prepared, I was invited to give testimony to the Senate Inquiry. The Hansard transcript is as follows: CHAIR: Thank you for coming and talking to us today. The committee has received a submission from you as submission 1093. Before I invite you to make an opening statement, do you…
Deputy Premier Grant and Minister Speakman, I write to you in your capacities as Ministers for the Arts and Environment respectively in regards to the Mays Hill Gatehouse, a restored heritage cottage located within the grounds of Parramatta Park. Throughout 2014 and early 2015, $1.3 million was allocated towards restoration works to protect this 1869…
ANOTHER piece of Parramatta heritage has become off-limits for arts and culture. O-vation Group creative arts director Andrew Quah jumped at the opportunity when he heard the 142-year-old Mays Hill Gatehouse was up for lease following a restoration by Parramatta Park Trust. The Trust hoped at the time the successful tender would attract more people…
The following is my personal submission to the Australian Senate Inquiry into the Impact of the 2014 and 2015 Commonwealth Budget Decision on the Arts. I am currently a Senior Partner and Head of Creative Arts at the O-vation Group of Music and Entertainment companies. I formerly held the role of Head of Communications and…
