POWERHOUSE NEWS & POLITICS

ABC: Powerhouse Museum move to Parramatta floodplain is 'crazy'

ABC: Powerhouse Museum move to Parramatta floodplain is 'crazy' and 'risks loss of life', flood expert warns

By national arts, culture and entertainment reporter Michaela Boland and the Specialist Reporting Team's Alison Branley

Updated yesterday at 7:01pm

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VIDEO: Powerhouse relocation proposal is 'crazy' (ABC News)

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A water engineer has issued a warning over the plan to relocate the Powerhouse Museum to a floodplain in Parramatta, saying the move will put lives and its "irreplaceable collections" at risk.

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The NSW government has 14 days to release the business cases for the 

controversial Powerhouse Museum move after a rogue MP crossed the floor.

Liberal backbencher Matthew Mason-Cox supported a Greens motion on Thursday to force his own government into producing the business cases for the planned relocation from Ultimo to Parramatta.

“It is a question fundamentally of accountability and the role of this house to keep the executive to account,” Mr Mason-Cox told the upper house on Thursday.

“We’ve heard a lot of stuff today about business cases and about releasing business cases and the world is going to fall in. .... To read more click here