THE MESSAGE. BRINGING INTO FOCUS FILIPINO PRESENCE IN AUSTRALIA
www.kalatas.com.au | Volume 6 Number 2 | NOVEMBER 2015
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Bays Precinct to become
Sydney’s high tech
knowledge hub
T
FROM THE PREMIER
ER
MIKE BAIRD
NSW Premier | @ @MikeBairdMP
P
his Government is securing this
state’s future by investing in infrastructure and creating new
jobs to ensure Sydney remains a
truly global city.
NSW is Australia’s ICT capital and
many global tech companies have chosen
Sydney as the base for their Australian and
Asia Pacific operations, including SurveyMonkey, Google, Facebook and Twitter.
Over the next 25 years we expect the digital economy will grow as a share of the total economy from just over five per cent now,
to 22 per cent in 2040. Just as our new roads
and railways will prepare us for population
growth, we need to build the places that will
support these kinds of jobs. We need to create
the spaces where good ideas can incubate.
One of the potential jewels in our city is
the Bays Precinct, a vast area that has enormous potential and sits right next door to the
greatest harbour in the greatest city in the
world.
For many years it was 100 hectares of
ugly, urban wasteland, five and a half kilometres of waterfront, just two kilometres from the Sydney CBD. But it’s now set
to become the most exciting urban renewal
project in Australia, if not the world.
Under our plan for the Bays Precinct, the
inner harbour precinct in and around Sydney
Fish Market, Rozelle Bay, the White Bay
Power Station and Sydney waterfront will be
revolutionised.
Our plan showcases the Government’s
ambition for the area to become a hub for
knowledge-intensive industries by creating
spaces on Sydney Harbour that will attract
the high-tech jobs of the digital economy.
WELCOME
I visited the old White Bay Power Station this week to announce it will be the first
area in the Bays Precinct to be reborn as part
of our plan, and we’ll be inviting proposals
for its re-use later this month.
Reviving the White Bay Power Station will give us a chance to restore the heritage building and provide public access to the
foreshore as we create a knowledge-intensive
hub to attract jobs in the high-tech sector.
We’ll also ensure the precinct also contains public space and housing. We want the
sustainable homes of the future built in the
area and will ensure that there will be a continuous waterfront promenade from Balmain
to Pyrmont.
The overall plan for the Bays Precinct
has been informed by more than 200 submissions to the ‘call for great ideas’ process, and
community feedback following a summit
hosted by the Government earlier this year.
It’s a plan that has been developed with the
community and urban transformation specialists from across Australia and around the
world.
Our commitment to technology and innovation will send a global signal that Sydney is a place for investment, a place for
start-ups, and a place that is geared towards
the future. More information can be found
at: www.thebayssydney.com.au
Finally, I would like to remind everyone
travelling into the Sydney