I object to the Powerhouse Parramatta Project for the following reasons:

I object to the Powerhouse Parramatta Project because I do not want to see the destruction of both Willow Grove and St Georges Terrace. These buildings are rare examples of architecture that no longer exists in the Parramatta CBD.

I object to the Powerhouse Parramatta Project with regards to Willow Grove especially because the building is very important to women's history in view of the fact that it was a maternity hospital for over three decades in the early 1950s.

I object to the Powerhouse Parramatta Project because, with all the new high rise buildings going up in Parramatta the city is losing its character so further proposed destruction of both Willow Grove and St Georges Terrace will only exacerbate matters. A sense of history and a sense of place are vitally important to the character of such an historic city as Parramatta.

I object to the Powerhouse Parramatta Project because the valuable museum pieces - including the Locomotive No 1243 built in Sydney in 1882; the Boulton and Watt engine and the Catalina flying boat - will not be showcased in the Parramatta Powerhouse.

I object to the Powerhouse Parramatta Project because it will only have 25 per cent of the exhibits now held in the Ultimo Powerhouse.

I object to the Powerhouse Parramatta Project because the facilities will be inadequate so they will not be able to display many of the works of artistic and historical value now held in the Ultimo Powerhouse.

I object to the Powerhouse Parramatta Project because, as it will not be due to open until 2024/2025 NSW citizens, students and young people will be unable to view the valuable historical objects the Ultimo Powerhouse now holds for four or five years.

I object to the Powerhouse Parramatta Project because it is proposed to be built on a flood plain.

Finally I object to the Powerhouse Parramatta Project because the costs involved to move the various historical pieces now in the Ultimo Powerhouse are cost prohibitive. On top of which, due to the chances of a major recession which COVID-19 will no doubt bring about, such costs will be a burden I do not wish my children and grandchildren to have.