Minister for the Hunter Yasmin Catley on plans for Hunter Park

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00:00 Does the State Government embrace this project and understand that it does need to provide

00:05 significant funding to this community to get this off the ground?

00:08 Well I think given the status that the State Government has put on this project as a state

00:12 significant, it speaks for itself.

00:15 And as Nua has just described to us, once the plan is complete and we have confirmed

00:23 what's going to be where, heights, etc, then that's the time to be able to then start to

00:29 ask for the funding because there will be concrete plans in place.

00:32 Having the pathway forward, and I know people are going to be critical of 30 years, 30 years

00:37 is a pathway to 30 years to end this being unrecognisable for us.

00:43 As Nua has also said, the epicentre of this city will be here where we stand in.

00:51 It's hard for us to imagine that as a project.