But if it's not safe, then you can't have it for those big public uses. We've had some fantastic concerts on it in recent years. It is also, just incidentally, really, really beautiful and we want people to be able to enjoy it. So, it's got a really special place for a lot of people more recently, still, who worked there and got their qualifications there. As you say World War I, World War II, there was naval shipbuilding there, so there's military history there, there's industrial history, thousands of people went through there working in the workshops, getting their apprenticeships, their trades qualifications on Cockatoo Island. It's one of the reasons that Cockatoo Island is World Heritage listed for its convict history. I mean, one of the things that we'll be fixing is the historic Fitzroy Dock, which was built by convicts like it was chopped out of the rock. It was a really - Cockatoo Island, it was a really important gathering place for First Nations Australians from different parts around the harbour coming onto Cockatoo Island - Wareamah - and it's got the convict history, as you say. MINISTER PLIBERSEK: Yeah, which is the wonderful thing about it. ![]() This is a complex place to - both to rehabilitate, but also to open to the public in a way because you've got overlaying aspects of of history, indigenous, naval, industrial, et cetera. GLOVER: Now, about half of it will go to to Cockatoo Island. And it's really important to protect and preserve our history, but it's also really important so that people can continue to have access to these places. We've got a really good, comprehensive list of work that needs to be done and we want to get on and do that maintenance work. We're talking about cracked sea walls and wharves and docks that are so unsafe that people can't walk on them anymore. I mean, we're talking about Cockatoo Island - Wareamah - North Head Sanctuary in Manly, and a number of other properties around the harbour that have really been, well, in some cases, literally falling into the harbour. So, tomorrow night, what you'll see in the budget is $45.2 million over two years to do some really long overdue structural repair work to these really special places. MINISTER PLIBERSEK: That's exactly right. This has been a long time coming in a way, hasn't it? We've got these quite well identified areas which really need remediation, but that hasn't happened. TANYA PLIBERSEK, MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER: Hello, Richard. The Federal Minister for Environment and Water, Tanya Plibersek, joins us now to give us a hint as to what might be announced tomorrow. And that's what the federal Budget is set to announce. In the words of the first British governor back in 1788, "the finest harbour in the world." Trouble is, the edges of that magnificent harbour, and some of the islands too, aren't always what you'd hope for in terms of their condition, with a backlog of harbour edges and islands repair and clean up. ![]() She added that while the pasta was "a new type of dumping," the area had seen plenty of thrown-away construction debris and garbage.RICHARD GLOVER: Our wonderful harbour might look a little choppy and cold today, but close your eyes and picture it on a beautiful sunny day - the sparkling jewel. Nina Jochnowitz, who previously ran for council, posted on Facebook on April 28 that the city had cleaned it up. He added that it could be a generational thing, saying: "My grandparents always had a cupboard full of cans and pasta, just to be safe."Īccording to The New York Times, Himanshu Shah, a town official, said the local public works department found "what appeared to be 15 wheelbarrow loads of illegal dumped pasta along a creek in a residential neighborhood" last week. "I mean, I really feel like he was just trying to clear out his parents' house, and they were probably stocked up from COVID," Rost told NBC New York. He likely found the pasta - which filled roughly 15 wheelbarrows - while cleaning out the house, Rost said. Upon her death, he put the house up for sale. Neighbor Keith Rost told NBC New York that the man lived in the house with his mother. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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