Saturday, 30 May 2020

NSW government dumps Olympic stadium redevelopment as Covid-19 restrictions set to ease

Plans to relocate Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum to Parramatta will still go ahead

The New South Wales government will walk away from its planned $810m redevelopment of the former Olympic stadium in Sydney as the state grapples with the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

On Sunday the premier, Gladys Berejiklian, will announce that the state government will dump the stadium redevelopment, a key but controversial plank of its election pitch last year, instead announcing a $3bn fund for smaller, “shovel-ready projects”.

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