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The Age
04-05-2025
- Business
- The Age
Rinehart's $250 million development unveiled as Zempilas rules out heritage call conflict
Planning documents show former lord mayor Basil Zempilas' move to drop a 120-year-old home from a City of Perth heritage survey is a key justification in billionaire Gina Rinehart's bid to demolish the property. The development application, lodged by consultants for Rinehart's family empire Hancock Prospecting, seeks approval to clear three office buildings and the Federation-style home at 27 Outram Street to make way for a $250 million multi-use development. The consultants highlighted there were no heritage constraints that would inhibit the plans, pointing to the City of Perth council's decision in 2023 to drop the property, along with 15 others, from its heritage survey. But there was no mention of Hancock Prospecting's planning consultants lobbying the city not to elevate the building's heritage status, nor the fact the decision divided council and went against the advice of city officers. The property was one of more than 700 culturally significant places the city's officers recommended be added or updated in its records as part of a state-mandated heritage survey, with an inspection finding the home substantially intact. Loading Officers stared down those who objected to the inclusion of 16 properties, recommending the council adopt the survey and reiterating their inclusion should not be conditional on owner support. But at the meeting on March 28, 2023, Zempilas stepped in, moving an alternate motion to scrub the properties from the list that divided councillors until he used his casting vote to break the deadlock. Revelations the home faced an uncertain future, coupled with the former Seven West Media personality's well-documented relationship with Rinehart in the years since, have thrust the decision into the spotlight.
Sydney Morning Herald
04-05-2025
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Rinehart's $250 million development unveiled as Zempilas rules out heritage call conflict
Planning documents show former lord mayor Basil Zempilas' move to drop a 120-year-old home from a City of Perth heritage survey is a key justification in billionaire Gina Rinehart's bid to demolish the property. The development application, lodged by consultants for Rinehart's family empire Hancock Prospecting, seeks approval to clear three office buildings and the Federation-style home at 27 Outram Street to make way for a $250 million multi-use development. The consultants highlighted there were no heritage constraints that would inhibit the plans, pointing to the City of Perth council's decision in 2023 to drop the property, along with 15 others, from its heritage survey. But there was no mention of Hancock Prospecting's planning consultants lobbying the city not to elevate the building's heritage status, nor the fact the decision divided council and went against the advice of city officers. The property was one of more than 700 culturally significant places the city's officers recommended be added or updated in its records as part of a state-mandated heritage survey, with an inspection finding the home substantially intact. Loading Officers stared down those who objected to the inclusion of 16 properties, recommending the council adopt the survey and reiterating their inclusion should not be conditional on owner support. But at the meeting on March 28, 2023, Zempilas stepped in, moving an alternate motion to scrub the properties from the list that divided councillors until he used his casting vote to break the deadlock. Revelations the home faced an uncertain future, coupled with the former Seven West Media personality's well-documented relationship with Rinehart in the years since, have thrust the decision into the spotlight.
Sydney Morning Herald
30-04-2025
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Century-old home facing demolition fell off Perth heritage list in move that divided council
The 120-year-old Outram Street home facing demolition to make way for Gina Rinehart's $250 million West Perth development was on the cusp of being added to Perth's heritage list until former lord mayor Basil Zempilas intervened. In a statement to this masthead, the City of Perth revealed the property had been identified as part of a two-year-long survey of culturally significant places for its database between 2021 and 2022. The expansive 4000-page review, mandated under the state's heritage laws, canvassed more than 700 properties the city's officers recommended be added or updated in its records. City officers inspecting the property found the single-storey Federation-style home at 27 Outram Street in West Perth was substantially intact — having retained the original timber porch, doors, fireplace and tiles — and ruled it worthy of inclusion due to its historical significance. Perth-based consultants Planning Solutions, engaged by Hancock Prospecting – which had purchased the property for $4.23 million in 2021 – penned a strongly worded letter to the city on November 30, 2022. In it, the consultants acknowledged the 1904 home built had 'moderate significance', but demanded assurances its status would not be elevated in a way that saw it subject to development constraints. The consultants, which were among 21 to write a letter of objection to the city's plans, then gave a public deputation against the inclusion of the home and Hancock Prospecting's 1980s headquarters, which had been identified for its association with mining pioneer Lang Hancock. The city's officers stared down those who objected to the inclusion of 16 properties, including 27 Outram Street, recommending the council adopt the survey in its original form. But when it came time for council to endorse the survey at a meeting on March 28, 2023, Zempilas stepped in, moving an alternate motion that scrubbed the properties from the list.
The Age
30-04-2025
- Business
- The Age
Century-old home facing demolition fell off Perth heritage list in move that divided council
The 120-year-old Outram Street home facing demolition to make way for Gina Rinehart's $250 million West Perth development was on the cusp of being added to Perth's heritage list until former lord mayor Basil Zempilas intervened. In a statement to this masthead, the City of Perth revealed the property had been identified as part of a two-year-long survey of culturally significant places for its database between 2021 and 2022. The expansive 4000-page review, mandated under the state's heritage laws, canvassed more than 700 properties the city's officers recommended be added or updated in its records. City officers inspecting the property found the single-storey Federation-style home at 27 Outram Street in West Perth was substantially intact — having retained the original timber porch, doors, fireplace and tiles — and ruled it worthy of inclusion due to its historical significance. Perth-based consultants Planning Solutions, engaged by Hancock Prospecting – which had purchased the property for $4.23 million in 2021 – penned a strongly worded letter to the city on November 30, 2022. In it, the consultants acknowledged the 1904 home built had 'moderate significance', but demanded assurances its status would not be elevated in a way that saw it subject to development constraints. The consultants, which were among 21 to write a letter of objection to the city's plans, then gave a public deputation against the inclusion of the home and Hancock Prospecting's 1980s headquarters, which had been identified for its association with mining pioneer Lang Hancock. The city's officers stared down those who objected to the inclusion of 16 properties, including 27 Outram Street, recommending the council adopt the survey in its original form. But when it came time for council to endorse the survey at a meeting on March 28, 2023, Zempilas stepped in, moving an alternate motion that scrubbed the properties from the list.
The Age
27-04-2025
- Politics
- The Age
WA news LIVE: Schools back! And so are the WA student assistance payments
Latest posts Latest posts 9.15am Across the nation and around the world Here's what's making headlines across the nation and around the world: Both leaders lost a key point of the final debate of the federal election when a simple question produced two unbelievable answers. Labor will target millions of younger voters in a final push for power at the federal election this Saturday, ramping up its pitch after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton unveiled a campaign blitz across dozens of key seats. Eleven people are dead after a driver ploughed through crowds at a Filipino community festival in Vancouver, in a mass casualty event that has rocked Canada just as voters head to the polls to choose their next government. 9.15am Today's weather 9.15am This morning in Perth Good morning and welcome to our live blog for Monday, April 28. Making news this morning, and reporter Jesinta Burton has uncovered the stories behind the century-old home in the path of Gina Rinehart's $250 million West Perth development dream. The Federation-style home has sheltered a returned soldier, esteemed surgeons and a world-renowned artist. Meanwhile, all eyes are on the fiercely contested new federal seat of Bullwinkel, where a curious collision of suburbs on Perth's eastern fringe and Wheatbelt farming towns has created a political pressure cooker. From live sheep exports to the fights over Perth Hills developments, the electorate is awash with polarising issues — and now a fresh climate report has upped the stakes. And a Thai restaurant group's first foray into the Perth street food arena spells promising things for eaters.
