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From: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-15/ ... /102728930SA government seeks philanthropic funding to secure Tarrkarri – Centre for First Nations Cultures project
The South Australian government has set an end-of-year deadline to decide whether a stalled plan to build what's touted to be a globally significant Aboriginal art and cultural centre in Adelaide's CBD will go ahead.
A cost blowout has cast doubt over the future of Tarrkarri.(Supplied: Woods Bagot)
Premier Peter Malinauskas said he had also spoken with several philanthropists and the federal government about contributing funding for the Tarrkarri Aboriginal Art and Cultures Centre, which is at risk of being abandoned if additional money is not found.
"I've personally spoken to entities who have expressed an interest in potentially partnering with us and that will be important," he said on Monday.
"It's an expensive project. I think it's an important project culturally for our state on that parcel of land.
Mr Malinauskas previously warned that Tarrkarri could cost up to $600 million if built on North Terrace — three times the amount currently budgeted by the state and federal governments.
He said the state government had not ruled out increasing its budget for the project and it would be open to accepting funding from publicly listed companies.
"If there are good private companies or individuals who would want to make a contribution to this effort and are interested in the project, then we remain receptive to working with them collaboratively," he said.
Second Tarrkarri review commissioned
Tarrkarri is slated to be bigger than the South Australian Museum and the Art Gallery of South Australia combined, which could draw hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.
It is also set to display tens of thousands of Indigenous artefacts from across Australia, which have sat in storage for decades.
But the government put the project on hold in October following a $50 million cost blowout.
At the time, it announced former Indigenous Australians minister Ken Wyatt, former New South Wales premier Bob Carr and former investment banker Carolyn Hewson would review the project.
Contract documents recently released by the government show it also appointed former SA Tourism Commission chairman Andrew McEvoy to conduct a second Tarrkarri review in December.
The government tasked Mr McEvoy with investigating how many overseas tourists would be attracted to the centre if it opened.
"There wasn't the serious work done to make sure that this is a good thing to do," Mr Malinauskas said on Monday.
"We're being really scrupulous about wanting to make sure that the decision we make is underpinned by evidence that any such investment will be a lasting, positive one for the state culturally, but also economically."
The former state government did consider how many people would visit the centre once it opened.
A document released in 2021 which summarised the findings of a confidential business case stated that between 485,000 and 581,000 people would visit the centre in 2025.
It stated that the number of annual visitors to the centre would increase by up to 665,000 people by 2040.
The state government is yet to publicly release the full Tarrkarri business case, or the reviews conducted by McEvoy, Wyatt, Carr and Hewson.
I'm not comfortable with the state government doing deals with such characters
