The Federal Labor Government has promised to build a new public school in the heart of Sydney’s harbour. The project is being spruiked as a cheap day out for families.
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00:00This is Cockatoo Island, the largest in Sydney Harbour, and behind me is one of its two slipways,
00:08a relic from the island's shipbuilding era.
00:11This is where newly constructed warships would slide into the water.
00:15There's a move to put the slips back into use, this time as a swimming spot.
00:19It's part of the Cockatoo Island Master Plan,
00:22a long-term vision to revitalise the space with bars, restaurants and a hotel.
00:27Now Federal Labor has pledged to stump up the cash to make the harbour pool a reality.
00:33It's committed $10 million to convert the slipways.
00:36It includes work to make the sediment safe for swimmers.
00:39After all, this was once an industrial site.
00:42The member for Sydney, Tanya Plibersek, says the water quality here has improved to the extent that it is now safe for swimming.
00:49In an election focused on the cost of living, she's pitching the project as a good thing for families on a tight budget.
00:56We'd be converting a beautiful old slipway, built in 1852, to a modern new harbour swimming pool for families to enjoy.
01:07This would be a great opportunity for families to just hop on a ferry,
01:12and for the cost of public transport, spend the day right here on Cockatoo Island.
01:17It's the most beautiful part of Sydney Harbour.
01:21We believe that you shouldn't have to have a multi-million dollar harbourside mansion to enjoy the most beautiful harbour in the world.
01:29As for when people could actually start swimming here, that would still be years away.
01:33Ms Plibersek says the first year would be spent ensuring the sediment is free from pollutants, with construction to follow.
01:39But she's confident the project would be completed within the next term of government.
01:46The last year would be transferred from the morons.
01:51They are more specific to the people of the who made the lake.
01:55If they are in the OMG, they would be transferred to the water.
01:56So when people feel the river would be built on the sea.
01:58So when people feel the water, they would be extended to the sea...