Homebush Bay. RAS to lobby for reinstatement

Peter King, CEO, of the Royal Agricultural Society said the organisation would lobby hard to have the $181 million upgrade of the showground, at Homebush Bay, reinstated by the State Government, which dumped it in the mini-budget. Mr King said plans for the state-of-the-art project were well advanced to double the space to 30,000 square metres, with 500 underground car spaces, to host consumer and trade shows. Work was due to commence after the 2009 Easter Show and be completed by the mid-2011, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.