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By Editor in {CATEGORY} on 16 Sep 2008

The future of Western Australia's proposed $1.1 billion multi-purpose sporting stadium will be re-examined, WA's new Premier-elect Colin Barnett said today.

Mr Barnett said the merit and timing of every major capital works project would be re-assessed by the new coalition.

One of the major projects, the new $1.1 billion sporting stadium earmarked for construction at Subiaco's Kitchener Park, will be just one of those projects to be re-evaluated. The proposed stadium was to provide 60,000 seats to cater for the AFL, rugby, soccer, cricket and music concerts.

Mr Barnett said there was no doubt Subiaco Oval was inadequate in its current form but the "very expensive" new stadium would have to be reconsidered. The WA Football Commission had resisted the prospect of a new stadium to replace Subiaco Oval.

"The football community itself has favoured a progressive redevelopment…" Mr Barnett said. "So we will look at it and decide whether we will do a redevelopment of Subiaco or we do an entirely new stadium," he said.

Redevelopments of the MCG, the Gabba and the Sydney's Homebush Stadium had all been successful, Mr Barnett said.

But Mr Barnett said he was not in a position to say which way the new Government would jump at this stage.

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