this was now as far as development could go until funding was available to convert large sections of the building, whose condition rendered them unfit for anything at all. the announcement by the hon. race mathews, minister for the arts, in november 1983 of $1,320,000 for the first phase building works followed by second and third phase works totaling $2,500,000 allowed for the complete restoration and conversion of the former meat market, so that all the projected activities of the 1980 plan could be realised.