House of Representatives Committees

Contents

Membership of the Committee
List of abbreviations
Extract from the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives
List of recommendations

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The Proposed Works
Chapter 3 Issues and Conclusions
Appendix A: List of Submissions
Appendix B: List of Witnesses
Appendix C: Submission No. 1 from the Reserve Bank of Australia
Appendix D: Official Transcript of Evidence

Membership of the Committee

Chair Hon Judi Moylan MP
Deputy Chair Mr Brendan O’Connor MP
Members Mr John Forrest MP Senator Alan Ferguson
  Mr Harry Jenkins MP Senator Michael Forshaw
  Mr Bernie Ripoll MP Senator the Hon Judith Troeth
  Mr Barry Wakelin MP

Committee Secretariat

Secretary Mrs Margaret Swieringa
Inquiry Secretaries Ms Vivienne Courto
Research Officer Mr Raymond Knight
Administrative Officers Mr Peter Ratas

List of abbreviations

AGO

Australian Greenhouse Office

BRS

Business Resumption Site

CBD

Central Business District

DR

Disaster Recovery

FSU

Finance Sector Union

HO

Head Office

ITC

Information Technology and Communications

RBA

Reserve Bank of Australia

RITS

Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System

UPS

Uninterrupted Power Supply

Extract from the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives

No. 28 dated Wednesday, 11 May 2005

PUBLIC WORKS—PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE—REFERENCE OF WORK—RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA BUSINESS RESUMPTION SITE AT BAULKHAM HILLS IN SYDNEY, NSW

Dr Stone (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance and Administration), pursuant to notice, moved—That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, the following proposed work be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works for consideration and report: Reserve Bank of Australia Business Resumption Site at Baulkham Hills in Sydney, NSW.

Question—put and passed.

List of recommendations

3 Issues and Conclusions

Recommendation 1

The Committee recommends that the proposed construction of a business resumption site for the Reserve Bank of Australia proceed at the estimated cost of $38 million

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