House of Representatives Committees

Joint Standing Committee on Public Works

Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

Proposed Construction of a New Chancery Building for the Australian Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

February 2006
Canberra

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

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 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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 Michael Forshaw
	Mr Harry Jenkins MP	Senator Stephen Parry
	Mr Bernie Ripoll MP	Senator the Hon Judith Troeth
	Mr Barry Wakelin MP

Committee Secretariat

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

List of abbreviations

AFP	Australian Federal Police
AusAID	Australian Agency for International Development
BCA	Building Code of Australia
CCTV	Closed Circuit Television
Defence	Department of Defence
DFAT	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
DIMIA	Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
EIS	Environmental Impact Statement
EWIS	Emergency Warning and Intercommunication System
MATV	Master Antenna Television
MLMUPCC	Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning, Construction and Cadastral
OPO	Overseas Property Office
OH&S	Occupational Health and Safety

Extract from the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives

No. 61 dated Wednesday, 12 October 2005

21 PUBLIC WORKS—PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE—REFERENCE OF WORK—PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW CHANECRY BUILDING FOR THE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY IN PHNOM PENH , CAMBODIA

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: Proposed construction of a new chancery building for the Australian Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Question—put and passed.

List of recommendations

3 Issues and Conclusions

Recommendation 1

The Committee recommends that the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade provide the Committee with a list of all parties involved with the project delivery and management of the proposed chancery construction, and a comprehensive breakdown of fees to be paid to these parties and their roles within the project.

Recommendation 2

The Committee recommends that the proposed construction of the new chancery for the Australian Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, proceed at the estimated cost of $19.93 million.

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