Joint Standing Committee on Public Works 
       
       Fit-out of New Leased Premises for the Australian Taxation Office at the Site known as Section 84, Precincts B and C, Canberra City , ACT  
       
     
        
 May 2006 
 Canberra
© Commonwealth of Australia 2006
ISBN 0 642 78779 4 (printed version)
ISBN 0 642 78780 8 (HTML version)
Contents
      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 Australian Taxation Office 
    Appendix D – Official Transcript of Evidence 
Membership of the Committee
  
     Chair   | 
     Hon Judi Moylan MP   | 
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     Deputy Chair   | 
     Mr Brendan O’Connor MP   | 
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     Members   | 
     Mr John Forrest MP   | 
     Senator Michael Forshaw   | 
  
  
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     Mr Harry Jenkins MP   | 
     Senator Stephen Parry   | 
  
  
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     Mr Bernie Ripoll MP   | 
    Senator the Hon Judith Troeth   | 
  
  
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     Mr Barry Wakelin MP   | 
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Committee Secretariat
  
     Secretary   | 
     Mrs Margaret Swieringa   | 
  
  
     Inquiry Secretaries   | 
     Mr Raymond Knight   | 
  
  
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     Ms Vivienne Courto   | 
  
  
     Research Officer   | 
     Ms Penelope Wijnberg   | 
  
  
     Administrative Officer   | 
     Mr Peter Ratas   | 
  
  List of abbreviations
  
    ABGR   | 
     Australian Building Greenhouse Rating   | 
  
  
    ACT   | 
     Australian Capital Territory   | 
  
  
    ATO   | 
    Australian Taxation Office   | 
  
  
    BCA   | 
    Building Code of Australia   | 
  
  
    CBD   | 
    Central Business District   | 
  
  
    GST   | 
    Goods and Services Tax   | 
  
  
    the Act   | 
    Public Works Committee Act 1969   | 
  
  
    SCEC   | 
    Security Construction and Equipment Committee   | 
  
  
    SES   | 
    Senior Executive Service   | 
  
  
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  Extract from the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives 
 No 78 dated  Thursday 8 December 2005 
 14PUBLIC WORKS—PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE—REFERENCE OF WORK—FIT-OUT OF NEW LEASED PREMISES FOR THE AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE AT THE SITE KNOWN AS SECTION 84, PRECINCTS B & C, CANBERRA 
 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: Fit-out of new leased premises for the Australian Taxation Office at the site known as Section 84, Precincts B & C, Canberra. 
 Question—put and passed. 
List of recommendations 
 3. Issues and Conclusions 
 Recommendation 1 
The Committee recommends that the works related to the fit-out of new leased premises of the Australian Taxation Office proceed at the estimated cost of $76.879 million, noting that any money saved due to lease incentives will be returned to Consolidated Revenue.
      
    
 
	     
	 
	
      
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