Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

New East Building for the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT

December 2004
Canberra

© Commonwealth of Australia 2004
ISBN 0 642 78494 9

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 Australian War Memorial
Appendix D – Official Transcript of Evidence

Membership of the Committee

Committee Secretariat

List of abbreviations

Extract from the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives

No. 184 dated Thursday, 24 June 2004

37 PUBLIC WORKS—PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE—REFERENCE OF WORK—PROPOSED NEW EAST BUILDING FOR THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, CANBERRA , ACT

Mr Slipper (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 new East Building for the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.

Question—put and passed.

List of recommendations

3 Issues and Conclusions

Recommendation 1

The Committee recommends that the Australian War Memorial continue to liaise with the National Capital Authority in respect of the roofing and building fabrics utilised in the construction of the New East Building, to ensure that suitable high quality materials are used in keeping with the the standards of the Australian War Memorial precinct.

Recommendation 2

The Committee recommends that the proposed new East Building for the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, proceed at the estimated cost of $11.6 million.

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