Preliminary pages
Membership of the Committee
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Chair
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Hon Judi Moylan MP
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Deputy
Chair
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Mr Brendan O’Connor MP
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Members
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Mr John Forrest MP
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Senator Annette Hurley
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Mr Harry Jenkins MP
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Senator Stephen Parry
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Mr Bernie Ripoll MP
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Senator the Hon Judith Troeth
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Mr Barry Wakelin MP
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Committee Secretariat
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Secretary
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Mr Stephen Boyd
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Inquiry
Secretary
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Mr John Fuhrman
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Senior
Research Officer
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Mr Raymond Knight
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Research
Officer
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Ms Penny Wijnberg
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Administrative
Officers
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Mr Peter Ratas
Ms Jessica Butler
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List of acronyms
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the Act
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Public Works Committee Act 1969
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ADF
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Australian Defence Force
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DEWR
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Department of Environment and
Water Resources
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EIA
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Environmental Impact Assessment
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GST
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Goods and Services Tax
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MRTT
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multi role tanker transport
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WELS
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Water Efficiency Labelling
Standards
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Extract from the Votes and Proceedings of the House
of Representatives
No. 175 dated Thursday, 31 May 2007
PUBLIC WORKS—PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE—REFERENCE OF
WORK— RAAF BASE AMBERLEY REDEVELOPMENT STAGE 3, QLD.
Mr Lindsay (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for
Defence), 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: RAAF Base Amberley
redevelopment stage 3, Queensland.
Question—put and passed.
List of recommendations
3 Issues and Conclusions
Recommendation 1
The Committee recommends that in the event that there is
contamination found to be present on the site of Fuel Farm 1, Defence take all
appropriate action to quarantine the site or proceed with decontamination,
putting into place appropriate safeguards for such works, and advise the
Committee of the action taken.
Recommendation 2
The Committee recommends that Defence provide details of the
level of hydrocarbon contamination found on the site of Fuel Farm 1 following
its demolition, and that it furnish a report on how contamination was
ultimately processed, and whether any contaminated soil was removed from the
site, including details of additional costs incurred associated with disposal.
Recommendation 3
The Committee recommends that Defence provide details of water
consumption rates at RAAF Base Amberley following completion of the current
works, and the savings in water consumption that have been achieved.
Recommendation 4
The Committee recommends that Defence provide the final cost
to the Commonwealth for the acquisition of land that will enable the
reconfiguration of the intersection of the Old Toowoomba Road and Behms Road
when the purchase is finalised.
Recommendation 5
The Committee recommends that the proposed RAAF Base Amberley
Redevelopment Stage 3 proceed at an estimated cost of $331.5 million.