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Footnotes

Chapter1 Annual Report

[1] The Act, Part III, Section 18 (8). Exemptions from this requirement are provided for work of an urgent nature, defence work contrary to the public interest, repetitive work, and work by prescribed authorities listed in the Regulations.

[2] The Act, Part III, Section 17 (3).

[3] The reports dealt with works referred in 2011 and 2012. Some referrals made in 2012 will be reported on in 2013. Only 19 of the 20 reports recommended expediency.

[4] <www.aph.gov.au/pwc>.

[5] The Act, Section 17(1).

[6] In any event, a work cannot commence until after the Committee has reported to both houses and the House of Representatives has resolved that the work can commence – the latter of which can only occur when the House is sitting.

[7] Correspondence to the Committee dated 24 April 2012.

[8] Correspondence from the Committee dated 14 September 2012.

[9] Correspondence to the Committee dated 7 March 2013.

[10] Correspondence to the Committee dated 4 February 2013. As this is now an expected referral, it has not been included in the list of approved medium works at Appendix B.

[11] Additional information was provided to the Committee in 2013 and the medium works was approved on 7 February 2013.

[12] Defence Housing Australia referrals for proposed upgrades of on-base housing for Defence at Larrakeyah Barracks, Darwin, NT, and RAAF Base Tindal, NT. See Report 6/2012.

[13] The proponent agency provided a private briefing to the Committee on 22 August 2012.

[14] Defence, HMAS Butterworth; DHA, Gordon Olive Estate; FaHCSIA, Tuggeranong Office Park. Similar information was also provided by some agencies in relation to medium works projects notified to the Committee (e.g. ANSTO, Environmental Radioactive Measurement Centre).

[15] <http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_
Committees?url=pwc/index.htm>

[16] House of Representatives Hansard, 1 November 2012, p. 12919.

[17] House of Representatives Hansard, 29 November 2012, p 13903.

Appendix A – Reports presented and value of works approved by the Committee in the year ending 31 December 2012

[1] Costs do not necessarily include GST; see relevant report for full details. Figures are rounded to the nearest one hundred thousand dollars.

[2] Although the value of this work does not exceed the $15 million threshold for referral, it was part of a larger work that exceeded the threshold, so the Committee deemed that it should be referred.

[3] The Committee did not recommend expediency for this project, so its cost ($97.9m) was not included in the total value of works approved.