House of Representatives Committees

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 Department of Finance and Administration (Property and Construction Division – Finance)
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 Stephen Parry
	Mr Harry Jenkins MP	Senator the Hon Judith Troeth
	Mr Bernie Ripoll MP	Senator Dana Wortley
	Mr Barry Wakelin MP

Committee Secretariat

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

List of abbreviations

ABGR	Australian Building Greenhouse Rating
ACT	Australian Capital Territory
AHC	Australian Heritage Commission
EPBC	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
ESD	Ecologically Sustainable Development
EWIS	Emergency Warning Intercommunication System
DoFA	Department of Finance and Administration
Mint	Royal Australian Mint
NABERS	National Australian Built Environment Energy Rating System
NCA	National Capital Authority
NCDC	National Capital Development Commission
NLA	Net Lettable Area
OH&S	Occupational Health and Safety
PWC	Public Works Committee

Extract from the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives

No. 40 dated Thursday, June 2005

6 PUBLIC WORKS—PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE—REFERENCE OF WORK—REFURBISHMENT OF ROYAL AUSTRALIAN MINT BUILDING , 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: Refurbishment of Royal Australian Mint Building, Canberra.

Question—put and passed.

List of recommendations

3 Issues and Conclusions

Recommendation 1

The Committee recommends that the Department of Finance and Administration advise the Committee of the project delivery strategy to be employed, and the reasons for the specific strategy, once this has been determined.

Recommendation 2

The Committee recommends that the proposed refurbishment of the Royal Australian Mint building, Canberra, proceed at the estimated cost of $41.2 million.

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