House of Representatives Committees

| Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works

Preliminary pages

Membership of the Committee

Chair	Hon Judi Moylan MP
Deputy Chair	Mr Brendan O’Connor MP
Members	Mr John Forrest MP	Senator Annette Hurley
	Mr Harry Jenkins MP	Senator Stephen Parry
	Mr Bernie Ripoll MP	Senator the Hon Judith Troeth
	Mr Barry Wakelin MP

Committee Secretariat

Secretary	Mr Stephen Boyd
Inquiry Secretary	Mr John Fuhrman
Research Officers	Mr Raymond Knight
	Ms Penny Wijnberg
Administrative Officers	Mr Peter Ratas
	Ms Jessica Butler

List of Abbreviations

The Act	the Public Works Committee Act 1969
CENTO	Entomology
CLW	Land and Water
CMAR	Marine and Atmospheric Research
CMIS	Mathematical Information Systems
CSE	Sustainable Ecosystems
CSIRO	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
CSIROSEC	Science Education Centre
DM&E	Queensland Department of Mining and Energy
DPI&F	Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
EPA	Queensland Environmental Protection Agency
EPBC Act	Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
FSA	Food Science Australia
GFA	Gross Floor Area
KBRB	Knowledge Based Research and Business
MC	Managing Contractor
MCU	Material Change of Use
QBP	Queensland Bioscience Precinct
QHSS	Queensland Health Scientific Services

Extract from the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives

No. 164 dated Thursday, 29 March 2007

7 PUBLIC WORKS—PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE—REFERENCE OF WORK—PROPOSED CSIRO CO-LOCATION WITH QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT ON THE ECO-SCIENCES AND HEALTH AND FOOD SCIENCES PRECINCTS IN BRISBANE

Mr Nairn (Special Minister of State), 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 CSIRO co-location with Queensland Government on the Eco-Sciences and Health and Food Sciences precincts in Brisbane.

Question—put and passed.

List of recommendations

3 Issues and Conclusions

Recommendation 1

The Committee recommends that CSIRO provide the Committee with the details of the finalised project and lease agreements.

Recommendation 2

The Committee recommends that CSIRO provide the Committee with the final plans for the proposed fume stacks.

Recommendation 3

The Committee recommends that CSIRO continues its consultation with the local community and relevant stakeholders.

Recommendation 4

The Committee recommends that the proposed CSIRO collocation with Queensland Government on the Ecosciences and Health and Food Sciences Precincts, Brisbane, Queensland, proceed at the estimated cost of $85 million.

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