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
Senior Research Officer	Mr Raymond Knight
Research Officer	Ms Penny Wijnberg
Administrative Officers	Mr Peter Ratas Ms Jessica Butler

List of acronyms

ADF	Australian Defence Force
BCA	Building Code of Australia
Defence	Department of Defence
FPDA	Five Power Defence Arrangements
GST/VAT	Goods and Services Tax / Value Added Tax
OH&S	Occupational Health and Safety
RMAF	Royal Malaysian Air Force
the Act	Public Works Committee Act, 1969

Extract from the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives

No. 167 dated Thursday, 10 May 2007

8 PUBLIC WORKS--PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE--REFERENCE OF WORK— RATIONALISATION OF ADF FACILITIES AT RMAF BUTTERWORTH, MALAYSIA

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: Rationalisation of ADF facilities at RMAF Butterworth, Malaysia.

Question—put and passed.

List of recommendations

3     Issues and Conclusions

Recommendation 1

The Committee recommends the proposed Royal Malaysian Air Force Base Butterworth, Malaysia - Australian Defence Force Facilities Rationalisation proceed at an estimated cost of $A23.6 million.