Joint Standing Committee on Public Works

Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

Development of On-Base Housing for Defence at Puckapunyal, Victoria

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June 2005
Canberra

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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 Defence Housing Authority
Appendix D: Official Transcript of Evidence, 20 April 2005

Membership of the Committee

Chair	Hon Judi Moylan MP
Deputy Chair	Mr Brendan O’Connor MP
Members	Mr John Forrest MP	Senator Alan Ferguson
	Mr Harry Jenkins MP	Senator Michael Forshaw
	Mr Bernie Ripoll MP	Senator the Hon Judith Troeth
	Mr Barry Wakelin MP

Committee Secretariat

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

List of abbreviations

ADF	Australian Defence Force
BAN	Base Area Network
CSIG	Corporate Services Infrastructure Group
DFA	Defence Families of Australia
DHA	Defence Housing Authority
DHF	Defence Housing Forecast
ESD	Environmentally Sensitive Development
PMA	Puckapunyal Military Area
RA	Rent Allowance
TCG	Tenancy Consultative Group
UXO	Unexploded Ordnance

Extract from the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives

No. 13 dated Wednesday, 9 February 2005

14 PUBLIC WORKS—PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE—REFERENCE OF WORK—DEVELOPMENT OF ON-BASE HOUSING FOR DEFENCE AT PUCKAPUNYAL, VICTORIA

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: Development of on-base housing for Defence at Puckapunyal, Victoria.

Question—put and passed.

List of recommendations

3 Issues and Conclusions

Recommendation 1

The Committee recommends that the proposed development of on-base housing for the Defence Housing Authority at Puckapunyal, Victoria, proceed at the estimated cost of $19.6 million.