Joint Standing Committee on Public Works

Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

Proposed Construction of a New Chancery Building for the Australian Embassy in Rangoon, Burma.

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May 2005
Canberra

Membership of the Committee
List of abbreviations
Extract from the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives
List of recommendation

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The Proposed works
Chapter 3 Issues and Conclusions
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D

Membership of the Committee

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

Committee Secretariat

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

List of Abbreviations

AFP	Australian Federal Police
AGO	Australian Greenhouse Office
AusAID	Australian Agency for International Development
BCA	Building Code of Australia
DFAT	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
DIMIA	Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
HOM	Head of Mission
MEPE	Myanmar Electric Power Enterprise
MOFA	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
OH&S	Occupational Health and Safety
OPO	Overseas Property Office
RCDC	Rangoon City Development Committee
RFA	Rangoon Fire Authority
VAT	Value Added Tax

Extract from the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives

No. 61 dated Wednesday, 12 October 2005

PUBLIC WORKS--PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE--REFERENCE OF WORK--PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW CHANCERY BUILDING FOR THE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY IN RANGOON, BURMA

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: Proposed construction of a new chancery building for the Australian Embassy in Rangoon, Burma.

Question—put and passed.

List of recommendations

3 Issues and Conclusions

Recommendation 1

The Committee recommends that the proposed construction of a new chancery building for the Australian Embassy at Rangoon, Burma, proceed at the estimated cost of $12.87 million.