Joint Standing Committee on Public Works

Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

Facilities Upgrade to the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Rockhampton , Queensland

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September 2006
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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 Department of Defence
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 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	Mr Jason Sherd
Senior Research Officer	Mr Raymond Knight
Research Officer	Ms Penny Wijnberg
Administrative Officer	Mr Peter Ratas

List of abbreviations

ADF	Australian Defence Force
Defence	Department of Defence
DU	Depleted Uranium
EAC	Environment Advisory Committee
EPBC	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999
ESD	Ecologically Sustainable Development
JCTC	Joint Combined Training Centre
PER	Public Environmental Report
RAAF	Royal Australian Air Force
SWBTA	Shoalwater Bay Training Area
USA	United States of America
WILPF	Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

Extract from the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives

No. 96 dated Thursday, 11 May 2006

26 PUBLIC WORKS—PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE—REFERENCE OF WORK—FACILITIES UPGRADE TO SHOALWATER BAY TRAINING AREA, ROCKHAMPTON, QLD

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: Facilities upgrade to Shoalwater Bay training area, Rockhampton, Qld.

Question—put and passed.

List of recommendations

3 Issues and Conclusions

Recommendation 1

The Committee recommends that the Department of Defence continue its close ongoing consultation with all relevant groups and organisations with regard to the facilities upgrade to the Shoalwater Bay Training Area.

Recommendation 2

The Committee recommends that the proposed facilities upgrade to the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Rockhampton, Queensland, proceed at the estimated cost of $11.16 million.