Joint Standing Committee on Public Works

Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

Redevelopment of Willis Island Meteorological Office, Coral Sea

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September 2005

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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

Membership of the Committee

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

Committee Secretariat

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

List of abbreviations

Act	Public Works Committee Act 1969
AWS	Automatic Weather Station
Bureau	Bureau of Meteorology
DEH	Department of the Environment and Heritage
EMP	Environmental Management Plan

Extract from the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives

No. 37 dated Thursday, 2 June 2005

4 PUBLIC WORKS--PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE--REFERENCE OF WORK--OFFICE REPLACEMENT OF THE BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY AT WILLIS ISLAND, CORAL SEA, QUEENSLAND

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: Office replacement of the Bureau of Meteorology at Willis Island, Coral Sea, Queensland.

Question—put and passed.

List of recommendations

3 Issues and Conclusions

Recommendation 1

The Committee recommends that the Bureau of Meteorology provide the Committee with updates of the project schedule and costs as the works progress.

Recommendation 2

The Committee recommends that the Bureau of Meteorology supply the Committee with budgetary details of items omitted from the commercial-in-confidence quantity surveyor estimate for the project when such information becomes available.

Recommendation 3

The Committee recommends that the proposed redevelopment of Willis Island Meteorological Office, Coral Sea, proceed at the estimated cost of $7.691 million.