- Title
ESTIMATES COMMITTEE A
14/05/1990
DEPARTMENT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE CABINET
Program 2-GOVERNMENT SUPPORT SERVICES
- Database
Estimates Committees
- Date
14-05-1990
- Source
SENATE
- Committee Name
ESTIMATES COMMITTEE A
- Place
- Department
DEPARTMENT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE CABINET
- Page
63
- Status
Proof
- Program
Program 2-GOVERNMENT SUPPORT SERVICES
- Questioner
SENATOR SHORT
CHAIRMAN
SENATOR BISHOP
- Reference
- Responder
MR JAMES
MR SHERGOLD
- Sub program
- System Id
committees/estimate/ecomd900514a_eca.out/0035
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ESTIMATES COMMITTEE A
(SENATE-Monday, 14 May 1990)- Start of Business
- CHAIRMAN
- PARLIAMENT
- DEPARTMENT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET
- DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY AND COMMERCE
- DEPARTMENT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE CABINET
SENATOR SHORT -What are the reasons for the postponement of the upgrading of the security at Admiralty House and Kirribilli House?
MR JAMES -That was done as a result of advice by Australian Construction Services, largely because of the amount of rain in Sydney which prevented works going ahead.
SENATOR SHORT -Does the existing security situation continue there?
MR JAMES -That is right.
SENATOR SHORT -Is it possible to say anything about the nature of the upgrade or is that a security matter?
MR JAMES -I could get details of the upgrade to the extent that it would be permissible to reveal.
CHAIRMAN -Senator Michael Baume dealt with the security situation extensively in the previous Estimates Committee hearing.
SENATOR SHORT -As that was many months ago, have there been any changes to the situation since then?
MR JAMES -No.
SENATOR BISHOP -Along the same line, I refer to Other Services, Official Establishments other than the Governor-General's residences, on page 14, and the amount of $86,200.
MR SHERGOLD -That sum of $86,200 includes a transfer of $65,000 from $937,103 in that minus $180,000 figure, which is shown on the next page. It is the transfer across of $65,000 which explains the bulk of that sum.
SENATOR BISHOP -Did you say it was a transfer of `cash'?
MR SHERGOLD -No, it was a transfer of $65,000 from one part of the program to another part, which accounts for most of the sum of $86,200 which you are referring to.
SENATOR BISHOP -What is the $86,200 to pay for?
MR SHERGOLD -That is supplementation to meet Australian Construction Services' fees of $65,000 associated with the maintenance program at the establishments , the cost of one-off guarding services provided at the residences of the Prime Minister, which is $13,200, and the effect of the national wage decision under the structural efficiency principle. If we total those figures, it comes to that amount.
SENATOR BISHOP -It is to pay for the gardening, and what else?
MR SHERGOLD -Not the gardening, the guarding.
SENATOR BISHOP -That figure was $13,200.
MR SHERGOLD -That is correct.