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Friday, 23 March 2007
Proposed National Towers program stage 1 for Airservices Australia at Adelaide, Canberra, Melbourne and Rockhampton airports
Final
ACTING CHAIR (Mr Brendan O’Connor) —I declare open this public hearing into the Proposed National Towers Program Stage 1 for Airservices Australia at Adelaide, Canberra, Melbourne and Rockhampton. This project was referred to the Public Works Committee on 7 December last year for consideration and report to parliament.
In accordance with section 17(3) of the Public Works Committee Act 1969:
(3) In considering and reporting on a public work, the Committee shall have regard to -
(a) the stated purpose of the work and its suitability for that purpose;
(b) the necessity for, or the advisability of, carrying out the work;
(c) the most effective use that can be made, in the carrying out of the work, of the moneys to be expended on the work;
(d) where the work purports to be of a revenue-producing character, the amount of revenue that it may reasonably be expected to produce; and
(e) the present and prospective public value of the work.
Earlier this morning the committee received a confidential briefing from Airservices Australia and inspected the site of the proposed work at Canberra airport. The committee will now hear evidence from Airservices Australia.
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