Ms Julie Bishop (Curtin, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

I want to turn to the issue of Kabul and the new chancellery construction project feasibility and planning. The government is providing $3 million in 2009-10 to undertake a feasibility and planning study. Is the parliamentary secretary able to advise of the likely time frame of this feasibility study. What will be the basis for proceeding? What are the criteria for confirming that a new chancellery will proceed? And could you perhaps give us an indication as to the likely cost of such a construction, taking into account the particular circumstances, but also precedents where we have constructed new chancelleries from the outset.

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