Martin Ferguson (Batman, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Resources and Energy) Share this | Hansard source

On behalf of the Minister for the Arts, I move:

That, in accordance with section 5 of the Parliament Act 1974, the House approve the following proposal for work in the Parliamentary Zone which was presented to the House on 21 March 2011, namely: installation of ‘The Prime Ministers’ artwork.

In doing so I indicate that the National Capital Authority has received a works approval application from Arts ACT for the installation of the Prime Ministers artwork to be located at the intersection of Walpole Crescent and Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes in the Parliamentary Zone.

The artwork comprises a lifelike reproduction in bronze of a 1945 photograph of former prime ministers John Curtin and Ben Chifley as they walk from the Kurrajong Hotel in Barton to work at the provisional Parliament House, now known as Old Parliament House.

Approval of both houses is sought under section 5(1) of the Parliamentary Act 1974 for the proposed works in the Parliamentary Zone.

I commend this motion to the House.

Question agreed to.

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