Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

The Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government has provided the following answer to the honourable senator’s question:

(a) The Estate Development and Renewal unit of the National Capital Authority (NCA) submitted an internal application to the works assessment area for consideration.

(b) During 2011-12, the cost of the timeline extension was $22,838 (incl. GST).

(c) No. To ensure consistency with the pre-existing mosaic artwork timeline, the contractor who built the original timeline in 2004, Urban Art Projects Pty Ltd was approached directly to fabricate the necessary components for installation.

Procurement was consistent with Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines.

(d) See response to part b. The timeline has only been upgraded once since its original installation. The NCA was approached by the Museum of Australian Democracy in mid October 2011 to upgrade the timeline. The upgrade took place following NCA works approval being granted in March 2012.