The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works will consider three new referrals under the Public Works Committee Act 1969. The referred projects, listed below, have been proposed by Airservices Australia and the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communication, Sports and the Arts (the Department). The proposed works were referred by the Minister for Finance, Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher, on 31 July 2025.
Airservices Australia—Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting Services NexGen Project for the End-of-life Facilities Upgrades – Phase 1A (Queensland and Victoria) – $163.4 million.
The works will support Airservices Aviation Rescue and Fire Fighting Services by updating and modernising select end-of-life training facilities. This will improve their capacity to store new ultra large fire fighting vehicles, and enhance regulatory compliance and workforce engagement.
Airservices Australia—PFAS Remediation of the Former Fire Training Ground at Rockhampton Airport, Queensland – $24.975 million.
The works will remediate Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) contamination resulting from historical firefighting operations at the Former Firefighting Training Ground at Rockhampton Airport.
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sports and the Arts—Proposed Fit-out of New Leased Premises at 7 London Circuit, Canberra City – $32.5 million.
The works will fit-out the Department's new leased office at 7 London Circuit, Canberra to enable vacation of existing office accommodations.
The Committee will conduct public hearings for the inquiries over the coming months. The Committee invites interested individuals and organisations to make submissions by Friday, 12 September 2025.
