Media Release Deborah O'Neill ATO
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DEBORAH O’NEILL Senator for New South Wales 27 November 2015 SENATE CALLS FOR DOCUMENTS ON THE ATO BUILDIN ON OSFORD WATERFRONT The Australian Senate toda y agre ed to Senator Deborah O’Neill’s motion requiring the Au stralian government to rovide all do!uments about the de!ision to lo!ate the Australian Ta" O##i!e building on rime $ater#ront land at %os#ord& 'The i!oni! %os#ord (ubli! S!hool site resents a $onder#ul oortunity to revitalise the !ity o# %os#ord and ma"imise the ubli! sa!e #or the !ommunity)* said Senator O’Neill& 'The Senate’s de!ision to require the government to rovide its do!uments should allo$ the !ommunity to dis!over $ho $anted to lo!+ u this land a$ay #rom the %os#ord !ommunity) and $hether anyone made reresentations to !hange it& 'Our !ommunity $as romised a re!reational and arts re!in!t that $ould serve t he region) revitalise the !ity !entre and !reate ,obs& '-nstead) the Abbott.Turnbull government is going to $aste the oortunity) handing our $ater#ront to a sele!t grou o# ubli! servants in a se!ure building) oen only to eole $ith a s$ie !ard)* she said& The motion by the Senate in!lu ded an order #or the rod u!tio n o# do!uments rela ting to the tender ro!ess/ all communications between the Federal Government and those involved in the tender process and all Ministerial correspondence with the NSW Government relating to the sale of the school site. The su!!ess o# the motion leaves the $ay oen #or the Senate to vote to halt the ro!ess and #or sta+eholders to $or+ to$ards #inding the right site #or the ATO building& '- $rote to al!olm Turnbull as+ing him to listen to the !ommunity and lo!ate the Ta" O##i!e building in a mu!h more suitable lo!ation in the %os#ord D) bene#iting lo!al retailers and the !ity !entre& The (rime inister has sho$n absolutely no interest in meeting or dis!ussing the !on!erns o# the entral oast !ommunity&* Sea+ing on behal# o# the government in the Senate today) Assistant abinet Se!retary Senator S!ott 3yan $ashed his hands o# the entire issue by arguing that the !onstru!tion o# the ATO building $as nothing to do $ith the government be#ore !laiming that 'The Australian government has no do!uments !on!erning !onta!ts $ith the NS4 %overnment about the ur!hase or lease o# the site&* 'That is an e"traordinary admission !onsidering that oe 6o!+ey and S!ott orrison $ere only too hay to !ome to the oast an d ta+e !redit #or annou n!ing the lo!ation o# the b uilding& 4hat thi s !on#irms is $hat the en tral oast !ommunity already +ne $ The Abbott.T ur nbull %overnment and the lo!al member 8u!y 4i!+s had no role) no inut and no interest in an imortant issue #or the # uture o# %os#ord&* '- shall !ontinue to #ight to have $or+ halted and to demand ans$ers #rom the government about ho$ this dread#ul de!ision $as allo$ed to haen& This building) and the ,obs it brings) must be ositioned in a lo!ation that bene#its %os#ord and doesn’t !lose o## our $ater#ront otions #or #uture generations&* ENDS
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DEBORAH O’NEILL
Senator for New South Wales
27 November 2015
SENATE CALLS FOR DOCUMENTS ON THE ATO BUILDIN ON OSFORD WATERFRONT
The Australian Senate today agreed to Senator Deborah O’Neill’s motion requiring the Australiangovernment to rovide all do!uments about the de!ision to lo!ate the Australian Ta" O##i!e building onrime $ater#ront land at %os#ord&
'The i!oni! %os#ord (ubli! S!hool site resents a $onder#ul oortunity to revitalise the !ity o# %os#ord
and ma"imise the ubli! sa!e #or the !ommunity)* said Senator O’Neill&
'The Senate’s de!ision to require the government to rovide its do!uments should allo$ the !ommunityto dis!over $ho $anted to lo!+ u this land a$ay #rom the %os#ord !ommunity) and $hether anyonemade reresentations to !hange it&
'Our !ommunity $as romised a re!reational and arts re!in!t that $ould serve the region) revitalise the!ity !entre and !reate ,obs&
'-nstead) the Abbott.Turnbull government is going to $aste the oortunity) handing our $ater#ront to asele!t grou o# ubli! servants in a se!ure building) oen only to eole $ith a s$ie !ard)* she said&
The motion by the Senate in!luded an order #or the rodu!tion o# do!uments relating to the tender ro!ess/ all communications between the Federal Government and those involved in thetender process and all Ministerial correspondence with the NSW Government relating to thesale of the school site.
The su!!ess o# the motion leaves the $ay oen #or the Senate to vote to halt the ro!ess and #or sta+eholders to $or+ to$ards #inding the right site #or the ATO building&
'- $rote to al!olm Turnbull as+ing him to listen to the !ommunity and lo!ate the Ta" O##i!e building in amu!h more suitable lo!ation in the %os#ord D) bene#iting lo!al retailers and the !ity !entre& The (rimeinister has sho$n absolutely no interest in meeting or dis!ussing the !on!erns o# the entral oast
!ommunity&*
Sea+ing on behal# o# the government in the Senate today) Assistant abinet Se!retary Senator S!ott3yan $ashed his hands o# the entire issue by arguing that the !onstru!tion o# the ATO building $asnothing to do $ith the government be#ore !laiming that 'The Australian government has no do!uments!on!erning !onta!ts $ith the NS4 %overnment about the ur!hase or lease o# the site&*
'That is an e"traordinary admission !onsidering that oe 6o!+ey and S!ott orrison $ere only too hayto !ome to the oast and ta+e !redit #or announ!ing the lo!ation o# the building& 4hat this !on#irms is$hat the entral oast !ommunity already +ne$ The Abbott.Turnbull %overnment and the lo!almember 8u!y 4i!+s had no role) no inut and no interest in an imortant issue #or the #uture o# %os#ord&*
'- shall !ontinue to #ight to have $or+ halted and to demand ans$ers #rom the government about ho$this dread#ul de!ision $as allo$ed to haen& This building) and the ,obs it brings) must be ositioned ina lo!ation that bene#its %os#ord and doesn’t !lose o## our $ater#ront otions #or #uture generations&*ENDS
