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Article: Fed: Fraser govt gives go ahead for new parliament house
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- January 1, 2009
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AAP General News (Australia)
01-01-2009
Fed: Fraser govt gives go ahead for new parliament house
Eds: Embargoed until 0001 (AEDT), January 1, 2009
By Max Blenkin
CANBERRA, Jan 1 AAP - By 1978, Australia's fine old parliament house was bursting at
the seams and there was just one solution - build a new one.
The government of prime minister Malcolm Fraser officially launched the process which
culminated a decade later with Queen Elizabeth II officially opening the new parliament
house just up the hill.
However, what was costed at $200 million ended up costing more than $1 billion by the
time the final tradesperson packed up tools.
Cabinet papers for 1978 - released by the ...