Committee recommends approval for $17 million Camperdown works
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works has recommended approval for $17 million works to demolish the decommissioned National Research Cyclotron Facility at Camperdown, NSW.
Today, Mr Tony Zappia MP, chair of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, presented the committee’s fourth report of 2026 to the House of Representatives. Report 4/2026 covers the inquiry into Australian Nuclear Science and Technology, Decommissioning of the National Research Cyclotron Facility, Camperdown NSW.
The referral for the inquiry was made in March 2026. Under the proposal, the demolished site would be returned to the Sydney Local Health District.
Report 4/2026 and Camperdown inquiry
During the inquiry, the committee received submissions and held both public and private hearings in Newtown, Sydney. Committee members also visited the facility in Camperdown, viewed the decommissioned cyclotron and met staff who worked at the site.
Those staff helped support Australia’s position at the cutting edge of nuclear medicine research. Mr Zappia said the National Research Cyclotron Facility had provided “significant value for the public through lifesaving research and medicine”.
He also said, “The works to remove the facility, as opposed to repurposing it, will hopefully open the site to future public value in the city’s most populated local health district”.
However, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works does not run the tendering process, award contracts or handle details of the proposed works. According to the notice, inquiries on those matters should go to the relevant Commonwealth entities.
More information about the committee is available at www.aph.gov.au/pwc. On that site, readers can make a submission to an inquiry, read other submissions and get details for upcoming public hearings.
Readers can also track the committee and receive email updates by clicking the blue “Track Committee” button at the bottom right-hand corner of the page. The committee’s recommendation now goes to the House of Representatives for approval of the proposed works.
