Plans for a major wharf upgrade for Australia's Antarctic icebreaker have been scaled back after the initial $515 million cost estimate was deemed 'exorbitant', an inquiry has heard.
The Australia n Antarctic Division has appeared before a federal parliamentary inquiry into the importance of Antarctic a to Australia 's national interest.
The funding dispute prompted stakeholders, including the Tasmanian Polar Network and the four Greater Hobart mayors, to warn the city's status as an Antarctic gateway was at risk.Hobart's hosting of the icebreaker research vessel the RSV Nuyina is at risk due to the "exorbitant cost" of the redevelopment of Macquarie Wharf 6, the federal environment minister warns.
"That we're only just coming back to almost ground zero with respect to our specifications suggests that we need to move quicker than we are moving," Mr Sullivan said.What should have been a 4km refuelling trip for Australia's icebreaker is now a 660km debacle Tasmania's State Growth Department told the inquiry it wants a private operator to set up a fuel barge in Hobart to service the Nuyina and other vessels.
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