MPs nearly forced into cheap seats

By Peter Jean and Ross Peake
Updated April 18 2018 - 11:22pm, first published January 2 2013 - 3:00am

Cost overruns and other problems threatened to delay the opening of the New Parliament House beyond the Bicentennial year and to force MPs to accept cheaper than previously planned furniture, the 1984 and 1985 cabinet papers show.

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