Due to the 2014 shootings at Parliament Hill, Ottawa, the Australian Senate investigated their own security over at the Federal Parliament. After the investigation, the senate approved of a 2.6 metre steel fence to be developed and designed by Guida Moseley Brown Architects. While the entire security upgrade cost A$60 million dollars, the Australian Institute of Architects lobbied against the plan and suggested that it was "undemocratic and ill-considered", despite having not viewed the design or consulted with the architect, relying largely on media reporting for their information. Canberra architect, Rodney Moss said that adding these fences will compromise the intent of the design which is the opposite to the way that the building was envisaged. The Australian Institute of Architects later consulted with the architect and withdrew their objections having seen the design.