When the ABC Bureau moved into its new headquarters computers replaced the typewriters and telex machines. Digital editing has been another significant advance. Senator Reid says the old building could not have coped with the modern technology. Senator Reid said. It's not just a luxury for us, but I think it's important the Parliament is able to operate in the same world, from a communications point of view, as the rest of the community and the rest of business.
Technology extends beyond the building to the watering system on the extensive lawns.
Sensors activate the system according to moisture content. The Senate President says these savings extend to areas including power and light. We want this building to be world's best practice for management, maintenance and cost efficiency and we are getting there. But Senator Reid also has reservations about just how far the technology should go. For example, electronic voting which would eliminate the present time consuming system of counting by tellers.