A season of dramatised documentaries commissioned by Screen Australia examining key turning points in the history of three former Prime Ministers is about to commence on ABC1.

The documentaries screen on successive Thursday nights, beginning on 23 October at 8.30pm.

Works are progressing well on the South East Wing refurbishment. One major component—the replacement of the roof—is almost complete. This involved the removal of all redundant air conditioning equipment and then taking up all the old roof sheeting, guttering and parapet capping which was all at the end of its serviceable life.

This has now been replaced with new roofing, guttering and parapet capping. At the same time, new high performance insulation has been installed under the roof sheeting. The image above shows the state of the old roof and the current progress of the roofing. We expect the roofing works to be complete in the next 2–3 weeks.

The installation of roof access ladders and walkways is also nearing completion. A new style of ladder has been installed and has been designed to minimise the visual impact on the elevations of the building. This project was implemented to replace existing equipment which was non-code compliant and will provide convenient and safe access to roof areas for our maintenance staff.

The only remaining ladder to be installed is on the South East Wing, which can be completed once the roof replacement works are finished.