National Heritage List, the offices had Commonwealth Heritage values. The Minister for the Environment and Heritage determined that Wings 3, 4, 5 and the Bridge had Commonwealth Heritage values. The Minister determined that inclusion of Wings 3, 4, 5 and the Bridge in the Commonwealth Heritage List would not prevent the proposed demolition of the Wings 1, 2, 6, 7, 8 and 9. As a result, Wings 1, 2, 6, 7, 8 and 9 were not listed on the Commonwealth Heritage List. In 1999 Cameron Offices were listed on the now defunct Register of the National Estate. Criticism The nature of the voids within the wings resulted in windtunnel effects, which combined with the buildings' concrete design to make them unpleasant to walk around, particularly in the winter. And the sprawling nature of the building made it tedious and slow for the inhabitants to walk between offices and meeting rooms for discussions with colleagues. Due to these design elements, and the fact that Cameron Offices was staffed by public servants re-located from the more central government precinct in Parkes into what many saw as a back-water, the Cameron Offices were unpopular with many of the public servants who worked in the buildings. In 1980, several newspapers published articles alleging that the buildings were leaky and inefficiently designed. They were successfully sued by the architects, on the grounds that the articles had impugned their professional competence. However, the accuracy or otherwise of the claims about the building were not resolved ( Andrews v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd [1980] 2 NSWLR 225) Although located close to a bus interchange, the location of the Cameron Offices was criticised for being isolated by carparks and being too distant from the central shopping centre. The Belconnen shopping precinct was, originally, to be located immediately to the North of the offices and the Level 1 "Mall" on the offices terminated abruptly with a handrail in expectation that this Mall, which was also to cross College Street to the South and connect with medium-density housing there, would subsequently be built. The Link to the South was never completed and the Belconnen Shopping precinct was subsequently "lifted" from the site to the North of the offices and buried, after extensive excavation still apparent today, into the Western side of Benjamin Way. This all but totally severed the offices from the shopping precinct and placed the office car