Senator Wong: The Treasurer has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question: Agency Response ABS The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) does not consider that new or additional office accommodation may be required in the next two years, with the exception of operational requirements for the 2011 Census of Population and Housing. For the period of the Census, the ABS has signed a lease on small office space in Alice Springs to accommodate under five staff. ACCC As at the date of the senator's question, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is not seeking to expand on its currently negotiated lease arrangements in the next two years. AOFM The Australian Office of Financial Management does not consider that new or additional office accommodation will be required for the agency in the next 2 years. APRA Yes. No. N/A ASIC ASIC currently has plans under way for renewed premises in Brisbane in 2011. This is a result of the lease expiring at one of the two premises ASIC currently has in Brisbane. The new lease is for larger premises at one of the existing locations and will result in the consolidation of the two Brisbane sites currently occupied. The consolidation of these two sites will reduce ASIC's total Brisbane tenancy space from 4066sqm to 3400sqm. Whilst there are also planned changes for ASIC's Melbourne and Canberra offices in the next two years, these changes result (through achieving better efficiencies) in reductions of space. CAMAC No IGT Nil NCC The National Competition Council may relocate its office within the next 2 years. Any new accommodation will not be in Canberra. RAM The Royal Australian Mint anticipates that there will be no requirement for new or additional office accommodation in the next two years. PC The Productivity Commission's Melbourne office accommodation lease expires in June 2011 and options are currently under consideration, including possible re-location to other office accommodation in Melbourne. The Commission is not anticipating any requirement for additional accommodation in Canberra over the next two years. CGC The Commission advises that no new or additional accommodation will be required in the next 2 years. AASB No, the Australian Accounting Standards Board does not consider that it will require new or additional office accommodation in the next 2 years Treasury It is not envisaged that the Treasury will require new or additional office accommodation in the next two years; this is assuming that the function and or staff numbers do not grow at more than previous trend data suggests (reference, the Treasury Strategic Property Plan 2010 – 2015).