QUESTIONS ON NOTICE › Australian Bureau of Statistics: Accommodation (Question No. 997)
Senator Wong: The Treasurer has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question: (1) The actual locations of each premises occupied by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) are as follows: Office Address Central Office (CO) ABS House 45 Benjamin Way BELCONNEN ACT 2617 NSW Level 5 St Andrew’s House Sydney Square SYDNEY NSW 2001 NT CIVITAS Building 22 Harry Chan Avenue DARWIN NT 0800 QLD 639 Wickham Street FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 SA Level 9 ANZ House 11 Waymouth Street ADELAIDE SA 5001 TAS Level 3 200 Collins Street HOBART TAS 7001 VIC CGU Tower 485 La Trobe Street MELBOURNE VIC 3001 WA Level 14 Exchange Plaza 2 The Esplanade PERTH WA 6000 ACT Manpower Building Level 5 33-35 Ainslie Avenue CANBERRA ACT 2600 Census Data Processing Centre (DPC) * 250 Spencer Street MELBOURNE VIC 3000 Alice Springs * 33 North Stuart Highway ALICE SPRINGS NT 0870 * Short term accommodation to meet Census operations. (2) Each of the premises referred to in question 1 is rented. (3) The actual amount of space in square metres occupied by, or allocated to, the Australian Bureau of Statistics at each premises is detailed in the below table: Office NLA (m2) – Office NLA (m2) – Storage Central Office (CO) 31,812.70 2,692.40 NSW 6,912 80 NT 1,429 105.60 QLD 4,400 83 SA 4,580.8 N/A TAS 3,222.2 N/A VIC 5,598.8 100 WA 4,840 N/A ACT 453 N/A Census Data Processing Centre (DPC) * 31,147.2 N/A Alice Springs * 115 N/A * Short term accommodation to meet Census operations. (4) The Australian Bureau of Statistics does not have any allocation of space arrangements with other Commonwealth Government Entities. The Australian Bureau of Statistics does occupy space in some multi-tenancy commercially leased sites that do have other Commonwealth Entities as tenants although the ABS is not privileged to their commercial leasing information. (5) The Australian Bureau of Statistics does not occupy space owned by the Commonwealth of Australia. (6) For each of the premises that are rented, the current lease terms are included in the below table: Office Lease Entered Into Current Lease Expiry Date Further Options Available Rent Office (per square metre) Storage (per square metre) Total Rent (pa) Central Office (CO) 13/03/2002 12/03/2017 2 x 5 years $424.79 $117.43 $13,829,885.36 NSW 01/11/2004 31/10/2011 1 x 3 years $429.61 $298.51 $2,993,345.60 NT 07/09/2009 06/09/2017 2 x 4 years $351.90 (Level 2/3) $455.00 (Level 4) $82.80 $561,184.08 QLD 01/03/2005 31/08/2015 2 x 5 years $390.38 $253.07 $1,738,676.81 SA 01/02/2007 31/01/2017 1 x 5 years $459.01 N/A $2,102,629.32 TAS 05/09/2007 04/09/2017 2 x 5 years $371.61 N/A $1,197,415.32 VIC 01/06/2006 31/05/2016 1 x 5 years $364.95 $185.71 $2,061,850.84 WA 01/08/2004 31/07/2014 1 x 2 years $371.73 N/A $1,799,173.20 ACT 01/08/2007 31/07/2012 1 x 5 years $367.17 N/A $166,329.48 Census Data Processing Centre (DPC) * 01/07/2010 31/12/2012 N/A $179.79 N/A $5,600,000.00 Alice Springs * 01/09/2010 30/11/2011 Monthly $375.65 N/A $43,200.00 * Short term accommodation to meet Census operations. (7) The rental reviews for the ABS’s respective leases are as follows: Office Rental Review Date Market Review Date Central Office (CO) 1 Mar 2012 - 3% Fixed Feb 2017 NSW 1 Nov 2011 - Market Following market testing, new lease in new premises commences 1 Nov 2011 (see below) NT 6 Sept 2011 - 3.5% Fixed 6 Sept 2014 QLD 1 Mar 2012 - 4% Fixed 1 Sept 2015 SA 1 Feb 2012 - Market/cap 5% 1 Feb 2012 TAS 5 September 2011 – 3.5% Fixed No Market Review VIC 1 June 2012 - Market Review 1 June 2012 WA 1 August 2012 – Fixed 3.5% 1 August 2014 ACT N/A - Lease expires 31 July 2012 and will not be renewed N/A Census Data Processing Centre (DPC) * The Rent will not be reviewed or varied during the Term N/A Alice Springs * N/A N/A * Short term accommodation to meet Census operations. Details of new NSW lease commencing 1 November 2011 Office Address NSW (from 1 Nov 2011) Levels 7-10 44 Market Street SYDNEY NSW 2001 Office NLA (m2) – Office NLA (m2) – Storage NSW (from 1 Nov 2011) 4,988 N/A Office Lease Entered Into Current Lease Expiry Date Further Options Available Rent Office (per square metre) Storage (per square metre) Total Rent (pa) NSW (from 1 Nov 2011) 1/11/2011 31/10/2021 2 x 5 years $490.00 N/A $2,444,120.00 Office Rental Review Date Market Review Date NSW (from 1 Nov 2011) 1 Nov 2012 – 3.75% Fixed N/A