QUESTIONS ON NOTICE › Australian Communications and Media Authority (Question No. 1254)
Senator Conroy: The answer to the honourable senator’s question is as follows: The ACMA has provided the following information: (1) As at 30 June 2011 within the ACMA there are seven divisions as follows: Authority Communications Infrastructure Content, Consumer & Citizen Digital Economy Digital Transition Legal Services Corporate and Coordination (2) As at 30 June 2011 the number of staff on a head count basis in each division is as follows: Division Name Staff numbers Division location Authority 26 Melbourne, Canberra & Sydney Digital Transition 90 Melbourne, Canberra & Sydney Communications Infrastructure 179 Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Parramatta, Brisbane & Hobart Digital Economy 107 Melbourne, Canberra & Sydney Content, Consumer and Citizen 113 Melbourne, Canberra & Sydney Corporate Services and Coordination 116 Melbourne, Canberra & Sydney Legal Services 28 Melbourne, Canberra & Sydney Total 659 (3) There are six ACMA office locations as follows: (i) Level 44 Melbourne Central Tower 360 Elizabeth St VIC (ii) Purple Building Benjamin Offices Chan St Belconnen, ACT (iii) Level 5 The Bay Centre 65 Pirrama Rd Pyrmont NSW (iv) Level 3 100 George St Parramatta NSW (v) 424 Upper Roma St Brisbane, QLD (vi) 601 Back Tea Tree Rd Richmond, TAS Note: There are five office locations and one manned monitoring site. The offices are located in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Parramatta and the manned monitoring site is located at 601 Black Tree Road, Quion Ridge, Richmond in Tasmania. (4) The size of the ACMA’s offices are as follows: Sydney-Leased 3,289 sqm Melbourne-Leased 4,668 sqm Canberra-Leased 5,774 sqm Brisbane-Leased 355 sqm Parramatta- Leased 146 sqm Quion Ridge- Owned 366 sqm (5) The rental amount as at 30 June 2011 on a per annum basis, and the breakdown of rent per square metre is as follows: Office Annual Cost Cost per/sq/mt Sydney $1,677,390 $510 Melbourne $2,334,000 $500 Canberra $1,882,928 $326 Brisbane $124,250 $350 Parramatta $49,640 $340 (6) The value of the buildings owned and depreciation as at 30 June 2011 is as follows: Description: Asset Cost Accum Depr Written Down Value Building Quion Ridge, Tasmania 190,725.00 ( 8,292.32) 182,432.68 Building Brooklyn Park, Adelaide 45,350.00 ( 2,273.70) 43,076.30 Building South Morang, Melbourne 24,000.00 ( 2,406.60) 21,593.40 Building Birkdale Park, Brisbane 27,572.45 ( 1,856.80) 25,715.65 287,647.45 ( 14,829.42) 272,818.03