Carr, Sen Bob

Senator Bob Carr: The answer to the honourable senator's question is as follows: DFAT (1) (a) Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) (b) (c) and (e) Refer to locations in Australia only. Name Address Size (Net Lettable Area) Rent p/m2 (per month) RG Casey Building Canberra John McEwen Crescent Barton 45,382m2 $36.68 Canberra Arts House Blackall Street 817m2 $31.67 NSW State Office Gateway House Lee Street Sydney 1,833.6m2 $41.04 Sydney Passports Office Angel Place Pitt Street 815.3m2 $50.41 Newcastle Passports Office Hunter Street Newcastle 217m2 $32.87 Northern Territory Office NT House Mitchell Street 314m2 $44.92 Queensland State Office Ann Street Brisbane 1211m2 $50.05 South Australia State Office Currie Street Adelaide 607.8m2 $35.46 Tasmania State Office Macquarie Street Hobart 335m2 $33.10 Western Australia State Office Exchange Plaza Sherwood Court Perth 827m2 $82.90 Victoria State Office Casseldon Place Lonsdale Street Melbourne 2044m2 $39.67 Thursday Island Office Chester Street 68m2 $46.64 Sydney Airport 68.2m2 $43.92 (storage rent rate) (d) The number of staff at each location as at 31 December 2011 was as follows: Location Female Male Total Canberra 841 748 1589 Queensland* 38 15 53 Victoria 66 23 89 Western Australia 30 10 40 New South Wales** 68 20 88 South Australia 14 5 19 Tasmania 4 4 8 Northern Territory 6 3 9 *Includes Thursday Island Office; ** Includes NSW State Office, Sydney Passports Office and Newcastle Passports Office The classification of employees by location as at 31 December 2011 was as follows: Classification Canberra State Offices APS Level 1 2 0 APS Level 2 5 9 APS Level 3 27 61 APS Level 4 108 29 APS Level 5 209 162 APS Level 6 158 7 Exec. Level 1 532 27 Exec. Level 2 189 7 Non SES Unattached* 162 0 SES Band 1 62 1 SES Band 2 22 1 SES Band 3 5 0 SES (Spec.) Band 1 1 0 SES (Spec.) Band 2 2 0 DG Safeguards** 1 0 Secretary 1 0 SES Unattached* 25 0 Cadet 3 1 Graduate APS 74 1 Medical Officer Cl. 3 0 0 Medical Officer Cl. 4 1 0 Total 1589 306 *Unattached includes staff on leave without pay, long service leave, seconded to other agencies and staff covered by the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984. ** Director of Safeguards, a statutory officer responsible to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, occupies the position of Director General of the Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office (f) All Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade premises are leased. (g) Refer to Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements 2011-12: Outcome 1, page 23 Outcome 2, page 29 Outcome 3, page 35 (2) (a) (b) and (c) Number of staff by function and location: Function Ongoing Non-Ongoing Contractors Total Media – Canberra 7 1 0 8 Public Diplomacy – Canberra 8 0 0 8 Total 15 1 0 16 (a) (b) and (c) Type of work by classification: Classification Media Public Diplomocy Total Graduate APS 0 1 1 APS Level 3 1 0 1 APS Level 5 1 3 4 APS Level 6 0 1 1 Exec. Level 1 4 2 6 Exec. Level 2 2 1 3 Total 8 8 16 AusAID (1) (a) Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) (b) the location of AusAID's office accommodation is shown in Table 1 (c) the size of AusAID's office accommodation is shown in Table 1 (d) the number of AusAID staff at each location and their classification is shown in Table 1 (e) the amount and breakdown of rent paid per square metre for AusAID's office accommodation is shown in Table 1 (f) Not applicable. (g) in Canberra, AusAID staff undertake public administration, policy development and oversight the programs to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. At overseas posts AusAID staff manage the delivery of the aid programs by designing, planning, managing, coordinating and monitoring poverty reduction activities in partnership with developing countries and international development organisations. Table 1 Location Size (square metres) Number of Staff (and Classifications) Annual Rent Per Square Metre (AUD) Annual Rent (AUD) Canberra (255 London Cct) 9167.0 588 (31 SES, 76 EL2, 208 EL1, 170 APS6, 82 APS5, 14 APS 4, 7 APS 3) $459.00 $4,207,653 Canberra (20 Allara St) 9914.8 528 (19 SES, 84 EL2, 175 EL1, 133 APS6, 69 APS5, 42 APS4, 6 APS3) $383.58 $3,803,119 Canberra (40 Allara St) 3038.7 Planned 227 (11 SES, 26 EL2, 54 EL1, 95 APS6, 41 APS5 (occupancy due June 2012) $380.00 $1,154,706 (2) (a) 34 (i) their classification (refer to table 2), (ii) the type of work they undertake, (refer to table 2), (iii) their location (refer to table 2) (b) 3 (i) their classification (refer to table 2), (ii) the type of work they undertake, (refer to table 2), (iii) their location (refer to table 2) (c) 1 (i) their classification (refer to table 2) (ii) the type of work they undertake, and (refer to table 2), (iii) their location (refer to table 2) Table 2 Section Responsibilities Ongoing Non-Ongoing Contractors Location Media Media liaison EL2—1 EL1 – 2 APS6 – 2 Canberra Strategic Communications Communications, public relations, publications and speeches EL2 – 1 EL1 – 6 APS6 – 2 APS5—2 Canberra Online Communications Online communications EL2 – 1 EL1 – 2 APS6 – 3 APS6—1 EL1 – 1 Canberra Scholarships Communications and public relations EL1 – 1 Canberra Pacific Communications and public relations EL1—1 APS6 – 1 Canberra Asia Communications and public relations EL1—1 APS6 – 1 Canberra Australian Civilian Corp Communications and public relations EL1—1 Canberra PNG Communications and public relations EL1—1 Canberra Overseas Development Effectiveness Communications and public relations EL1—5 APS6—1 Canberra Austrade (1) (a) Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) (b) (c) (d) and (e) Note: The response for (1) (b) (c) (d) and (e) applies to Australian office locations and is accurate as of 31 March 2012. Location Size (square metres) Total staff (APS1 to SES 3) Rent paid (annually) Breakdown of rent ($ per square metre) Adelaide 300 11 130,700 436 Brisbane 505 18 221,011 438 Canberra 3,390 179 1,645,541 485 Darwin 99 2 22,911 231 Hobart 137 1 51,217 374 Hurstville 205 6 86,083 420 Melbourne 1,000 53 546,187 546 Newcastle 27 1 15,432 572 Parramatta 92 1 28,595 311 Perth 373 8 305,428 819 Sydney 2,650 153 1,449,881 547 Townsville 47 1 21,265 452 Werribee 1 1 Wollongong 15 1 8,404 560 1 This staff member is located in an ally office (Wyndham City Council) and therefore has no location details recorded. (f) Not applicable. (g) Austrade advances Australia's trade and investment interests through information, advice and services to businesses, industry and governments as well as contributes to the protection and welfare of Australians abroad through timely and responsive consular and passport services in specific locations overseas. (2) (a) (b) and (c) Nine (five as Austrade ongoing staff, two as non-ongoing and two on contract) (i) From APS5 to EL2. (ii) Media, communications and content production. (iii) Austrade Sydney office. EFIC (1) (a) Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) (b) Export House, Level 8-10, 22 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW (c) Approximately 1,939 m2 (d) Sydney: 85.2 Full-time equivalent (FTE) staff Perth: One FTE based in Austrade office (Level 26, Exchange Plaza, Sherwood Court, Perth WA) Melbourne: One FTE based in Austrade office (Level 31, 140 William Street, Melbourne VIC) N.B. EFIC is not an Australian Public Service (APS) body. (e) N/A (f) (i) Freehold land and building at last valuation—$32.8 million. Net book value as at 1 July 2011—$29.6 million (ii) Accumulated depreciation as at 30 June 2011 – ($3.2 million) (g) Export House (Sydney) is EFIC's central office and caters for the range of activities related to the execution of EFIC's mandate to support Australian exporters with export finance and insurance solutions across Australia. The two EFIC staff outside of Sydney based in Austrade offices (1 FTE in Perth and 1 FTE in Melbourne) are both Directors in EFIC's SME and Mid-Market team. Both staff undertake business development activities. (2) Two ongoing staff: (a) (i) Not under APS classification. (ii) One FTE Senior Manager, PR and Communications One FTE Manager, Marketing Communications Public relations and communications activities for EFIC. (iii)Export House, Sydney (22 Pitt Street) (b) Nil. (c) Nil. ACIAR (1) (a) Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) (b) 38 Thynne Street, Fern Hill Park, Bruce ACT 2617 (c) 1500m2 (d) APS Classification Employees by Classification SES Band 1 1 EL 2 15 EL 1 8 APS 6 6 APS 5 4 APS 4 16 APS 3 1 (e) $32.83/m2 (including GST) (f) Not applicable (g) ACIAR is a statutory authority that operates as part of Australia's overseas aid program. ACIAR's functions are to: commission research into improving sustainable agricultural production in developing countries fund project-related training communicate the results of funded research conduct and fund development activities related to research programs administer the Australian Government's contribution to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). (2) (a) Five ongoing staff Classification Work undertaken Location EL 1 Manager Team leadership, development of strategic communications Canberra EL 1 Publications Manager Management of publications program Canberra EL 1 Science Communicator Production of corporate magazine and information resources Canberra APS 6 Public Affairs Officer Media liaison and public affairs coordination Canberra APS 4 Communications Officer Website content management, administrative support Canberra (b) Nil (c) Nil