QUESTIONS ON NOTICE › Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (Question No. 1750)
Senator Conroy: The Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question: A response to Questions 1 and 2 are provided in the attached table. Response to Question 1 – Senate Question on Notice 1750 Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (DSEWPaC) Location Street number/ building name Net Lettable Area (m2) Rent—Total Rent ($/m2) Function/work undertaken Canberra John Gorton Building , King Edward Tce, Parkes ACT 22,321 $ 8,258,918.00 $ 370.00 Delivery of Government policy and programs and general administrative tasks. 33 Allara St, Civic, ACT 9,123 $ 4,031,180.01 $ 441.87 18 Marcus Clarke St, Acton ACT 1,189 $ 582,978.79 $ 490.17 13 Keltie St, Woden, ACT 6,148 $ 2,318,567.34 $ 377.15 Darwin Cnr Pederson Rd & Fenton Court, Marrara, NT 2,404 $ 829,024.60 $ 344.85 Delivery of Government policy and programs and general administrative tasks, environmental testing and scientific research Kingston 203 Channel Hwy, Kingston, TAS 6,722 $ 2,399,075.20 $ 356.90 Delivery of Government policy and programs, research, logistical support, engineering and general administrative tasks. Perth 37 St Georges Tce, Perth, WA 451 $ 295,691.16 $ 655.63 Delivery of Government policy and programs and general administrative tasks. Note: Where actual cost per m2 for office space is available it has been provided, otherwise the average cost per m2 for the total net lettable area of the tenancy has been provided. Location APS 1/2/3 APS4 APS5 APS6 EL1 EL2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3 PEO/CEO/ SECRETARY Canberra 104 212 270 492 597 201 44 14 3 1 Darwin 4 6 16 9 13 8 1 1 - Kingston 19 34 54 94 59 47 4 1 - Perth - - 1 2 6 2 - - - Note: SEWPaC ' s Australian Antarctic Division also has staff located at Macquarie Wharf in Hobart, the Kettering Watercraft training Facility, Antarctic research stations, Macquarie Island, the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystem Research Centre at the university of Tasmania and expeditioners not included in these figures. SEWPaC also has 25 staff hosted by FaHCSIA in offices around Australia. DSEWPaC ' s Supervising Scientist Division also has a field station at Jabiru, NT.F igures exclude staff in Parks Australia Division reported under Director of National Parks. Director of National Parks Location Street number/ building name Net Let - table Area (m 2 ) Rent—Total $ Rent ($/m2) Value $ Deprecia - tion $ Function/ work undertaken Canberra Australian National Botanic Gardens, Acton ACT 391 1,690,000.00 63,640.00 Delivery of Government policy and programs, research, horticulture and general administrative tasks. Booderee National Park 319 432,000.00 11,738.00 Cocos (Keeling) Island 125 10,690.00 85.52 Cocos (Keeling) Island 20 4,500.00 225.00 Christmas Island National Park 218 558,626.00 15,830.00 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 566 7,868,850.00 187,632.00 Kakadu National Park 1712 10,028,000.00 264,526.00 Norfolk Island National Park 100 80,044.00 4,259.00 Darwin Cnr Pederson Rd & Fenton Court, Marrara, NT Hosted by DSEWPaC Delivery of Government policy and programs and general administrative tasks. Director of National Parks Location APS 1/2/3 APS4 APS5 APS6 EL1 EL2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3 PEO/CEO/ SECRETARY Canberra 48 18 20 43 46 13 2 - - 1 Booderee National Park 13 9 6 3 5 1 - - - Christmas Island National Park 19 3 4 2 1 - - - - Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 32 10 9 2 4 1 - - - Kakadu National Park 166 32 10 8 5 1 - - - Norfolk Island National Park 7 2 - 1 - - - - - Darwin Office 2 3 1 5 4 1 1 - - Cocos (Keeling) Island 4 - 1 - - - - - - Figures include staff employed by the Director of National Parks and staff employed by DSEWPaC in the Parks Australia Division. National Water Commission Location Street number/ building name Net Lettable Area (m2) Rent—Total Rent ($/m2) Function/work undertaken Canberra 95 Northbourne Ave, Civic, ACT 1151 $ 465,786.68 $ 404.68 Delivery of Government policy and programs and general administrative tasks. Location APS 1/2/3 APS4 APS5 APS6 EL1 EL2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3 PEO/CEO/ SECRETARY Canberra - 5 3 16 20 9 2 1 - 1 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Location Street number/ building name Net Let - table Area (m 2 ) Rent—Total $ Rent ($/m2) Value $ Depreciation $ Function/work undertaken Cairns Orchid Plaza Lake St, Cairns, QLD 326 91,677.72 281.22 Marine park management including environmental assessments, compliance and field management; environment and sustainability policy development and implementation; communication, education and policy coordination; general administrative tasks. MacKay 43 River St, Mackay, QLD 137 46,555.34 339.82 Rockhampton 130 Victoria Pde, Rockhampton, QLD 86 26,264.40 305.40 Townsville 2-68 Flinders St, Townsville, QLD 2,593 583,502.79 225.03 Townsville Kelleher Pl, Townsville, QLD 596 140,000.40 234.90 Aquarium 2-68 Flinders St, Townsville, QLD 4475 16,037,403.00 655,786.00 Location APS 1/2/3 APS4 APS5 APS6 EL 1 EL 2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3 PEO/CEO/ SECRETARY Canberra - - 1 - 1 - 1 - - Cairns - 2 - - 2 - - - - MacKay - 1 - - 1 - - - - Rockhampton - 1 - 1 1 - - - - Townsville 45 30 27 53 32 17 3 - - Murray-Darling Basin Authority Location Street number/ building name Net Lettable Area (m2) Rent—Total Rent ($/m2) Function/work undertaken Canberra 51 Allara St, Civic, ACT 3,863 $ 1,506,570.00 $ 390.00 Information and compliance services, policy and planning,environmental management, river management and general administrative tasks. Canberra 40 Allara St, Civic, ACT 805 $ 309,925.00 $ 385.00 Adelaide 213 Greenhill Rd, Eastwood, SA 22 $ 25,500.00 N/A Albury Charles Sturt University, Albury, NSW 30 $ 40,000.00 N/A Location APS 1/2/3 APS4 APS5 APS6 EL1 EL2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3 PEO/CEO/ SECRETARY Canberra 15 23 42 73 85 54 7 5 - 1 Adelaide - - - - - 2 - - - Albury - - 1 - - 1 - - - Sydney Harbour Federation Trust (SHFT) Location Street number/ building name Net Lettable Area (m2) Value Depreciation Function/work undertaken Sydney Georges Heights, Mosman, NSW 1422 $ 2,543,800.00 $ 35,828.00 Rehabilitation, remediation, development, enhancement and management of Commonwealth Trust land. Sydney Cockatoo Island, Sydney, NSW 40 $ 463,200.00 $ 6,345.00 Location APS 1/2/3 APS 4 APS5 APS 6 EL1 EL 2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3 PEO/CEO /SECRETARY Georges Heights 5 8 8 4 6 9 9 1 Cockatoo Island - 2 - - - - - - - Employees in SHFT are employed under the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Act 2001, and not the Public Service Act 1999, and as such are not Australian Public Service (APS) employees, or Senior Executive Service (SES) officers . SHFT may have ' SES-equivalent ' employees, but they are not formally classified as SES officers. Bureau of Meteorology The Bureau of Meteorology were unable to provide a response at the time of this report. Response to Question 2 – Senate Question on Notice 1750 Agency Location Ongoing Non-Ongoing Contracted Work Performed DSEWPaC Canberra 4 x APS 4, 1 x APS 5, 11 x APS 6, 16 x EL1 and 7 x EL2 1 x APS 5 and 4 x EL1 Nil Media liaison and monitoring, internal and external communications (including Ministerial and Parliamentary Secretary communications), social media, web content, management of events, sponsorships, publications and advertising and stakeholder engagement activities. Kingston, Tasmania 3 x APS 6, 1 x EL1 and 1 x EL2 2 x APS 4 Nil Internal and external communications and management of events, community outreach and education activities. Director of National Parks Canberra 1 x SPAO, 3 x PAO and 1 x APS 6 1 x APS 6 Nil Media liaison and monitoring, internal and external communications (including Ministerial and Parliamentary Secretary communications), social media, web content, management of events, sponsorships, publications and advertising and stakeholder engagement activities. National Water Commission Canberra 1 x APS 5 and 1 x EL2 1 x APS 6 Nil Media support, internal and external communications (including Ministerial and Parliamentary Secretary communications), web content and management of events and publications. Murray-Darling Basin Authority Canberra 2 x APS 5, 3 x APS 6, 5 x EL1 and 3 x EL2 2 x APS 6 Nil Web content, internal and external communications, graphic design, media and publications support. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Townsville 1 x APS 2, 1 x APS 4, 2 x APS 5, 2 x APS 6, 1 x EL1 and 1 x EL2 1 x APS 3 and 2 x APS 5 Nil Internal and external communications, media support, web content and Reef Guardians Communications. Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Georges Heights 1 x SES 1 1 x APS 5, 1 x EL2 and 1 x SES 1 2 x EL2 Management of publications including content design, social media, web content, mailing, marketing, events, merchandise, and wayfinder and visitor initiatives. The Bureau of Meteorology were unable to provide a response at the time of this report.