QUESTIONS ON NOTICE › Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Question No. 1739)
Senator Conroy: The answer to the honourable senator’s question is as follows: Portfolio agencies have provided the following information in response to the honourable senator’s question. Office Locations (1) (a) to (g)— Australia Post The specific details sought about office locations across the entire corporation are not captured on any central database. To attempt to provide this level of detail would involve an unreasonable diversion of resources. As such, Australia Post is not in a position to provide the information requested. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) – See separate table attached Department Of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) NBN Co Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Information for the above agencies is outlined in the following table. Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) (b) Location (c) size (d) Number of Staff (e) If rented, a breakdown of rent paid per square metre Or (f) If location is owned by the Department/Agency (g) functions and work undertaken 38 Sydney Avenue Forrest, ACT Leased 8,975.2 m2 Total 652 staff in Canberra, located in both 38 and 44 Sydney Avenue. (The HR system does not store detail on the numbers of Canberra staff in each location separately). Classifications range from APS1 to the Secretary. $410/m2/annum Functions and work undertaken at this location contribute to DBCDE’s Program 1.1 ‘Broadband and Communications Infrastructure’, Program 1.2 ‘Digital Economy and Postal Services’ and Program 1.3 ‘Broadcasting and Digital Television’ as documented in the DBCDE 2011-12 Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements. 44 Sydney Avenue Forrest, ACT Leased 2,628 m2 The 652 staff in Canberra, located in both 38 and 44 Sydney Avenue. (The HR system does not store detail on the numbers of Canberra staff in each location separately). Classifications range in Canberra from APS1 to SES Band 3. Level 1 Suite 1A (626m2)$413.34/m2/ annum Level 1 Suite 2 (1024 m2) $462.53/m2/annum Level 2 (978 m2) $462.53/m2/annum Functions and work undertaken at this location contribute to DBCDE’s Program 1.1 ‘Broadband and Communications Infrastructure’ and Program 1.2 ‘Digital Economy and Postal Services’ as documented in the DBCDE 2011-12 Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements. 31-33 Market Street, Sydney, NSW Leased 1,877.5 m2 Total 78 staff in the Sydney Office. Classifications range from APS3 to SES Band 3. Level 9 (139 m2) $455/m2/annum Level 14 (384.5sqsm) $495/m2/annum Level 11 & Level 18 (1354 m2) $499.16/ m2/annum Functions and work undertaken at this location contribute to DBCDE’s Program 1.2 ‘Digital Economy and Postal Services’ and Program 1.3 ‘Broadcasting and Digital Television’ as documented in the DBCDE 2011-12 Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements. Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) (b) Location (c) size (d) Number of Staff (e) If rented, a breakdown of rent paid per square metre Or (f) If location is owned by the Department/Agency (g) functions and work undertaken Canberra Purple Building and Part Levels 3 & 4 Magenta Buildings, Benjamin Offices, Belconnen, ACT 5774 m2 212 staff with classifications from APS2 to SES Band 2 $326.13/m2/annum Functions and work undertaken at this location contribute to the ACMA’s Program 1.1 ‘Communications, regulation, planning and licensing’ and Program 1.2 ‘Consumer safeguards, education and information’ as documented in the ACMA’s 2011-12 Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements. Sydney Level 5, The Bay Centre, 65 Pirrama Road, Pyrmont, NSW 3289 m2 140 staff with classifications from APS3 to SES Band 2 $510.00/m2/annum Parramatta Level 3, 100 George Street, Parramatta, NSW 146 m2 9 staff with classifications from APS4 to APS6 $353.60/m2/annum Melbourne Levels 42 - 44, The Tower, 360 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, VIC 4668 m2 236 staff with classifications from APS3 to SES Band 2 $500.00/m2/annum Brisbane 424 Upper Roma Street, Brisbane, QLD 355 m2 14 staff with classifications from APS4 to EL2 $364.00/m2/annum Tasmania, Quoin Ridge 601 Back Tea Tree Road, Richmond TAS 366 m2 2 staff with classifications from APS5 to APS6 (f) (i) Value as at 31 March 2012: $176,202.08 (ii) Depreciation as at 31 March 2012: $14,522.92 NBN Co (b) Location* (c) size (d) Number of Staff (various classifications) (e) If rented, a breakdown of rent paid per square metre Or (f) If location is owned by the Department/Agency (g) functions and work undertaken 100 Arthur St North Sydney 9462 m 2 883 Net Annual Rental** $552/ m 2 Annual Outgoings**$97/ m 2 Work performed at these locations is of a similar nature, i.e. network planning, network design, network operations, construction planning, program management, and corporate support activities. The exception is 1010 La Trobe St Docklands which additionally has equipment testing rooms and the Network Operations Centre. 88 Walker St North Sydney 1246 m 2 125 Net Annual Rental** $398/ m 2 Annual Outgoings** Nil – gross rent 213 Miller St North Sydney 1616 m 2 119 Net Annual Rental** $432/ m 2 Annual Outgoings** Nil – gross rent 360 Elizabeth St Melbourne 7624 m 2 512 Net Annual Rental**$458/ m 2 Annual Outgoings**$110/ m 2 535 Bourke St Melbourne 2230 m 2 230 Net Annual Rental**$475/ m 2 Annual Outgoings**Nil– gross rent 1010 La Trobe St Docklands 4462 m 2 302 Net Annual Rental**$304/ m 2 Annual Outgoings**$100/ m 2 16 National Ct Canberra 260 m 2 7 Net Annual Rental**$401 /m 2 Annual Outgoings** Nil – gross rent 39 Murray St Hobart 252 m 2 15 Net Annual Rental**$205/ m 2 Annual Outgoings** Nil – gross rent * Excludes Data Centres, Aggregation Nodes, Depots, Satellite Earth Stations. ** Rental and outgoings figures rounded to nearest whole dollar. Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) (b) Location (c) size (d) Number of Staff (e) If rented, a breakdown of rent paid per square metre Or (f) If location is owned by the Department/Agency (g) functions and work undertaken 14 Herbert Street, Artarmon NSW 17,124m 2 (offices, studios, loading dock and warehouse) 735 (SBS bands 1-8 and contract) (f) (i) Value: $64.5m (ii) depreciation of the building: $144,051/month Providing multilingual and multicultural television, radio and online services. The Sydney building is a purpose built television and radio broadcasting studio and office complex. Level 2, Alfred Deakin Building , Federation Square, Melbourne 2998m 2 142 (SBS bands 1-8 and contract) $37,995/month; $317/m 2 Providing multilingual and multicultural television, radio and online services. Press Gallery, Parliament House, Canberra 119m 2 12 (SBS bands 3, 5 and contract) $14,741/month; $425/m 2 Public Relations, Communications and Media Staff (2) (a) to (c)— Australia Post The specific details sought about public relations, communications and media staff across the entire corporation are not captured on any central database. To attempt to provide this level of detail would involve an unreasonable diversion of resources. As such, Australia Post is not in a position to provide the information requested. Department Of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) There are 23 staff in the department engaged partly or wholly in external focused public affairs activities (such as promoting events to the media and engaging with the media on a daily basis and advising on strategic communications activities). Staff are based in Canberra unless otherwise indicated in the table below. (a) Ongoing Position (i) Classification (ii) Responsibilities (iii) Location 1 SES Band 1 Assistant Secretary, Communication and Media Branch 3 EL2-PAM Manager 1 based in Sydney 6 EL1-PA Senior Communication Adviser 1 part time 1 based in Sydney 2 APS6-PA Communication Adviser 1 based in Sydney 2 APS5-PA Communication Adviser Total 14 FTE (b) Non Ongoing Position (i) Classification (ii) Responsibilities (iii) Location 1 EL2-PAM Manager 2 EL1-PA Senior Communication Adviser 1 based in Sydney 2 APS6-PA Communication Adviser Total 5 FTE (c) Contracted Position (i) Classification (ii) Responsibilities (iii) Location 1 EL1 Communication Adviser Based in Sydney 2 APS6-PA Communication Adviser Based in Sydney 1 APS6-PA Communication Adviser Based in Sydney Total 4 FTE Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) (a) Ongoing Position (i) Classification (ii) Responsibilities (iii) Location 3 Executive Level 2 Executive Level 2 Executive Level 2 Manager Digital Publishing Manager Editorial Services Manager 6 staff are located in Sydney, 7 in Melbourne and 1 in Canberra. 4 Executive Level 1 Executive Level 1 Executive Level 1 Executive Level 1 Engagement Manager Media Manager Digital Technology Manager Assistant Manager Editorial Services 6 ACMA 6 ACMA 6 ACMA 6 ACMA 6 ACMA 6 ACMA 6 Communications Advisor Media Officer Social Media Producer Web Producer Web Producer Writer and Editor 1 ACMA 4 Editorial Support (b) Non Ongoing Position (i) Classification (ii) Responsibilities (iii) Location 1 SES 1 Executive Manager Gov 2.0, Stakeholder Engagement and External Communications Sydney 1 ACMA 5 Web Content (c) N/A Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) (a) Ongoing Position (i) Classification (ii) Responsibilities (iii) Location 1 Director Public Relations/Communications NSW 13 Senior Executive Public Relations/Communications x2 Marketing/Publicity/Promotions x8 1 NSW, 1 Vic 8 NSW, 3 Vic 56 Admin/ Professional Public Relations/Communications Marketing/Publicity/Promotions 2 NSW 1 ACT, 37 NSW, 2 Qld, 2 SA,2 Tas, 8 Vic, 2 WA 18 Content Maker Marketing/Publicity/Promotions 9 NSW, 2 Qld,1 SA, 1 Tas, 4 Vic, 1 WA 1 Head Office Assistant Marketing/Publicity/Promotions 1 NSW (b) Non Ongoing Position (i) Classification (ii) Responsibilities (iii) Location 3 Senior Executive Marketing/Publicity/Promotions 3 NSW 11 Admin/ Professional Marketing/Publicity/Promotions 9 NSW, 1Vic, 1 NT 5 Content Maker Marketing/Publicity/Promotions 3 NSW, 2 Vic (c) N/A NBN Co (a) Ongoing Position/s (i) Classification (ii) Responsibilities (iii) Location 28 Chief Communications Officer with 27 employees reporting either directly or indirectly to him The roles in this area are diverse and include government liaison, stakeholder relations, community engagement, media relations, issues management and staffing for demonstration facilities Of these, a total of 5 staff deal with 300+ media queries each month from local, state, national and online publications as well as broadcast media outlets. A further 2 staff fulfil marketing communications functions, principally in the terms of the Information Campaign and Migration Deed contained within the company’s Definitive Agreements with Telstra. North Sydney (b) N/A (c) N/A Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) (a) N/A (b) Non Ongoing Position (i) Classification (ii) Responsibilities (iii) Location 2 Executive contract SBS has a small Corporate Communications team who are responsible for corporate external relations consisting of the Director of Strategy and Communication and the Corporate Communications Manager. Sydney Note: SBS is a not an Australian Public Service agency, employees are not employed under the Public Service Act 1999. SBS does not classify staff as SES/non-SES. (c) N/A.