Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

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

* 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:

* 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:

*   Short term accommodation to meet Census operations.

(7) The rental reviews for the ABS’s respective leases are as follows:

* Short term accommodation to meet Census operations.

Details of new NSW lease commencing 1 November 2011