Outcome:	1. Environment			Question No:  10
Division/Agency:	Corporate Strategies Division
Topic:	Departmental Leases
Hansard Page ECITA:	11

Senator Wong asked:

On notice, Mr Anderson, could you get me a list of the accommodations and the
costs of the leases for the period of the leases that have been signed?

Answer/s:

The table below represents the Department of Environment and Water Resources current leases for premises, the duration of each lease and the total cost of each lease.

Tenancy	Lease Period	Total Lease Cost	
John Gorton Building			
    - Original Tenancy	1999 to 2011	 $     69,410,050 	
    - Communications Centre	2003 to 2011	 $       8,191,243 	
Edmund Barton Building	2005 to 2008	 $       1,156,847 	
Edmund Barton Building
     – short term lease	March to Sept 2007	 $          458,698	
Minter Ellison Building 
     – short term lease	Feb to Aug 2007	 $          319,894	
Fyshwick Warehouse	2000 to 2008	 $          910,598 	
Queanbeyan File Store	2005 to 2014	 $          953,097 	
National Oceans Office Hobart	2000 to 2007	 $       1,169,827 	
Supervising Scientists Office Darwin	2002 to 2012	 $       7,156,150 	

Note : 
Excludes leases for the Australian Antarctic Division and Parks Australia (other than the Minter Ellison Building which is leased by the Department for Parks Australia).
The Total Lease Cost includes initial lease price plus rent review adjustments to date but not future increases in rent which may occur as the result of “review to market”. 

Outcome:	1. Environment			Question No:  11
Division/Agency:	Corporate Strategies Division
Topic:	IT Contract
Hansard Page ECITA:	12

Senator Wong asked:
Senator WONG—Is the IT outsourcing of $10 million a single contract?
Mr Anderson—That is a single contract with Volante.
...
Senator WONG—What is the actual expenditure to date?
...
Senator WONG—On notice, for my reference, I wonder if you would be kind enough to provide me with actual expenditure for your division for the financial years 2002‑03, 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06.

Answer/s:
As at the end of March 2007, the actual expenditure by the Department on the IT contract with Volante was $7,032,646.

The Corporate Strategies Division’s overall expenditure for past financial years is as follows:

2002-2003	$34,281,000	
2003-2004	$38,210,000	
2004-2005	$42,368,000	
2005-2006	$48,027,000	

Outcome:	1. Environment			Question No:  12
Division/Agency:	Corporate Strategies Division
Topic:	Staffing
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written Question on Notice
Senator Ludwig  asked:
For the years 2005-06, please indicate:
1. Not including those employed in policy functions, the number of Full-Time Equivalent positions assigned to the following areas:
	a. Compliance and enforcement activities undertaken in Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone;
	b. The development of technology or programs designed to augment, replace or assist any of the above functions.
2. For each of the categories in (1), please indicate:
	a. The breakdown of APS classifications for those personnel;
	b. The total wages cost of all personnel under that category.

Answer/s:
The following areas of the Portfolio undertake compliance and enforcement activities in Australia’s Exclusive Economic Zone: the Approvals and Wildlife Division (AWD); the Marine and Biodiversity Division (MBD); and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA).
1. a) 	Department (AWD; MBD) 2.8 Full Time Equivalents (FTE);
	GBRMPA 15 FTE
    b)	Department (AWD; MBD) 1 FTE;
	GBRMPA 2 FTE

2.a)   1a. Department (AWD; MBD):
	1.8 x EL1
	1 x APS 6 
		GBRMPA:
	1 x EL1
	5 x APS 6 
	7 x APS 5 
	2 x APS 3 
         1b. Department (AWD; MBD):
	1 x APS 6

         	GBRMPA:
	0.1 x EL1
	1 x APS 5 
	0.5 x APS 4
	0.4 x APS 3

   2b)  1a. Department (AWD; MBD) $196,000; GBRMPA $1,140,019

    2b) 1b. Department (AWD; MBD) $56,000; GBRMPA $134,207

In addition, the Department has contracts and service agreements with a number of Commonwealth and State Departments to undertake compliance and enforcement activities. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority also has contracts and service agreements with a number of Queensland State Government agencies to undertake these activities.

Outcome:	1. Environment			Question No:  13
Division/Agency:	Corporate Strategies Division
Topic:	Budget Expenditure
Hansard Page ECITA:	3

Senator Wong asked:
Dr O’Connell—It may be helpful, now that we know the direction of the questions you might want to ask, if we go away and produce something which is more comprehensive.
Senator WONG—That would be useful. What I am interested in is the actual expenditure in each of the divisions for the last few financial years, but I appreciate that if there is a change in outputs that is going to be a little difficult to compare. My recollection is that this department has changed the outputs a couple of times.

Answer/s:
The attached spreadsheet provides Divisional Expenditure for the following financial years:

2002-03 
2003-04 
2004-05 
2005-06 

Outcome:	1. Environment			Question No:  14
Division/Agency:	Corporate Strategies Division
Topic:	Budget – Impact of lapsing programs
Hansard Page ECITA:	11-12

Senator Wong asked:
Senator WONG—Are you able to provide me with the programs that you referred to—NHT2 and AGO—and the reduction? I am trying to work out how they affect your budget in 2008-09 and 2009-10.
Mr Anderson—Yes. We can certainly provide that information. I was just using those two as examples. Clearly, there are a number of programs across the department that lapse or terminate. Some will get refreshed through the budget process.
Senator WONG—If you could give me a list of those and an indication of the impact on your budget.

Answer/s:
The Corporate Strategies Division’s budget for 2006-07 is $46.8 million. The following table outlines the impacts of Lapsing Measures on the Corporate Strategies Divisional Budget for 2008-09 and 2009-10.

Lapsing Measure	Impact $(000’s)	
	2008-09	2009-10	
AGO	2,780	2,780	
NHT	3,141	3,141	
Other Programmes	2,142	2,467	
Loan Repayment- cessation	1,082	1,082	

Outcome:	1. Environment			Question No:  15
Division/Agency:	Corporate Strategies Division
Topic:	Budget Appropriations
Hansard Page ECITA:	14

Senator Wong asked:
Dr O’Connell—We have a breakdown of the current and forward years for all the divisions. It is a total of about 70 different figures, so it may be better if we type that up and take it on notice for you because we do not have the recent expenditure figures you want available right away.
Senator WONG—That is fine. Thank you, Dr O’Connell.

Answer/s:
The attached spreadsheet provides the Department’s Expenditure at the Divisional Level for the current and forward financial years:

Outcome:	1. Environment			Question No:  16
Division/Agency: 	Heritage Division	
Topic: 	Budget Appropriations
Hansard Page ECITA:	29

Senator Webber asked:
Senator WEBBER—Administered items seems to be substantially decreasing. What is that due to?
Mr Burnett—It is because they are forward estimates. Forward estimates often tail away because the government is yet to take future budget decisions. So those forward estimates may change through the budget.
Senator WEBBER—I understand that, but there is a significant difference between 2005-06 and 2006-07.
Mr Burnett—Of $24.4 million and $15.4 million?
Senator WEBBER—Yes.
Mr Burnett—That would be because the division administers a number of ad hoc grants. Typically they relate to churches and cathedrals. Because they are ad hoc, they vary significantly from year to year. The underlying expenditure for our main ongoing programs does not change significantly between those two years.
Dr O’Connell—Just to be helpful, the environment budget overview for 2006-07 contains a great deal of the detail that you are looking at. So we could provide you with copies of this.

Answer/s:
Two copies of the 2006-07 Environment Budget Overview are attached. Pages 6, 9, 11, 15, 24, 25, 43 and 44 provide information relevant to the Heritage Division.