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(1) How much rent has been spent on the Fairbairn headquarters this financial year;
(2) How many Emergency Services agencies have fully relocated to the headquarters;
(3) What kind of information communications technology infrastructure exists at the Fairbairn headquarters;
(4) What was the original target date laid down for the complete relocation of all emergency services and full occupation at Fairbairn when the Government took its decision to transfer the ESA and the emergency services from Curtin to Fairbairn;
(5) When will all emergency services headquarters elements, including the full ESA, be transferred to Fairbairn;
(6) What has been the delay in completing the full transfer to Fairbairn of all emergency services units;
(7) How much rent will be paid at Fairbairn for emergency services units for (a) November 2007 and (b) the period 1 November to 1 May 2008.
Mr Corbell: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) None. The headquarters is not yet built.
(2) The ACT Rural Fire Service has already relocated to Fairbairn into Hanger 48 which is also known as the Air Support Operations Centre.
(3) None. The headquarters is not yet built.
(4) When originally announced in December 2005, it was envisaged that the Emergency Services Agency would be fully relocated in mid-2007.
(5) An exact data has not been determined. A blocking and stacking exercise to determine the space requirements for each of the buildings to be occupied is well advanced and preliminary design work for the fit out of the workshops and the logistics centre has commenced.
(6) As stated in the Estimates Hearing on 20 June 2007, following my appointment as Minister and as a consequence of budget decisions made in 2006/2007, the ESA is undertaking a complete re-examination of the conditions of the contractual arrangements that were entered into to provide the government the best possible advice on basing options for the ESA Headquarters. There are also some issues related to the state of some of the buildings that has been a cause of concern, such as asbestos, and the government is looking closely at what our obligations are in relation to fit out, repair and maintenance of these buildings.
(7) (a) $173,635.74
(b) $1,235,618.34
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