Efficient management of the Commonwealth Overseas Owned Estate

OUTPUT 4.1
Property management

OUTPUT 4.2
Contract management

The internal courtyard of the new Australian embassy in Berlin. The building of the chancery was one of the department’s most significant construction projects. The embassy was officially opened by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Alexander Downer, in January 2003.	Embassy staff inspect the layout of the new chancery in Manila, which was completed in May 2003. From left to right: Alan Morrell, Austrade Senior Trade Commissioner in the Philippines, Mike Moignard, Austrade Executive General Manager South East Asia, departmental staff member Jamie Troup, and Miles Armitage, Deputy Head of Mission, Manila.	The department’s Overseas Property Office organised an International Property Management Conference held in Canberra in April 2003. Delegates were senior property managers from foreign ministries from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States and the Netherlands.
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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION FOR OUTCOME 4

Indicators to assist in assessing the success of the department's contribution to the achievement of this outcome are:

Management of the owned overseas property estate meets the Government's property needs, and achieves the agreed dividend and return on investment in accordance with the Government's overseas property principles
— Australian Government representatives overseas provided with appropriate accommodation, including through effective management of the United Process Solutions strategic alliance contract
— Efficient financial and physical management of assets.

Outcome 4: Financial and staffing resources summary (Table 15)
	Budget* 2002–2003 ($'000)	Actual expenses 2002–2003 ($'000)	Variation (expenses less budget) ($'000)	Budget** 2003–2004 ($'000)
Efficient management of the Commonwealth overseas owned estate.
Administered expenses	0	0	0	0
Total administered expenses	0	0	0	0
Price of departmental outputs
Output 4.1—Property management	0	0	0	0
Output 4.2—Contract management	0	0	0	0
Revenue from government (appropriation) for departmental outputs	0	0	0	0
Revenue from other sources¹	52 764	79 174	26 410	58 989
Total price of departmental outputs	52 764	79 174	26 410	58 989
Total resourcing for Outcome 4 (Price of departmental outputs plus administered expenses)	52 764	79 174	26 410	58 989
* Full year budget, including additional estimates. ** Budget prior to additional estimates. 1 Budget estimate for 2003–04 excludes revenue from related entities, being rent paid by the department to the Overseas Property Office for services provided to our overseas diplomatic network. This amount is excluded in calculating the overall price of departmental outputs.

	2002–2003 Budget	2002–2003 (Actual)	2003–2004 (Estimate)
Average staffing level (number) *	16	16	12
* Includes overseas locally engaged staff.

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