Department of Parliamentary Services Annual Report 2012-2013

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Figure 1—DPS Organisational Structure at 30 June 2013

Secretary
Ms Carol Mills

Parliamentary Librarian
Dr Dianne Heriot

ICT Division
Chief Information Officer
Eija Seittenranta

Building Management
Division
Executive Director
(vacant)

 

A/g Assistant Secretary
Information Access Branch
Liz Luchetti

Assistant Secretary
Architecture, Strategy
Planning & Applications
Branch
(vacant)

Assistant Secretary
Security Branch
James Bryant
Chief Finance Officer
and Assistant Secretary
Corporate Services Branch
Karen Williams

Assistant Secretary
Research Branch
Jonathon Curtis

Assistant Secretary
ICT Infrastructure Branch
Steve McCauley

Assistant Secretary
Infrastructure Services
Branch
Freda Hanley
Assistant Secretary
Content Management
Branch
Karen Greening

 

A/g Assistant Secretary
Parliamentary Experience
Branch
Fiona Bowring-Greer

 

Assistant Secretary
Strategy & Performance
Branch
Jenny Teece

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Figure 2—Relationship between Outcome and Programs

OUTCOME

Occupants of Parliament House are supported by integrated services and facilities, Parliament functions effectively and its work and building are accessible to the public.

SUBPROGRAM 1.1

LIbrary services

An effective knowledge centre for the Parliament through the provision of information, analysis and advice.

1.1.1 Research services

1.1.2 Information access services

SUBPROGRAM 1.2

Building and occupant services

An efficiently functioning, safe and secure environment for Senators, Members, other building occupants and visitors.

1.2.1 Security services

1.2.2 Facilities services

SUBPROGRAM 1.3

Infastructure Services

Integrated servbices and favilities through the provision of maintenance, infrastructure and support services.

1.3.1 Building infrastructure services

1.3.2 IT infrastructure services

SUBPROGRAM 1.4

Parliametnary records services

Access to the work of the Parliament through the provision of audio-visual and Hansard record of proceedings of Parliament.

1.4.1 Broadcasting services

1.4.2 Hansard services

PROGRAM 2

Administered works

Preservation of the heritage value of Parliament House and surrounds.

Building

Furniture

Artworks

Gardens and landscapes

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Figure 3—Parliamentary Library Organisation Chart

 

Parliamentary Librarian
Dr Dianne Heriot

 

A/g Assistant Secretary
Information Access Branch
Liz Luchetti

Office of the
Parliamentary Librarian
(Client Relations and
Web publishing)

Assistant Secretary
Research Branch
Jonathon Curtis

A/g Director
Collection Management
Catherine Gilbert

Director
Economics
Anne Holmes

Director
Central Enquiry Point
Leo Terpstra

Director
Foreign Affairs, Defence
and Security
Nigel Brew

Director
Database Services
Guy Woods

Director
Law and Bills Digest
Michele Brennan

 

Director
Politics and Public
Administration
Cathy Madden

 

Director
Science, Technology,
Environment & Resources
Roger Beckmann

Director
Social Policy
Carol Ey

Director
Statistics and Mapping
Sue Johnson

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Figure 4—Use of Print collection

Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
2012-13 531 1213 1826 2406 2907 3329 3665 4173 4673 5192 5807 6356
2011-12 322 831 1535 2190 2960 3515 4034 4663 5332 5933 6561 7089
2010-11 840 1591 2342 2532 3256 3960 4453 5165 5929 6665 7510 8076
2009-10 934 1952 3040 3951 4826 5628 5902 6735 7617 8274 9075 9855
2008-09 939 1945 3159 4195 5038 5954 6645 7637 8799 9720 10649 11610

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Figure 5—Use of electronic publications archived in the Electronic Resources Repository

  2012/13
July 30,919

August

33,662

September

49,796

October

23,608
November 44,668
December 47,642
January 42,869
February 32,671
March 25,647
April 36,734
May 39,189
June 32,730

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Figure 6—Distribution of client service hours by service type

Financial year

Publications

Parliamentary committees, parliamentary departments and reciprocal arrangements

Commissioned services for Senators and Members

2009-10

21011

3088

33978

2010-11

21010

2100

32722

2011-12

16338

2864

30547

2012-13 18586 3418 30537

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Figure 7—DPS Corporate Plan 2012–14

Department of Parliamentary Services Corporate Plan 2012-14

Mission
We support the work of Parliament, maintain Parliament House as a symbol of Australian democracy, and make the building, and the important activity that takes place within it, accessible and engaging.
Our key results
Accessible
Physical and virtual access to the Parliament
Informed and engaged
Information and communication to support the Parliament and connect with the wider community
Effective as a custodian
Parliament’s assets are cared for and respected
Respected
Our people and the services they provide are valued
Forward-looking
We are innovative and adaptive
Signposts of our success
  • Occupant, visitor and community satisfaction with access, supporting people with special needs
  • Occupants and visitors are safe
  • Activities to promote occupant and visitor wellbeing are effective
  • Effective infrastructure and services for virtual access
  • Activities to promote the Parliament are effective
  • Our services and information are accessible
  • Strong understanding of information and communication needs
  • Information and advice is timely, accurate, useful and valued
  • Enabling effective communication in the Parliament
  • Maximise existing and available technology
  • The traditional owners of this land are shown respect
  • Parliament House and its assets are maintained and preserved
  • The functional and heritage intent of the building is maintained
  • Parliament’s information is captured, preserved and available
  • Assets management meets community expectations
  • A service provider and employer of choice
  • Recognised as ethical and transparent in our decisionmaking
  • High levels of satisfaction about our services
  • Recognised as being focused on service delivery
  • Sharing corporate knowledge to make informed decisions
  • Collaboration with other organisations in delivering services
  • Our workforce has the skills, flexibility and ability to create and adopt innovations
  • Our services remain relevant
  • Timely adoption of appropriate new and emerging technologies and practices
  • Our plans reflect emerging opportunities, challenges and risk
Our priorities
  • a strong culture of customer-focus
  • a strong DPS brand
  • a sound workforce planning framework
  • accurate and reliable corporate information systems
  • a strategic approach to ICT
  • a comprehensive approach to heritage management
  • quality assurance processes for all our products and services
We will deliver
  • simple and accessible ways for customers to deal with DPS
  • robust customer and staff feedback mechanisms
  • a comprehensive approach to customer and community engagement
  • an holistic approach to providing a satisfying visitor experience
  • services that accommodate Parliamentarians’ requirement to be mobile
  • a strategic capital works program that delivers quality outcomes
  • a comprehensive approach to environmental management
  • a maintenance program that will enhance infrastructure reliability
 
How we work as a department to achieve our results
 
We consult, listen and adapt to continuously improve our services
We respect each other and value diversity
We strive for excellence and are fair, ethical and accountable in all our dealings
We foster an environment that rewards forward-thinking and creativity
We share responsibility for achieving results and managing resources effectively

 

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Figure 8—Water use during 2012–13

Buidling-cold water in bathrooms, kitchens and swimming pool

12%

Cooling tower

11%

Domestic hot water and boosted hot water for cleaning

3%

Flushometer – bathrooms

15%

Irrigation

55%

Water Features

4%

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Figure 9—Annual electricity and gas consumption

Financial year
Gas
Electricity
 

Energy usage (GJ)

 1988-89 
178.22
155.9
 1989-90 
145.08
136.16
 1990-91 
114.18
126.38
 1991-92 
102.53
120.56
 1992-93 
106.00
118.24
 1993-94 
89.21
113.5
 1994-95 
75.21
109.07
 1995-96 
75.38
104.86
 1996-97 
65.41
105.87
 1997-98 
63.08
103.52
 1998-99 
68.62
104.87
 1999-00 
59.86
102.08
 2000-01 
53.92
102.61
 2001-02 
54.11
98.07
 2002-03 
50.31
97.43
 2003-04 
51.64
99.96
 2004-05 
42.31
91.22
 2005-06 
47.31
93.95
 2006-07 
45.38
93.98
 2007-08 
41.11
88.64
 2008-09 
43.52
92.39
 2009-10 
44.31
96.09
 2010-11 
46.70
92.57
 2011-12 
49.01
90.03
 2012-13 
50.18
91.50

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Figure 10—Annual waste disposed to landfill and recycled

 

Tonnes

Financial year

Waste to landfilled

Recycled paper

1998-99

584
310

1999-2000

646
231

2000-01

645
207

2001-02

625
564

2002-03

610
262

2003-04

644
272

2004-05

482
320

2005-06

475
345

2006-07

428
260

2007-08

471
363

2008-09

385
307

2009-10

389
275

2010-11

340
315

2011-12

403
279
2012-13
293
249

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Figure 11—Annual quantity of landscape waste (tonnes)

  Tonnes
Financial year  Landfilled Recycled
 1998-99  159 3
 1999-2000  193 5
 2000-01  195 114
 2001-02  491 751
 2002-03  281 441
 2003-04  149 273
 2004-05  9 382
 2005-06  8.56 775.38
 2006-07  10 195
 2007-08  0 187
 2008-09  3.2 183.5
 2009-10  0 196
 2010-11  0 411
2011-12 0 257
2012-13 0 304

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Figure 12—Annual co-mingled and organic recycling waste (tonnes)

  Tonnes
 Financial year  Co-mingled  Organics
 2007-08  14.1  
 2008-09  24.2  
 2009-10  26.7  
 2010-11  31.8  
2011-12 30.3  
2012-13 29.2 49.4

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Figure 13—Annual greenhouse gas emissions from electricity and gas

CO2-e tonnes

Financial year

Gas Carbon

Electricity Carbon

Savings from green energy

1988-89

9,142

41,574

.

1989-90

7,442

36,309

.

1990-91

5,857

33,701

.

1991-92

5,259

32,149

.

1992-93

5,437

31,531

.

1993-94

4,576

30,267

.

1994-95

3,858

27,872

.

1995-96

3,866

26,797

.

1996-97

3,355

27,054

.

1997-98

3,235

26,454

.

1998-99

3,520

26,799

.

1999-00

3,071

24,018

2,070

2000-01

2,766

22,014

4,209

2001-02

2,797

24,226

2,142

2002-03

2,600

24,501

2,888

2003-04

2,669

25,212

2,888

2004-05

3,016

23,699

3,008

2005-06

3,373

24,499

3,008

2006-07

3,235

20,911

6,970

2007-08

2,924

19,575

6,525

2008-09

2,234

20,594

6,836

2009-10

2,999

21,332

7,110

2010-11

3,058

24,661

2,740

2011-12

3,209

23,925

2,721

2012-13 3,288 24,313 2,770

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