DHA Annual Report 2012

Other government agencies

A logical extension of DHA’s core Defence business is the provision of residential property management services to other Federal Government agencies, especially in remote areas of northern and western Australia (where several agencies can be operating from the same location). Thursday Island in the Torres Strait Islands is an example. In 2011–12, these agencies included the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (Customs), the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority. While small by comparison with the Defence business, the cost-effective provision of services to these Federal agencies is a demonstration of DHA’s relevance in the wider government market place. In 2011–12, management fee revenue from these sources was $0.96 million while $0.84 million in maintenance work orders was logged on the Customs portfolio.