Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Hansard source

Regular reviews of Services Australia service centre footprint are, and always have been, part of the agency's normal business, practised consistently across governments. During its last time in government, Labor, supported by the Greens, announced the closure of 128 shopfronts commencing in 2009 as part of its service delivery reform initiative. Labor's 2011-12 budget alone expanded site closures by a further 61 sites.

With regard to the landlord of the Yarra service centre in Abbotsford, it advised Services Australia on 12 May 2020 that it will not agree to any lease extension beyond 22 May 2020 under any circumstances and only did so following media reports.

Question agreed to.