Employment Benefits – On-site Facilities
Coffee shop/Cafeteria
John Gorton, Minter Ellison and Treasury Buildings have on-site cafes. The majority of Finance buildings are in close vicinity of privately run cafes and eateries.
Health and Fitness
Gym
The Finance staff gymnasium located in the John Gorton Building and has been established to assist staff in the achievement of a healthy lifestyle within the limitations of the equipment and facilities provided.
All ACT based staff are entitled to apply for membership of Finance’s gym. There are no joining fees. Membership is subject to terms and conditions and gym users are required to complete a membership application and a pre-exercise questionnaire.
Lunch time Activities
On a regular basis, there are various sporting activities which occur during lunchtime such as football and softball competitions. These are held on the lawns in front of the John Gorton Building.
Exercise Classes
As part of the Health Promotion Program regular lunchtime classes are on offer to all ACT based staff on a user pays basis.
Lunchtime exercise classes on offer may include group personal training, gym circuit sessions, Boxercise, Yoga, Pilates and Belly Dancing.
Family
Childcare
Located on the ground floor of the Treasury Building in Canberra’s Parliamentary Triangle, Abacus Early Childhood Centre (Abacus) has been in operation since July 2002. The accredited commercial long day care centre has 19 qualified permanent staff caring for up to 79 children aged between new-born and school age.
Families where at least one parent is a current employee of Finance are given priority access to any available or upcoming placement vacancies with Abacus. A waiting list system applies in the event there are no vacancies. Finance staff using Abacus can nominate to have their childcare fees salary packaged.
Carer’s room
The Carer’s rooms, located in the John Gorton and Treasury Buildings, provide a temporary, safe and quiet work place to enable staff to carry out aspects of their normal work while caring for their dependant(s). It is an alternative to taking leave in order to care for a dependant(s) for whom care is temporarily unavailable.
The Carer’s rooms together with a Nursing Mother’s room (in the John Gorton Building) are also an alternate facility for nursing mothers.
Contact for information on this page: Recruitment Team