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March 1st, 2013 
David Schulberg the 3rd
NSW government offices will move to Martin Place rather than state parliament, Premier Barry O’Farrell has confirmed.
The government has been searching for an alternative because the lease of Governor Macquarie Tower (GMT) is up for renewal.
“I am not prepared to renew a lease that was too expensive and too grand,” the premier told reporters in Sydney on Friday.
The government had been considering relocating the offices to Parliament House under a $150 million refit before the proposal was rejected earlier this week, News Limited reports.
Mr O’Farrell said the planned refurbishment was not financially viable.
“There was a hairbrained scheme that came out of Finance and Services a while ago that wasn’t so much about ministers and ministerial staff accommodation but about doing up the parliament,” he said.
“These are not the times to be engaging in that sort of thing.”
Mr O’Farrell said the Martin Place accommodation would save money over the term of the lease.
The cost of renting office space in Martin Place is about 30 per cent cheaper than remaining in GMT, News Limited reported, which will save taxpayers about $7 million a year.
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