Bob Baldwin (Paterson, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Tourism) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister for Tourism, in writing, on 16 August 2011:

In respect of Tourism Australia in 2010-11:

(1) What sum of program expenditure was spent on (a) advertising, (b) hospitality or entertainment, (c) information and communication technologies, (d) consultants, (e) staff training and education, (f) external accounting services, (g) external auditing services, and (h) external legal services.

(2) What are the details of all grants paid, including the (a) recipient, (b) date announced, (c) date that the first payment was dispatched, and (d) date that the last grant payment was due.

(3) What was the total travel expenditure for staff employed in this agency.

(4) What was the travel expenditure for (a) first class, (b) business class, (c) premium economy class, (d) economy class, and (e) in total, for (i) domestic, and (ii) international, travel.

Martin Ferguson (Batman, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Resources and Energy) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:

(1) (a) $59,166,393

(b) $243,486

(c) $6,637,613

(d) $350,701 (this excludes legal and audit costs which are shown separately below)

(e) $481,078

(f) Nil.

(g) ANAO $105,332 and internal auditor $229,841. Total: $335,173

(h) $406,220

(2) Not applicable

(3) $2,627,952

(4) Tourism Australia has employees across international offices and travel is classified as in region or out of region, which correlates to the classification of "Domestic" and "International".

Total in region travels costs: $1,393,858; Total out of region travel costs: $1,234,094.