Pat Conroy (Charlton, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister for Health, in writing, on 21 October 2014:

Since 7 September 2013 can the Minister provide details as to the use of all consultants within his/her department, including reasons for engaging their services, and the costs involved.

Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

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

There were 299 consultancy contracts recorded as active within the period 7 September 2013 to 30 June 2014. A listing of the Department of Health's consultancies valued at $10,000 (GST Inclusive) or more, including the name of the consultant, consultancy description and reason, cost and the method of procurement (ie open tender, direct source, etc) is publicly available on the AusTender website at the following link:

https://www.tenders.gov.au/?event=public.app.view&appuuid=78766E81-C367-21AA-66C74C6FE98ED22D