Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

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

(a) The cost of office furniture purchased by the department and its agencies for each financial year since 2008-09 is:

(b) The cost of office furniture leased by the department and its agencies for each financial year since 2008-09 is:

1 $5.8 million expensed by the department in 2010-11 relates to the furnishing of the new National office building at 50 Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra, from July 2010