Nick Sherry (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting the Minister for Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

The Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government has provided the following answer to the honourable senator’s question:

The department has allocated resources for the following expenditure items in 2011-12:

(a) advertising - $0.01 million.

(d) information and communications technology costs - $2.1 million: includes desktop support, help desk, gateway, internet, and financial management information system.

(f) education and training - $0.5 million.

(g) external accounting- $0.1 million: includes asset valuations and actuarial assessments of provisions.

(h) external auditing (not included in accounting costs) - $0.4 million ANAO financial statement audit.

(i) external legal costs - $0.4 million for legal costs and subpoena matters.

Specific budgets have not been allocated for items b, c, e and j. These costs will be met from broader budget allocations to business units.

As at 26 August 2011, forward year expenditure budgets have not been developed for the items listed above.