The Minister for Defence has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

For the period 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2011, Defence travelled between:

(a) Townsville and Canberra – on 2112 trips; consisting of 323 trips direct and 1789 indirect.

(b) Canberra and Townsville – on 2267 trips; consisting of 291 trips direct and 1976 indirect.