Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, upon notice, on 22 September 2011:

In regard to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA):

(1) What is ACMA's total expenditure for the 2010-11 financial year on:

  (a) advertising;

  (b) travel (including a breakdown of business versus economy and domestic versus international);

  (c) hospitality and entertainment;

  (d) information and communications technology;

  (e) consultancy;

  (f) education/training to staff;

  (g) external accounting;

  (h) external auditing;

  (i) external legal; and

  (j) memberships or grants paid to affiliate organisations.

(2) Can a breakdown of the expenditure in (1) be provided for each division within the ACMA on:

  (a) advertising;

  (b) travel (including a breakdown of business versus economy and domestic versus international);

  (c) hospitality and entertainment;

  (d) information and communications technology;

  (e) consultancy;

  (f) education/training to staff;

  (g) external accounting;

  (h) external auditing;

  (i) external legal; and

  (j) memberships or grants paid to affiliate organisations.

(3) Within each divisional area, can a breakdown of expenditure be provided, for each Executive Manager on:

  (a) advertising;

  (b) travel (including a breakdown of business versus economy and domestic versus international);

  (c) hospitality and entertainment;

  (d) information and communications technology;

  (e) consultancy;

  (f) education/training to staff;

  (g) external accounting;

  (h) external auditing;

  (i) external legal; and

  (j) memberships or grants paid to affiliate organisations.