Senate debates Questions on Notice
Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations: Furniture (Question No. 388)
Brett Mason Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Universities and Research
asked the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 10 February 2011:
What is the total cost of office furniture (whether new or refurbished): (a) purchased; and (b) leased, by the department and its agencies (listed separately) for each financial year since 2008-09.
Chris Evans WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate
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