Eric Abetz Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Human Services, upon notice, on 24 May 2011:
Did Centrelink contract for any 'cosmetic services' between June 2010 and June 2011; if so, in each case: (a) what was the service; (b) what was the reason for the purchase; (c) who received the service; (d) what was the cost.
Mark Arbib NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness
The Minister for Human Services has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:
Centrelink did not contract for any cosmetic surgery between 1 June 2010 and 1 June 2011.