Gary Humphries (ACT, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Materiel) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government and Minister for the Arts, upon notice, on 29 November 2010:

Since 14 September 2010, for each Minister and any Parliamentary Secretaries in their portfolio:

(1) What has been the total amount spent on stationery and publications, including a breakdown of all spending.

(2) What has been the total amount spent on printing ministerial letterhead.

(3) What is the grams per square metre [GSM] of the ministerial letterhead.

(4) Is the letterhead carbon neutral.

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

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

(1) The total amount spent on publications from 14 September 2010 to 29 November 2010 was $1,181. On stationery, the cost per ream (500 sheets) of paper (excluding pre-printed ministerial letterhead) is $5.00.

(2) My ministerial office uses ‘Stephen Swiss White’ A4 paper and matching envelopes for ministerial correspondence. The cost per ream (500 sheets) was $32.87 and if ordered in bulk the cost per ream (50 reams or more) is discounted to $26.40 per ream. The cost of envelopes was $76.50 per box of 500.

(3) The ministerial letterhead is 115gsm.

(4) The paper used for ministerial correspondence is certified carbon neutral by the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency’s National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS).