Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, upon notice, on 10 November 2011:

In regard to the department and all agencies within the Minister's portfolio, can a breakdown be provided of spending for the 2010 11 financial year and an estimate of spending for the 2011-12 financial year, in relation to:

  (a)   advertising;

  (b)   travel, including a further breakdown for economy versus business class travel and domestic versus international travel;

  (c)   hospitality and entertainment;

  (d)   information and communications technology;

  (e)   consultancies;

  (f)   education or training for staff;

  (g)   external accounting;

  (h)   external auditing;

  (i)   external legal; and

  (j)   memberships or grants paid to affiliate organisations.

Mark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Sport) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

The below tables provide expenditure outcomes for 2010-11 and estimates for expenditure for 2011-12.

  (a) Advertising

  (b) Travel – expenditure is not recorded in the financial ledger in a way that readily identifies economy versus business. To provide this level of detail would require examination of thousands of records which is an unreasonable diversion of departmental/ agency resources.

Note: Comcare and FWO do not keep separate records of domestic and international travel.

ACARA have not separated the 2011-12 estimate into domestic and international travel.

ABCC and SWA travel figures are for airfares only.

  (c) Hospitality and Entertainment

  (d) Information and Communications Technology

  (e) Consultancies

1 Includes legal consultancies

  (f) Education or training for staff

  (g) External Accounting

1 Included in consultancies; not separately identified.

  (h) External Auditing (including Resources Received Free of Charge)

1 Relates to ANAO only. The cost of other auditing services is included in consultancies and is not separately identified.

     (i) External Legal

  (j) Memberships or Grants paid to affiliate organisations

Please note ASQA and TEQSA commenced operations during the 2011-12 financial year.

The Australian Learning and Teaching Council is in the process of being wound up. All financial and administrative records are in the hands of the liquidators and therefore no information is able to be provided at this time.