Senate debates

Tuesday, 8 May 2012

Questions on Notice

Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Question No. 1258)

Photo of Simon BirminghamSimon 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:

(1) Can details be provided on total expenditure for the 2010-11 financial year for the department 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 departmental group within the department 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 Assistant Secretary 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.

Photo of Stephen ConroyStephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | | Hansard source

The answer to the honourable senator's question is as follows:

(1) to (3) The response to this question has been answered by Senate Estimates Questions on Notice 443-445 (the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy).