David Johnston (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Defence) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 20 August 2012:

For the period 1 January to 30 June 2012, what was the average cost in recruiting each new uniformed person into each of the service areas (i.e Army, Navy and Air Force)?

Bob Carr (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Minister for Defence has provided the following answer to the Honourable Senator’s question:

The simple average cost per recruit across the Navy, Army and Air Force for the period 1 January to 30 June 2012 was $28,241.