Greg Combet (Charlton, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency) Share this | Hansard source

The answer to the honourable member’s question is as follows:

A total of $3,855,362.86 excluding GST was spent to produce and distribute the publication. Expenditure was funded under the Clean Energy Future advertising campaign budget and comprised:

A number of booklets were returned to the Government; however, exact numbers are unknown as records were not kept of returned items at ministers’ and parliamentary secretaries’ offices or government departments.

The Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency estimates that fewer than 500 copies of the booklet were returned to the Department.

Of the 10 million booklets produced, over 9.8 million were distributed via the national mailout. Remaining copies are available on request through the Department’s call centre and at relevant events.

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