Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities) Share this | Hansard source

The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has provided the following answer to the honourable member's question:

(1) Table 1

DAFF Departmental Notes

(a) Advertising disclosed on page 279 of the 2010-11 Annual Report includes GST and Administered advertising.

(b) Travel includes - fares, allowances, vehicle mileage, accommodation and meals.

APVMA - Notes

(d) Includes all IT and Communication costs including, internet charges & telephone costs.

(e) Excludes external legal services

(g) (i) Includes an external audit firm that conducts "internal audits" ($49,000), & ANAO audit costs

CRDC - Notes

(b) Travel international - the ICAC meeting in USA 2010

(e) Consultancy includes R&D consultants and general administration services

FRDC - Notes

(c) Approximate derived from FBT entertainment expenses   

(g) (i) internal audit and is included in consultancy

(h) projects expenditure

SRDC - Notes

(h) Comprises of the following:-

(1) Sponsorships;

(2) Milestone payments for contracted SRDC projects;

(3) Joint CRRDC expenses;

(4) Includes travel associated with SRDC contracted projects. This travel has not been accounted for again in (b) above;

(5) Includes communication expenses which have not been accounted for again in (d) above.

WEA - Notes

(a) Advertising cost includes recruitment advertising and Australian Government Directory entry and website

(b) Travel cost includes airfares, accommodation, travel allowance, taxi and parking fares, travel agent booking fee, conference registration fee etc.

Portfolio Agencies

AFMA—Australian Fisheries Management Authority

APVMA— Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority

CRDC— Cotton Research and Development Corporation

FRDC— Fisheries Research and Development Corporation

GRDC— Grains Research and Development Corporation

GWRDC— Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation

RIRDC—Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation

SRDC— Sugar Research and Development Corporation

WAC— Wine Australia Corporation

WEA— Wheat Exports Australia

(2) Table 2

(3) Table 3

(4) (a) Table 4

Note: Portfolio Agency FTE's not included

(4) (b) Table 5

Note: Portfolio Agency FTE's not included

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