Alex Hawke (Mitchell, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, in writing, on 18 August 2011:

(1) What total sum of money did it cost to produce the Clean Energy Future booklet that was distributed in August 2011.

(2) What sum was spent on the (a) design, (b) printing, and (c) distribution, of the booklet.

(3) What external agencies, organisations, and businesses were used to produce the booklet, and what sum was paid to each of these entities.

(4) Can he indicate how many Clean Energy Future booklets were returned to the Government, including those marked as Return to sender to (a) the Prime Minister’s office, (b) the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency’s office, (c) other Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries, and (d) Government departments and agencies.

(5) How many surplus booklets were never distributed.

Greg Combet (Charlton, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency) Share this | Link to 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.