Chris Ellison (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Justice and Customs) Share this | Hansard source

As Senator Ludwig would know, and Senator Campbell might not because he was not at the committee hearing last night, evidence was given that $275 million projected for receivables represented a combination of accumulated operating surpluses, capital funding not yet expended and movements in creditors, lead provisions and the like. The AFP is in the process of giving Senator Ludwig a breakdown of that; it was taken on notice.

The surpluses which were mentioned as a result of the PNG deployment involved a substantial amount of expenditure which was not proceeded with—again, because we had to withdraw from Papua New Guinea.