Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

The Minister for Defence has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question

(1) The table below provides a breakdown of spending on stationery and publications, for each office from 14 September 2010 to 30 November 2010.

(2) The table below provides a breakdown of spending on ministerial letterhead, for each office from 14 September 2010 to 30 November 2010.

(3) Ministerial letterhead printed to date is 110 grams per square metre. Following the transition to a new product, all future ministerial letterhead will be 104 grams per square metre.

(4) Ministerial letterhead printed to date is not carbon neutral. Future ministerial letterheads will be printed on paper which is manufactured carbon neutral.