Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

The Treasurer has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

The table below provides the total expenditure for the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for the requested items. All amounts are inclusive of GST. The ABS's cyclical work program, in particular the conduct of the 2011 Census of Population and Housing is reflected in some of the line items reported below.