Bob Carr (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

The answer to the honourable senator's question is as follows:

(1) Officers from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's North Asia Division, International Organisations and Legal Division, Consular, Public Diplomacy and Parliamentary Affairs Division, and the Australian Embassy in Tokyo worked on this issue.

Questions regarding expenditure by other agencies are best answered by those agencies.

(2) The Department managed the incident from within existing resources.