Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, upon notice, on 24 May 2011:

Did the department buy an office suite for the National Broadband Network (NBN) or an 'NBN Office Suite' in 2008 from Design Craft Furniture; if so: (a) what pieces were bought; (b) who were they for; (c) who selected the suite; (d) is the suite still in use and where; (d) what was the total cost of the suite; and (e) what did this office suite have to do with the NBN.

Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

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

Yes

(a) 3 SES office suites.

(b) Additional SES officers employed by the department for the National Broadband Network (NBN) Program.

(c)    The suites were selected to match existing SES office suites in the department.

(d) Yes within the department in SES offices.

(d) $40,500 exclusive of GST for three office suites.

(e) The suites were used to furnish offices for additional SES officers employed by the department for the NBN program.