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

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Human Services, upon notice, on 13 September 2011:

With reference to the department and all agencies within the Minister's portfolio:

(1) What was the total cost of allowances for government employees or contractors working at sea for the 2010-11 financial year.

(2) What is the daily allowance for working at sea.

(3) How many days in total were spent at sea in the 2010-11 financial year.

Mark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Minister for Human Services has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

(1) The Department did not pay any allowances to employees or contractors for working at sea during the 2010-11 financial year.

(2) The Department's prevailing collective agreements do not contain provision for the payment of an allowance for working at sea.

(3) No time was spent at sea by departmental employees or contractors in the 2010-11 financial year.