David Johnston (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Defence) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 5 March 2012:

(1) For the period 1 July to 31 December 2011: (a) what was the hospitality spend for each agency within the responsibility of the Minister/​Parliamentary Secretary; and (b) for each hospitality event, can the following details be provided: (i) the date, (ii) the location, (iii) the purpose, (iv) the cost, and (v) the number of attendees. (2)For the period 1 July to 31 December 2011, can details be provided of the total hospitality spend for the office of the Minister/Parliamentary Secretary. 1609 Minister representing the Minister for Defence 1610 Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel 1611 Minister representing the Minister for Defence Science and Personnel

Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

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

(1) (a) The Defence Portfolio's total expenditure on Hospitality (excluding the Minister's Office and minor Portfolio bodies), for the period 1 July 2011 to 31 December 2011 is $658,977. Details for each agency are shown on Table 1.

(b) Details of: date, location, purpose, cost (GST exclusive) and number of attendees of each event are provided at Table 2.

(2) Table 3 provides Hospitality spend for the period 1 July 2011 to 31 December 2011, for Minister for Defence, Minister for Defence Materiel and Minister for Defence Science and Personnel. Details provided include: date, location, purpose and cost (GST exclusive) of each event for the period 1 July 2011 to 31 December 2011.

Attachments:

Table 1: Summary of Hospitality and Representational Allowance Expenditure for the Period 1 July 2011 to 31 December 2011 (available from the Senate Table Office).

Table 2: Event Level Detail for Defence, DMO and DHA (available from the Senate Table Office).

Table 3: Event Level Detail for Ministerial Hospitality (available from the Senate Table Office).

[ This answer originally appeared in the Hansard of Thursday, 10 May 2012, without reference to question no. 1610 and has therefore been republished.]