QUESTIONS ON NOTICE › Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations: Stationery (Question No. 397)
Senator Chris Evans: The answer to the honourable senator's question is as follows: The cost of A4 paper purchased by the department and its agencies for each financial year since 2008-09 is: 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 (YTD-Jan) DEEWR $426,134 $469,156 $171,982 SWA $0 $6,485 $4,338 FWO $57,786 $45,005 $21,518 ALTC $2,569 $2,770 $1,408 ACARA $0 $3,419 $4,165 Comcare $74,552 $69,618 $29,067 FWA $0 $37,638 $18,449 ABCC $12,441 $12,107 $4,976 AITSL $0 $0 $8,250 The quantity (in reams) of A4 paper used by the department and its agencies for each financial year from 2008-09 is: 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 (YTD-Jan) DEEWR 82,537 79,328 28,214 SWA 0 1,324 900 FWO 8,053 6,974 4,039 ALTC 523 559 278 ACARA 858 980 1,838 Comcare 12,300 11,500 4,830 FWA 0 6,363 3,155 ABCC 2,010 1,956 804 AITSL 0 0 1,500 During 2010-11, as part of its implementation of the government's sustainability policy, the department adopted a range of specific environmental initiatives that have reduced paper usage. For example, it has retired over 500 desktop printers, introduced new centralised 'print on demand' technology, defaulted all printers capable of duplex printing to duplex and encouraged staff to limit the volume of printed material. In addition, the department has adopted a paper sustainability policy which focuses on purchasing 80% recycled A4 paper and 10% recycled A3 paper.