Senator Wong: The Treasurer has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question: (1) and (2) The total expenditure incurred by the National Competition Council for the Financial Year 2010-11 for the items listed above and the corresponding budgeted total expenditure for the Financial Year 2011-12 are given in the table below. Total expenditure 2010-11 (excluding GST) Budgeted expenditure 2011-12 (excluding GST) (a) advertising $3,953 $5,500 (b) air travel within Australia in business class $44,448 $62,000 (total for business class and economy class within Australia) (c) air travel within Australia in economy class $1,750 see (b) (d) air travel within Australia by charter flight $0 $0 (e) air travel outside Australia in first class $0 $0 (f) air travel outside Australia in business class $0 $0 (g) air travel outside Australia in economy class $421 $0 (h) air travel outside Australia by charter flight $0 $0 (i) hospitality and entertainment $545 $500 (j) information and communications technology (ICT) costs generally Hardware and software - $828 Licenses and fees - $3,253 Management/support - $41, 414 Internet - $10,808 Telephone - $17, 287 Hardware and software - $1,000 Licenses and fees - $5,000 Management/support - $45,000 Internet - $14,000 Telephone - $20,000 (k) ICT costs to external providers As for (j) As for (j) (l) external consultants generally $5,168 $364,000 (m) external accounting services Payment to ACCC (for provision of all corporate services incl accounting) - $194,364 Payment to ACCC (for provision of all corporate services incl accounting) - $205,000 (n) external auditing services $0 (ANAO imputed fee $24,000) $0 (o) external legal services $312, 017 $470,000 (p) memberships or grants paid to affiliate organisations $3,063 $7,500