Senator Wong: The Treasurer has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question: The table below provides the total expenditure for the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for the requested items. All amounts are inclusive of GST. The ABS's cyclical work program, in particular the conduct of the 2011 Census of Population and Housing is reflected in some of the line items reported below. Item 2010-11 Actual Expenses ($, inclusive of GST) 2011-12 Budgeted Expenses ($, inclusive of GST) (a) Advertising 1,282,791 13,511,070 (b) Air travel within Australia in business class 616,478 876,434 (c) Air travel within Australia in economy class 4,119,394 5,856,455 (d) Air travel within Australia by charter flight 20,426 29,039 (e) Air travel outside Australia in first class 76,562 84,219 (f) Air travel outside Australia in business class 637,209 700,930 (g) Air travel outside Australia in economy class 371,530 408,682 (h) Air travel outside Australia by charter flight - - (i) Hospitality and entertainment 20,035 22,038 (j) Information and communications technology (ICT) costs generally 52,939,697 60,331,667 (k) ICT costs to external providers The ABS has no outsourced ICT arrangements The ABS has no outsourced ICT arrangements (l) External consultants generally 1,101,107 1,211,218 (m) External accounting services 487,789 536,568 (n) External auditing services 278,768 306,644 (o) External legal services 289,948 318,943 (p) Memberships or grants paid to affiliate organisations. 32,000 35,200