QUESTIONS ON NOTICE › Employment and Workplace Relations and School Education, Early Childhood and Youth (Question Nos 1455 and 1456)
Senator Arbib: The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question: The below tables provide expenditure outcomes for 2010-11 and estimates for expenditure for 2011-12. (a) Advertising Dept/ Agency 2010-11 $ 2011-12 Estimate $ DEEWR 11,225,344 7,400,000 Australian Building and Construction Commissioner (ABCC) 67,715 60,000 Australian Curriculum, Assessment & Reporting Authority (ACARA) 1,613,706 125,000 Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) 261,911 255,000 Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) Nil 22,500 Comcare 67,000 124,000 Fair Work Australia (FWA) 89,847 135,000 Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) 106,769 90,000 Safe Work Australia (SWA) 127,293 52,545 Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Authority (TEQSA) Nil 50,000 (b) Travel – expenditure is not recorded in the financial ledger in a way that readily identifies economy versus business. To provide this level of detail would require examination of thousands of records which is an unreasonable diversion of departmental/ agency resources. Dept/ Agency 2010-11 $ 2011-12 Estimate $ Domestic International Domestic International DEEWR 13,113,895 1,289,645 12,000,000 1,000,000 Australian Building and Construction Commissioner (ABCC) 475,504 3,336 605,200 4,000 Australian Curriculum, Assessment & Reporting Authority (ACARA) 1,366,360 16,864 985,000 Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) 635,663 84,117 1,090,000 120,000 Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) Nil Nil 2,200,000 Nil Comcare 3,106,000 3,429,000 Fair Work Australia (FWA) 2,440,234 25,377 2,428,000 52,000 Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) 3,577,408 3,389,000 Safe Work Australia (SWA) 254,151 55,534 188,365 67,733 Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Authority (TEQSA) Nil Nil 220,000 28,000 Note: Comcare and FWO do not keep separate records of domestic and international travel. ACARA have not separated the 2011-12 estimate into domestic and international travel. ABCC and SWA travel figures are for airfares only. (c) Hospitality and Entertainment Dept/ Agency 2010-11 $ 2011-12 Estimate $ DEEWR 82,861 75,000 Australian Building and Construction Commissioner (ABCC) 663 2,400 Australian Curriculum, Assessment & Reporting Authority (ACARA) Nil Nil Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) 15,030 24,383 Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) Nil Nil Comcare 15,387 17,150 Fair Work Australia (FWA) 15,680 15,680 Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) 4,840 4,500 Safe Work Australia (SWA) 220 200 Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Authority (TEQSA) Nil 5,000 (d) Information and Communications Technology Dept/ Agency 2010-11 $ 2011-12 Estimate $ DEEWR 53,561,000 50,000,000 Australian Building and Construction Commissioner (ABCC) 1,385,583 1,716,300 Australian Curriculum, Assessment & Reporting Authority (ACARA) 833,141 596,000 Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) 159,454 250,000 Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) Nil 3,720,996 Comcare 5,563,000 7,060,000 Fair Work Australia (FWA) 2,695,412 4,502,000 Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) 19,678,487 18,248,885 Safe Work Australia (SWA) 748,168 762,000 Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Authority (TEQSA) Nil 551,000 (e) Consultancies Dept/ Agency 2010-11 $ 2011-12 Estimate $ DEEWR1 31,542,000 28,000,000 Australian Building and Construction Commissioner (ABCC) 277,615 710,800 Australian Curriculum, Assessment & Reporting Authority (ACARA) 306,198 Nil Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) Nil Nil Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) Nil 2,925,000 Comcare 1,910,000 3,842,000 Fair Work Australia (FWA) 158,747 426,000 Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) 689,676 625,000 Safe Work Australia (SWA) 2,084,041 3,291,516 Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Authority (TEQSA) Nil 295,000 1 Includes legal consultancies (f) Education or training for staff Dept/ Agency 2010-11 $ 2011-12 Estimate $ DEEWR 5,954,759 6,000,000 Australian Building and Construction Commissioner (ABCC) 435,809 560,400 Australian Curriculum, Assessment & Reporting Authority (ACARA) 14,124 20,000 Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) 40,645 76,000 Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) Nil 313,848 Comcare 996,000 1,593,000 Fair Work Australia (FWA) 719,122 728,000 Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) 1,445,310 1,855,820 Safe Work Australia (SWA) 89,266 123,021 Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Authority (TEQSA) Nil 31,831 (g) External Accounting Dept/ Agency 2010-11 $ 2011-12 Estimate $ DEEWR1 Nil Nil Australian Building and Construction Commissioner (ABCC) Nil Nil Australian Curriculum, Assessment & Reporting Authority (ACARA) 875,917 534,000 Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) 153,409 100,000 Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) Nil Nil Comcare Nil Nil Fair Work Australia (FWA) 13,000 Nil Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) Nil Nil Safe Work Australia (SWA) Nil Nil Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Authority (TEQSA) Nil 20,000 1 Included in consultancies; not separately identified. (h) External Auditing (including Resources Received Free of Charge) Dept/ Agency 2010-11 $ 2011-12 Estimate $ DEEWR1 1,740,000 1,740,000 Australian Building and Construction Commissioner (ABCC) 22,000 22,000 Australian Curriculum, Assessment & Reporting Authority (ACARA) 123,775 125,000 Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) 26,500 30,000 Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) Nil 120,000 Comcare 205,000 210,000 Fair Work Australia (FWA) 51,000 43,000 Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) Nil Nil Safe Work Australia (SWA) 46,000 50,000 Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Authority (TEQSA) Nil 30,000 1 Relates to ANAO only. The cost of other auditing services is included in consultancies and is not separately identified. (i) External Legal Dept/ Agency 2010-11 $ 2011-12 Estimate $ DEEWR 3,382,000 5,189,000 Australian Building and Construction Commissioner (ABCC) 4,948,691 4,000,000 Australian Curriculum, Assessment & Reporting Authority ACARA) 754,995 200,000 Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) 78,452 60,000 Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) Nil 1,810,233 Comcare 14,452,000 19,899,000 Fair Work Australia (FWA) 197,700 825,000 Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) 2,839,534 3,300,000 Safe Work Australia (SWA) 7,308 Nil Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Authority (TEQSA) Nil 95,000 (j) Memberships or Grants paid to affiliate organisations Dept/ Agency 2010-11 $ 2011-12 Estimate $ DEEWR Nil Nil Australian Building and Construction Commissioner (ABCC) Nil Nil Australian Curriculum, Assessment & Reporting Authority (ACARA) Nil Nil Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) Nil Nil Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) Nil Nil Comcare 3,000 3,500 Fair Work Australia (FWA) Nil Nil Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) Nil Nil Safe Work Australia (SWA) 9,091 4,545 Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Authority (TEQSA) Nil 2,000 Please note ASQA and TEQSA commenced operations during the 2011-12 financial year. The Australian Learning and Teaching Council is in the process of being wound up. All financial and administrative records are in the hands of the liquidators and therefore no information is able to be provided at this time.