Senator Chris Evans: The Minister for Defence has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question: Group/ Service Communications Program - 1 July to 31 December 2011 Total Spend ($) People Strategies and Policy Group Navy brand and job specific advertising for Navy Officer and general entry priority roles $3,785,517 Army brand and job specific advertising for Army Officer and general entry priority roles $4,128,581 Air Force brand and job specific advertising for Air Force Officer and general entry priority roles $1,625,782 Advertising Australian Defence Force Gap Year, Australian Defence Force Academy Sponsored Undergraduate positions and Professional Graduate Health and Engineering positions $574,446 Promotion of the AFL Army Award at the national and local levels $165,882 Defence Science and Technology Organisation Pacific 2012 conference (planned in 2011; implemented in February 2012) $62,386.80 Eureka Prize (support for defence science prize – September 2011) $35,000 Chief Information Officer Group Young ICT Professionals Conference (YIT Con) $19,500 Military Communications and Information Systems (MilCIS) Conference $19,000 Defence Support Group HMAS Albatross Redevelopment Stage 3 (Advertisement for the Community Consultation Forum) $417.00 LAND 17 Phase 1A Infrastructure Project to support the introduction of Artillery Replacement (Advertisement for the Community Consultation Forum) $3,012.92 RAAF Base East Sale Redevelopment (Advertisement for the Community Consultation Forum) $253.66 Point Cook Remediation Project (PWC Consultation activities – posted 1/7/11) $4,432.96 Columboola Community Consultation (WWII Columboola Chemical Munitions Destruction project communication program advertising – posted 13/12/11) $390.40 Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Roadmap Postcard August 2011. Note the Postcard costs were covered under the EAP budget. $940.00 Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Roadmap booklet in August 2011. Note the Postcard costs were covered under the EAP budget. $9,128.18 Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Roadmap Distribution (collating, postage costs). Note the Distribution costs were covered by Defence Publishing. $19,022.72