Senator Conroy: The answer to the honourable senator’s question is as follows: Australian Broadcasting Corporation The total cost of advertising and promotions across the ABC for the 2011-12 financial year was $5.8 million. This consisted of $2.2 million in advertising and $3.6 million in promotions. The ABC does not hold a single set of data for advertising placement for ABC Television for the full 2011-12 financial year. Between July 2011 and the end of March 2012, the ABC operated centralised buying arrangements with a single supplier. Between April 2012 and the end of July 2012, ABC Television used a number of buying agencies. Television ad placement data for these two periods are reported below as separate amounts. ABC Television ad placement expenditure for July 2011 – end-March 2012 ABC Television ad placement expenditure was $1.59 million. Of this, $234,350 was placed with Fairfax and $122,064 was placed with News Ltd. ABC Television ad placement expenditure for April – July 2012 ABC Television ad placement expenditure was $223,150. Of this, $61,300 was placed with Fairfax, nil with News Ltd. ABC Radio ad placement expenditure for full financial year 2011-12 ABC Radio ad placement expenditure was $14,452. This data cannot be split between News Limited and Fairfax. Information regarding the promotion and advertising spend for individual programs is commercial in confidence. Special Broadcasting Service SBS’s advertising/promotion spend in 2011-12 was $2.3 million (excl. GST). Total amount spent on News Limited and Fairfax Media Limited publications out of a total spend on print media of $398,414 (excl. GST): Fairfax - $219,784; News Limited -$145,979. Information regarding advertising and promotion spend by program being promoted is commercial in confidence.