Senator Bob Carr: The Minister for Defence has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question: Army (1) (a) and (b) Army Reserve Training Days are not allocated per se, as differing ranks and trades have a different cost per day. An Army Reserve Training Salary budget is allocated to Commands and then to Units. For Financial Year 2011/12, Army's total Army Reserve Training Salary budget allocation was $130.783 million. The amount expended during the second half of the Financial Year 2011/12 was $65.657 million. It should be noted that the initial allocation at the beginning of Financial Year 2011/12 was $122.281 million which was continuously adjusted throughout the Financial Year in response to the dynamic budget prioritisation process. (2) (a) Approximately 357,780 Army Reserve Training Days were used by Army on a National basis in the second half of Financial Year 2011/12. (b) An approximation, based upon a pro-rata calculation of the number of Active Reserve personnel in each state, as at 30 June 2012, and the actual expenditure to provide those Army Reserve Training Days, is as follows: State Total ARes Pers % of ARes Total ACT 972 5.85 $3.841m NSW 4742 28.52 $18.725m NT 677 4.07 $2.672m QLD 3912 23.53 $15.298 SA 1195 7.19 $4.721m TAS 593 3.57 $2.344m VIC 2824 16.98 $11.149m WA 1713 10.30 $6.763m Totals 16628 100 $65.657m Navy (1) and (2) (a) and (b) The information is provided for the 12 month Financial Year rather than just the 6 months as requested. Navy Reserve Day Allocation by State FY 11/12 - does not include self funded positions in non-Navy Groups. State Allocation of Navy Reserve days Achieved Salary allocated ($) Salary achieved ($) ACT 17129 15089 5,366,216 4,745,960 NSW 24752 21901 6,699,233 5,978,489.5 QLD 9681 8053 2,351,526 2,011,373 VIC 4937 4788 1,304,357 1,266,094 NT 2123 1824 462,289 401,126 SA 2297 2127 491,902 447,368 TAS 3255 3060 687,388 650,937 WA 7805 7287 1,835,149 169,779 Totals 71979 64129 19,198,060 15,671,126.5 Air Force (1) (a) and (b) Air Force Allocation Days Budget ($m) NSW 30,963 6.706 ACT 10,000 2.166 VIC 13,179 2.854 QLD 29,880 6.471 WA 7,152 1.549 TAS 1,660 0.359 NT 2,516 0.545 SA 12,141 2.629 Other 362 0.079 Total 107,852 23.358 (2) (a) and (b) Air Force Actuals Days Actuals ($m) NSW 25,721 6.132 ACT 7,984 1.904 VIC 10,625 2.533 QLD 26,019 6.203 WA 5,865 1.398 TAS 1,523 0.363 NT 1,941 0.463 SA 10,781 2.570 Other 200 0.048 Total 90,659 21.615