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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry: Portfolio Expenditure (Question No. 592)

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Cobb, John, MP

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Burke, Tony, MP

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Monday, 21 November 2011
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry: Portfolio Expenditure

(Question No. 592)


Mr John Cobb asked the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, in writing, on 12 September 2011

(1) What was the total 2010-11 portfolio expenditure for (a) advertising, (b) travel, including business, economy, domestic and international, (c) hospitality and entertainment, (d) information and communications technology, (e) consultancy, (f) education and training of staff, (g) external (i) accounting, (ii) auditing, and (iii) legal, services, and (h) membership or grants paid to affiliate organisations.

(2) What was the 2010-11 expenditure against each item in part (1) for (a) the Executive, (b) the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, (c) the Agricultural Productivity Division, (d) the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, (e) Biosecurity, (f) the Climate Change Division, (g) the Corporate Finance Division, (h) the Corporate Policy Division, (i) the Corporate Services Division, (j) Fisheries, (k) Forestry, (l) the Sustainable Resources Management Division, (m) the Trade and Market Access Division, and (n) graduates and trainees.

(3) What was the 2010-11 expenditure against each item in part (1) for (a) Tackling Climate Change, (b) Sustainable Management Natural Resources, (c) Forestry Industry, (d) Fishing Industry, (e) Wool Industry, (f) Grains Industry, (g) Dairy Industry, (h) Meat and Livestock, (i) Agriculture Resources, (j) Drought Programs (Exceptional Circumstances and Western Australia Drought Pilot), (k) Rural Programs, (l) International Market Access, (m) Quarantine and Export services, and (n) Plant and Animal Health.

(4) What number of full-time equivalent staff are assigned to the portfolio (a) areas in part (2), and (b) programs in part (3), and for each, what is the breakdown of staff by classification.


Mr Burke: The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has provided the following answer to the honourable member's question:

(1) Table 1

 

Total 2010-11 portfolio expenditure

DAFF Departmental

$'000

AFMA

$'000

APVMA

$'000

CRDC

$'000

FRDC

$'000

GRDC

$'000

GWRDC

$'000

RIRDC

$'000

SRDC

$'000

WAC

$'000

WEA

$'000

(a)

Advertising

266

31

11

6

3

0

-

19

6

40

12

(b)

Travel

Domestic

14,941

1,259

127

156

126

966

161

500

160

580

161

 

 

International

6,878

335

155

7

-

142

-

-

-

448

16

(c)

Hospitality and entertainment

342

6

4

19

6

54

25

-

4

87

15

(d)

Information and communication technology

30,440

56

631

48

322

383

91

454

41

602

101

(e)

Consultancy

5,747

1,102

254

477

106

55

117

1,044

26

1,286

44

(f)

Education and training of staff

5,066

451

271

15

35

122

36

72

17

32

50

(g)(i)

External Accounting

740

N/A

-

1

34

0

41

141

163

-

-

(g)(ii)

External Auditing

603

N/A

84

37

28

25

29

66

15

24

158

(g)(iii)

External legal services

3,178

53

321

19

83

96

18

40

1

53

91

(h)

Membership or Grants paid to affiliate organisations

1,665

19

-

-

2,237

187

5

4

8,282

-

-

 

DAFF Departmental Notes

(a) Advertising disclosed on page 279 of the 2010-11 Annual Report includes GST and Administered advertising.

(b) Travel includes - fares, allowances, vehicle mileage, accommodation and meals.

APVMA - Notes

(d) Includes all IT and Communication costs including, internet charges & telephone costs.

(e) Excludes external legal services

(g) (i) Includes an external audit firm that conducts "internal audits" ($49,000), & ANAO audit costs

CRDC - Notes

(b) Travel international - the ICAC meeting in USA 2010

(e) Consultancy includes R&D consultants and general administration services

FRDC - Notes

(c) Approximate derived from FBT entertainment expenses   

(g) (i) internal audit and is included in consultancy

(h) projects expenditure

SRDC - Notes

(h) Comprises of the following:-

(1) Sponsorships;

(2) Milestone payments for contracted SRDC projects;

(3) Joint CRRDC expenses;

(4) Includes travel associated with SRDC contracted projects. This travel has not been accounted for again in (b) above;

(5) Includes communication expenses which have not been accounted for again in (d) above.

WEA - Notes

(a) Advertising cost includes recruitment advertising and Australian Government Directory entry and website

(b) Travel cost includes airfares, accommodation, travel allowance, taxi and parking fares, travel agent booking fee, conference registration fee etc.

Portfolio Agencies

AFMA—Australian Fisheries Management Authority

APVMA— Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority

CRDC— Cotton Research and Development Corporation

FRDC— Fisheries Research and Development Corporation

GRDC— Grains Research and Development Corporation

GWRDC— Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation

RIRDC—Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation

SRDC— Sugar Research and Development Corporation

WAC— Wine Australia Corporation

WEA— Wheat Exports Australia

 

 

(2) Table 2

 

 

(a)

(b)

 

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)(i)

(g)(ii)

(g)(iii)

(h)

 

2010-11 expenditure for

Advert ising

Travel

Domestic

Travel

International

Hospi tality and enter -tain ment

Information and com-munication tech nology

Consul-tancy

Educa tion and training of staff

External Account-ing

External Auditing

Exter nal legal

ser vices

Member ship or Gr ants paid to affiliate organisa tions

 

 

 

 

$'000

$'000

$'000

$'000

$'000

$'000

$'000

$'000

$'000

$'000

$'000

(a)

Executive

1

36

62

8

29

-

52

-

-

-

-

(b)

ABARES

19

975

348

20

2,174

169

337

-

-

11

-

(c)

Agriculture Productivity Division

44

346

226

17

469

784

114

-

5

238

-

(d)

Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service

64

10,568

2,067

142

13,162

-

2,357

721

171

1,373

-

(e)

Biosecurity

22

848

2,166

43

1,474

1,118

339

-

20

58

1,659

(f)

Climate Change Division

3

483

68

8

327

320

114

-

-

91

-

(g)

Corporate Finance Division

7

161

0

1

1,150

199

197

5

-

88

-

(h)

Corporate Policy Division

16

154

33

17

569

704

209

 

-

219

-

(i)

Corporate Services Division

12

377

60

18

9,299

604

537

14

407

830

-

(j)

Fisheries

49

61

303

4

128

761

-

-

-

108

-

(k)

Forestry

8

60

90

7

77

648

-

-

-

70

-

(l)

Sustainable Resources Management

2

590

9

10

965

316

246

-

-

34

-

(m)

Trade and Market Access Division

3

229

1,445

41

614

94

147

-

-

58

6

(n)

Graduates and trainees

16

55

-

4

2

29

417

-

-

-

-

 

DAFF Departmental

266

14,941

6,878

342

30,440

5,747

5,066

740

603

3,178

1,665

 

(3) Table 3

 

 

(a)

(b)

 

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)(i)

(g)(ii)

(g)(iii)

(h)

 

2010-11 expenditure for

Advert ising

Trave

Domestic

Travel

International

Hospi tality and enter -tain ment

Information and com-munication tech nology

Consul-tancy

Educa tion and training of staff

External Account-ing

External Audit ing

External legal

se r vices

Member ship or Gr ants paid to affiliate organisa tions

 

 

 

 

$'000

$'000

$'000

$'000

$'000

$'000

$'000

$'000

$'000

$'000

$'000

(a)

Tackling Climate Change

10

83

68

2

190

182

108

-

-

32

-

(b)

Sustainable Management Natural resources

2

590

9

10

965

1,077

246

-

-

34

-

(c)

Forestry Industry

8

63

90

7

88

648

-

-

-

70

-

(d)

Fishing Industry

49

61

303

4

128

761

-

-

-

87

-

(e)

Wool Industry

-

2

 

0

10

-

-

-

-

2

-

(f)

Grains Industry

-

23

22

 

20

2

-

-

-

22

-

(g)

Dairy Industry

-

10

0

1

49

 

-

-

-

 

-

(h)

Meat and Livestock

-

20

8

0

88

29

-

-

-

38

-

(i)

Agricultural Resources

56

1,517

555

31

3,052

663

533

-

5

253

-

(j)

Drought Program (Exceptional Circumstances and Western Australia Drought Pilot)

1

420

-

7

156

68

6

-

-

45

-

(k)

Rural Programs

 

5

 

 

32

185

1

-

-

17

-

(l)

International market Access

3

368

1,482

45

861

121

179

-

20

60

6

(m)

Quarantine and Export Services

66

10,783

2,179

156

13,036

 

2,481

721

174

1,406

1,500

(n)

Plant and Animal Health

17

790

1,943

33

1,211

949

291

-

-

39

159

 

Horticulture

1

74

61

5

120

183

-

-

-

12

-

 

Other

53

132

157

40

10,435

879

1,222

19

404

1,060

-

 

DAFF Departmental

266

14,941

6,878

342

30,440

5,747

5,066

740

603

3,178

1,665

 

(4) (a) Table 4

 

2010-11 Full Time Equivalent Staff

APS1

APS2

APS3

APS4

APS5

APS6

EL1

EL2

Meat

Inspec - tors

SES1

SES2

SES3

Total

 

 

FTE's

FTE's

FTE's

FTE's

FTE's

FTE's

FTE's

FTE's

FTE's

FTE's

FTE's

FTE's

FTE's

(a)

Executive

-

-

-

1.0

-

2.0

1.0

-

-

1.0

-

3.0

8.0

(b)

ABARES

1.0

-

14.0

20.3

12.0

49.5

55.0

55.6

-

9.7

3.0

-

220.2

(c)

Agricultural Productivity Division

-

1.0

0.7

8.7

17.0

16.3

42.4

19.4

-

5.0

1.0

-

111.4

(e)

Biosecurity ( includes AQIS)

3.4

100.7

784.2

841.7

436.8

459.7

284.8

231.2

274.0

28.0

8.0

1.0

3,453.4

(f)

Climate Change Division

-

-

-

6.7

12.9

9.8

18.9

8.0

-

2.0

1.0

-

59.2

(g)

Corporate Finance Division

-

1.0

7.3

16.7

31.0

21.8

21.6

11.7

-

3.0

1.0

-

115.1

(h)

Corporate Policy Division

-

-

 

15.8

22.6

22.4

36.5

14.4

-

4.0

1.0

-

116.7

(i)

Corporate Services Division

1.0

4.6

10.0

37.1

23.0

54.0

49.4

26.4

-

4.0

1.0

-

210.6

(j)

Fisheries

-

-

-

3.0

6.0

4.4

12.2

6.6

-

1.0

-

-

33.2

(k)

Forestry

-

-

-

2.0

4.0

5.0

7.6

4.2

-

1.0

-

-

23.8

(l)

Sustainable Resource Management

1.0

2.0

1.0

7.9

18.0

18.6

35.1

11.0

-

3.9

1.0

-

99.5

(m)

Trade and Market Access Division

-

-

-

2.0

9.0

14.0

18.6

20.0

-

8.0

1.0

-

72.6

(n)

Graduates and Trainees

11.0

-

63.0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

74.0

 

DAFF Departmental

17.4

109.3

880.2

962.9

592.3

677.4

583.2

408.6

274.0

70.6

18.0

4.0

4,597.8

Note: Portfolio Agency FTE's not included

 

(4) (b) Table 5

 

2010-11 Full Time Equivalent Staff

APS1

APS2

APS3

APS4

APS5

APS6

EL1

EL2

Meat Inspec - tors

SES1

SES2

SES3

Total

 

 

FTE's

FTE's

FTE's

FTE's

FTE's

FTE's

FTE's

FTE's

FTE's

FTE's

FTE's

FTE's

FTE's

(a)

Tackling Climate Change

-

-

-

4.7

10.9

8.4

12.8

5.0

-

1.0

1.0

-

43.7

(b)

Sustainable Management Natural resources

1.0

2.0

1.0

7.9

18.0

18.6

35.1

11.0

-

3.9

1.0

-

99.5

(c)

Forestry Industry

-

-

-

2.0

4.0

5.0

7.6

4.2

-

1.0

-

-

23.8

(d)

Fishing Industry

-

-

-

3.0

6.0

3.4

12.2

6.6

-

1.0

-

-

32.2

(e)

Wool Industry

-

-

-

-

1.0

-

2.0

-

-

-

-

-

3.0

(f)

Grains Industry

-

-

-

1.0

2.0

1.0

2.0

0.9

-

-

-

-

6.9

(g)

Dairy Industry

-

-

-

0.1

0.1

1.0

1.2

-

-

-

-

-

2.4

(h)

Meat and Livestock

-

-

0.7

1.0

1.9

1.0

3.8

1.0

-

1.0

-

-

10.4

(i)

Agricultural Resources

1.0

2.0

16.1

27.3

27.1

59.6

78.2

66.7

-

11.7

4.0

-

293.7

(j)

Drought Program (Exceptional Circumstances and Western Australia Drought Pilot)

-

-

-

3.0

5.0

4.0

6.2

3.0

-

1.0

-

-

22.2

(k)

Rural Programs

-

-

-

2.0

1.0

2.0

4.9

2.0

-

-

-

-

11.9

(l)

International market Access

-

-

3.3

3.5

15.1

23.1

27.2

21.3

-

5.0

1.0

-

99.6

(m)

Qurantine and Export Services

3.0

98.2

779.4

822.1

410.9

409.4

226.7

151.6

274.0

22.0

4.0

1.0

3,202.3

(n)

Plant and Animal Health

0.4

2.5

1.4

19.9

19.9

43.2

50.3

73.3

-

4.0

4.0

-

218.8

 

Horticulture

-

-

-

0.5

3.5

4.7

10.6

6.4

-

1.0

-

-

26.7

 

Other

12.0

4.6

78.2

64.8

66.1

93.2

102.4

55.5

-

18.0

3.0

3.0

500.8

 

DAFF Departmental

17.4

109.3

880.2

962.9

592.3

677.4

583.2

408.6

274.0

70.6

18.0

4.0

4,597.8

Note: Portfolio Agency FTE's not included