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Wednesday, 15 June 2011
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Defence: Special Purpose Aircraft

(Question No. 548)

Senator Johnston asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 25 March 2011:

For each calendar year, from 2005 to 2010:

(1) How many delegations used the Government's Special Purpose Aircraft and what were the delegations.

(2) What was the: (a) cost to the Government of each flight; and (b) total cost to the Government for the flights.

Senator Chris Evans: The Minister for Defence has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

(1) and (2) The information sought over the period from 2005 to 2010 can be found in Defence's biannual publication ' Schedule of Special Purpose Flights'. While the schedule does not detail the number of or which delegations use Special Purpose Aircraft, it does provide the full manifest of passengers and also details the total costs of flying each flight without specifying individual passenger costs. Defence seeks cost recovery for passenger costs from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. The schedule is publicly available from the National Library of Australia.