(1) What was the (a) total and (b) itemised cost of (i) consultants'fees, (ii) travel and motel costs, (iii) printing, (iv) preparation and (v) meals for the conduct of the Regional Australia Summit.

(2) Which Members of the House of Representatives and Senate were invited to participate in the (a) Summit and (b) Summit dinner.

(3) What was the cost of having departmental officers offline to attend the Summit.

(1) Details of these expenditure items is at Attachment A.

(2) (a) A list of Members of the House of Representatives and Senate who were invited to participate in the Summit and the Summit dinner is at Attachment B1; (b) those invited to attend the Summit dinner is at Attachment B 2.

(3) Attending the Summit was part of the Department's core business and in doing so departmental staff were carrying out their duties.

This is an estimate and cannot be itemised as the final invoice has not yet been received

Attachment B1

MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE INVITED TO THE SUMMIT AND THE SUMMIT DINNER

Senator the Hon Richard Alston

The Hon Kim Beazley MP

Senator the Hon Ron Boswell

The Hon Peter Costello MP

The Hon Alexander Downer MP

The Hon John Fahey MP

Mr Martin Ferguson MP

Senator the Hon John Herron

Senator the Hon Robert Hill

The Hon Joe Hockey MP

The Hon Dr David Kemp MP

Ms Cheryl Kernot MP

Senator Meg Lees

Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald

Senator Sue Mackay

The Hon Peter McGauran MP

Senator the Hon Jocelyn Newman

The Hon Bruce Scott MP

The Hon Warren Truss MP

The Hon Mark Vaile MP

The Hon Daryl Williams MP

The Hon Dr Michael Wooldridge MP

Attachment B2

MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE INVITED TO THE SUMMIT DINNER

The Hon Tony Abbott MP

Senator the Hon Eric Abetz

Senator Lyn Allison

The Hon Neil Andrew MP

Mr Kevin Andrews MP

The Hon Larry Anthony MP

Ms Fran Bailey MP

The Hon Bruce Baird MP

Mr Phillip Barresi MP

Mr Kevin Bartlett MP

Mr Bruce Billson MP

The Hon Bronwyn Bishop MP

Mr Mal Brough MP

Senator the Hon David Brownhill

The Hon Alan Cadman MP

Senator Paul Calvert

Mr Ross Cameron MP

Senator the Hon Ian Campbell

The Hon Ian Causley MP

Senator Grant Chapman

Mr Bob Charles MP

Senator Helen Coonan

Senator Winston Crane

Mrs Trish Draper MP

Senator Alan Eggleston

Senator The Hon Chris Ellison

Mrs Kay Elson MP

The Hon Warren Entsch MP

Senator Alan Ferguson

Senator Jeannie Ferris

The Hon Tim Fischer MP

Mr John Forrest MP

Mrs Chris Gallus MP

Ms Teresa Gambaro MP

Mrs Joanna Gash MP

Mr Petro Georgiou MP

Senator the Hon Brian Gibson

Mr Barry Haase MP

Mr Gary Hardgrave MP

Mr David Hawker MP

Senator the Hon Bill Heffernan

The Hon John Howard MP

Mrs Kay Hull MP

The Hon David Jull MP

The Hon Bob Katter MP

The Hon Jackie Kelly MP

Mrs De-Ann Kelly MP

Senator the Hon Rod Kemp

Senator Sue Knowles

Mr Tony Lawler MP

The Hon Lou Lieberman MP

Senator Ross Lightfoot

Mr Peter Lindsay MP

Mr Jim Lloyd MP

Mr Ian Macfarlane MP

Senator Brett Mason

Mrs Margaret May MP

Mr Stewart McArthur MP

Senator Julian McGauran

Senator The Hon Nick Minchin

The Hon John Moore MP

The Hon Judy Moylan MP

Mr Gary Nairn MP

Mr Garry Nehl MP

Dr Brendan Nelson MP

Mr Paul Neville MP

Mr Peter Nugent MP

Senator the Hon Warwick Parer

Senator the Hon Kay Patterson

Senator Marise Payne

The Hon Geoff Prosser MP

Mr Chris Pyne MP

Senator the Hon Margaret Reid

The Hon Peter Reith MP

The Hon Michael Ronaldson MP

The Hon Philip Ruddock MP

Mr Alby Schultz MP

Mr Patrick Secker MP

The Hon Peter Slipper MP

The Hon Alex Somlyay MP

Dr Andrew Southcott MP

Mr Stuart St Clair MP

The Hon Dr Sharman Stone MP

The Hon Kathy Sullivan MP

Senator the Hon Grant Tambling

Senator Tsebin Tchen

Mr Cameron Thompson MP

The Hon Andrew Thomson MP

Senator John Tierney

Senator the Hon Judith Troeth

The Hon Wilson Tuckey MP

Mrs Danna Vale MP

Senator the Hon Amanda Vanstone

Mr Barry Wakelin MP

Dr Mal Washer MP

Senator John Watson

The Hon Trish Worth MP