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- COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT BILL 2006
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Mr Tanner
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, in writing, on 9 May 2006:
(1) In respect of the $147.4 million allocated in 2005-06 to Connect Australia - Broadband Connect, what sum (a) has been spent, (b) has been committed, and (c) is expected to be unspent at 30 June 2006.
(2) What sum is committed or otherwise obligated for (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08, and (c) 2008-09 in respect of the Connect Australia expenditure program (i) Backing Indigenous Ability, (ii) Broadband Connect, (iii) Clever Networks, and (iv) the consumer information campaign.
Mr McGauran (Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry)
—The Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts has provided the following answer to the honourable member’s question:
(1) In respect of the $147.4 million allocated in 2005-06 to Connect Australia - Broadband Connect, $20 million has been rephased into 2006-07. The remaining $124.7 million was all expensed by 30 June 2006.
(2) The administered funding allocated for expenditure in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08, and (c) 2008-09 in respect of the Connect Australia program is:
(i) Backing Indigenous Ability: 2006-07: $21.407 million, 2007-08: $22.153 million and 2008-09: $21.926 million;
(ii) Broadband Connect: 2006-07: $251.795 million, 2007-08: $239.507 million and 2008-09: $245.015 million;
(iii) Clever Networks: 2006-07: $20 million, 2007-08: $32.5 million and 2008-09: $35 million; and
(iv) for the consumer information campaign, allocated as departmental funding: 2006-07: $4.053 million, 2007-08: $1.815 million and 2008-09: nil. No 2006-07 funds had been formally committed or otherwise obligated by 30 June 2006 for Backing Indigenous Ability, Broadband Connect and Clever Networks. For 2006-07, $36,102 had been committed by 30 June 2006 for the consumer information campaign.