(1)   How many credit cards have been issued to employees of the Minister’s department and agencies in each financial year since 1 July 2000.

(2)   Of the credit cards identified in Part (1): (a) how many have been reported lost; (b) how many have been reported stolen; (c) have any been subject to fraud; if so, what was the total cost of each fraud incident; (d) what is the average credit limit for each financial year; (e) what was the total amount of interest accrued; and (f) have any employees been subjected to criminal proceedings as a result of credit card fraud.

Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts

(1)   319* credit cards issued to employees between 2000/01 - 2005/06. * In 2001-02 the Department changed credit card providers. This change resulted in the bulk cancellation of cards and the subsequent bulk issue of new cards.

(2)  

(a)   Cards Reported Lost: 39

(b)   Cards Reported Stolen: None.

(c)   Cards Subject to Fraud: None.

(d)   Average Credit Limit for each Financial Year:

Financial Year	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Average Credit Limit for Each FY	$13,611	$14,894	$13,302	$13,564	$12,727	$6,846

(e)   Total Interest Accrued: Nil.

(f)   Employees Subject to Criminal Proceedings: None.

Artbank

ArtBank maintains its own financial services and records and therefore the response has been provided separately from the Department’s answer.

(1)   28 credit cards issued to employees between 2000/01 - 2005/06.

(2)  

(a)   Cards Reported Lost: None.

(b)   Cards Reported Stolen: None.

(c)   Cards Subject to Fraud: None.

(d)   Average Credit Limit for each Financial Year:

Financial Year	2000-01	2000-02	2000-03	2000-04	2000-05	2000-06
(2)(d) Average Credit Limit for Each FY	$14,750	$14,750	$14,750	$14,750	$10,500	$10,500

(e)   Total Interest Accrued: Nil.

(f)   Employees Subject to Criminal Proceedings: None.

Portfolio Agencies

Australian Film, Television and Radio School

The Australian Film, Television and Radio School does not use credit cards, it uses charge cards.

Australia Business Arts Foundation

(1)   10 credit cards issued to employees between 2000/01 - 2005/06.

(2)  

(a)   Cards Reported Lost: 1.

(b)   Cards Reported Stolen: None.

(c)   Cards Subject to Fraud: None.

(d)   Average Credit Limit for each Financial Year:

Financial Year	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
(2)(d) Average Credit Limit for Each FY	$5000	$5000	$5000	$5000	$5000	$5000

(e)   Total Interest Accrued: Nil.

(f)   Employees Subject to Criminal Proceedings: None.

Australia Council

(1)   16 credit cards issued to employees between 2000/01 - 2005/06.

(2)  

(a)   Cards Reported Lost: None.

(b)   Cards Reported Stolen: 1.

(c)   Cards Subject to Fraud: None.

(d)   Average Credit Limit for each Financial Year:

Financial Year	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
(2)(d) Average Credit Limit for Each FY	10,000	7,893	7,531	7,531	5,556	5,625

(e)   Total Interest Accrued: This information has not been separately recorded in an easily accessible form. However, any interest accrued would be minimal as available credit is rarely fully utilised and credit cards are generally paid by the due date thereby incurring no interest charges.

(f)   Employees Subject to Criminal Proceedings:  None.

Australian Film Commission

(1)   59 credit cards issued to employees between 2000/01 - 2005/06.

(2)  

(a)   Cards Lost: 1.

(b)   Cards Reported Stolen: None.

(c)   Cards Subject to Fraud: None.

(d)   Average Credit Limit for each Financial Year:

Financial Year	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
(2)(d) Average credit limit for each FY	$5,750	$8,000	$5,000	$6,666	$6,571	$5,500

(e)   Total Interest Accrued: Nil.

(f)   Employees Subject to Criminal Proceedings: None.

Australian National Maritime Museum

(1)   37 credit cards issued to employees between 2000/01 - 2005/06.

(2)  

(a)   Cards Reported Lost: 12.

(b)   Cards Reported Stolen: 1.

(c)   Cards Subject to Fraud: None.

(d)   Average Credit Limit for each Financial Year:

Financial Year	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
(2)(d) Average Credit Limit for Each FY	$9,500	$9,500	$9,500	$9,500	$9,500	$9,500

(e)   Total Interest Accrued: Nil.

(f)   Employees Subject to Criminal Proceedings: None.

Australian Sports Commission

The ASC currently uses two credit card service providers, listed here as:

• Credit Card Service Provider A; and
• Credit Card Service Provider B.

Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority

(1)   68 credit cards issued to employees between 2000/01 - 2005/06.

(2)  

(a)   Cards Reported Lost: None.

(b)   Cards Reported Stolen: None.

(c)   Cards Subject to Fraud: None.

(d)   Average Credit Limit for each Financial Year:

Financial Year	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
(2)(d) Average Credit Limit for Each FY	$5000	$5000	$5000	$5000	$5000	$5000

(e)   Total Interest Accrued: Nil.

(f)   Employees Subject to Criminal Proceedings: None.

Bundanon Trust

(1)   Credit cards issued to employees. A total of five credit cards have been issued to employees of Bundanon Trust since 1 July 2000. There is currently only one card in use which was issued on 11 October 2006.

(2)  

(a)   & (b) Since 2000, five cards have been cancelled. No details are available as to why these cards have been cancelled.

(c)   Cards Subject to Fraud: None.

(d)   Average Credit Limit for each Financial Year:

Financial Year	2000-01	2000-02	2000-03	2000-04	2000-05	2000-06
(2)(d) Average Credit Limit for Each FY	$10,000	$10,000	$20,000	$35,000	$25,000	$20,000

(e)   Total Interest Accrued: Nil.

(f)   Employees Subject to Criminal Proceedings: None.

Film Australia Limited       

(1)   54 credit cards issued to employees between 2000/01 - 2005/06

(2)  

(a)   Cards Reported Lost: 2.

(b)   Cards Reported Stolen: None.

(c)   Cards Subject to Fraud: None.

(d)   Average Credit Limit for each Financial Year:

Financial Year	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
(2)(d) Average Credit Limit for Each FY	NA	NA	NA	NA	$11,111	$12,000

(e)   Total Interest Accrued: Nil.

(f)   Employees Subject to Criminal Proceedings: None.

Film Finance Corporation Australia Limited

(1)   57 credit cards issued to employees between 2000/01 - 2005/06.

(2)  

(a)   Cards Reported Lost: 1.

(b)   Cards Reported Stolen: None.

(c)   Cards Subject to Fraud: None.

(d)   Average Credit Limit for each Financial Year:

Financial Year	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
(2)(d) Average Credit Limit for each FY	$6,000	$6,000	$6,000	$6,000	$6,000	$6,000

(e)   Total Interest Accrued: Nil.

(f)   Employees Subject to Criminal Proceedings: None.

National Archives of Australia         

(1)   68 credit cards issued to employees between 2000/01 - 2005/06.

(2)  

(a)   Cards Reported Lost: 2.

(b)   Cards Reported Stolen: None.

(c)   Cards Subject to Fraud: None.

(d)   Average Credit Limit for each Financial Year:

Financial Year	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
(2)(d) Average Credit Limit for Each FY	$6,400	$6,300	$6,700	$6,700	$5,500	$5,400

(e)   Interest accrued: $1,204 in interest was accrued during the period 2000/01 to 2005/06.

(f)   Employees Subject to Criminal Proceedings: None.

National Gallery of Australia

(1)   The National Gallery of Australia maintains records of cards issued to individual staff members but not on a financial year basis. As of November 2006, 81 credit cards had been issued to Gallery staff. At the last reissue of all cards in November 2004, the Gallery had 79 credit card holders.

(2)  

(a)   Cards Reported Lost: 8.

(b)   Cards Reported Stolen: 1.

(c)   Cards Subject to Fraud: 1. Costs associated with the fraudulent use totalled $13,356, which was recovered.

(d)   Average Credit Limit for each Financial Year:

Financial Year	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
(2)(d) Average Credit Limit for Each FY	records unavailable	$8,850	$8,965

(e)   Total Interest Accrued: $1,215 in 2003/04.

(f)   Employees Subject to Criminal Proceedings: None.

National Museum of Australia

(1)   19 credit cards issued to employees between 2000/01 - 2005/06.

(2)  

(a)   Cards Reported Lost: None.

(b)   Cards Reported Stolen: None.

(c)   Cards Subject to Fraud: None.

(d)   Average Credit Limit for each Financial Year:

Financial Year	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
(2)(d) Average Credit Limit for Each FY	$15,000	$15,000	$15,909	$13,182	$14,000	$14,000

(e)   Total Interest Accrued: Nil.

(f)   Employees Subject to Criminal Proceedings: None.

National Library of Australia

(1)   32 credit cards issued to employees between 2000/01 - 2005/06.

(2)  

(a)   Cards Reported Lost: 3.

(b)   Cards Reported Stolen: 1.

(c)   Cards Subject to Fraud: None.

(d)   Average Credit Limit for each Financial Year:

Financial Year	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
(2)(d) Average Credit Limit for Each FY	$6,059	$7,654	$7,926	$8,160	$8,458	$8,630

(e)   Interest Accrued: Nil.

(f)   Employees Subject to Criminal Proceedings: None.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

(1)   802 credit cards issued to employees between 2000/01 - 2005/06.

(2)  

(a)   Cards reported lost: 65.

(b)   Cards Reported Stolen: 19.

(c)   Cards reported subject to fraud: 4. Total cost of each fraud incident:      $7,696.55; $340.13; $1,618.00; and The fourth is an ongoing legal matter.

(d)   Average Credit Limit for each Financial Year.

Financial Year	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
(2)(d) Average credit limit for each FY	$2,779	$3,243	$3,869	$4,101	$3,885	$3,713

(e)   Interest accrued: Nil.

(f)   Employees Subject to Criminal Proceedings: 2.

Special Broadcasting Service Corporation (SBS)

(1)   49 credit cards issued to employees between 2000/01 - 2005/06.

(2)  

(a)   Cards Reported Lost: 8.

(b)   Cards Reported Stolen: 2.

(c)   Cards Subject to Fraud: 3. All instances of fraud were detected by the credit card service provider. None were the result of employee’s actions. All fraud was the incorrect usage of credit card number by an unknown third party.

(d)   Average Credit Limit: $11,000. This is the current figure. Information is not available for each financial year, but limit would be similar.

(e)   Total Interest Accrued: $80.

(f)   Employees Subject to Criminal Proceedings:  None.

Australian Communications and Media Authority

(1)   122 credit cards issued to employees in 2005/06. The Australian Communications and Media Authority was created in July 2005. The question does not apply to earlier years.

(2)  

(a)   Cards Reported Lost: 1.

(b)   Cards Reported Stolen: None.

(c)   Cards Subject to Fraud: None.

(d)   Average Credit Limit for each Financial Year:

Financial Year	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
(2)(d) Average Credit Limit for Each FY	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	$6,555

(e)   Total Interest Accrued: Nil.

(f)   Employees Subject to Criminal Proceedings: None.

NetAlert

(1)   2 credit cards issued to employees between 2000/01 - 2005/06.

(2)  

(a)   Cards Reported Lost: None.

(b)   Cards Reported Stolen: None.

(c)   Cards Subject to Fraud: None.

(d)   The credit limit for each financial year is $5000 and $2000 respectively.

(e)   Total Interest Accrued: Nil.

(f)   Employees Subject to Criminal Proceedings: None.

Australia Post

(1)   1926 credit cards issued to employees between 2000/01 - 2005/06.

(2)  

(a)   & (b) Cards Reported Lost or Stolen: 295 credit cards were replaced after reported lost or stolen.

(c)   Cards Subject to Fraud: 9, 3 of which were by persons outside Australia Post.

(d)   Average Credit Limit: $2,000 per transaction and $10,000 per month. Held consistent at these             levels.

(e)   Total Interest Accrued: Nil.

(f)   Employees Subject to Criminal Proceedings: 6.

Telstra

Credit cards for Telstra staff are provided by arrangement with an external company. Telstra considers all contracts between the Company and external service providers to be commercial in confidence.