Senator Brown asked the Minister for Resources and Energy, upon notice on, 13 May 1997:

(1) (a) How much has been spent on the MEGABARE and GIGABARE model each year, and in total; and (b) what amounts have been spent on model development, `truthing' and promotion, including overseas trips.

(2) (a) What is the name and address and major activity of each company which has contributed to funding the models; (b) which companies are involved in the coal or oil industry; and (c) how much was contributed by each company in each year.

(3) Where funding is contributed by industry, what terms of reference, contractual arrangements, conditions on the use of money or information or other conditions apply.

Senator Parer —The answer to the honourable senator's question is as follows:

(1) (a) I am unable to provide you with the total cost of the development of MEGABARE and GIGABARE as work on this series of general equilibrium models is the culmination of many years of research and development undertaken by a number of research organisations and academic institutions.

However, the amounts spent by ABARE on research work directly related to the development and use of these models over the past four years are as follows: 1993-94—$737 793; 1994-95—$795 924; 1995-96—$1 220 041; 1996-97—$2 052 136.

(b) With regard to your request for a breakdown of the model development costs; ABARE identifies `truthing' as an integral aspect of model development and does not separate these costs from the amounts detailed in my response to the first part of your question. Similarly, the promotion of both GIGABARE and MEGABARE is undertaken jointly with the presentation of ABARE's climate change research results and a breakdown of these figures is not available.

(2) (a) The names and addresses of organisations that have contributed to the development of either the MEGABARE or GIGABARE models are listed below.

Activity: Industry

ACIL Economics & Policy Pty Ltd (for Australian Coal Association), 103 Northbourne Avenue, TURNER, ACT 2613.

Australian Aluminium Council, 16 Bougainville Street, MANUKA, ACT 2603.

BHP Co Ltd, 600 Bourke Street, MELBOURNE VIC 3000.

Business Council of Australia; 60 Marcus Clarke Street, CANBERRA CITY ACT 2601

CRA Limited, 55 Collins Street, MELBOURNE VIC 3000.

Den Norske Stats Olijeselskap (Statoil), N-7005, Trondheim, NORWAY.

Electricity Supply Association of Australia, Level 11, 74 Castlereagh Street, SYDNEY NSW 2000.

Exxon Corporation, 5959 Las Colinas Boulevard, Irving TEXAS, 75039-2298, USA.

Mobil Oil Australia Limited, Cnr Millers & Kororoit Creek Rds, ALTONA VIC 3018.

Texaco Inc, 2000 Westchester Avenue, White Plains NY, 100650, USA.

Activity:Government

Department of Environment, Sport & Territories, GPO Box 787, CANBERRA ACT 2601.

Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade, R G Casey Building, BARTON ACT 0221.

Department of Industry, Science & technology, 51 Allara Street, CANBERRA ACT 2601.

Department of Primary Industries & Energy, Edmund Barton Building, BARTON ACT 2600.

(b) It is my understanding that the following organisations are involved in the coal or oil industry, however, ABARE's involvement with these organisations, with respect to the GIGABARE consortium, is solely on the basis of their interest in the climate change debate. You may wish to check with the organisations directly to fully ascertain their level of involvement in these industries.

Australian Coal Association; BHP Co Ltd; CRA Limited; Den Norske Stats Olijeselskap; Depart ment of Primary Industries & Energy; Electricity Supply Association; Exxon Corporation; Mobil Oil Australia Limited; Texaco Corporation.

(c) The past funding contributions from organisations other than ABARE and the contributions received to date for 1996-97 are listed below.

1993-94

Australian Coal Association—$50,000

Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade—$27,000

Department of Primary Industries & Energy—$100,000

1994-95

Australian Coal Association—$50,000

Bureau of Industry Economics (DIST)—$50,000

Business Council of Australia—$60,000

Department of Environment, Sports & Territories—$50,000

1996-97

Australian Aluminium Council—$25,000

BHP—$50,000

Business Council of Australia (ACA)—$50,000

CRA Limited—$25,000

Den Norske Stats Olijeselskap—$50,000

Department of Environment, Sports & Territories—$50,000

Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade—$50,000

Department of Primary Industries & Energy—$50,000

Electricity Supply Association—$50,000

Exxon Corporation—$50,000

Mobil Oil Australia Limited—$50,000

Texaco Corporation—$50,000

1997-98

Den Norske Stats Olijeselskap—$50,000

(3) I have provided the honourable senator with a copy of the terms of reference for the development of the MEGABARE model at attachment 1 and for the development of the GIGABARE model at attachment 2. In addition a copy of the of standard membership document for organisations choosing to participate in the GIGABARE modelling consortium is at attachment 3. There are no additional conditions attached to the use of money received by ABARE or the use of information provided to consortium members. ABARE retains full authority over all decisions relating to the development of the model and to the research what is undertaken with it.