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Wednesday, 4 October 2000
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Senator Faulkner asked the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, upon notice, on 25 July 2000:

(1) What was the Department's total outlay on salaries and salary-related costs in the financial years: (a) 1996-97; (b) 1997-98; (c) 1998-99; and (d) 1999-00.

(2) As a dollar amount and as a percentage of the Department's total outlay on salaries, what was the cost of contracts for outsourced services and functions in the financial years: (a) 1996-97; (b) 1997-98; (c) 1998-99; and (d) 1999-00.


Senator Vanstone (Minister for Justice and Customs) —The Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

(1) and (2):

Financial Year

Employee Cost$,000

Outsourced Services$,000

%

99/00 (a)

$197,756

$252,221

128

98/99 (b)

$176,748

$134,494

76

97/98 (b)

$181,112

$106,079

59

96/97 (b)

$167,301

$84,323

50

(a) Accrual estimates. Includes some items reclassified from Administered to Departmental in 1999-2000. Figures exclude Independent Review Tribunals.

(b) Cash estimates. Figures exclude Independent Review Tribunals.