With reference to the department and/or its agencies:

(1)   For each financial year from 2000-01 to 2004-05 to date: (a) how many consultants were engaged by the department and/or its agencies to conduct surveys of community attitudes to departmental programs and what was the total cost; and (b) for each consultancy: (i) what was the cost, (ii) who was the consultant, and (iii) was this consultant selected by tender; if so, was the tender select or open; if not, why not.

(2)   Were any of the surveys released publicly; if so, in each case, when was the material released; if not, in each case, what was the basis for not releasing the material publicly.

In total, there were eight consultants engaged by the Department and/or its agencies in relation to conducting surveys of consumer attitudes towards departmental programs. The total cost of all consultancies was $1,257,523.78. Details of the consultancies are set out below:

(1)   (a)    

Year	No. of Consultants used	Total Cost
2000-01	3	$772,924.40
2001-02	1	$2,640.00
2002-03	2	$157,962.75
2003-04	6	$305,214.13
2004-05	1	$18,782.50

(b)  

(i) Cost	(ii) Name of Consultant	(iii) Consultant selected by tender
2000-01
$28,765.00	Tall Poppies	An open tender process was used.
$66,550.00	Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS)	An open tender process was used.
$676,062.80	Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS)	An open tender process was used
$1,546.60	Cultural Perspectives	An open tender process was used
2001-02
$2,640.00	Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS)	An open tender process was used.
2002-03
$103,125.00	Cultural Perspectives	An open tender process was used.
$54,837.75	Wendy Bloom and Associates	An open tender process was used
2003-04
$56,069.80	Cultural Perspectives	An open tender process was used.
$54,909.50	AC Neilson	An open tender process was used.
$92,878.35	Wendy Bloom and Associates	An open tender process was used
$71,368.00	Eureka Strategic Research	An open tender process was used.
$27, 000.00	Urbis Pty Ltd	An open tender process was used.
$2,988.48	Woolcott Research Pty Ltd	An open tender process was used.
2004-05
$18,782.50	Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS)	An open tender process was used.

(b)    

(i) Cost	(ii) Name of Consultant	(iii) Consultant selected by tender
2000-01
$28,765.00	Tall Poppies	An open tender process was used.
$66,550.00	Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS)	An open tender process was used.
$676,062.80	Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS)	An open tender process was used
$1,546.60	Cultural Perspectives	An open tender process was used
2001-02
$2,640.00	Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS)	An open tender process was used.
2002-03
$103,125.00	Cultural Perspectives	An open tender process was used.
$54,837.75	Wendy Bloom and Associates	An open tender process was used
2003-04
$56,069.80	Cultural Perspectives	An open tender process was used.
$54,909.50	AC Neilson	An open tender process was used.
$92,878.35	Wendy Bloom and Associates	An open tender process was used
$71,368.00	Eureka Strategic Research	An open tender process was used.
$27, 000.00	Urbis Pty Ltd	An open tender process was used.
$2,988.48	Woolcott Research Pty Ltd	An open tender process was used.
2004-05
$18,782.50	Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS)	An open tender process was used.

(2)   Except for the Urbis consultancy, results have not been released.