(1)   Has the department instituted an internal costing or cost recovery system; if so:

(a)   what was the reason for instituting this system; and

(b)   can details be provided of the costs associated with instituting this system.

(2)   As at 30 September 2006:

(a)   how many staff are there at each Australian Public Service (APS) level (including executive and senior executive level staff) by business unit, division or branch; and

(b)   what is the average salary of staff at each APS level (including executive and senior executive level staff) by business unit, division or branch.

Department of Veterans’ Affairs

(1)  

(a)   A costing and financial reporting capability, including an activity costing system, was introduced in my department’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) line of business to enable internal reporting on its overall ICT financial position, as well as detailed information on individual ICT projects.

(b)   The costs of instituting this system are not specifically available as it was introduced as part of bundled arrangements with IBM when my department outsourced its infrastructure services in 1997. However, on-going licences for Time Sheet Professional are $16,000 per year and incurs an administrative support cost of about $2,000 per year.

(2)   (a)  

Classification	Executive	Business Integrity	Service Delivery	Policy & Development	Corporate	Commemorations & War Graves	Veterans’ Review Board	Total
APS Level 1			21		10			31
APS Level 2			65	2	33	18	1	119
APS Level 3	6	3	344	12	43	9	16	433
APS Level 4	3		142	11	49	15	10	230
APS Level 5	1	14	436	21	61	15	1	549
APS Level 6	5	18	336	74	119	22	3	577
Executive Level 1	3	20	116	79	127	9	6	360
Executive Level 2	1	9	40	31	39	8		128
Medical Officer			11	6				17
SES Band 1	2	3	8	8	5	1	1	28
SES Band 2	3		2	2	1	1		9
Total	24	67	1521	246	487	98	38	2481

(2)   (b)  

Classification	Executive	Business Integrity	Service Delivery	Policy & Development	Corporate	Commemorations & War Graves	Veterans’ Review Board
APS Level 1			$ 27,354		$ 34,425
APS Level 2			$ 38,408	$ 38,297	$ 41,238	$ 40,922	$ 15,319
APS Level 3	$ 45,051	$ 46,439	$ 43,642	$ 44,402	$ 42,053	$ 42,167	$ 43,997
APS Level 4	$ 52,071		$ 49,094	$ 50,298	$ 49,484	$ 49,552	$ 49,338
APS Level 5	$ 56,720	$ 53,897	$ 54,859	$ 53,541	$ 55,415	$ 50,778	$ 56,720
APS Level 6	$ 63,183	$ 61,303	$ 61,245	$ 63,348	$ 62,950	$ 63,150	$ 64,891
Executive Level 1	$ 79,856	$ 80,099	$ 76,082	$ 76,579	$ 75,627	$ 76,337	$ 76,649
Executive Level 2	$ 101,670	$ 96,830	$ 94,071	$ 95,432	$ 96,692	$ 99,125
Medical Officer			$ 85,209	$ 112,671
SES Band 1	$ 123,072	$119,494	$ 120,176	$ 121,730	$122,060	$ 112,339	$ 123,072
SES Band 2	$ 158,691		$ 158,691	$ 158,691	$158,691	$ 158,691

Australian War Memorial

(1)  

(a)   The Memorial has an internal costing system for the provision of photographic and multi media services. The Multi Media section provides a range of services to sections across the Memorial including conservation, VIP visits, public events, exhibitions, sales, promotional and marketing. In order for the cost of these services to be reported in accordance with the Memorial’s approved Outputs structure in budget documentation, financial statements and annual reports, an internal costing system was set up at the time of the current FMIS being implemented.

(b)   The costs of instituting this system are not available but are of a small nature.

(2)    

APS 2	53	$37,920
APS 3	34	$43,097
APS 4	31	$47,563
APS 5	27	$52,926
APS 6	50	$60,407
Base Broadband (APS Level 1 - 2)	3	$39,763
AWM Broadband 1 (APS Level 2 - 4)	3	$43,579
AWM Broadband 2 (APS Level 4 -6)	1	$58,078
AWM Broadband 3 (APS Level 2 - 5)	31	$52,851
AWM Broadband 4 (APS Level 4 - 5)	3	$53,839
Executive Level 1	39	$75,038
Executive Level 2	17	$99,692
Senior Executive Band 1	3	$118,087