❓ Mr. Nalder asks the Minister for Finance about the cost of government air travel, including intrastate, interstate, and overseas flights, as well as chartered flight services, for past and future financial years. The Minister provides data for 2017/18 and 2018/19 (to date) but defers on future projections and chartered flight data, stating it's agency-specific.
AnsweredQoN 5229Legislative Assembly
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I refer to government travel expenses, and ask: (a) Could the Minister advise the total cost of airfares, broken into intrastate, interstate and overseas travel, paid for by the State Government for the following financial years: (i) 2017/18; (ii) 2018/19 (to date); (iii) 2019/20 (budgeted); and (iv) 2020/21 (budgeted); and (b) For the same periods above, could the Minister advise of chartered flight services paid for, or budgeted, by the State Government, broken down into intrastate, interstate and overseas travel?
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Answered
6 August 2019
Responded by
Minister for Finance
Response time
6 days
(a) All amounts stated are exclusive of GST and airport fees and charges.
Spend Type
(i) Expenditure 2017-18 ($)
(ii) Expenditure 2018-19 (to 31 May 2019) ($)
Intrastate
25,524,064
26,977,112
Interstate
5,551,809
6,223,658
International
1,205,936
1,484,146
Total
32,281,809
34,684,916
(iii) (iv) This information is agency specific and should be asked of all Ministers for response by each of their agencies.
(b) This information is agency specific and should be asked of all Ministers for response by each of their agencies.
Spend Type
(i) Expenditure 2017-18 ($)
(ii) Expenditure 2018-19 (to 31 May 2019) ($)
Intrastate
25,524,064
26,977,112
Interstate
5,551,809
6,223,658
International
1,205,936
1,484,146
Total
32,281,809
34,684,916
(iii) (iv) This information is agency specific and should be asked of all Ministers for response by each of their agencies.
(b) This information is agency specific and should be asked of all Ministers for response by each of their agencies.
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