Outcome:	1. Environment		Question No: 22
Sub-outcome:	All
Output:  	All
Division/Agency:	Department of Environment and Heritage
Topic: 	Consultancies 2003/2004 financial year
Hansard Page ECITA:		Written question on notice

Senator Carr asked:

Please provide a table listing details of all consultancies for the 2003/04 financial year, for the department and all associated agencies. Please include the following: 

•	The costs for all completed consultancies, both budgeted and actual;
•	The costs for ongoing consultancies, both budgeted and for the current financial year;
•	The total costs for all consultancies, both the amount expended in the current financial year, and the total budgeted value of all consultancies running in the current financial year;
•	The nature and purpose of the consultancy;
•	The method by which the contract was let;
•	The name and details of the company and/or individual who is carrying out, or carried out, the contract.

Answer:  
Department of the Environment and Heritage
•	Attachment A contains a list of consultancy contracts valued at greater than $10,000 as published in the Department of Environment and Heritage’s 2003/04 Annual Report.
•	Attachment B includes those consultancies up to $10,000 for the same period.

Bureau of Meteorology
•	The costs for all completed consultancies are included in Attachment C. They are not split between budgeted and actual since the Bureau does not have a specific budget for consultancies.
•	All but one of the listed consultancies was completed in the 2003/04 financial year. The only ongoing contract was the one with Michael Cawood & Associates. This was not completed until the next financial year with $30,785.70 (excl. GST) of the contract expended in 2003/04.

Parks Australia Division
•	Consultancies for Parks Australia Division are listed at Attachment D.

Australian Greenhouse Office
•	Consultancies for the Australian Greenhouse Office are listed at Attachment E.

Great barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
•	Consultancies for the Great Barrier Reef marine Park Authority are listed at Attachment F.

National Oceans Office
•	Consultancies for the National Oceans Office are listed at Attachment G.

Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
•	Consultancies for the Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator are listed at Attachment H.

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
•	Consultancies for the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust are listed at Attachment I.