Outcome:	1. Environment			Question No:  1
Division/Agency:	Policy Coordination Division
Topic:	Official Development Assistance
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written Question on Notice

Senator Wong asked:
Please provide full details of the Official Development Assistance (ODA) eligible expenditure and activities undertaken by your Department since 2000-2001 to date.

Answer/s:
The Official Development Assistance (ODA) eligible expenditure by my Department since 2000-2001 to date is $17,790,153. 
Please refer to Attachment A for further details on expenditure and activities.

Outcome:	1. Environment			Question No:  2
Division/Agency:	Portfolio Coordination Division
Topic:	Official Development Assistance
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written Question on Notice

Senator Wong asked:

We are seeking to differentiate between expenditure from the Department of Environment and Water Resources, and AusAID funds. 

Please provide a breakdown of and differentiate between AusAID funds and the Department of Environment and Water Resources funds. The latter comprise ODA eligible expenditure which form part of OGD expenditure.

Answer/s:
The answer provided in response to Question No. 1 on 16 February 2007 correctly details expenditure of funds by the Department of the Environment and Water Resources (DEW) only. DEW regularly reports Official Development Assistance activity and eligible expenditure to AusAID for incorporation into AusAID statistical databases. Expenditures detail provided in the response to Question No. 1 was retrieved from the relevant AusAID database but refers only to DEW expenditure.
As stated in response to Question No. 1, the Official Development Assistance (ODA) eligible expenditure by the Department of the Environment and Water Resources from 2000-2001 to 2005-06 is $17,790,153. 
In addition, in 2006-07 the Department received $8,287,504 from AusAid to undertake several ODA activities. Overall Australian ODA figures and breakdowns are provided in relevant AusAid documents.