Departmental Operational Information webpage updates

Question

Senator RUSTON: An update on your official hospitality and events for the department and the minister's office-answers to questions on notice 80 and 79 referred us back to your website, but the current financial year is not reported on the website. [...] Ms Connolly: I've located an estimate of official hospitality from 1 July 2025 to 31 March 2026 on our website, and that's $50,871.11. Senator RUSTON: I wonder what the 11c was for. But, back to the answer, when we went to the website to get that answer we couldn't find the information. Ms Connolly: I'm not sure why that might be the case. Mr Lye: It's on the website now, so apologies if it wasn't when you looked. Ms Connolly: We'll confirm if there was an update in between. Senator RUSTON: It was just interesting. We were told, 'Go here to find the answer.' We went there to find the answer and there was no answer. Could you just check that. Ms Connolly: Yes, we will.

Answer

Please see attached answer.

Documents

• Question with answer (PDF) (opens in a new tab)
• DSS SQ26-000692.pdf (opens in a new tab)