Ministerial Travel Costs - 2006/2007
WRITTEN QUESTIONS
10th Assembly
27/03/2008
274. Ministerial Travel Costs - 2006/2007
Mr Mills to Chief Minister for
QUESTION
What was the cost for -
(a) Ministerial Travel for each Minister, including the Chief Minister in the financial year 2006-07 and broken down by the individual cost of each trip;
(b) Ministerial Telephones, broken down by Minister for the financial year 2006-07; and
(c) the unsuccessful trip by Minister Scrymgour to Adelaide to attend the launch of the Garnaut Report on the 16th or 17th of February 2008.
ANSWER
Answered on 27/06/2008
as at 30 June 2007
(Excluding Community Cabinet Travel)
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Hon C Martin - $ 62,267
| Category | Number of Trips | Total Cost | Purpose of Travel |
| Intrastate | 24 | $24,200 | Trips to attend meetings and conferences including in relation to:
Alcohol Task Force |
 | | | Launch of Nitmiluk commercial development plan |
| | | Opening of Yarralin Air Show and Kalkaringi store Tiwi Islands football grand final Freedom Day Festival 40th anniversary of the Wave Hill walk-off Inspection of flood damage at Oenpelli Katherine Show BASSINTHEDUST Masters Games |
| Interstate | 8 | $22,839 | Trips to attend meetings and conferences including in relation to:
COAG |
| Overseas | 2 | $15,228 | Travel to Sabah to attend the opening of Sabah International Expo Travel to Japan to attend meetings and to promote gas expansion |
| Category | Number of Trips | Total Cost | Purpose of Travel |
| Intrastate | 51 | $79,560 | The majority of travel was to Darwin from the Minister’s home base in Gove to attend to Ministerial duties.
There were also trips to the Australian Primary Principles Association Conference and community visits. |
| Interstate | 4 | $14,500 | Trips to attend meetings and conferences including:
MINCO |
Hon P Toyne – $13,059
CategoryNumber of TripsTotal CostPurpose of Travel
| Intrastate | 6 | $6,200 | The majority of travel was to Darwin from the Minister’s home base in Alice Springs to attend to Ministerial duties.
Visits to: Katherine Show |
| Interstate | 3 | $6,859 | Trips to attend meetings and conferences including:
Integrated Offender Management System |
Hon C Natt - $ 37,707
CategoryNumber of TripsTotal CostPurpose of Travel
| Intrastate | 8 | $8,472 | Trips to attend meetings and conferences including:
Cattlemen’s Association |
| Interstate | 3 | $7,604 | Trips to attend meetings and conferences including:
Ministerial Council on Energy |
| Overseas | 2 | $21,631 | Travel to Sabah to attend the official opening of the Sabah Meat Training Centre and to officiate at the opening ceremony Travel to China for Mining Congress 2006 |
Hon P Henderson - $ 51,347
CategoryNumber of TripsTotal CostPurpose of Travel
| Intrastate | 18 | $17,892 | Trips to attend meetings and conferences including:
DEET round table Visits to: Central Australian Expo |
| Interstate | 8 | $17,393 | Trips to attend meetings and conferences including:
Australian Tourism Exchange |
| Overseas | 1 | $16,062 | Travel to Dubai, London and Berlin to attend the International Tourismo Borse |
Mr E McAdam - $ 95,216
CategoryNumber of TripsTotal CostPurpose of Travel
| Intrastate | 42 | $66,062 | The majority of travel was to Darwin from the Minister’s home base in Tennant Creek to attend to Ministerial duties.
Trips to attend meetings and conferences including: Tangentyere Council Visits to: Mahbilil festival |
| Interstate | 5 | $29,154 | Trips to attend meetings and conferences including:
Ministerial Council meetings on Local Govt and Planning |
Hon D Lawrie - $ 47,632
CategoryNumber of TripsTotal CostPurpose of Travel
| Intrastate | 12 | $14,441 | Trips to attend meetings and conferences including:
Global Freight Connect Visits to: Camel Cup |
| Interstate | 9 | $25,713 | Trips to attend meetings and conferences including:
Status of Women |
| Overseas | 1 | $7,478 | Travel to Malaysia and Vietnam to promote Arafura Games |
Hon K Vatskalis - $ 56,566
CategoryNumber of TripsTotal CostPurpose of Travel
| Intrastate | 17 | $16,961 | Trips to attend meetings and conferences including:
Economic Development Committee Visits to: Alice Springs Show |
| Interstate | 6 | $18,433 | Trips to attend meetings and conferences including:
Excellence in Upstream Energy conference Visits to: Represent NTG at AFL grand final official function |
| Overseas | 4 | $21,172 | Travel to Wellington for Ministerial Council meeting on Immigration and Multicultural affairs Travel to Sabah to attend the Sabah International Expo Travel to Singapore for the OSEA Conference Travel to Singapore to host the Arafura Games Heads of Delegation Meeting |
Hon C Burns – $43,448
CategoryNumber of TripsTotal CostPurpose of Travel
| Intrastate | 21 | $25,801 | Visits to:
Signing of Aboriginal Framework in Alice Springs |
| Interstate | 6 | $17,647 | Trips to attend meetings and conferences including:
Australasian Police Ministers’ Council Visits to: National Police Memorial Dedication Ceremony |
Ms M Scrymgour - $ 41,741
CategoryNumber of TripsTotal CostPurpose of Travel
| Intrastate | 23 | $10,848 | Visits to:
Re-opening of Mararuni School |
| Interstate | 4 | $9,454 | Trips to attend meetings and conferences including:
Summit in Sydney Visits to: Represented NT at AFL Dreamtime at the G. |
| Overseas | 1 | $21,439 | Travel to Paris to access nuclear power generation and waste storage facilities and to visit museums where business is being promoted with NT Artists |