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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 11 Hansard (26 September) . . Page.. 3605 ..
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
Question No. 315
Chief Minister's Department - Corporate Credit Cards
In relation to Gazette No. 26 of 3 July 1996, in which it is stated that corporate credit card payments totalling $24,025.60 were made to American Express International.
(1) To whose credit card/s does this payment refer, and what is the type of credit card.
(2) Can you itemise each expense incurred, including where, when and why each was incurred.
(3) Has this corporate credit card account been fully paid, or is money still outstanding and if so,
(a) can you provide the total balance outstanding; and
(b) what is the current balance outstanding on the credit card/s and days owing.
(4) Has the expenditure of $26,000 been scrutinised, and if so by whom.
(5) Will this expenditure be detailed in the annual reports of relevant agencies or departments.
(6) Can you ensure that the answers to the above questions include relevant information from ACTEW.
MRS CARNELL - The answer to the Member's question is as follows:
(1) Payments to American Express were made for various purchases using credit cards issued to staff in the Chief Minister's Department. As most purchases with the credit cards did not exceed $2,000, this payment was not required to be notified in the ACT Gazette.
(2) Statements of transactions for each holder of the credit cards are available for the full financial year if required.
(3) Yes.
(4) All expenditure was properly scrutinised and authorised. Expenditure relates to the Chief Minister's Department.
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