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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2003 Week 8 Hansard (21 August) . . Page.. 3127 ..
Non-employee expenses
Information technology | $ 3,618.89 |
Legal costs | $50,079.25 |
Transcripts | $ 389.15 |
Office services | $ 190.75 |
Telephone costs | $ 2,325.27 |
Travel | $ 1,222.99 |
Total: | $57,826.30 |
(3) The identifiable expenditure by the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is $232,000.00.
(4) The costs include $185,000.00 for Counsel, with the balance ($47,000.00) being the ascertainable costs of DPP staff engaged to assist with the inquiry. The staff expenditure excludes overhead costs. It is not possible to quantify precisely expenditure such as a proportion of the Director's time, or other DPP staff who have assisted in the matter from time to time, or photocopying and communication expenses, which have been substantial.
(5) The Department of Justice and Community Safety has incurred expenditure of $264,167.34.
(6) In relation to the current proceedings before the court the expenditure is:
Disbursements
Counsel's fees | $ 85,364.03 |
Transcript | $ 2,901.55 |
Courier Services | $ 328.89 |
Room Hire (High Court) | $ 100.00 |
Photocopying (to send to Counsel) | $ 101.77 |
TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS | $ 88,796.24 |
Legal costs (Government Solicitor's Office) | $ 86,814.84 |
TOTAL COSTS AND DISBURSEMENTS | $175,611.08 |
In relation to the inquiry that has been conducted by Magistrate Pike the expenditure is:
Disbursements
Publications | $ 3,001.02 |
(Sydney Morning Herald and Canberra Times) | |
Air Travel | $ 2,496.62 |
Cabcharge | $ 32.25 |
Transcript | $ 2,356.79 |
Postage & Air Freight | $ 205.04 |
Process Service | $ 1,424.00 |
Forensics | $ 2,865.94 |
Rubber Stamp | $ 28.00 |
TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS | $12,409.66 |
Legal costs (Government Solicitor's Office) | $76,146.60 |
TOTAL COSTS AND DISBURSEMENTS | $88,556.26 |
(7) The Legal Aid Act 1977 (the Act) imposes secrecy obligations on officers of the Legal Aid Office. Section 92 (2)(a) of the Act provides that it is an offence to divulge or
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