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(2) What proportion of travel was domestic as opposed to international.

(3) Did any officers from the CFC undertake international travel during the period listed in part (1); if so, what was the purpose of the trip and how much did each trip cost.

(4) What proportion of airfares were for business or first class travel as opposed to economy.

(5) What proportion of trips were on Qantas as opposed to Virgin Blue and other airlines.

(6) Does the CFC have a scheme where frequent flyer points accrued on departmental travel are used to help meet the costs of future travel; if so, what is the level of participation.

Mr Stanhope: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

1. In the 2007-08 financial year the Corporation spent $55,609.64 on travel.

The travel expenditure can be itemised into the following categories as shown in Table 1 below:

A substantial proportion of the above expenditure does not relate to Corporation staff, but relates to travel costs associated with touring theatre productions, in situations where the Corporation either shared, or paid the full amount of, the costs of presenting the touring production in Canberra. Table 2 below illustrates the split of travel costs between Corporation staff and non-Corporation travellers.

2. 100% of travel in 2007-08 was domestic.

3. Not applicable - refer to the response for Question 2 above.

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