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(7) Are there any plans for ACT Government public servants and/or Ministers to attend events, including trade events, exhibitions, seminars and missions, organised by the Australian Trade and Investment Commission, Austrade, for the remainder of 2016-17 and in 2017-18; if so, list those events and the expected total cost of attendance, including travel.
Mr Barr: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) (2) & (3) Austrade events attended by ACT Government officials and the cost of attendance:
(a) 2014-15:
• Winning Investment for Australia – 2 ACT Government officers attended the training program. Cost of attendance for 2 staff was $6000.
• Australian Export Awards – 2 ACT Government officers attended the awards ceremony. There was no registration cost to attend this event.
• Austrade Education Agent Seminar – 1 ACT Government officer attended to deliver training for offshore Austrade registered education agents in China. Cost of attendance for 1 staff was $880. Please note: as the officer was the keynote speaker, there was no registration cost for this event.
• Austrade Education Agent Seminar – 1 ACT Government officer attended to deliver training for offshore Austrade registered education agents in Taiwan and China. Cost of attendance for 1 staff was $1450. Please note: as the officer was the keynote speaker, there was no registration cost for this event.
• Austrade Future Unlimited Education Exhibition - Korea - 1 ACT Government officer attended to promote ACT public schools and recruit prospective students. Cost of attendance for 1 staff was $5320. Please note: the registration cost for this event was $4000.
• Austrade Future Unlimited Education Exhibition - Taiwan - 1 ACT Government officer attended to promote ACT public schools and recruit prospective students. Cost of attendance for 1 staff was $4120. Please note: the registration cost for this event was $3540.
(b) 2015-16:
• Winning Investment for Australia – 1 ACT Government officer attended the training program. Cost of attendance for 1 staff was $3000.
• Austrade FTA seminar – 1 ACT Government officer attended the seminar. There was no cost to attend the seminar.
• Australia Week in China – Shanghai – 6 ACT Government officers including the Chief Minister attended the program. It was an Australian Government sponsored event with no costs involved to attend the program.
• Australian Export Awards – 2 ACT Government officers attended the awards ceremony. There was no registration cost to attend this event.
• National Trade Development Working Group - 1 ACT Government official attended the meeting. Cost of attendance $381.
• Australia Indonesia Business Week - 1 CIT officer attended the mission in Jakarta. All program costs were covered by the Australian Government.
• Austrade Education Agent Seminar – 1 ACT Government officer attended to deliver training for offshore Austrade registered education agents in China. Cost of attendance for 1 staff was $990. Please note, as the officer was the keynote speaker, there was no registration cost for this event.
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