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(4) Where any item of expenditure in part (3) relates to more than one purpose can the Minister provide the basis on which each item of expenditure has been apportioned, for example, on the basis of volume of water drawn for consumptive use as a percentage of total catchment and river flows.

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

(1) The metered water consumption for 2003/04 was 48,283,806Kl; for 2004/05 it was 47,532,792Kl and for 2005/06 it was 52,837,399Kl.

(2) Residential consumption for the ACT was 31.49GL for 2003/04; 30.99GL for 2004/05 and 34.43GL for 2005/06. Queanbeyan receives a bulk water supply and ActewAGL does not collect residential metered data for Queanbeyan.

(3) & (4). I am not prepared to authorise the use of the very considerable resources that would be involved in providing the detailed information required to answer the Member’s question.

Diplomatic service—outstanding fines

(Question No 1466)

Mr Mulcahy asked the Treasurer, upon notice, on 20 February 2007:

(1) What is the current amount of fines incurred by foreign diplomatic missions that remain unpaid and were incurred within the last two years;

(2) Has any of the $0.1 million in outstanding fines that the Minister highlighted in his answer to question 40 from the 2006 Estimates process been repaid;

(3) How many embassies or missions currently have outstanding bills with the Territory.

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

(1) $59,047

(2) A total of $60,448 has been either repaid or withdrawn.

(3) 56

Government—online payments

(Question No 1467)

Mr Mulcahy asked the Treasurer, upon notice, on 20 February 2007:

(1) How many different types of charges, fines and payments are accepted by the ACT government;

(2) How many of these payments can be made online;

(3) Which of these payments (a) can and (b) cannot be made online.


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