Page 1494 - Week 04 - Thursday, 26 March 2009

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	2007-08 $	2008-09 (to 31 December 2008) $
Airfares	60,667	34,480
Accommodation	27,229	11,385
Travel Allowances (payments for meals and other incidental costs)	7,660	5,368

(2) The proportion of domestic as opposed to international travel during the defined periods was:

2007-08

2008-09

(to 31 December 2008)

Domestic

96%

100%

International

(3) Three officers undertook international travel during the defined period as follows:

Purpose (2007-08 only)	Cost
National Plumbing Regulators Forum (two officers)	$4,608
Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping, and 9^th South East Asian Survey Conference (one officer)	$2,529

(4) The proportion of airfares by business or first class travel* as opposed to economy during the defined period was:

2007-08

2008-09

(to 31 December 2008)

Economy

97%

96%

Business Class

* For the purpose of this question, “travel” has been defined as individual flights, rather than whole journeys.

(5) The proportion of trips* on Qantas as opposed to Virgin Blue and other airlines was:

	2007-08	2008-09 (to 31 December 2008)
Qantas	89%	78%
Virgin Blue	10%	21%
Jetstar	1%	1%

* For the purpose of this question, “trips” have been defined as individual flights, rather than whole journeys.

(6) Yes. ACTPLA’s Chief Executive Financial Instructions place an obligation on travellers to ensure that Frequent Flyer Points accrued as a result of travel or accommodation paid for by the ACTPS are redeemed for official travel. With one exception no individual traveller during the period had accrued sufficient Points to enable redemption for official travel. The exception was an officer for whom no suitable flight was available through the Frequent Flyer redemption scheme.

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