53775 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister for Energy

53775 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister for Energy: What was the total expenditure, if any, by agencies for which the Minister is responsible, if any, since 27 November 2023 on (a) branding, marketing, or promotional materials; (b) consultants or contractors engaged for branding, internal communications, or culture-related projects; (c) novelty or promotional items such as (but not limited to) pens, stress balls, model animals, or branded clothing; (d) office furnishings, décor, or recreational equipment; (e) non-essential electrical items or appliances; (f) staff wellbeing or break-room facilities; (g) novelty, decorative, or entertainment items, whether purchased or hired; (h) repairs, replacements, or damages to property or hired items; and (i) expenditure recorded under “miscellaneous” or “other” cost categories, listed by agency, date, purpose, supplier, and total cost?

Hon Simon Watts: As Minister of Energy, I have no responsibility for any government departments or Ministries. In respect of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, I refer the Member to the Minister for Economic Growth’s answer to written parliamentary question 53774 (2025). With regard to Crown entities under the energy portfolio, the EA and EECA, please see below. EECA: (a) branding, marketing, or promotional materials: $8,818 (b) consultants or contractors engaged for branding, internal communications, or culture-related projects: $22,150 (c) novelty or promotional items such as (but not limited to) pens, stress balls, model animals, or branded clothing: $0 (d) office furnishings, décor, or recreational equipment: $46,153 (e) non-essential electrical items or appliances: $0 (f) staff wellbeing or break-room facilities: $0 (g) novelty, decorative, or entertainment items, whether purchased or hired: $0 (h) repairs, replacements, or damages to property or hired items: $22,348 (i) expenditure recorded under “miscellaneous” or “other” cost categories, listed by agency, date, purpose, supplier, and total cost: $0 EA: (a) branding, marketing, or promotional materials: None identified for the specified period (b) consultants or contractors engaged for branding, internal communications, or culture-related projects: The total expenditure (in the specified period) for contractors or consultants engaged for branding, internal communications or culture-related projects was $33,509.50. (c) novelty or promotional items such as (but not limited to) pens, stress balls, model animals, or branded clothing: None identified for the specified period (d) office furnishings, décor, or recreational equipment: None identified for the specified period (e) non-essential electrical items or appliances: None identified for the specified period (f) staff wellbeing or break-room facilities: The total expenditure (for the specified period) for staff wellbeing or break-room facilities was $192,514. This included things like EAP Counselling services, flu vaccinations and the health and wellbeing subsidy (g) novelty, decorative, or entertainment items, whether purchased or hired: None identified for the specified period (h) repairs, replacements, or damages to property or hired items: None identified for the specified period (i) expenditure recorded under “miscellaneous” or “other” cost categories, listed by agency, date, purpose, supplier, and total cost: All expenditure is allocated to a cost category, there is no spend allocated to a generic other or miscellaneous category