Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, , 19:14 to 20:52
The Department of the Senate discusses its practice of charging fees for parliamentary training seminars and legislative process workshops provided to public servants.
Topics: Education, Government spending
Speakers: Mr Henry Pike, Hon Jane Hume, Unknown Speaker
>> Um well, I mean, we um we do um have some seminar programs that we do for um public servants and for other um other audiences that we charge fairly standard fees for. in terms of um learning and development opportunities. But uh
>> Oh, okay. So I didn't understand that. So you've charged a fee before for uh to provide a session on how the chamber
>> uh to uh in relation to the legisl how the legislative process works in relation to um answering questions at estimates in relation to um that sort of core parliamentary work. I mean, I could get a list of the um seminars that we can provide tabled before the committee if that would assist. Senator,
>> how much do you charge?
>> I don't have [snorts] that information here. We're I I think cheaper than most um learn development providers. >> I would have thought so, Senator.
>> Okay. I I would be very interested to know what sort of fees you charge. So, if I could ask that on notice. Is that a new practice? Is that something you've
done before? Uh I I used to deliver some of these things in um in various jobs I held in the table office 20 odd years ago, Senator. So,
>> right. So, it's been going on for some
time. >> It's been going for for a long time.
>> All right. I I want to ask you maybe probably not questions to you, Clark. They're probably more questions to the president about um your replacement and finding your replacement, what the process is for finding a new Clark. I I