Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
Supplementary Budget Estimates 2019 - 2020
Prime Minister and Cabinet Portfolio
Department/Agency: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Outcome/Program: Prime Minister and Cabinet
Topic: Prime Minister’s Trip to the US – Officials and Advisers in Attendance
Senator: Senator Wong
Question reference number: 024
Type of question: Monday 21 October 2019, Page 59
Date set by the committee for the return of answer: 6 December 2019
Number of pages: 2
Question:
Senator WONG: Were there any DFAT officials travelling with the PM? Is it possible for
you to table a list of officials who accompanied the Prime Minister, please, and PMO and
members of staff?
Mr Martin: Yes, we should be able to get that for you shortly.
Answer:
Officials
• Secretary, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
• Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• Chief of the Defence Force, Australian Defence Force (Washington)
• Director-General, Office of National Intelligence (Washington)
• First Assistant Secretary, International Division, Department of the
Prime Minister and Cabinet
• First Assistant Secretary, Ministerial Support Division, Department of the
Prime Minister and Cabinet
• Protocol Officers, Protocol and International Visits Branch, Department of the Prime
Minister and Cabinet x 7 (Washington x 3, Ohio and Chicago x 1, New York x 3)
• Media Liaison Officer, Ministerial Support Division, Department of the
Prime Minister and Cabinet
• IT Support and Communications Officers, Department of the Prime Minister and
Cabinet x 5
• AFP Officers
• Medical Officer, Australian Defence Force
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Prime Minister’s Office
• Dr John Kunkel, Chief of Staff
• Principal Private Secretary
• National Security Adviser & Senior Adviser (International)
• Press Secretary
• Executive Officer
• Director of Programme
• Senior Communications Adviser
• Senior Media Adviser
• Advancers x 2
• Official Photographer
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