DFAT defends sending officials to Paris conference

A Senate committee has questioned officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) about a decision to fly over 20 officials in business class to a conference in France. Image: DFAT Chief People Officer John Fisher speaks with Department Secretary Frances Adamson during a Senate Estimates hearing. (AAP)

DFAT Chief People Officer John Fisher speaks with Department Secretary Frances Adamson during a Senate Estimates hearing. Source: AAP

The cost of their participation in the event, held in the capital Paris earlier this year, is estimated to have exceeded 200-thousand-dollars.

But as this report, the full expense to taxpayers is not yet known.