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No.
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Question
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Reply
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Date
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Hansard
Page No.
of Reply
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Time
(days)

17

Minchin

12/02/2008

Administration—Media-related staff

21/10/2008

10/11/2008

6468

252

37

Minchin

12/02/2008

Administration—Media-related staff

21/10/2008

10/11/2008

6468

252

45

Minchin

12/02/2008

Administration—Media-related staff

21/10/2008

10/11/2008

6468

252

86

Minchin

12/02/2008

Climate change—United Nations Climate Change Conference

14/05/2008

15/05/2008

2095

92

in Bali, Indonesia—Australian Government delegation costs

121

Minchin

12/02/2008

Administration—Provision of information to estimates

20/10/2008

10/11/2008

6472

251

committees, including appointments to government agencies,

authorities and advisory boards

141

Minchin

12/02/2008

Administration—Provision of information to estimates

20/10/2008

10/11/2008

6472

251

committees, including appointments to government agencies,

authorities and advisory boards

149

Minchin

12/02/2008

Administration—Provision of information to estimates

20/10/2008

10/11/2008

6472

251

committees, including appointments to government agencies,

authorities and advisory boards

229

Cormann

12/02/2008

Administration—Funding cuts—Programs and services for

21/10/2008

10/11/2008

6474

252

Western Australia

249

Cormann

12/02/2008

Administration—Funding cuts—Programs and services for

21/10/2008

10/11/2008

6474

252

Western Australia

257

Cormann

12/02/2008

Administration—Funding cuts—Programs and services for

21/10/2008

10/11/2008

6474

252

Western Australia

269

Siewert

12/02/2008

Same-sex entitlements—Medicare Levy surcharge

21/08/2008

28/09/2008

4118

191

270

Murray

12/02/2008

Census 2006—Roebourne and Wyndham East Kimberley shires—

30/06/2008

26/08/2008

3758

139

Funding allocations based on census data

281

Webber

13/02/2008

Banking industry—Australian banking licenses—Permissions

30/06/2008

26/08/2008

3760

138

283

Webber

13/02/2008

Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority—Action against

30/06/2008

26/08/2008

3760

138

Mr Murray Nugent

388

Allison

02/04/2008

Australian Bureau of Statistics—Census of Population and

21/04/2008

14/05/2008

1945

19

Housing—Questions on religion

394

Siewert

03/04/2008

Retail sector—Number of grocery stores and supermarkets

18/04/2008

14/05/2008

1947

15

424

Allison

30/04/2008

Refrigerant—Levies on the import and sale of—Decision to

30/06/2008

26/08/2008

3768

61

increase

445

Minchin

30/05/2008

Departmental engagements—Mr Christian and Ms Tara

02/10/2008

13/10/2008

5858

125

Taubenschlag—Details

453

Minchin

30/05/2008

Departmental engagements—Mr Christian and Ms Tara

02/10/2008

13/10/2008

5858

125

Taubenschlag—Details

464

Minchin

30/05/2008

Departmental engagements—Mr Christian and Ms Tara

02/10/2008

13/10/2008

5858

125

Taubenschlag—Details

504

Siewert

20/06/2008

Independent Committee of Inquiry into National Competition

19/08/2008

27/08/2008

3971

60

Policy—Report recommendation—Implementation

515

Siewert

10/07/2008

Tax expenditure—Capped exemptions—Utilisation of exemptions

19/08/2008

27/08/2008

3971

40

D6 and D8

523

Milne

14/07/2008

Recycling—Printer cartridges—Policy and practice

19/08/2008

27/08/2008

3973

36

583

Minchin

25/08/2008

Carbon offsets—Departmental air travel—Guidelines

13/02/2009

10/03/2009

1168

172

603

Minchin

25/08/2008

Carbon offsets—Departmental air travel—Guidelines

13/02/2009

10/03/2009

1168

172

604

Minchin

25/08/2008

Carbon offsets—Departmental air travel—Guidelines

13/02/2009

10/03/2009

1168

172

611

Minchin

25/08/2008

Carbon offsets—Departmental air travel—Guidelines

13/02/2009

10/03/2009

1168

172

619

Minchin

25/08/2008

Ministers/Parliamentary Secretaries office—Departmental staff—

31/10/2008

10/11/2008

6480

67

Secondment

655

Minchin

25/08/2008

Overseas travel—Beijing Olympic Games—Expenses

10/02/2009

10/02/2009

691

169

675

Minchin

25/08/2008

Overseas travel—Beijing Olympic Games—Expenses

10/02/2009

10/02/2009

691

169

676

Minchin

25/08/2008

Overseas travel—Beijing Olympic Games—Expenses

10/02/2009

10/02/2009

691

169

683

Minchin

25/08/2008

Overseas travel—Beijing Olympic Games—Expenses

10/02/2009

10/02/2009

691

169

691

Minchin

25/08/2008

Overseas travel—Ministers/Parliamentary Secretaries, family and

31/03/2009

12/05/2009

2498

218

departmental staff—Between July and August 2008

734

Ellison

12/09/2008

Horticulture industry, Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot Scheme—

02/10/2008

13/10/2008

5870

20

Departmental breakdown of costs

744

B. Brown

25/09/2008

Economic volatility—Government action

12/02/2009

12/02/2009

983

140

761

Abetz

30/10/2008

Administration—Communications with various financial bodies—

18/03/2009

18/03/2009

1987

139

Details

762

Abetz

30/10/2008

Administration—Communications with various financial bodies—

18/03/2009

18/03/2009

1987

139

Details

763

Abetz

30/10/2008

Administration—Communications with various financial bodies—

18/03/2009

18/03/2009

1987

139

Details

789

Abetz

13/11/2008

Tax Laws Amendment (Luxury Car Tax) Bill 2008 and resulting

04/03/2009

10/03/2009

1193

111

regulations—Australian Taxation Office—Consultations

794

Abetz

13/11/2008

Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme—Treasury modelling—

03/02/2009

09/02/2009

558

82

Details

881

Ronaldson

24/11/2008

Administration—Program overspends and underspends—Top 5

31/03/2009

12/05/2009

2513

127

884

Ronaldson

24/11/2008

Administration—Program overspends and underspends—Top 5

31/03/2009

12/05/2009

2513

127

900

Ronaldson

24/11/2008

Administration—Media monitoring—Amount spent during the

23/12/2008

03/02/2009

203

29

2008 calendar year

918

Ronaldson

24/11/2008

Administration—Media monitoring—Amount spent during the

23/12/2008

03/02/2009

203

29

2008 calendar year

923

Ronaldson

24/11/2008

Administration—Tender contracts—Details

23/12/2008

29

 

 

 

 

Amended answer

 

 

 

16/01/2009

03/02/2009

203

941

Ronaldson

24/11/2008

Administration—Tender contracts—Details

23/12/2008

29

 

 

 

 

Amended answer

 

 

 

16/01/2009

03/02/2009

203

946

Ronaldson

24/11/2008

Administration—Reviews, inquiries and committees—Staffing

12/10/2009

26/10/2009

7159

322

and costs

974

Ronaldson

25/11/2008

Commonwealth credit cards—Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries

31/03/2009

12/05/2009

2538

126

and ministerial, departmental and agency staff

992

Ronaldson

25/11/2008

Commonwealth credit cards—Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries

31/03/2009

12/05/2009

2538

126

and ministerial, departmental and agency staff

993

Ronaldson

25/11/2008

Commonwealth credit cards—Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries

31/03/2009

12/05/2009

2538

126

and ministerial, departmental and agency staff

1000

Ronaldson

25/11/2008

Commonwealth credit cards—Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries

31/03/2009

12/05/2009

2538

126

and ministerial, departmental and agency staff

1008

Ronaldson

25/11/2008

Overseas travel since 25 November 2007—Ministers,

23/03/2009

12/05/2009

2543

118

Parliamentary Secretaries and staff—Details

1056

Abetz

03/12/2008

Portfolio programs—Overspends and underspends—Details

19/03/2009

13/05/2009

2725

106

1076

Abetz

03/12/2008

Portfolio programs—Overspends and underspends—Details

19/03/2009

13/05/2009

2725

106

1077

Abetz

03/12/2008

Portfolio programs—Overspends and underspends—Details

19/03/2009

13/05/2009

2725

106

1084

Abetz

03/12/2008

Portfolio programs—Overspends and underspends—Details

19/03/2009

13/05/2009

2725

106

1092

Abetz

03/12/2008

Departments and agencies—Funding

31/03/2009

13/05/2009

2745

118

1112

Abetz

03/12/2008

Departments and agencies—Funding

31/03/2009

13/05/2009

2745

118

1113

Abetz

03/12/2008

Departments and agencies—Funding

31/03/2009

13/05/2009

2745

118

1120

Abetz

03/12/2008

Departments and agencies—Funding

31/03/2009

13/05/2009

2745

118

1165

Bushby

04/12/2008

Reserve Bank Amendment (Enhanced Independence) Bill 2008

31/03/2009

13/05/2009

2749

117

and Reserve Bank Act 1959—Amendments and comparison

1202

Cormann

19/12/2008

Inpex Corporation—Ichthys project—Petroleum Resource Rent

04/03/2009

10/03/2009

1223

75

Tax payments

1203

Cormann

19/12/2008

Inpex Corporation—Ichthys project—Petroleum Resource Rent

04/03/2009

10/03/2009

1223

75

Tax payments

1213

Cormann

09/01/2009

Potable spirits—Final budget outcome 2007-08—Customs and

23/03/2009

13/05/2009

2759

73

excise duty

1214

Cormann

09/01/2009

Potable spirits—Final budget outcome 2007-08—Customs and

23/03/2009

13/05/2009

2759

73

excise duty

1296

Cormann

10/02/2009

Treasury modelling report—Australia’s low pollution future:

31/03/2009

13/05/2009

2780

49

 

 

 

The economics of climate change mitigation—Costs

 

 

 

 

1395

Ronaldson

12/03/2009

External speechwriting services—Details of tender—2008

15/04/2009

14/05/2009

2984

34

calendar year

1415

Ronaldson

12/03/2009

External speechwriting services—Details of tender—2008

15/04/2009

14/05/2009

2984

34

calendar year

1416

Ronaldson

12/03/2009

External speechwriting services—Details of tender—2008

15/04/2009

14/05/2009

2984

34

calendar year

1423

Ronaldson

12/03/2009

External speechwriting services—Details of tender—2008

15/04/2009

14/05/2009

2984

34

calendar year

1435

Scullion

17/03/2009

Tax bonus payment—Eligibility—Overseas residents

29/04/2009

14/05/2009

2993

43

1447

Ronaldson

19/03/2009

Ministerial and departmental travel—Costs

24/04/2009

14/05/2009

3005

36

1457

Cormann

25/03/2009

Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme—Threshold

05/05/2009

16/06/2009

3450

41

1463

Cormann

31/03/2009

Crude oil excise—2008-09 Budget measure, ‘Crude oil excise -

01/06/2009

17/06/2009

3644

62

condensate’—Revenue

1464

Cormann

31/03/2009

Gas, oil and mineral exploration industries—Promotion of

05/05/2009

16/06/2009

3454

35

flow-through share schemes—Government commitment

1466

Cormann

31/03/2009

‘Mini-Cabinet’ meetings—Processes

22/04/2009

16/06/2009

3455

22

1467

Cormann

31/03/2009

‘Mini-Cabinet’ meetings—Processes

22/04/2009

16/06/2009

3455

22

1468

Cormann

31/03/2009

‘Mini-Cabinet’ meetings—Processes

22/04/2009

16/06/2009

3455

22

1472

Abetz

01/04/2009

www.economicstimulusplan.gov.au—Maintenance/updates—

24/04/2009

16/06/2009

3459

23

Resources

1499

B. Brown

12/05/2009

Fortescue Metals Group Limited—Insider trading—

02/06/2009

17/06/2009

3652

21

February 2009

1508

B. Brown

13/05/2009

Australian Taxation Office—Debt recovery

WITHDRAWN

1513

Minchin

18/05/2009

Legislation—Statutory reviews—Timelines

10/11/2009

17/11/2009

8090

176

1533

Minchin

18/05/2009

Legislation—Statutory reviews—Timelines

10/11/2009

17/11/2009

8090

176

1534

Minchin

18/05/2009

Legislation—Statutory reviews—Timelines

10/11/2009

17/11/2009

8090

176

1541

Minchin

18/05/2009

Legislation—Statutory reviews—Timelines

10/11/2009

17/11/2009

8090

176

1605

Abetz

27/05/2009

Expenditure Review Committee—Meetings since 2008-09

29/07/2009

11/08/2009

4637

63

Budget—Number and attendance

1614

Abetz

29/05/2009

Administration—Infrastructure and capital works projects

11/09/2009

14/10/2009

6491

105

1634

Abetz

29/05/2009

Administration—Infrastructure and capital works projects

11/09/2009

14/09/2009

6491

105

1635

Abetz

29/05/2009

Administration—Infrastructure and capital works projects

11/09/2009

14/09/2009

6491

105

1642

Abetz

29/05/2009

Administration—Infrastructure and capital works projects

11/09/2009

14/09/2009

6491

105

1652

Minchin

03/06/2009

Government websites—Advertising on search engines

03/09/2009

08/09/2009

6004

92

1672

Minchin

03/06/2009

Government websites—Advertising on search engines

03/09/2009

08/09/2009

6004

92

1673

Minchin

03/06/2009

Government websites—Advertising on search engines

03/09/2009

08/09/2009

6004

92

1680

Minchin

03/06/2009

Government websites—Advertising on search engines

03/09/2009

08/09/2009

6004

92

1694

Minchin

10/06/2009

Legislation—Redundant and potentially redundant legislation—

17/07/2009

13/08/2009

4951

37

‘Clean-up’ coordinated by the Department of Finance and

Deregulation

1712

Minchin

10/06/2009

Legislation—Redundant and potentially redundant legislation—

17/07/2009

13/08/2009

4951

37

‘Clean-up’ coordinated by the Department of Finance and

Deregulation

1718

Minchin

10/06/2009

Legislation—Redundant and potentially redundant legislation—

17/07/2009

13/08/2009

4951

37

‘Clean-up’ coordinated by the Department of Finance and

Deregulation

1720

Minchin

10/06/2009

Legislation—Redundant and potentially redundant legislation—

17/07/2009

13/08/2009

4951

37

‘Clean-up’ coordinated by the Department of Finance and

Deregulation

1731

Ronaldson

10/06/2009

Administration—Contracts awarded to the Boston Consulting

03/09/2009

08/09/2009

6018

85

Group and the Allen Consulting Group

1750

Ronaldson

10/06/2009

Administration—Contracts awarded to the Boston Consulting

03/09/2009

08/09/2009

6018

85

Group and the Allen Consulting Group

1756

Ronaldson

10/06/2009

Administration—Contracts awarded to the Boston Consulting

03/09/2009

08/09/2009

6018

85

Group and the Allen Consulting Group

1758

Ronaldson

10/06/2009

Administration—Contracts awarded to the Boston Consulting

03/09/2009

08/09/2009

6018

85

Group and the Allen Consulting Group

1788

Abetz

16/06/2009

Administration—Hospitality—Spending since 24 November 2007

20/07/2009

13/08/2009

4966

34

1877

Barnett

02/07/2009

Consultancies—Details of completed and ongoing since

11/09/2009

14/09/2009

6502

71

November 2007—Planned or budgeted for 2009 and 2010

1896

Barnett

02/07/2009

Consultancies—Details of completed and ongoing since

11/09/2009

14/09/2009

6502

71

November 2007—Planned or budgeted for 2009 and 2010

1902

Barnett

02/07/2009

Consultancies—Details of completed and ongoing since

11/09/2009

14/09/2009

6502

71

November 2007—Planned or budgeted for 2009 and 2010

1904

Barnett

02/07/2009

Consultancies—Details of completed and ongoing since

11/09/2009

14/09/2009

6502

71

November 2007—Planned or budgeted for 2009 and 2010

1914

Barnett

02/07/2009

Administration—Staff, hospitality, plants, water coolers,

22/10/2009

29/10/2009

7708

112

television subscriptions and government credit cards

1961

Abetz

21/07/2009

Portable water supplies—Amount spent in the 2008-09 financial

13/10/2009

27/10/2009

7369

84

year

1998

Abetz

21/07/2009

Administration—Media training undertaken since 24 November

04/09/2009

09/09/2009

6198

45

2007

2054

B. Brown

06/08/2009

Reserve Bank of Australia subsidiary, Securency—Payments made

15/09/2009

15/09/2009

6651

40

to Mr Donald McArthur

2059

B. Brown

11/08/2009

Foreign investment—Land purchases by Chinese-owned Shenhua

06/10/2009

28/10/2009

7531

56

Watermark

2113

B. Brown

03/09/2009

Economic Stimulus Plan—Home Insulation Program—Jobs

06/10/2009

28/10/2009

7555

33

2117

B. Brown

07/09/2009

2009-10 Budget estimates—Economics Legislation Committee—

21/10/2009

28/10/2009

7558

44

Corporations and taxation

2127

B. Brown

10/09/2009

Reserve Bank of Australia—Securency International Pty Ltd and

06/10/2009

29/10/2009

7733

26

Note Printing Australia—Malaysian currency printing deals

2132

Ronaldson

10/09/2009

Administration—Ministerial letterhead and postage—Costs to

24/11/2009

25/11/2009

8943

75

the department

2169

Ronaldson

14/09/2009

Administration—2008-09 financial year—Resources provided

02/02/2010

04/02/2010

583

141

by the home department

2220

Abetz

16/09/2009

Administration—Ministers/Parliamentary Secretaries—Websites

24/11/2009

25/11/2009

8944

69

2256

Abetz

17/09/2009

Expenditure and output benchmarks for additional Commonwealth

29/10/2009

17/11/2009

8118

42

funding—Ministerial Council for Federal Financial Relations—

Reporting by heads of treasuries of states and territories

2325

Barnett

17/09/2009

Legal advice—2008-09 financial year

16/11/2009

18/11/2009

8303

60

2344

Barnett

17/09/2009

Legal advice—2008-09 financial year

16/11/2009

18/11/2009

8303

60

2350

Barnett

17/09/2009

Legal advice—2008-09 financial year

16/11/2009

18/11/2009

8303

60

2352

Barnett

17/09/2009

Legal advice—2008-09 financial year

16/11/2009

18/11/2009

8303

60

2411

Ronaldson

16/11/2009

Australian Taxation Office—Albury building

23/11/2009

24/11/2009

8776

7

2416

Abetz

17/11/2009

Heads of treasuries—Report on the benchmarks for sectors to

07/12/2009

04/02/2010

605

20

receive additional Commonwealth funding—Release

2431

Ronaldson

23/11/2009

Administration—Program overspends and underspends—Top 5

09/02/2010

22/02/2010

776

78

2450

Ronaldson

23/11/2009

Administration—Program overspends and underspends—Top 5

09/02/2010

22/02/2010

776

78

2456

Ronaldson

23/11/2009

Administration—Program overspends and underspends—Top 5

09/02/2010

22/02/2010

776

78

2458

Ronaldson

23/11/2009

Administration—Program overspends and underspends—Top 5

09/02/2010

22/02/2010

776

78

2490

Ronaldson

11/12/2009

Administration—Departmental Secretary—Lobby Restaurant

28/01/2010

23/02/2010

910

48

meeting, Wednesday, 2 December 2009

2491

Ronaldson

11/12/2009

Administration—Department-supplied credit cards—Treasurer,

01/02/2010

23/02/2010

911

52

Assistant Treasurer and Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ministerial staff members

2575

Abetz

11/01/2010

Nation Building and Jobs Plan—Heads of treasuries—Release of

09/02/2010

24/02/2010

1146

29

report on benchmarks for additional Commonwealth funding

2603

Cormann

08/02/2010

Hawker Britton—Meetings with representatives

161

2622

Cormann

08/02/2010

Hawker Britton—Meetings with representatives

161

2628

Cormann

08/02/2010

Hawker Britton—Meetings with representatives

161

2630

Cormann

08/02/2010

Hawker Britton—Meetings with representatives

161

2651

Humphries

25/02/2010

Administration—Redundancies

01/04/2010

11/05/2010

2519

35

2670

Humphries

25/02/2010

Administration—Redundancies

01/04/2010

11/05/2010

2519

35

2676

Humphries

25/02/2010

Administration—Redundancies

01/04/2010

11/05/2010

2519

35

2678

Humphries

25/02/2010

Administration—Redundancies

01/04/2010

11/05/2010

2519

35

2684

Humphries

01/03/2010

Administration—First Home Saver Accounts scheme

19/03/2010

11/05/2010

2525

18

2686

Humphries

03/03/2010

Commonwealth Grants Commission—Chief Minister or Treasurer

19/05/2010

15/06/2010

3396

77

of the Australian Capital Territory—Correspondence/request

2687

Cormann

04/03/2010

Administration—Travel since 24 November 2007—Treasurer

01/04/2010

11/05/2010

2527

28

2701

Humphries

10/03/2010

Administration—Involuntary redundancies

19/05/2010

15/06/2010

3402

70

2720

Humphries

10/03/2010

Administration—Involuntary redundancies

19/05/2010

15/06/2010

3402

70

2726

Humphries

10/03/2010

Administration—Involuntary redundancies

19/05/2010

15/06/2010

3402

70

2728

Humphries

10/03/2010

Administration—Involuntary redundancies

19/05/2010

15/06/2010

3402

70

2750

B. Brown

11/03/2010

Global financial crisis—G7 Meeting of Finance Ministers and

08/04/2010

11/05/2010

2541

28

Central Bank Governors—Recommendations

2818

Cash

03/05/2010

Competition payments to state jurisdictions—Recommendations

26/05/2010

16/06/2010

3586

23

by the National Competition Council

2827

B. Brown

20/05/2010

International monetary system—Global currency

21/06/2010

22/06/2010

4062

32

2863

Humphries

17/06/2010

Administration—Departmental and agency accommodation—

32

Estimation of future requirements

2899

Joyce

17/06/2010

Taxation—Resource Super Profits Tax—Explanation of resource

32

rents

2901

Joyce

18/06/2010

Taxation—Resource Super Profits Tax—Explanation of mineral

31

profits and resource rents

2984

B. Brown

19/07/2010

Minerals Resource Rent Tax—Revenue forecasts

0

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