Supplementary Budget estimates 2013-2014

Supplementary Budget estimates 2013-2014

Hansard Transcripts

20 November 2013 Defence Portfolio (HTML & PDF)
21 November 2013 Foreign Affairs and Trade Portfolio (HTML & PDF)

Tabled Documents

Item no Tabled by Topic View
1 Department of Defence (20 November 2013) Opening Statement Senate Estimates hearing by the Acting Chief of the Defence Force, Air Marshall Mark Binskin AO (PDF 1605KB)
2 Department of Defence (20 November 2013) DEFGRAM No 638/2013, 'Allocation of Portfolio Responsibilities', Issue date 18 November 2013 (PDF 344KB)
3 Department of Defence (20 November 2013) Commission of Inquiry - Terms of Reference  for the inquiry into a matter concerning the Defence Force, being the circumstances of a fire at the Marrangaroo Training Area on 16 October 2013, dated 8 November 2013 (PDF 717KB)
4 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 November 2013) Administrative Circular-Subject: Voluntary Redundancy-Expressions of Interest, dated 15 November 2013 (PDF 400KB)
5 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 November 2013) Message from the Secretary to all AusAID and DFAT staff, Mr Peter Varghese AO, dated 18 September 2013 (PDF 261KB)
6 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 November 2013) Six-Monthly Expenditure Report, 'Senator the Hon Bob Carr, Expenditure on Entitlements paid by the Department of Finance and Deregulation, 1 July to 31 December 2012, Final Report' (PDF 4245KB)
7 Senator Scott Ludlam The Myanmar Times, 'Refugee return must be voluntary, insists UNHCR', by Cherry Thein, 22 April 2013 (PDF 602KB)
8 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 November 2013) DFAT-AusAID Integration Principles (PDF 25KB)

Clarifications and Corrections to Evidence

Department of Defence, four letters of clarification:

Australian Trade Commission (Austrade), letter from Ms Deborah Lewis, General Manager - Tourism correcting evidence provided at the Supplementary Budget estimates hearing held on Thursday 21 November 2013 concerning provision of formal advice to state and territory governments in regards to changes to Ministerial responsibility for the tourism function in light of the new Administrative Arrangements, dated 9 December 2013 (PDF 395KB).

Department of Veterans' Affairs, letter from Mr Simon Lewis PSM, Secretary, correcting evidence provided at the Supplementary Budget estimates hearing held on Wednesday 20 November 2013, dated 19 December 2013 (PDF 274KB).

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, letter from Ms Jenny Da Rin, A/g First Assistant Secretary, Policy and Sector Division, clarifying evidence provided at the Supplementary Budget estimates hearing held on Thursday 21 November 2013 concerning the Mining for Development Initiative, dated 7 January 2014 (PDF 193KB).

Questions on notice index and answers

Answers to questions on notice are due by close of business on Friday, 17 January 2014.

Answers to questions on notice for each portfolio will be loaded to the respective portfolio pages, links below.

Defence Portfolio

Foreign Affairs and Trade Portfolio

For further information, contact:

Estimates Officer
Senate Standing Committees on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3535
Fax: +61 2 6277 5818
Email: fadt.sen@aph.gov.au