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Senator the Hon Mathias Cormann, Minister for Finance Correspondence from the Hon Lindsay Tanner MP, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, and Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, to Mr John Conde, President of the Remuneration Tribunal, dated 24 June 2009 (PDF 429KB)
Senator the Hon Scott Ryan, Special Minister of State Establishment Variances - Government - 1 October to 1 February 2017
Personal Classifications as at 1 February 2017
Personal Positions as at 1 February 2017
(PDF 4949KB)

Additional information

Information provided by the Department of Finance at the hearing on 28 February 2017 in relation to Government advertising campaigns running in the media by non-corporate Commonwealth entities as at 22 February 2017 broken down by those above and below $250k (PDF 1545KB)
Correspondence from Mr David Fredericks, Deputy Secretary, Budget and Financial Reporting Group, Department of Finance, which provides a correction to evidence given to the committee at the hearing on 28 February 2017 in relation to Finance's graduate recruitment video (PDF 74KB)
Correspondence from Mr Tim Courtney, Acting First Assistant Commissioner, Australian Electoral Commission, dated 17 March 2017, which provides a correction to evidence given to the committee at the hearing on 28 February 2017 in relation to the public release of the verification reports by IV&V and IBM (PDF 40KB)
Correspondence from Ms Linda Powell, First Assistant Secretary, Governance and APS Transformation, Department of Finance, dated 22 March 2017, which provides additional information to evidence given to the committee at the hearing on 28 February 2017 in relation to the Independent Communications Committee's role in reviewing campaigns (PDF 109KB)

Questions on notice

Index to questions on notice (PDF 575KB)

Answers to questions on notice (answers were due 13 April 2017)

QoN No. Agency Outcome/Program Senator who asked Broad Topic Proof Hansard 28/2/17 p. or Written View Date answer received

1

ASC Pty Ltd

General

Gallacher

Apprentices as part of permanent workforce

p. 5

(PDF 5KB) 12/4/17

2

ASC Pty Ltd

General

Gallacher

Reduction in employees

p. 6

(PDF 9KB) 12/4/17

3

ASC Pty Ltd

General

Kitching

Expenses for Sophie Mirabella

p. 8

(PDF 30KB) 12/4/17

4

ASC Pty Ltd

General

Kitching

Power outages

p. 11

(PDF 5KB) 12/4/17

5

Finance

1/1.1

Gallagher

Underlying cash balance in 2017-18

p. 15

(PDF 5KB) 12/4/17

6

Finance

1/1.1

Gallagher

Consolidations undertaken for MYEFO

p. 16

(PDF 26KB) 12/4/17

7

Finance

1/1.1

Gallagher

$250 billion of net budget improvement measures

pp 17 & 22

(PDF 154KB) 13/4/17

8

Finance

2/2.1

Kakosche-Moore

Detection of waste

p. 18

(PDF 37KB) 12/4/17

9

Finance

1/1.1

Gallagher

Childcare model

p. 23

(PDF 27KB) 13/4/17

10

Finance

1/1.1

Gallagher

Better Management of the Social Welfare System program

pp 25 & 26

(PDF 13KB) 12/4/17

11

Finance

General

Abetz

Flag protocol

p. 27

(PDF 11KB) 13/4/17

12

Finance

2/2.1

McAllister

Commercial loan to NBN

p. 29

(PDF 5KB) 12/4/17

13

Finance

2/2.7

McAllister

Proceeds from Medibank Private

p. 30

(PDF 8KB) 12/4/17

14

Finance

1/1.1

McAllister

Reduction of gross debt

p. 32

(PDF 24KB) 12/4/17

15

Finance

1/1.1

Gallagher

Unlegislated measures

p. 34

(PDF 141KB) 13/4/17

16

Finance

1/1.1

Gallagher

Omnibus bill

p. 38

(PDF 5KB) 13/4/17

17

Finance

1/1.1

Gallagher

Omnibus bill

pp 38 & 39

(PDF 24KB) 12/4/17

18

Finance

General

Gallagher

Expenditure on consultancy contracts

p. 42

(PDF 604KB) 12/4/17

19

Finance

General

Gallagher

Corporate credit cards

pp 42 & 43

(PDF 11KB) 12/4/17

20

Finance

1/1.1

Gallagher

CBMS-R

p. 44

(PDF 6KB) 12/4/17

21

Finance

General

Gallagher

Payment of accounts

pp 44 & 45

(PDF 591KB) 12/4/17

22

Finance

2/2.1

Kitching

Appointment of Jamie Briggs to Moorebank board

pp 49 to 51

(PDF 13KB) 13/4/17

23

Finance

2/2.1

McAllister

NBN average revenue per user

pp 51 to 52

(PDF 27KB) 13/4/17

24

Finance

2/2.1

McAllister

NBN medical alarm subsidy scheme

p. 53

(PDF 28KB) 13/4/17

25

Finance

2/2.1

McAllister

NBN medical alarm subsidy scheme

p. 53

(PDF 12KB) 13/4/17

26

Finance

2/2.1

Gallagher

Australia Post executive remuneration

p. 54

(PDF 7KB) 12/4/17

27

Finance

2/2.1

Gallagher

Australia Post executive remuneration

p. 60

(PDF 4KB) 12/4/17

28

Finance

General

Paterson

Finance graduate video

p. 61

(PDF 5KB) 12/4/17

29

Finance

2/2.3

Ludlam

Perth Freight Link

p. 65

(PDF 29KB) 13/4/17

30

Finance

2/2.1

Gallagher

Use of contractor service providers and consultants

p. 67

(PDF 7KB) 12/4/17

31

Finance

2/2.5

McKenzie and Marshall

Australian-made paper

p. 71

(PDF 8KB) 13/4/17

32

Finance

2/2.5

Kitching

Procurement rules

pp 72 and 73

(PDF 8KB) 12/4/17

33

Finance

2/2.5

Kitching

Procurement rules

p. 77

(PDF 8KB) 12/4/17

34

Finance

2/2.5

Kitching

Procurement rules

p. 76

(PDF 5KB) 12/4/17

35

Finance

2/2.1

McAllister

CEFC

p. 80

(PDF 5KB) 13/4/17

36

Finance

2/2.2

McAllister

gov.au platform

p. 82

(PDF 24KB) 13/4/17

37

Finance

2/2.3

Gallacher

Department of Immigration and Border Protection leasing arrangements

p. 83

(PDF 5KB) 12/4/17

38

Finance

2/2.3

Gallacher

Department of Immigration and Border Protection leasing arrangements

p. 85

(PDF 5KB) 12/4/17

39

Finance

2/2.5

Rhiannon

Trans-Pacific Partnership

pp 85 and 86

(PDF 9KB) 12/4/17

40

Finance

2/2.5

McAllister

gov.au project

p. 86

(PDF 5KB) 12/4/17

41

Finance

2/2.3

McAllister

Malabar

p. 88

(PDF 7KB) 12/4/17

42

Finance

2/2.3

McAllister

Malabar

pp 88 and 89

(PDF 10KB) 12/4/17

43

FFMA

General

Carr

Education Investment Fund

p. 90

(PDF 5KB) 12/4/17

44

FFMA

General

McAllister

Investment mandate

p. 92

(PDF 5KB) 12/4/17

45

FFMA

General

Kitching

Facilities upgrades

p. 94

(PDF 623KB) 12/4/17

46

FFMA

General

Kitching

Facilities upgrades

p. 94

(PDF 10KB) 12/4/17

47

Finance

2/2.5

Farrell

Campaign advertising

p. 96

(PDF 24KB) 13/4/17

48

Finance

3/3.1

Farrell

Security services of prime ministers

p. 98

(PDF 26KB) 13/4/17

49

Finance

3/3.1

Farrell

Review into entitlements

p. 99

(PDF 26KB) 13/4/17

50

Finance

3/3.1

Farrell

Review into entitlements

p. 99

(PDF 6KB) 13/4/17

51

Finance

3/3.1

Farrell

Review into entitlements

p. 100

(PDF 26KB) 13/4/17

52

Finance

3/3.1

Farrell

Review into entitlements

pp 100 and 101

(PDF 5KB) 13/4/17

53

Finance

3/3.1

Farrell

Parkinson Inquiry

p. 101

(PDF 24KB) 13/4/17

54

Finance

3/3.1

Farrell

Parkinson Inquiry

pp 101 and 102

(PDF 24KB) 13/4/17

55

Finance

3/3.1

Farrell

Parkinson Inquiry

p. 102

(PDF 29KB) 13/4/17

56

Finance

3/3.1

Farrell

IPEA

p. 106

(PDF 7KB) 13/4/17

57

Finance

3/3.1

Dastyari

Senator Bernardi’s Staff allocation

pp 111 and 112

(PDF 101KB) 13/4/17

58

Finance

2/2.7

Farrell

Appointment of Mr Philip Ruddock to the position  of Special Envoy for Human Rights/1948 pension scheme

p. 111

(PDF 27KB) 13/4/17

59

Finance

3/3.1

Farrell

Tasmanian Offices

pp 112 and 113

(PDF 30KB) 13/4/17

60

Finance

3/3.1

Farrell

Office of Senator Bushby

p. 113

(PDF 24KB) 13/4/17

61

Finance

3/3.1

Paterson

Distance between offices

p. 113

(PDF 24KB) 13/4/17

62

Finance

3/3.1

Paterson

Distance between offices

p. 114

(PDF 24KB) 13/4/17

63

Finance

3/3.1

Farrell

Privately funded offices

pp 113 and 114

(PDF 24KB) 13/4/17

64

Finance

3/3.1

Farrell

Ballot for Enterprise Agreement

p. 114

(PDF 26KB) 13/4/17

65

Finance

3/3.1

Farrell

Chris21 - Ballot for Enterprise Agreement

p. 115

(PDF 24KB) 13/4/17

66

AEC

 

Farrell

Early voting

pp 118 and 119

(PDF 19KB) 13/4/17

67

AEC

 

Farrell

Delays on voting day

pp 118 and 119

(PDF 27KB) 13/4/17

68

AEC

 

Rhiannon

Verification reports

p. 120

(PDF 24KB) 13/4/17

69

AEC

 

Rhiannon

Scrutineering and the Count

p. 121

(PDF 26KB) 13/4/17

70

AEC

 

Rhiannon

Scrutineering and the Count

p. 121

(PDF 41KB) 13/4/17

71

Finance

2/2.5

Roberts

Public tenders for supplying goods and services

Written

(PDF 5KB) 12/4/17

72

Finance

General

Hanson-Young

Finance Graduate Video

Written

(PDF 6KB) 12/4/17

73

Finance

2/2.4

Bilyk

Act of Grace payments

Written

(PDF 5KB) 13/4/17

74

All

 

Bilyk

Ministerial functions

Written

(PDF 13KB) 12/4/17

75

Finance

General

Bilyk

Departmental functions

Written

(PDF 10KB) 13/4/17

76

Finance

General

Bilyk

Plants and gardens

Written

(PDF 24KB) 13/4/17

77

Finance

General

Bilyk

Subscriptions

Written

(PDF 13KB) 12/4/17

78

Finance

General

Bilyk

Gifts

Written

(PDF 12KB) 12/4/17

79

Finance

General

Bilyk

Water coolers

Written

(PDF 24KB) 13/4/17

80

Finance

General

Bilyk

Snacks

Written

(PDF 5KB) 12/4/17

81

Finance

General

Bilyk

Coffee machines

Written (PDF 5KB) 12/4/17

82

Finance

General

Bilyk

Mobile devices

Written (PDF 14KB) 12/4/17

83

Finance

General

Bilyk

Stationery and paper

Written

(PDF 27KB) 13/4/17

84

Finance

General

Bilyk

Executive office upgrades

Written

(PDF 4KB) 12/4/17

85

Finance

General

Bilyk

Facilities upgrades

Written

(PDF 5KB) 12/4/17

86

Finance

General

Bilyk

Vacancies

Written

(PDF 11KB) 12/4/17

87

Finance

General

Bilyk

Media and public relations

Written

(PDF 5KB) 12/4/17

88

Finance

General

Bilyk

Advertising and information campaigns

Written

(PDF 5KB) 12/4/17

89

Finance

General

Bilyk

Market research

Written

(PDF 5KB) 12/4/17

90

Finance

General

Bilyk

Legal costs

Written

(PDF 24KB) 12/4/17

91

Finance

General

Bilyk

Consultancies

Written

(PDF 24KB) 12/4/17

92

Finance

General

Bilyk

Redundancies

Written

(PDF 24KB) 12/4/17

93

Finance

General

Bilyk

iTunes/Android

Written

(PDF 26KB) 12/4/17

94

Finance

General

Bilyk

Websites

Written

(PDF 5KB) 12/4/17

95

Finance

General

Bilyk

Flights

Written

(PDF 5KB) 12/4/17

96

Finance

General

Bilyk

Ground transport

Written

(PDF 5KB) 12/4/17

97

FFMA

General

Bilyk

Functions

Written

(PDF 28KB) 12/4/17

98

FFMA

General

Bilyk

Plants and gardens

Written

(PDF 5KB) 12/4/17

99

FFMA

General

Bilyk

Subscriptions

Written

(PDF 26KB) 12/4/17

100

FFMA

General

Bilyk

Water coolers

Written

(PDF 4KB) 12/4/17

101

FFMA

General

Bilyk

Snacks

Written

(PDF 4KB) 12/4/17

102

FFMA

General

Bilyk

Coffee machines

Written

(PDF 12KB) 12/4/17

103

FFMA

General

Bilyk

Mobile devices

Written

(PDF 30KB) 12/4/17

104

FFMA

General

Bilyk

Stationery and paper

Written

(PDF 24KB) 12/4/17

105

FFMA

General

Bilyk

Executive office upgrades

Written

(PDF 5KB) 13/4/17

106

FFMA

General

Bilyk

Facilities upgrades

Written

(PDF 5KB) 12/4/17

107

FFMA

General

Bilyk

Vacancies

Written

(PDF 23KB) 12/4/17

108

FFMA

General

Bilyk

Media and public relations

Written

(PDF 32KB) 12/4/17

109

FFMA

General

Bilyk

Advertising and information campaigns

Written

(PDF 5KB) 12/4/17

110

FFMA

General

Bilyk

Market research

Written

(PDF 24KB) 12/4/17

111

FFMA

General

Bilyk

Legal costs

Written

(PDF 24KB) 12/4/17

112

FFMA

General

Bilyk

Consultancies

Written

(PDF 26KB) 12/4/17

113

FFMA

General

Bilyk

Redundancies

Written

(PDF 24KB) 12/4/17

114

FFMA

General

Bilyk

iTunes/Android

Written

(PDF 24KB) 12/4/17

115

FFMA

General

Bilyk

Websites

Written

(PDF 23KB) 12/4/17

116

FFMA

General

Bilyk

Flights

Written

(PDF 5KB) 12/4/17

117

FFMA

General

Bilyk

Ground transport

Written

(PDF 7KB) 12/4/17

118

Finance

3/3.1

Xenophon

Flights

Written

(PDF 8KB) 13/4/17

119

ASC Pty Ltd

General

Xenophon

Air Warfare Destroyer

Written

(PDF 28KB) 13/4/17

120

ASC Pty Ltd

General

Xenophon

Naval Shipbuilding Plan

Written (PDF 24KB) 13/4/17

121

ASC Pty Ltd

General

Xenophon

Offshore Patrol Vessel Program

Written

(PDF 7KB) 13/4/17

122

AEC

 

Rhiannon

2016  Central Senate Scrutiny of ballots

Written

(PDF 27KB) 13/4/17

123

Finance

3/3.1

Rhiannon

New computer system & MPs’ allowances

Written

(PDF 25KB) 13/4/17

124

Finance

2/2.5

Rhiannon

Procurement

Written

(PDF 34KB) 12/4/17

125

Finance

2/2.5

Carr

Paper Procurement

Written

(PDF 243KB) 13/4/17

126

Finance

3/3.1

Carr

Travel (Minister for Immigration and Border Protection)

Written (transferred from Immigration and Border) Protection)

(PDF 8KB) 13/4/17

127

ASC Pty Ltd

General

Xenophon

Skill sets lost through job losses

p. 9

(PDF 11KB) 13/4/17

128

Finance

2/2.2

Xenophon

Government waste

Written

(PDF 37KB) 13/4/17

129

Finance

3/3.1

Dastyari

Allocation of staff to crossbench members and senators

p. 110

(PDF 29KB) 13/4/17

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