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Number of orders for the production of documents
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Agency Advertising and Public
Information Projects
A statement, by each minister in the Senate, in respect of each
agency administered by that minister, or by a minister in the House
of Representatives represented by that minister, relating to
advertising or public information project undertaken by each agency
where the cost of the project is estimated or contracted to be $100
000 or more.
Order made: 29 October 2003
For tabling: within 5 sitting days of the Senate after
the project is approved
Animal Welfare—Live Sheep Export
Details of the number of mortalities aboard the MV Cormo
Express.
Order made: 17 September 2003
For tabling: 18 September 2003
Statement by leave: The Minister for Revenue and
Assistant Treasurer, 18 September 2003, claiming that it would not
be in the public interest to table the documents and indicating
that information would be provided when the matter had been
resolved.
Animal Welfare—Live Sheep Export
Documents relating to the voyage of the MV Cormo Express.
Order made: 14 October 2003
For tabling: 15 October 2003
Statement by leave: The Minister for Fisheries,
Forestry and Conservation, 15 October 2003, indicating that certain
documents were under consideration by the Government and that a
certain other document was to be provided.
Document tabled: 15 October 2003
Defence—Point NepeanLand
Sale
Further information relating to the expressions of interest in
Defence land for sale at Point Nepean.
Order made: 14 May 2003
For tabling: 15 May 2003
Statements by leave:
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, 15 May 2003,
indicating that the documents were still being examined and that
the Government would respond as soon as possible.
The Minister for the Arts and Sport, 16 June 2003.
Documents tabled: 16 June 2003
Education—Higher
Education—Regional Impact Statement
The regional impact statement prepared by the Department of
Education Science and Training, in support, explanation and
justification of the higher education policy package.
Order made: 28 October 2003
For tabling: 29 October 2003
Statement by leave: The Minister for Local Government,
Territories and Roads, 29 October 2003, claiming that the document
is included in a cabinet submission and it would therefore be
inappropriate to provide the document.
Order not complied with.
Education—National Report
Documents relating to the National Report on Australia’s
Higher Education Sector 2001 (‘national report’).
Order made: 9 September 2003
For tabling: 15 September 2003
Statement by leave: The Parliamentary Secretary to the
Treasurer, 15 September 2003, indicating that certain documents
would be tabled, and that in the government’s opinion it
would not be in the public interest to table certain other
documents.
Documents tabled: 15 September 2003
Energy Grants (Credits) Scheme—Draft
Regulations
Draft regulations to be made under the Energy Grants (Credits)
Scheme Bill 2003 and under the Energy Grants (Credits) Scheme
(Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003, and documents relating to
meetings at which the draft regulations were examined.
Order made: 19 June 2003
For tabling: 19 June 2003
Statement by leave: The Minister for Defence, 19 June
2003, indicating that the draft regulations would not be provided
and claiming that it was a long-standing practice not to release
draft regulations relating to amendments under the consideration of
Parliament.
Order not complied with.
Environment—Fishing—Threatened
Species
Correspondence from the Minister for the
Environment and Heritage to the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry
and Conservation relating to the prosecution of fishers under the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
1999 for the incidental capture of members of listed
threatened species, listed migratory species and listed marine
species in Commonwealth areas.
Order made: 20 August 2003
For tabling: 21 August 2003
Related document tabled: 21 August
2003, indicating that there has been no correspondence between Dr
Kemp and Senator Ian Macdonald.
Environment—National Radioactive
Waste Repository
Documents relating to the Governments consideration
of a National Radioactive Waste Repository in South Australia.
Order made: 5 February 2003
For tabling: 3 March 2003
Statement by leave: The Parliamentary Secretary to the
Treasurer, 3 March 2003, indicating that the documents were in the
form of interdepartmental advice, and claiming that such advices
are confidential and would not be published.
Order not complied with.
Environment—National Radioactive Waste
Repository
Submissions made by the Department of Defence to the Environment
Impact Assessment for a National Radioactive Waste Repository in
South Australia.
Order made: 5 February 2003
For tabling: 6 February 2003
Statement by leave: The Minister for Defence, 6
February 2003, indicating that there was no formal public
submission, that communication was in the form of interdepartmental
advice, and claiming that such advices are confidential and would
not be published.
Order not complied with.
Environment—National Radioactive Waste
Repository
Written advice concerning the
defence-related issues in connection with the National Radioactive
Waste Repository in South Australia. Order made: 5 March
2003 For tabling: 6 March 2003
Statement by leave: The Minister for the Arts and
Sport, 6 March 2003, indicating that the documents were in the form
of interdepartmental advice, and claiming that such advices are
confidential and would not be published.
Order not complied with.
Environment—Nuclear Waste
Documents relating to work undertaken by the public relations
company Hill and Knowlton concerning nuclear issues.
Order made: 14 May 2003
For tabling: 17 June 2003
Statement by leave: The Parliamentary Secretary to the
Treasurer, 17 June 2003.
Documents tabled: 17 June 2003
Environment—Radioactive WasteNational
Store
List of potential sites for the location of a national store for
intermediate level radioactive waste prepared by the National Store
Advisory Committee.
Order made: 14 May 2003
For tabling: 15 May 2003
Statement by leave: The Parliamentary Secretary to the
Treasurer, 15 May 2003, indicating that the documents were in the
form of interdepartmental advice, and claiming that such advices
are confidential and would not be published.
Order not complied with.
Environment—Sepon Mine
Documents detailing the results of the independent environmental
and social audit of the Sepon Mine project in Laos.
Order made: 16 October 2003
For tabling: 30 October 2003
Statements by leave:
The Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous
Affairs, 30 October 2003, indicating that it would not be possible
to comply with the order by the date required, but a response would
be provided in the next two weeks.
The Minister for Finance and Administration, 25 November 2003,
claiming that it would not be in the public interest to table the
documents.
Order not complied with.
Environment—Sepon Mine
Parts of an audit report on the Sepon mine project in Laos
relating to the environmental and social impacts of the
project.
Order made: 3 December 2003
For tabling: 4 December 2003
Statement by leave: The Minister for Immigration and
Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, 4 December 2003, claiming
that it would not be in the public interest to table the documents
as previously advised on 25 November 2003.
Order not complied with.
Finance—Calculation of the
IBNR Levy
Documents held by the Australian Government Actuary relating to
its calculations of the Incurred But Not Reported levy.
Order made: 13 October 2003
For tabling: 14 October 2003
Statement by leave: The Minister for Revenue and
Assistant Treasurer, 14 October 2003, claiming that the documents
were commercial-in-confidence and that the government would respond
after the Australian Government Actuary had reviewed the
documents.
Finance—Deposit Bonds
Documents prepared by the Australian Securities and Investment
Commission, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and the
Department of the Treasury relating to deposit bonds.
Order made: 25 November 2003
For tabling: 1 December 2003
Statement by leave: The Minister for Revenue and
Assistant Treasurer, 1 December 2003, indicating that it would not
be possible to comply with the order by the date required.
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References
Committee—Report—Materiel Acquisition and Management in
Defence
Report by the Director of Trials of the Review of Test and
Evaluation in Defence.
Order made: 14 May 2003
For tabling: On completion of report
Related document tabled: 17 June 2003
Foreign AffairsIraq—Military Action
Documents relating to the legality of
involvement in a war with Iraq where there is no resolution
subsequent to Resolution 1441.
Order made 19 March 2003
For tabling 20 March 2003
Statement by leave The
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, 20 March 2003, indicating
that legal advice provided to the Government had been tabled, and
claiming that the Government does not have the authority in
relation to documents commissioned by the United Nations and such
requests should be directed to the United Nations.
Health—Australian Technical
Advisory Group on Immunisation
Report of the Australian Technical Advisory Group on
Immunisation (ATAGI) and the National Health and Medical Research
Council report on the new ATAGI recommended vaccines.
Order made: 14 May 2003
For tabling: 15 May 2003
Statement by leave: The Parliamentary Secretary to the
Treasurer, 15 May 2003, indicating that the report of the
Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation was available,
but the report of the National Health and Medical Research Council
did not exist.
Document tabled: 15 May 2003
Health—Immunisation
Documents relating to options for vaccination programs.
Order made: 8 October 2003
For tabling: next day of sitting
Statement by leave: The Special Minister of State, 9
October 2003, claiming that certain documents were confidential and
consultations would take place to seek agreement for tabling,
certain other documents were considered large in volume and other
documents were able to be provided.
Documents tabled: 9 October 2003
Health—National Drug Research
Strategy
The most recent draft of the National Drug Research Strategy, as
prepared by the National Drug Research Committee.
Order made: 8 October 2003
For tabling: next day of sitting
Statement by leave: The Special Minister of State, 9
October 2003, claiming that the draft National Drug Research
Strategy was a working document and it had not been cleared by all
parties involved.
Health—Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
Documents relating to the National Prescribing Service and an
education campaign about the Thiazolidinedione group of drugs.
Order made: 3 December 2003
For tabling: 4 December 2003
Statement by leave: The Minister for Immigration and
Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, 4 December 2003, indicating
that it would not be possible to comply with the order by the date
required.
Health—Tobacco Advertising—Australian Grand
Prix
Documents from the Australian Grand Prix Corporation to the
Federal Government for exemption from the Tobacco Advertising
Prohibition Act 1992.
Order made: 14 May 2003
For tabling: 15 May 2003
Statements by leave:
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, 15 May 2003,
indicating that it had not been possible to comply in full, the
documents were still being examined and that the Government would
respond as soon as possible. Certain documents were able to be
provided.
The Minister for the Arts and Sport, 16 June 2003.
Documents tabled: 15 May and 16 June 2003
Health—Tobacco Sponsorship
Document relating to the European Unions
decision to phase-out tobacco sponsorship of formula one races in
2003.
Order made: 19 March 2003
For tabling: 20 March 2003
Document tabled: 20 March 2003
Historical Events—Sydney Opera House
Any assessment made since 1996 in preparation for, or
consideration of, a world heritage nomination for the Sydney Opera
House.
Order made: 16 October 2003
For tabling: 27 October 2003
Statement by leave: The Minister for Local Government,
Territories and Roads, 27 October 2003, indicating that it would
not be possible to comply with the order by the date required, but
a response would be provided by 30 October 2003.
Documents tabled: 30 October 2003
Immigration—Illegal
Migration
The Memorandum of Understanding between the
Australian Government and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Order made: 25 March 2003
For tabling: 26 March 2003
Statement by leave: The Minister
for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer, 26 March 2003, claiming that
it was not in the public interest to table the document.
Order not complied with.
Immigration—Management of Detention
Centres
Documents relating to the management of detention centres.
Order made: 13 October 2003
For tabling: 16 October 2003
Statement by leave: The Minister for Revenue and
Assistant Treasurer, 16 October 2003, claiming that certain
documents contain security concerns therefore these documents will
not be made public and a certain other document would be
provided.
Document tabled: 16 October 2003
Industry—Basslink
Documents relating to the Basslink project.
Order made: 14 May 2003
For tabling: 15 May 2003
Statement by leave: The Parliamentary Secretary to the
Treasurer, 15 May 2003, indicating that the documents were still
being examined and that the government would respond as soon as
possible.
Order not complied with.
Industry—Biotechnology
Australia
Documents relating to work undertaken by the public relations
company, Turnbull Porter Novelli, for Biotechnology Australia.
Order made: 25 June 2003
For tabling: 12 August 2003
Statements by leave:
The Minister for Family and Community
Services, 12 August 2003, indicating that it would not be possible
to comply with the order by the date required, but a response would
be provided within the next three sitting weeks.
The Minister for Communications, Information
Technology and the Arts, 20 August 2003.
Documents tabled: 20 August and 4
December 2003
Science and
Technology—Assisted Reproductive Technology
Reports relating to assisted reproductive technology
embryos.
Order made: 28 October 2003
For tabling: 29 October 2003
Statements by leave:
The Minister for Defence, 29 October 2003, indicating that the
documents requested can not be released without the agreement of
the Commonwealth, the states and the territories and that the
Government is seeking views on the release of the documents and
will advise as soon as possible.
Senator Harradine, 3 December 2003, inquiring into the status of
the documents sought by the order.
The Minister for Defence, 3 December 2003, responding to Senator
Harradine and indicating that the matter would be referred to the
Prime Minister to seek further advice.
Science and Technology—Rio Tinto
Technology
Documents relating to Rio Tinto Technology and the report
“Beyond Kyoto: Innovation and Adaptation”.
Order made: 9 October 2003
For tabling: 13 October 2003
Statements by leave:
The Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads, 13
October 2003, claiming that it may prejudice the commercial
interests of Rio Tinto and Roam Consulting and indicating that the
government would consider tabling certain documents after responses
were received from Rio Tinto and Roam Consulting, and that further
time was required to examine certain other documents.
The Minister for Justice and Customs, 14 October 2003,
indicating that further time was required to comply with the
order.
The Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous
Affairs, 30 October 2003, indicating that the documents provided
were located within the Department of Education, Science and
Training and claiming that working documents initiated by the
Working Group were not held by the department.
Documents tabled: 30 October 2003
Taxation—First Home
Owners
Documents prepared by the Department of the Treasury relating to
first home owners.
Order made: 1 December 2003
For tabling: 4 December 2003
Statement by leave: The Minister for Revenue and
Assistant Treasurer, 4 December 2003, indicating that it would not
be possible to comply with the order by the date required.
Trade—Free Trade
Agreement—Genetically-modified Food
Documents relating to the proposed Australia-United States free
trade agreement and the regulation of labelling of
genetically-modified foods in Australia and/or the United
States.
Order made: 9 October 2003
For tabling: 15 October 2003
Statements by leave:
The Special Minister of State, 15 October 2003, indicating that
certain documents were to be provided and claiming that it was not
in the public interest to table certain other documents.
The Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous
Affairs, 30 October 2003, indicating that certain documents were to
be provided and claiming that it was not in the public interest to
table certain other documents.
Documents tabled: 15 and 30 October 2003
Documents tabled pursuant
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Departmental and Agency
Contracts
List of departmental and agency contracts.
Order made: 20 June 2001 (Varied 27 September 2001, 18
and 26 June and 4 December 2003)
For tabling: not later than 30 September each year
Documents tabled: 3, 19, 20, 24, 25 and 26 March, 13
May 12, 13 and 18 August, 8, 10, 15 and 16 September and 27
October 2003
Environment—Lucas Heights
Reactor
The study commissioned by the Australian Nuclear Science and
Technology Organisation of the preliminary evaluation of the
construction site for the replacement research reactor at Lucas
Heights.
Order made: 25 June 2002
For tabling: 26 June 2002
Statements by leave:
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, 26 June 2002,
indicating that the study was still being conducted by the
Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences and claiming the
Government was unable to comply with the order at that time; and
that the Government would consider tabling the report once it is
completed.
The Special Minister of State, 24 June 2003.
Document tabled: 24 June 2003
Finance—Higher
Education
Documents relating to financial information and forward
financial projections and actuals, routinely prepared by the
Department of Education, Science and Training for higher education
institutions.
Order made: 21 August 2002
For tabling: 26 August 2002
Documents tabled: 26 August 2002
Statements by leave: The Parliamentary Secretary to the
Treasurer, 26 August 2002, claiming that certain documents were
commercial-in-confidence.
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, 16 September 2002,
indicating that the Government would not breach its confidentiality
agreement with the universities but was prepared to seek permission
from the vice-chancellors to provide the documents.
Contingent notice of motion: Senator Carr, 28 August 2002,
referring the matter to the Employment, Workplace Relations and
Education Legislation Committee; moved and agreed to 18 September
2002.
Committee report tabled: 15 October
2003—Employment, Workplace Relations and Education References
Committee—Order for production of documents on university
finances
Health—Anti-competitive
health cover practices
Assessment reports by the Australian Competition and Consumer
Commission on anti-competitive health cover practices.
Order made: 25 March 1999 (Varied 18 September 2002)
For tabling: at the end of each period of 12 months
ending on or after June 2003
Document tabled: 25 November 2003
Health—Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
Documents relating to the inter-departmental committee examining
the effectiveness of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
Order made: 3 December 2002
For tabling: 4 December 2002
Statement by leave: The Parliamentary Secretary to the
Treasurer, 4 December 2002, indicating that it had not been
possible to comply by the required date, but the documents would be
provided as soon as possible.
Documents tabled: 3 March 2003
Health—Tobacco
Report by the Australian Competition and Consumer
Commission relating to Australian tobacco companies.
Order made: 27 June 2002
For tabling: no tabling date specified
Related document tabled: 24 November
2003
Indexed lists of
departmental and agency files
Indexed lists of files of government
departments and agencies. Order made: 30 May 1996 (Varied
3 December 1998) For tabling: by the tenth day of the
autumn and spring sittings each year or statements of compliance
that such indexed lists of files have been placed on the Internet.
Documents tabled: 3, 5, 6, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26 March, 13
May, 11 and 20 August, 8, 9 and 10 September and 7 October 2003
Science and
Technology—Allocation of Funding
Documents relating to funding or allocation of money or benefits
to the Rio Tinto Foundation for a Sustainable Minerals
Industry.
Order made: 12 December 2002
For tabling: 4 February 2003
Documents tabled: 5 February 2003
Science and Technology—Genetically-modified
Food
Documents relating to genetically-modified food in the context
of the current free trade agreement negotiations with the United
States and of the labelling of genetically-modified and
genetically-engineered food.
Order made: 12 December 2002
For tabling: 4 February 2003
Statement by leave: The Minister for Justice and
Customs, 5 February 2003, indicating that the documents were still
being examined and that the government would respond as soon as
possible.
Order not complied with.
Superannuation—Insurance and Superannuation
Commission
Documents relating to the supervision by the Insurance and
Superannuation Commission of certain insurance companies.
Order made: 19 November 2002
For tabling: 2 December 2002
Statements by leave:
The Minister for the Arts and Sport, 2 December 2002, indicating
that it had not been possible to comply by the required date, but
the documents would be provided as soon as possible.
The Special Minister of State, 27 June 2003 (am), claiming that
the Government could not justify the use of public resources to
create the copies that would be required to table the files as
requested, and indicating that access to the relevant files would
be granted to the Senator who moved the motion if necessary.
Order not complied with.
Trade—Pharmaceutical
Benefits Scheme
Documents relating to the possible inclusion of the
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme as an item for discussion in
negotiations for an Australia-United States free trade
agreement.
Order made: 3 December 2002
For tabling: 4 December 2002
Statements by leave:
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, 4 December 2002,
indicating that neither the minister nor the department holds any
documents relating to the order.
The Minister for the Arts and Sport, 16 June 2003, indicating
that documents had been identified as relating to the order,
claiming that it was not in the public interest to table two
documents, but indicating that certain other documents had been
identified for tabling.
Documents tabled: 16 June 2003
Transport—Ethanol
Documents relating to a proposed ethanol excise and production
subsidy.
Order made: 16 October 2002
For tabling: 21 October 2002
Statement by leave: The Parliamentary Secretary to the
Treasurer, 21 October 2002, indicating that it had not been
possible to comply by the required date, but the documents would be
provided as soon as possible.
Motion moved: 11 December 2002, calling on the
Government to comply with the order by 11 December 2002.
Statements by leave:
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, 13 December 2002
am, indicating that the documents would be tabled out of session by
17 December 2002.
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, 5 February 2003,
indicating that it had not been possible to comply yet, but the
documents would be provided as soon as possible.
Motions moved:
4 March 2003, calling on the Government to comply with the order
by 6 March 2003.
26 March 2003, calling on the Government to comply with the
order by 27 March 2003.
Second reading amendment: 12 August 2003, moving that
further consideration of the Customs Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 2)
2003 and the Excise Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2003 be postponed
till after the Government fully complies with the order.
Order not complied with.
Unproclaimed
legislation—Document—Standing Order 139(2)
Documents providing details of all provisions of Acts which come
into effect on proclamation and which have not yet been proclaimed,
including statements of reasons for their non-proclamation and
information relating to the timetable for their operation, as at 31
July 2003.
Document tabled: 19 August 2003
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