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Number of orders for the production of documents
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Carbon Pollution Reduction
Scheme—Treasury modelling
Information relating to the Department of the Treasury modelling
of the impact of the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction
Scheme.
Order made: 4 February 2009 (moved by Senator
Cormann)
For tabling: 5 February 2009
Statements by leave:
The Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the
Voluntary Sector (Senator Stephens), 5 February 2009, claiming that
the documents were commercial-in-confidence and informing that the
disclosure of the information would result in commercial harm.
The Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the
Voluntary Sector (Senator Stephens), 11 February 2009, further
claiming that the disclosure of the documents would cause
substantial commercial harm.
Related document tabled: 17 June 2009, Senator Cormann
tabled a letter from the Treasurer (Mr Swan) and attachment,
indicating that the Government would not consider this matter
further until serious issues of commercial harm were resolved.
Motions relating to order: 17 June 2009 (moved by
Senator Cormann), 25 June 2009 (moved by Senator Cormann)
Related document tabled: 11 August 2009, letter from
the Treasurer in response to resolution of 25 June 2009.
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme—Treasury
modelling
Information relating to the Department of the Treasury modelling
of the impact of the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme to
be provided to the Select Committee on Fuel and Energy.
Order made: 11 March 2009 (moved by Senator
Cormann)
For tabling: 13 March 2009
Statement by leave: The Parliamentary Secretary for
Social Inclusion (Senator Stephens), 17 March 2009, claiming that
the documents were commercial-in-confidence and informing that the
disclosure of the information would result in commercial harm.
Related documents tabled:
19 March 2009, Senator Cormann tabled a letter from a
university, which participated in the modelling, indicating that
the university had no objection to the production of the
material.
17 June 2009, Senator Cormann tabled a letter from the Treasurer
(Mr Swan) and attachment, indicating that the Government would not
consider this matter further until serious issues of commercial
harm were resolved.
Motions relating to order: 17 June 2009 (moved by
Senator Cormann), 25 June 2009 (moved by Senator Cormann)
Related document tabled: 11 August 2009, letter from
the Treasurer in response to resolution of 25 June 2009.
Communications—National Broadband
Network
Documents relating to the National Broadband Network.
Order made: 4 February 2009 (moved by Senator
Minchin)
For tabling: the day after the day the winning bid is
announced
Communictions—National Broadband
Network
Report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
and from the National Broadband Network Panel of Experts relating
to the National Broadband Network process and consideration of any
related legislation.
Order made: 13 May 2009 (moved by Senator Minchin)
For tabling: 13 May 2009
Related document tabled: 26 October 2009 (presented out
of sitting; tabled 26 October 2009), statement claiming that the
documents contain extensive commercially sensitive information and
would not be provided, indicating that the Government had released
some of the material that does not contain commercially sensitive
or protected information and some material of a non-commercial
nature had already been released.
Motion relating to order: 29 October 2009
Communications—NBN
Co—Appointment
Document relating to the appointment of Mr Mike Kaiser as the
Principal – Government Relations and External Affairs for NBN
Co.
Order made: 17 November 2009 (moved by Senator
Minchin)
For tabling: 18 November 2009
Document tabled: 18 November 2009
Economics—Carbon Pollution
Reduction Scheme—Frontier Economics Report
Modelling or analysis commissioned by the Department of the
Treasury and/or the Department of Climate Change and all documents
prepared by the Department of the Treasury relating to the Frontier
Economics report.
Order made: 27 October 2009 (moved by Senator
Xenophon)
For tabling: 4 November 2009
Related document tabled: 16 November 2009, document
summarising the Government's assessment of the Frontier
proposal.
Economics—Productivity Commission—Carbon
Pollution Reduction Scheme
Documents held by the Productivity Commission relating to the
design and economic impacts of the Government’s Carbon
Pollution Reduction Scheme.
Order made: 25 June 2009 (moved by Senator
Xenophon)
For tabling: 6 August 2009
Documents tabled: 6 August (presented out of sitting;
tabled 11 August 2009)
Employment—Employment Services Contract
2009-12
Documents relating to the Employment Services Contract
2009-12.
Order made: 18 June 2009 (moved by Senator Fifield)
For tabling: 22 June 2009
Related documents tabled:
22 June 2009, statement by the Minister for Employment
Participation (Senator Arbib) indicating that it was not possible
for the Government to comply with the order in its present
form.
11 August 2009, additional information relating to documents
tabled on 22 June 2009.
Environment—Australian Forest
Cover—Maps
A map of Australian forest cover using the Kyoto definition of
'forest' for each year since 1990.
Order made: 16 September 2009 (moved by Senator
Milne)
For tabling: 26 October 2009
Related document tabled: 26 October 2009, statement
indicating that the Government was pursuing the matter but were
currently unable to comply due to the inter-departmental
consultations required.
Environment—Australian Forest
Cover—Maps
A map of Australian forest cover using the Kyoto definition of
‘forest’ for each year since 1990.
Order made: 18 November 2009 (moved by Senator
Milne)
For tabling: 19 November 2009
Related document tabled: 19 November 2009, statement
indicating that the Government intends to provide the material
requested, but as previously advised were unable to comply by the
date due to the inter-departmental consultations which have not yet
concluded.
Environment—Australian Terrestrial Biodiversity
Assessment 2008
The Australian Terrestrial Biodiversity Assessment 2008 and all
documents used in its preparation, including drafts.
Order made: 17 August 2009 (moved by Senator
Siewert)
For tabling: 20 August 2009
Statement by leave: The Special Minister of State
(Senator Ludwig), 17 August 2009, indicating that the draft report
had been considered and was currently being revised and that the
report was due to be made available to the public in October
2009.
Documents tabled: 20 August 2009
Environment—Geoscience Australia—Carbon
Dioxide Storage Sites
Assessment by Geoscience Australia reportedly identifying
prospective sites for underground carbon dioxide storage sites.
Order made: 17 November 2009 (moved by Senator
Milne)
For tabling: 18 November 2009
Related document tabled: 18 November 2009, statement
claiming that there was no document in the precise form requested
and indicating that a related report would be released at the time
the grants under the program were announced.
Environment—Geoscience Australia—Carbon
Dioxide Storage Sites
Assessment by Geoscience Australia reportedly identifying
prospective sites for underground carbon dioxide storage sites.
Order made: 25 November 2009 (moved by Senator
Milne)
For tabling: 25 November 2009
Related document tabled: 26 November 2009, statement
indicating again that a related report would be released at the
time the grants under the program were announced.
Environment—Montara Oil Spill
Report of the marine survey of the environmental impacts of the
Montara oil spill and all documents used in its preparation,
including drafts.
Order made: 29 October 2009 (moved by Senator
Siewert)
For tabling: 16 November 2009
Related documents tabled: 16 November 2009, document
and statement indicating that working drafts would not be
released.
Environment—Northern Victorian Irrigation Renewal
Project
Letter to the Victorian Minister for Water relating to funding
approval for stage 2 of the Northern Victorian Irrigation Renewal
Project.
Order made: 27 October 2009 (moved by Senator
Birmingham)
For tabling: 29 October 2009
Statement by leave: The Special Minister of State
(Senator Ludwig), 27 October 2009, indicating that the Government
does not intend to table the document.
Finance—Future
Fund—Telstra Shares
Reports by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission
and the Future Fund Board of Guardians relating to Telstra
shares.
Order made: 26 October 2009 (moved by Senator
Fielding)
For tabling: 16 November 2009
Documents tabled: 16 November 2009
Health—Aged Care
Providers—General Purpose Accounts
Documents relating to national de-identified data from the
audited General Purpose Accounts of aged care providers.
Order made: 19 August 2009 (moved by Senator
Cormann)
For tabling: 20 August 2009
Related documents tabled:
20 August 2009, letter from the Minister for Ageing (Ms Elliot)
indicating that the documents identified in the order were
references to a number of files of the Department of Health and
Ageing and that the contents of the files were currently being
examined and a response would be provided as soon as possible.
21 September 2009 (presented out of sitting; tabled 26 October
2009), letter from the Minister for Ageing (Ms Elliot) claiming a
range of reasons for not complying, including not in the public
interest to provide misleading information, documents not in
possession and documents not complete.
Health—Aged Care Providers—General Purpose
Accounts
Documents relating to the national de-identified data from the
audited General Purpose Accounts of aged care providers.
Order made: 17 November 2009 (moved by Senator
Cormann)
For tabling: 18 November 2009
Related document tabled: 18 November 2009, statement
indicating that it was not possible to provide certain dataset and
claiming that it was not in the public interest to release reports
on the data as these were the subject of ongoing Cabinet
deliberations.
Health—Cataract Surgery
Times—Data
Documents relating to cataract surgery.
Order made: 19 November 2009 (moved by Senator
Cormann)
For tabling: 20 November 2009
Related document tabled: 20 November 2009 (presented
out of sitting; tabled 23 November 2009), statement indicating that
it would not be possible to comply by the required date.
Health—Chemotherapy Treatment—Budget
Cuts
Documents, advice and modelling relating to Budget cuts for
chemotherapy treatment.
Order made: 18 August 2009 (moved by Senator
Cormann)
For tabling: 19 August 2009
Statement by leave: The Minister for Immigration and
Citizenship (Senator Evans), 19 August 2009, indicating that the
documents identified in the order were references to a number of
files of the Department of Health and Ageing and that the contents
of the files were currently being examined and a response would be
provided as soon as possible.
Related documents tabled:
21 September 2009 (presented out of sitting; tabled 26 October
2009), 24 September 2009 (presented out of sitting; tabled 26
October 2009), statement indicating that files had been examined
and that certain documents were being released and also indicating
that further documents may be provided no later than 16 October
2009.
16 October 2009 (presented out of sitting; tabled 26 October
2009)
Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse
Practitioners) Bill 2009 and Related Bills—Draft Rules and
Regulations
Copies of current draft rules and regulations relating to the
Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners)
Bill 2009, the Midwife Professional Indemnity (Run-off Cover
Support Payment) Bill 2009 and the Midwife Professional Indemnity
(Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Bill 2009.
Order made: 25 November 2009 (moved by Senator
Cormann)
For tabling: 26 November 2009
Related document tabled: 26 November 2009, statement
indicating that no draft rules or regulations had been
prepared.
Health—Macular Degeneration—Answers to
questions on notice
Answers to questions on notice nos 2043 and 2044.
Order made: 26 October 2009 (moved by Senator
Cormann)
For tabling: 27 October 2009
Documents tabled: 27 October 2009
Health—National Preventative Health
Taskforce
Report of the Government’s National Preventative Health
Taskforce.
Order made: 19 August 2009 (moved by Senators Cormann
and Barnett)
For tabling: 20 August 2009
Related documents tabled: 20 August 2009, letter from
the Minister for Health and Ageing (Ms Roxon) indicating that the
Government intends to comply with the order.
Document tabled: 7 September 2009.
Health—National Preventative Health Taskforce
Report
Copy of the Government’s response to all of the
recommendations set out in the National Preventative Health
Taskforce report, National Preventative Health Strategy.
Order made: 26 November 2009 (moved by Senators Cormann
and Barnett)
For tabling: 4 December 2009
Related document tabled: 7 December 2009 (presented out
of sitting), statement indicating that the Government was still
considering and consulting on its response.
Health—Private Health
Insurance—Reforms
Documents relating to private health insurance reforms.
Order made: 11 March 2009 (moved by Senator
Cormann)
For tabling: 16 March 2009
Related documents tabled: 16 March 2009, indicating
that the documents were currently being examined and a response
would be provided as soon as possible.
Documents tabled: 23 April and 1 May 2009 (presented
out of sitting; tabled 12 May 2009)
Industrial
Relations—Australian Building and Construction
Commissioner
Documents provided to the Government by the Australian Building
and Construction Commissioner.
Order made: 23 June 2009 (moved by Senator Fisher)
For tabling: 24 June 2009
Documents tabled: 24 June 2009
Parliament—Health Insurance
Amendment (Revival of Table Items) Bill 2009—Legal
Advice
Copy of the legal advice referred to by the Minister on 29
October 2009, indicating that the Health Insurance Amendment
(Revival of Table Items) Bill 2009 was unconstitutional.
Order made: 17 November 2009 (moved by Senator
Cormann)
For tabling: 17 November 2009
Related document tabled: 18 November 2009, statement
indicating that it was not in the public interest to table the
advice.
Parliament—Health Insurance Amendment (Revival of
Table Items) Bill 2009—Legal Advice
Copy of the legal advice referred to by the Minister on 29
October 2009, indicating that the Health Insurance Amendment
(Revival of Table Items) Bill 2009 was unconstitutional.
Order made: 23 November 2009 (moved by Senator
Cormann)
For tabling: 24 November 2009
Related document tabled: 24 November 2009, statement
indicating that it was not in the public interest to table the
advice.
Science and
Technology—Research Paper—Dr Clive Spash
Copy of Dr Clive Spash’s uncensored and unamended research
paper, The brave new world of carbon trading.
Order made: 26 November 2009 (moved by Senator Milne)
For tabling: 26 November 2009
Statement by leave: The Minister for Innovation,
Industry, Science and Research (Senator Carr), 26 November 2009,
claiming that the Government has no role in the discussions between
CSIRO and Dr Clive Spash about the research paper.
Documents tabled: 26 November 2009
Taxation—Alcohol
Documents relating to taxation and alcohol.
Order made: 4 February 2009 (moved by Senator
Cormann)
For tabling: 5 February 2009—paragraph (c); 23
February 2009—paragraph (d)
Documents tabled: 5 February 2009, answers to questions
on notice—Question sbt 3 (Treasury portfolio), 23 March 2009
(presented out of sitting; tabled 12 May 2009)
Trade—Illegal Timber Imports
Documents or advice relating to legal and policy issues
surrounding illegal timber imports and options for addressing such
imports.
Order made: 25 June 2009 (moved by Senator Milne)
For tabling: 11 August 2009
Documents tabled: 11 August 2009
Workplace Relations—Fair
Work Amendment (State Referrals and Other Measures) Bill
2009—Bilateral Intergovernmental Agreements
Copies of bilateral intergovernmental agreements relating to the
Fair Work Amendment (State Referrals and Other Measures) Bill
2009.
Order made: 18 November 2009 (moved by Senator
Fisher)
For tabling: 19 November 2009—part (1) (parts (2)
and (3) ongoing)
Related document tabled: 19 November 2009, statement
indicating that the Government will provide documents to parts (2)
and (3) and claiming that at present there are no documents
relating to part (1).
Documents tabled pursuant
to existing orders:
Departmental and agency appointments and
vacancies
A list of all appointments made by the Government and existing
vacancies to statutory authorities, executive agencies, advisory
boards, government business enterprises and all other Commonwealth
bodies
Order made: 24 June 2008 (moved by Senator Minchin)
(varied 12 May 2009)
For tabling: By not later than 7 days before the
commencement of the budget estimates, supplementary budget
estimates and additional estimates hearings
Documents tabled: 3 and 10 February, 10 March, 13 and
14 May, 15 and 24 June, 26 and 29 October 2009
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 and 11 February, 10 March, 12 May,
15 June, 11, 13, 17, 19 and 20 August, 7 and 10 September 2009
Departmental and agency grants
A list of all grants approved in each portfolio or agency,
including the value of the grant, recipient of the grant and the
program from which the grant was made.
Order made: 24 June 2008 (moved by Senator Minchin)
For tabling: By not later than 7 days before the
commencement of the budget estimates, supplementary budget
estimates and additional estimates hearings
Documents tabled: 3, 10, 11 and 12 February, 10 March,
13 and 14 May, 15 June, 26 and 29 October 2009
Environment—Strategic Review of Climate Change
Policies
Report of the Strategic Review of Climate Change Policies.
Order made: 3 September 2008 (moved by Senator
Milne)
For tabling: 4 September 2008
Statements by leave:
The Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law (Senator
Sherry), 4 September 2008 indicating that the Government was
considering a response and would provide that response to the
Senate on the next day of sitting
The Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law (Senator
Sherry), 15 September 2008, indicating that advice to government
for deliberative processes would not be provided and claiming that
it would not be in the public interest to table the document
Document tabled: 28 September 2009 (presented out of
sitting; tabled 26 October 2009)
Health Insurance—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: 11 February 2009
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 February, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17 and 18
March, 12 May, 15 June, 11, 17 and 19 August, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14 and
17 September and 26 October 2009
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 2008.
Document tabled: 17 August 2009
Water Act 2007—Critical Human Water
Needs—Definitions and Criteria
Document containing definitions of terms relating to critical
human water needs and criteria the Murray-Darling Basin Authority
will apply in determining whether the definitions are met.
Order made: 3 December 2008 (moved by Senator
Fisher)
For tabling: 10 March 2009
Document tabled: 12 March 2009
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