Orders for the production of documents—2001

Number of orders for the production of documents agreed to: 23

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

  • Report by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on the prices paid to suppliers by Australian grocery retailers.
  • Order made: 8 February 2001
  • For tabling: as soon as practicable after 30 June 2001

CommunicationsTelstra

  • Telstra document or documents containing substandard plant reports and known as the E71 database, which Telstra undertook to prepare at the estimates hearings of Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee on 7 June 2001.
  • Order made: 28 August 2001
  • For tabling: no later than immediately after motions to take note of answers to questions without notice on 18 September 2001
  • Documents tabled: 18 September 2001

Departmental and Agency Contracts

  • List of departmental and agency contracts.
  • Order made: 20 June 2001
  • For tabling: not later than the tenth day of the spring and autumn sittings each year, commencing 1 July 2001
  • Related document tabled: 6 August 2001, letter from the Auditor-General (Mr Barrett) responding to the resolution
  • Statement by leave: the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, 27 August 2001, indicating that the Government will be complying with the order
  • Response incorporated in Hansard: 27 August 2001
  • Documents tabled: 27 August, 19 September, 2*, 4* and 11* October, 2* and 8* November, 10* and 19* December 2001
  • Order varied: 27 September 2001

Employment—Job Network—Leonie Green and Associates

  • Documents relating to an investigation undertaken by the Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business into Leonie Green and Associates.
  • Order made: 28 June 2001
  • For tabling: no later than immediately after motions to take note of answers on 28 June 2001
  • Statement by leave: the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, 28 June 2001, indicating that there is no interim report of the investigation
  • Documents tabled: 28 June 2001

Environment—Great Barrier Reef—Water Quality Targets

  • Report prepared by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority on water quality targets in the catchments feeding into the Great Barrier Reef region.
  • Order made: 23 August 2001
  • For tabling: no later than immediately after questions without notice on the next day of sitting
  • Statement by leave: the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, 27 August 2001, indicating that the report is still in the process of being finalised and will be tabled as soon as possible

Environment—Ocean Drilling Project

  • Documents relating to the Ocean Drilling Project held by Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority on Environment Australia.
  • Order made: 20 September 2001
  • For tabling: no later than immediately after motions to take note of answers on 26 September 2001
  • Documents tabled: 27 September 2001

Environment—Seismic Surveys

  • Documents relating to seismic surveys of certain areas of Queensland.
  • Order made: 20 September 2001
  • For tabling: no later than immediately after motions to take note of answers on 26 September 2001
  • Documents tabled: 27 September 2001

Finance and Public Administration References Committee—Information Technology Outsourcing Inquiry

  • Documents relating to committees inquiry into the Governments information technology outsourcing initiative.
  • Order made: 26 March 2001
  • To provide documents to the committee: by 26 March 2001
  • Statement by leave: the Special Minister of State 26 March 2001, indicating that there was not enough time to comply with the order and that he was not the responsible minister

Finance and Public Administration References Committee—Information Technology Outsourcing Inquiry

  • Documents relating to committees inquiry into the Governments information technology outsourcing initiative.
  • Order made: 3 April 2001
  • To provide documents to the committee: no later than the adjournment of the Senate on 4 April 2001
  • Documents presented to committee: 4 April 2001

Foreign Affairs—Japanese Fishing Boats

  • Documents held by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade relating to an agreement between Australia and Japan to end the port ban on Japanese fishing boats.
  • Order made: 9 August 2001
  • For tabling: no later than immediately after motions to take note of answers to questions without notice on 30 August 2001
  • Statement by leave: the Minister for Regional Service, Territories and Local Government, 30 August 2001, indicating that in the governments opinion it would not be in the public interest to table the documents

Genetically-modified Crops

  • Documents relating to the monitoring and safety control of genetically-engineered crops in Tasmania.
  • Order made: 7 March 2001
  • For tabling: no later than 9.45 am on 8 March 2001
  • Documents tabled: 8 March 2001

Health—Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

  • Documents relating to the listing of the drugs celecoxib (Celebrex) and rofecoxib (Voixx) on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
  • Order made: 26 February 2001
  • For tabling: no later than 4 pm on 27 March 2001
  • Statements by leave: the Minister for Family and Community Services 27 March 2001 (indicating that the order would not be complied with by the deadline and incorporating a letter from the Minister from Health and Aged Care), the Parliamentary Secretary to Cabinet 28 March 2001 (claiming that certain documents contain confidential information and would not be presented)
  • Documents tabled: 28 March, 29 March 2001

Health—Tobacco

  • Report by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on the performance of its functions under the Trade Practices Act 1974 relating to the tobacco industry.
  • Order made: 24 September 2001
  • For tabling: no later than 30 April 2002

HIH Insurance Limited

  • Documents relating to representations by, or on behalf of, HIH Insurance Limited.
  • Order made: 23 May 2001
  • For tabling: no later than immediately after motions to take note of answers on 24 May 2001
  • Statement by leave: the Assistant Treasurer 24 May 2001, indicating that the documents would not be provided

Industry—Textile, clothing and footwear

  • List of all firms with eligible textile, clothing and footwear (TCF) activities which have been registered for the TCF Strategic Investment Program.
  • Order made: 1 March 2001
  • For tabling: no later than immediately after taking note of answers to questions without notice on 26 March 2001
  • Documents tabled: 26 March 2001

Lucas Heights—Nuclear Reactor

  • Documents relating to the design and construction of a new reactor at Lucas Heights.
  • Order made: 6 February 2001
  • For tabling: immediately after questions without notice on 8 February 2001
  • Documents tabled: 8 February 2001

Research and Development

  • Documents relating to the definition of research and development activities.
  • Order made: 7 February 2001
  • For tabling: immediately after questions without notice on 26 February 2001
  • Document tabled: 26 February 2001

Rock Lobster Fishery—Arrangements

  • Copies of arrangements between the Commonwealth of Australia and South Australia relating to the Rock Lobster Fishery.
  • Order made: 9 August 2001
  • For tabling: no later than immediately after motions to take note of answers to questions without notice on 30 August 2001
  • Documents tabled: 30 August 2001

Taxation

  • Documents relating to taxation provided to the Deputy Commissioner of the Large Business and International business line.
  • Order made: 4 October 2000
  • For tabling: immediately after question time 19 sitting days after 4 October 2000
  • Statements by leave: the Assistant Treasurer 1 December 2000 (indicating further time required to comply with the order), 6 February 2001 (indicating that the documents would not be provided)

Taxation

  • GST-related public opinion polling commissioned by government departments from 1 January 1999 to 30 September 2000.
  • Order made: 4 December 2000
  • For tabling: immediately after questions without notice on 7 December 2000
  • Statements by leave: the Minister for the Environment and Heritage 7 December 2000 (indicating the order would not be complied with by the deadline), 8 December 2000 am (indicating the order would be complied with before the Senate resumed in 2001)
  • Documents tabled: 6 February 2001 [2]

Taxation

  • Documents relating to taxation provided to the Deputy Commissioner of the Large Business and International business line.
  • Order made: 5 March 2001
  • For tabling: no later than immediately after motions to take note of answers to questions without notice on 7 March 2001
  • Statement by leave: the Assistant Treasurer 7 March 2001, indicating that the documents would not be provided

Transport—Ansett Australia

  • Documents prepared by the Department of Transport and Regional Services relating to the application by Air New Zealand to the Australian Government for approval to take 100 per cent ownership of Ansett Australia.
  • Order made: 19 September 2001
  • For tabling: no later than 5 pm on 20 September 2001
  • Related document tabled: 24 September 2001, statement indicating that in the Governments opinion it would not be in the public interest to table documents

Transport—Ansett Australia

  • Correspondence between the Prime Minister, his office, the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and Air New Zealand relating to its application to take 100 per cent ownership of Ansett Australia.
  • Order made: 20 September 2001
  • For tabling: no later than 5 pm on 24 September 2001
  • Statement by leave: the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, 24 September 2001, indicating that in the Governments opinion it would not be in the public interest to table documents

Transport—Black Spot Project

  • Documents from the Federal Office of Road Safety relating to Black Spot Project reference number N00752.
  • Order made: 21 August 2001
  • For tabling: by 5 pm on 22 August 2001
  • Statements by leave: the Minister for Industry, Science and Resources 22 August 2001, indicating that the minister expected to be in a position to table the response by 6.50 pm
  • The Minister for Justice and Customs 23 August 2001, indicating that in Governments opinion the publication of the documents could prejudice the departments ability to provide advice on individual road safety black spot projects

Workplace Relations

  • Documents relating to workplace relations and G & K OConnor Pty Ltd.
  • Order made: 24 May 2001
  • For tabling: no later than immediately after motions to take note of answers on 18 June 2001
  • Statement by leave: the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 18 June 2001, noting pending litigation to involve G & K OConnor Pty Ltd and indicating that the minister would take further advice prior to presenting a more detailed response to the order
  • Related document tabled: 18 June 2001, requesting that no documents relating to G & K OConnor Pty Ltd be disclosed without G & K OConnor Pty Ltd viewing the documents
  • Question relating to order asked: 26 June 2001
  • Statement by leave: the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 28 June 2001, claiming that it was not in the public interest to table all the documents
  • Certain documents tabled: 28 June 2001

Documents tabled pursuant to existing order:

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
  • For tabling: as soon as practicable after the end of each period of 6 months, commencing with the 6 months ending on 31 December 1999
  • Documents tabled: 30 August 2001

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: 7 and 26 February, 5, 6, 7, 8, 26, 27 and 28 March, 22 May, 9, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29 and 30 August and 19 September 2001

Unproclaimed legislation—DocumentStanding Order 139(2)

  • Document 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 2001.
  • Document tabled: 30 August 2001.

* Presented out of session