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Membership of the Committe	(PDF 59KB)
Members Participating members Secretariat
Chapter 1 - Budget Estimates 2005-06	(PDF 39KB)
Introduction Portfolio coverage Hearings Questions on notice    Explanations for late receipt of answers    Deadline for submitting answers Examination of departments and agencies
Chapter 2 - Parliamentary Departments	(PDF 70KB)
Department of the Senate    Outstanding answers to questions on notice    Citizenship Visits Program    Support for office holders Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS)    Parliament House Open Day 2005    DPS restructure    Library services and Parliamentary Librarian    Building works and maintenance    Security enhancement works
Chapter 3 - Prime Minister and Cabinet Portfolio	(PDF 215KB)
Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C)    Lack of preparedness by officers    Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG)    The increasing prevalence of task forces    Continuity of government planning    Overdue responses to questions on notice relating to government advertising    Government advertising campaigns    New Indigenous functions arrangements    Budget preparation    Industrial relations policy    Involvement in the Palmer Inquiry    Welfare Reform Taskforce and Welfare to Work Steering Committee    Medicare safety net    Road works at Anzac Cove    The National Security Division Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS) Office of National Assessments (ONA) Australian National Audit Office (ANAO)    Annual illustrative financial statements    Outcome reporting    ANAO budget allocation and budget pressures    Auditing of third parties and non-government agencies    GST payments    Administration of the Superannuation Contributions Surcharge    Defence financial statements Australian Public Service Commission (APSC)    Australia and New Zealand School of Government    Absence management National Water Commission (NWC)
Chapter 4 - Finance and Administration Portfolio	(PDF 218KB)
Department of Finance and Administration (DoFA)    Unwillingness to provide information    Australian Electoral Commissioner selection process    DoFA security review and leak investigations    List of Australian government bodies    Budget contingency reserve    DoFA's monitoring role    The efficiency dividend    DoFA's role in costing budget policy proposals    DoFA's role in relation to the Medicare Safety Net    Quality of budget documentation and inclusion of a statement of risks    Incorrect announcements about the government's financial position    The Future Fund    Evaluation of Indigenous programs    Staff employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984    Government Members Secretariat (GMS)    Parliamentarians' newspaper allowances    Statements of private interests of MOP(S) staff    Security clearances for MOP(S) staff    Other issues Commonwealth Grants Commission (CGC) Australian Electoral Commission (AEC)    Funding and disclosure inquiries    Government proposal to increase the threshold for non-disclosure of political donations    Consultancies Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO)    AGIMO's move to DoFA    Electronic security measures    IT outsourcing
Chapter 5 - Department of Human Services and Agencies	(PDF 119KB)
Department of Human Services (DHS)    Staffing and resources    Welfare to Work taskforce    Comprehensive Work Capacity Assessments Child Support Agency (CSA)    Financical statements    Ministerial taskforce and reference group on child support    Trends in private settlements for child support payments Centrelink    Customer compliance regime Health Insurance Commission (HIC)    Transition to the new portfolio arrangements    Medicare Benefits Scheme Australian Hearing Acknowledgements
Appendix 1 — Departments and agencies under the three portfolios for which the Committee has oversight	(PDF 33KB)

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