Background Paper 10 1995-96
Index to Parliamentary Questions on Defence
Gary Brown
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Group
Abbreviations
Introduction
How To Use This Index Important
Notes
Questions On/Without Notice
Index To Parliamentary Questions On Defence
Armed Forces - Personnel
Asia - Maritime Military Issues
Australia - Armed Forces (Gen)
Australia - Arms Control
Australia - Army
Australia - Continental Surveillance
Australia - Defence Budgets
Australia - Defence Cooperation Program
Australia - Defence Facilities
Australia - Defence Industries
Australia - Defence Organisation
Australia - Defence Policy
Australia - Defence Procurement (Equipt - Gen)
Australia - Defence Procurement (Equipt - Navy)
Australia - Defence Procurement (Equipt - RAAF)
Australia - Defence Procurement (Policy and
Procedures)
Australia - Defence Shipbuilding
Australia - Defence Treaties
Australia - Forces' Service Conditions
Australia - Military Exercises
Australia - Navy
Australia - Overseas Forces
Australia - R & D Programs
Australia - RAAF
Australia - Reserve Forces
Australia - Weapons Trade
Chemical And Biological Warfare
Decorations And Awards
Defence Intelligence
Indian Ocean
Logistics
Military Law
Navaids
AAR
- Air-to-air refuelling
- ABM
- Anti-Ballistic Missile
- ADF
- Australian Defence Force
- ADFILS
- Australian Defence Families Information and Liaison Staff
- ADI
- Australian Defence Industries (corporation)
- ANAO
- Australian National Audit Office
- ANU
- Australian National University
- APEC
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
- APIN
- Army Presence In the North
- ARA
- Australian Regular Army
- ARes
- Army Reserve [see also GRes, RRes]
- ASIS
- Australian Secret Intelligence Service
- ASTA
- Aerospace Technologies of Australia
- ATC
- Air Traffic Control(lers)
- BCOF
- British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Japan)
- BMD
- Ballistic Missile Defence
- CAA
- Civil Aviation Authority
- CAS
- Chief of Air Staff
- CB(W)
- chemical and biological [warfare]
- CDF
- Chief of Defence Force
- CGS
- Chief of the General Staff
- civ(s)
- civilian(s)
- CIWS
- Close-In Weapons System
- cmd,(r)
- command, [commander]
- CNS
- Chief of Naval Staff
- COIN
- Counter-Insurgency
- comb
- combined
- comm(s)
- communication(s)
- conv
- conventional [weapon, warfare, etc]
- COSC
- Chiefs of Staff Committee
- CSP
- Commercial Support Program
- CTB
- Comprehensive (nuclear) Test Ban
- CW
- chemical weapon [warfare]
- DCP
- Defence Cooperation Program (Aust)
- DDG
- Guided Missile Destroyer
- DF
- Defence Force
- DFAT
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- DIC
- Defence Industry Committee
- DITAC
- Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce
- DoD
- Department of Defence
- DSD
- Defence Signals Directorate
- DSP
- Defense Support Program (US)
- DSS
- Department of Social Security
- DSTO
- Defence Science and Technology Organisation (Aust)
- EEP
- Export Enhancement Program (US)
- esp
- especially
- EW
- Electronic Warfare
- Ex
- Exercise [eg, Ex K95]
- FADT
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade [usually, Committee on]
- FF
- Frigate
- FFG
- Guided Missile Frigate
- FPB
- Fast Patrol Boat
- Flt
- Fleet
- FSR
- Force Structure Review (1991)
- GDP
- Gross Domestic Product
- Govt
- Government
- GRes
- General Reserve (Army) [see also ARes, RRes]
- HdeH
- Hawker de Havilland (firm)
- HF
- High Frequency
- HIV
- Human Immune deficiency Virus (AIDS)
- ICJ
- International Court of Justice
- IG
- Inspector General
- JB
- Jervis Bay
- JCFADT
- Joint (Parliamentary) C'tee on Foreign Affairs, Defence & Trade
- Jnt
- Joint (eg, jnt ops)
- JORN
- JINDALEE Over-the-Horizon Radar Network
- K
- Kangaroo [as in Exercise K95]
- (number)K
- thousand (eg, 10K = ten thousand)
- KR
- Khmer Rouge
- LCH
- Landing Craft Heavy
- Log
- Logistic(s)
- LRMP
- long range maritime patrol
- LST
- Landing Ship Tanks
- MCM
- Mine countermeasures
- MG
- Machine gun
- MHI
- Minehunter Inshore
- MoU
- Memorandum of Understanding
- MRL
- Materials Research Laboratory
- MSBS
- Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme
- N-
- nuclear [weapon, warfare, etc]
- NBC
- Nuclear, Biological, Chemical
- N'gar
- Nurrungar
- NPT
- Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty
- Offs
- Officers
- ONA
- Office of National Assessments
- op,
- ops operation(s)
- Oppn
- Opposition
- ORs
- Other Ranks
- o/s
- overseas
- PNG(DF)
- Papua New Guinea [Defence Force]
- Q
- question
- RAAF
- Royal Australian Air Force
- RAN
- Royal Australian Navy
- rec(s)
- recommendation(s)
- RoE
- Rules of Engagement
- Rpt
- Report
- RQ
- House of Representatives Question
- RRes
- Ready Reserve [see also ARes, GRes]
- SAR
- Search and Rescue
- SEA
- South East Asia
- SES
- Senior Executive Service
- SIDCDE
- Standing IDC on Defence Exports
- SIGINT
- Signals intercept [intelligence]
- SPNFZ
- South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone
- spt
- support
- SQ
- Senate Question
- sqn
- squadron
- SWP
- South-West Pacific
- tpt
- transport
- trg
- training
- UN
- United Nations
- USAF
- United States Air Force
- VIP
- very important person
- wpn(s)
- weapon(s)
For many years the Parliamentary Research Service (PRS) maintained a
chronological list of answers to questions asked in the Parliament on
defence, national security and related matters. As this list grew, it
became ever more difficult to search and so some years ago it was decided
to prepare a form of indexed list.
This paper, Index to Parliamentary Questions on Defence 1995,
is the seventh in a series which began in 1989 with an Index for
the period 1981 - 1988 (incl). That Index contained summaries of
Answers to Questions asked in both Houses of the Federal Parliament from
the start of sittings in 1981 to the end of the 1988 sittings. This was
followed in February 1991 by Index to Parliamentary Questions on Defence
1989 and 1990, and in 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995 by Indexes
for the 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994 sittings. Some copies of these papers
are still available from the Research Service.
This paper contains material for the 1995 sittings of both Houses. Annual
publication of hard-copy updates to the Index will keep the series as
current as practicable.
It is important to note that this Index is selective and does not contain
all answers provided to defence-related questions for 1995. I have culled
answers which provide no information (unless a refusal to answer was of
itself significant), merely repeat information already in the Index or
appear to seek only to score transient political points. On the other
hand, the answers included are not only from the Minister for Defence.
Answers from Ministers with responsibilities in Foreign Affairs, Transport
and so on can have a useful defence relevance and, when they do, they
have been included.
Answers are indexed under headings which, unfortunately for external
users, are unique to the PRS Defence research area and conform to no external
model. To get maximum use from the Index, new users are advised to study
the sections entitled "How to Use This Index", "Important
Notes" and "Questions On/Without Notice". Parliamentary
users may well find that the best use of this Index is to locate specific
Answers to Questions which can then be retrieved in full using the on-line
Hansard available through the Parliamentary Database Service (PDBS),
though of course hard-copy Hansards will also serve.
It cannot be guaranteed that this Index is free of error. Nevertheless
it is made available to Senators and Members in the belief that, despite
any defects, it will be of use to those with an interest in national security
matters.
The summaries of Answers provided in the Index are for guidance only.
Under no circumstances should they be used apart from the complete text
of the Question and Answer in the official Hansard record.
This Index is copyright by the Commonwealth of Australia. Use
or reproduction of the file headings or Index without due acknowledgment
- except by Parliamentarians in the course of their duties - is not permitted.
The actual Questions and Answers contained in Hansard are, of course,
in the public domain.
Gary Brown Parliamentary Research Service 17 June 1996
Answers to Questions are arranged according to PRS defence file titles.
Those used in this edition are listed on the Contents page.
Answers are indexed once only, under the heading most closely
reflecting their principal defence-related content. Some headings have
many Answers under them, others only one, still others have no Answers
at all listed. This last group of headings is wholly excluded from the
Index and may be ignored, provided that readers understand that certain
headings absent from this edition may have appeared in earlier ones, and
vice-versa.
Under each heading, Answers appear in chronological order.
The form of the listing is as follows:
Date R/S Page Q.No. Answer Summary Questioner
30.11.95 S 4431 Coastwatch contract and MacGibbon
aircraft performance:
detailed answer
This identifies a Senate Question Without Notice asked by Senator David
MacGibbon, the Answer to which appears at page 4431 of Senate Hansard
for 30 November 1995. The Answer gives detailed information about the
award of the Coastwatch contract. In the Index proper, it appears
under the heading AUSTRALIA - CONTINENTAL SURVEILLANCE.
A House Question would be shown as "R" instead of "S";
a Question On Notice would have a number in the "Q.No." column.
For more information on types of questions and other useful material
please see the following sections, "Important Notes " and "Questions
On/Without Notice".
Important Notes
Answer Summaries:
The answer summaries are for rough guidance only and should never
be used independently of the Hansard texts.
Questions Without Notice are asked directly in the Chambers and
are what can be seen on the ABC Television "Question Time" replays
or heard live on ABC radio. Officially, they are without notice to the
Minister, but the practice has arisen of sometimes giving the Minister
limited warning of the question, so that an informed answer may be given
or (with the so-called "Dorothy Dixer") so that the Minister
may deliver an answer already prepared. But notice is never obligatory,
and Questions Without Notice are still frequently used to surprise a political
opponent.
Where replies to such questions elicit useful information, they have
been included in this Index. They may be identified by the absence of
any Question Number in the appropriate column.
Questions on Notice are prepared in writing and appear initially
on the Notice Paper for the relevant House, where they are assigned a
number that stays with them and is used when they are answered. This is
the number which appears under "Question Number" in the Index.
Any question with such a number was "on notice".
Note, however:
- each House maintains its own series of numbers: thus, there can be
a House Question No.1234, and an unrelated Senate Question No.1234;
and
- the number series recommence with each new Parliament, because the
Notice Paper is wiped clean at the end of a Parliament. Thus, there
can be a House Question 2678 in 1988, and an unrelated House Question
2678 in, say, 1993, and similarly for the Senate.
Date R/S Page Q.No. Answer Summary Questioner
21.09.95 S 1242 Progress with plan to overturn Newman
Human Rights Commission ruling
re ADF HIV+ members
23.10.95 S 2315 2423 Suicides by service last 5 Newman
years
Date R/S Page Q.No. Answer Summary Questioner
29.06.95 S 2152 Govt info & position re Jones
confrontation at Mischief Reef
Date R/S Page Q.No. Answer Summary Questioner
26.06.95 S 1726 Situation re ADF drug testing McKiernan
program after doubts raised by
Privacy Commissioner
24.08.95 S 411 2149 Partial info on established Newman
strengths of certain ADF units
24.10.95 S 2409 2378 Info on actual & estab Newman
strengths of several ADF units,
incl ships
24.10.95 S 2412 2413 Info on ADF readiness levels Newman
and ability to meet them inside
approved timeframe
24.10.95 S 2413 2429 More info on strengths of Newman
several ADF units, incl ships
15.11.95 S 3121 2589 Establishment, current, Newman
strengths of units at
Albatross, Creswell,
Puckapunyal, Richmond, Keswick,
Townsville, Enoggera
28.11.95 R 3893 Govt defends level and state of Horne
ADF trg & exercise activity
01.12.95 S 5011 2643 Some info on ADF fuel reserve
levels and contingency planning
01.12.95 S 5012 2644 ADF enlistment data for 1993-94 Newman
and 1995-95
Date R/S Page Q.No Answer Summary Questioner
09.02.95 S 845 Evans explains why Govt Margetts
supports indefinite NPT
extension; says motive is not
to secure export uranium
markets
28.03.95 R 2265 Aust efforts to control Fitzgibbon
landmine production and use
detailed
28.03.95 S 2225 NPT extension: Malaysia & Margetts
Indonesia yet to determine
views; Sth African view on
rolling extensions may be
right
01.06.95 S 697 Govt says support for complete Margetts
ban on land-mines is "utopian"
22.08.95 S 94-7 2125-21 Several questions dealing with Margetts
28 potential of ADI-made grenades
to be used as landmines
21.09.95 S 1237 Govt attitude to argument at Margetts
ICJ on illegality of N-wpns
16.10.95 R 2103 Failure of review con-ference Price
to limit use of antipersonnel
mines
27.11.95 S 3923 Govt explains Canberra Margetts
Commission, attitude to
production of fissile material
and to "stable deterrence"
01.12.95 S 4829 2383 Reasons for funding of Curtin Margetts
Uni Indian Ocean Centre,
non-funding of UWA Indian
Ocean Centre for Peace Studies
Date R/S Page Q.No Answer Summary Questioner
06.02.95 S 497 Ray critical of Army handling R. Woods
of Blackhawk availability and
maint-enance
06.03.95 S 1440 1960 Good info on Blackhawk Newman
maintenance problems; spares
shortage is main one
09.05.95 S 72 1977 Detailed responses re Newman
Blackhawk problems
09.05.95 S 97 2044 Situation with Steyr Newman
deliveries; info re rounds
fired per annum
22.08.95 S 106 2195 Details of projects approved Newman
under APIN
17.10.95 S 1968 2414 Info on Steyr failure in Newman
Thailand, incl fire rates per
minute
Date R/S Page Q.No Answer Summary Questioner
01.02.95 S 361 1916 Defence had no advance Newman
knowledge of boat people who
landed in Darwin 22 Nov 94
27.02.95 S 1020 1928 Details, including costings, Newman
of operation to rescue French
yachtswoman
28.08.95 S 512 2276 Info re award of Coastwatch MacGibbon
contract to Surveillance
Australia
28.08.95 S 520 2327 Progress on Wide Area Newman
Surveillance Study
30.08.95 S 721 2342 Australian area of Newman
responsibility for SAR
18.08.95 R 1168 2537 Reasons for non-ADF Cameron
involvement in coastal
surveillance
20.11.95 R 3274 2659 Govt cannot confirm that Tuckey
visiting Indon CN325-100
aircraft made unauthorised
landings in NW Australia
30.11.95 S 4431 Coastwatch contract and MacGibbon
aircraft performance: detailed
answer
Date R/S Page Q.No Answer Summary Questioner
31.01.95 R 145 1785 Sums spent by Defence on IT 91/2 Prosser
- 93/4 incl
26.09.95 S 1483 2373 Def spending info 1989/90+, also Campbell
% spent in WA
Date R/S Page Q.No Answer Summary Questioner
31.01.95 S 166 1752 Details of Indons trained in Margetts
Aust 1993-94
31.01.95 S 174 1827 Details of Thais trained in Aust Margetts
1993-94
31.01.95 S 175 1828 Details of PNGDF trained in Aust Margetts
1993-94
31.01.95 S 176 1829 Details of Philippines DF Margetts
trained in Aust 1993-94, 1994-5
to date
31.01.95 S 178 1830 Details of Malaysian DF trained Margetts
in Aust 1993-94, 1994-5 to date
31.01.95 S 179 1831 Details of Bangladeshi DF Margetts
trained in Aust 1988-9 to
1993-94
09.02.95 S 917 1892 Details of Aust-Sri Lankan Margetts
defence contacts last five years
27.02.95 R 1082 1877 Details of Pacific Patrol Boat E. Cameron
program
28.08.95 S 521 2331 Details on Indons trained in Margetts
Australia for 1994/5
18.09.95 S 940 2330 Details on PNG personnel trained Margetts
in Australia for 1994/5
01.12.95 S 4999 2607 Procedure governing admission of Bourne
foreign Def Force members on
DCP: human rights violators can
be refused entry
01.12.95 S 5014 2648 DCP aid to Cambodia: some info Newman
Date R/S Page Q.No Answer Summary Questioner
31.01.95 R 131 1703 Details of Defence residential Jull
properties
31.01.95 S 183 1842 Plans for Puckapunyal Army base I. Macdonald
27.02.95 R 1083 1888 Estimated cost of re-locating Vaile
RAAF base Williamtown to new
site is $550m
08.03.95 S 1597 1961 Use of RAAF Curtin as detention Newman
centre for illegal immigrants:
will expire March 1996
09.03.95 S 1647 RAAF Richmond will not close Newman
when Badgery's Creek airport
opens; Govt admits that some
functions may have to shifted
23.03.95 S 2095 1936 Position re Holsworthy, Malabar Newman
rifle ranges
09.05.95 S 72 1962 Detailed response to Qs re use Newman
of RAAF Curtin for illegal
immigrants
09.05.95 S 93 2032 Review underway of facilities Newman
used by cadet units
07.06.95 R 1509 2339 Explanation for DoD's ignoring Abbott
Cooksey Facilities
recommendations re Artillery
School move from North Head
19.06.95 R 1790 2335 Funds spent on Army Artillery Abbott
and Maritime Schools since 1985;
est relocation costs
21.06.95 R 2077 2362 Info on parcels of Defence land Abbott
to be sold in FY 1995-96
24.08.95 S 419 2290 Plans for facilities Baume
rationalisation in NSW: details
19.09.95 S 1033 2329 Info re possible use by US Margetts
forces of Lancelin bombing range
(WA)
25.09.95 R 1646 2574 Info re Manidis Roberts Abbott
consultancy on Middle Head usage
25.09.95 R 1646 2575 Info re Colliers Jardine Abbott
consultancy on def land holdings
28.09.95 S 1684 Future of Defence land at Middle Forshaw
Head
16.10.95 S 1885 2391 Info on proposed Singapore Air Woodley
Force use of RAAF Amberley
20.11.95 R 3285 2678 Companies tendering for ground Moore
maintenance at Creswell,
Penguin: foreign owned firm got
contracts
20.11.95 R 3292 2727 RAAF to assess future of Nehl
Richmond base beyond 2015
01.12.95 S 5004 2633 Rules & complaints re use of Newman
specified firing ranges
Date R/S Page Q.No Answer Summary Questioner
31.01.95 S 199 1881 Reasons for late tabling of ADI Newman
Ann. Rpt.; Govt will try to
table in time for Sen Ctee
hearings
06.02.95 S 497 Reasons for F/A-18 engine R. Woods
maintenance contract going to NZ
firm
27.02.95 R 1083 1892 Details of recent offer to ASTA MacArthur
workers to take leave due to
workload shortage
28.02.95 S 1034 RAAF gave attention Air NZ MacGibbon
capability before awarding
F/A-18 engine maintenance
contract
21.03.95 S 1844 1963 Info re award of F/A-18 engine Newman
maintenance contract; cost to
Govt of HdeH specialised equipt
itemised
19.06.95 R 1782 2062 CAA considers Nomad safe when Taylor
operated under stated rules
13.11.95 S 2725 Nomad chartered for Army use; MacDonald A.
used inside safe flight envelope
15.11.95 S 2986 Ray promises rigorous Margetts
investigation into grenade
accident at ADI St Marys
20.11.95 S 3278 Investigation into ADI grenade Newman
accident will include claims of
12-hr shifts, no protective
shielding
01.12.95 R 4574 2811 ADI Clothing Division sale Bradford
includes extension of monopoly
on Army, RAAF, clothing orders
01.12.95 S 5006 2635 Future of ASTAAS Newman
Date R/S Page Q.No. Answer Summary Questioner
09.05.95 S 100 2071 List of higher Def Dept C'tees Newman
and no of mtgs in FY 1993-94
30.05.95 S 556 2101 Defence use, rental, of office I. Campbell
space: details
06.06.95 S 919 2129 DoD, ADF personnel in ACT: by Newman
program, Service and rank
01.12.95 S 4819 2614 Detailed info, incl staffing, Newman
cost, of Defence Public
Relations activity
Date R/S Page Q.No. Answer Summary Questioner
31.01.95 R 135 1722 Govt confirms 1982 incident Abbott
where an Army officer called
Indons an enemy and was
trans-ferred
22.08.95 R 41 Govt outlines initiatives in WA S. Smith
Date R/S Page Q.No. Answer Summary Questioner
27.03.95 S 2209 1978 ADF contracts given to NZ firms: MacGibbon
list
21.09.95 S 1321 2341 Situation re reported ADF Newman
Harpoon acquisition
Date R/S Page Q.No. Answer Summary Questioner
23.08.95 S 266 2210 Options under consideration for Newman
LCH replacement 1997+
Date R/S Page Q.No. Answer Summary Questioner
16.10.95 S 1889 2351 Position re Unamanned Aerial Baume
Vehicle tender
Date R/S Page Q.No Answer Summary Questioner
06.03.95 S 1372 Defence procedures for detecting MacGibbon
dumping of equipts in local
market
28.03.95 S 2221 Ray denies any impropriety re Chapman
award of offset credits
30.03.95 S 2545 Govt defends award of Army Carr
forklift contract to Italian firm
11.05.95 S 408 2060 V. detailed info re F/A-18 Chapman
offsets deal with McDonnell
Douglas
19.06.95 S 1400 2124 DoD has no info re conflict of Newman
interest with officers assessing
bids for security contract on ACT
Def bldgs
Date R/S Page Q.No. Answer Summary Questioner
01.06.95 S 696 Info re escape and rescue Foreman
systems for Collins submarines
Date R/S Page Q.No. Answer Summary Questioner
01.02.95 S 259 Govt representations to US re B. Burns
EEP on dairy products
01.02.95 S 361 1902 No of US aircraft movements Margetts
through RAAF Richmond 1987/8 to
1994/5
06.02.95 S 488 Value of Aust trade deficit with McKiernan
US now $9 billion
19.06.95 S 1293 Govt reports on latest trade, Forshaw
EEP, talks with US
22.08.95 S 125 2221 Info re Aust role in US BMD Margetts
research: details
23.08.95 S 276 2283 Further info re US BMD research; Margetts
Govt denies any violation of ABM
Treaty
17.10.95 R 2207 Govt says US relationship never L. Scott
stronger
Date R/S Page Q.No. Answer Summary Questioner
31.01.95 S 165 1583 Effect of DSS treatment of Def MacGibbon
rental subsidy as a fringe
benefit
01.02.95 S 340 1749 Info on % ADF members separated Reynolds
from families by postings, incl.
nos in receipt of separation
allowance
09.05.95 S 66 1888 Progress towards implementation Newman
of Govt promise re rental
subsidies to be used as new home
deposit
19.06.95 S 1382 2076 Progress on civil recognition of Newman
Def trade quals: useful info
17.10.95 R 2204 Govt outlines record on ADF Deahm
service conditions
26.10.95 S 2707 2499 Answer includes info on grants Short
to ADFILS, Family Spt Program,
etc
01.12.95 S 4827 2076 Correction to answer to SQ2076 Newman
given 19 Jun 95
01.12.95 S 5015 2649 Govt action in response to ANAO Newman
Report on ADF live-in
accommodation
Date R/S Page Q.No. Answer Summary Questioner
09.09.95 S 98 2058 Detailed info re Ex K95, incl Margetts
numbers of troops, platforms,
etc
Date R/S Page Q.No. Answer Summary Questioner
31.01.95 S 185 1852 Reasons for destruction of Margetts
ex-HMAS Derwent; options
considered
08.03.95 S 1596 1951 Type and cost of RAN sail trg & Calvert
recreation vessels
28.08.95 S 510 2189 Info re deployments of HMAS Newman
Flinders with SMB Bramble
embarked
25.09.95 S 1342 RAN attrition rate is 14.7% MacGibbon
15.11.95 S 3121 2589 Media report that Fleet Air Arm Newman
helos grounded is false; correct
position given
01.12.95 S 4823 2628 Level and nature of RAN Lees
expertise in hyperbaric medicine
01.12.95 S 5038 2671 Iniatives to address Newman
dissatisfaction with poor career
paths, etc, in Fleet Air Arm
Date R/S Page Q.No. Answer Summary Questioner
31.01.95 R 106 1543 No of conscripts who served in Tuckey
Vietnam
29.03.95 S 2481 2017 HIV risks, precautions, for ADF Newman
Rwanda force
09.05.95 S 84 2008 Circumstances re B747 problems Newman
with ADF Rwanda force lift
22.08.95 R 114 2089 Nos who served in Korea M. Evans
18.09.95 S 942 2335 No HIV, blood-borne diseases Newman
found in ADF Rwanda contingent
16.10.95 S 1790 Ray denies differences with Newman
Evans re ADF role in UN Rapid
Response Force
13.11.95 S 2806 2554 DA post to be established at Newman
Rome; decision consistent with
prior review
Date R/S Page Q.No. Answer Summary Questioner
06.03.95 S 1368 Allegations of thefts of Chapman
equipment from DSTO Salisbury by
staff
09.05.95 R 37 Aust has authorised limited Haviland
defensive BW studies by DSTO
29.08.95 S 602 2281 DSTO work with ADI on new mortar Chapman
round: details given
01.12.95 S 5030 2656 Use of primates by ADF for Woodley
research purposes
Date R/S Page Q.No. Answer Summary Questioner
23.03.95 S 2098 2055 Only RAAF 75th anniv air show Ellison
will be at Amberley
30.05.95 S 646 2272 RAAF seeks approx 10K sq.mtrs. Taylor
storage space for F-111 spares
to be bought from US
28.08.95 S 520 2324 Establishment & work-load of 34 Newman
Sqn
19.10.95 S 2148 Arrangements for F-111 spares Colston
spt once USAF fleet leaves
service
27.11.95 S 3922 Ray admits probs with RAAF ATC Newman
operators; explains remedial
action
Date R/S Page Q.No. Answer Summary Questioner
27.06.95 S 1924 2154 RRes cost details Newman
28.08.95 S 523 2337 Progress on review of cadet unit Newman
accommodation
18.09.95 S 941 2334 Position re entitlements of Newman
Reserve members in Public
Service
20.11.95 S 3372 2590 Callout protection for Newman
Reservists to be announced later
in 1995
Date R/S Page Q.No. Answer Summary Questioner
02.02.95 S 409 Ray denies reports of large C. Evans
scale Steyr sales to Indons;
small number supplied and
therefore in-principle approval
issued
09.02.95 S 849 G. Evans gives further Bourne
explanation how & why
in-principle Steyr export
approval to Indon granted
09.02.95 S 918 1917 Lines of responsibility, funding Newman
and security clearance
procedures for Def Trade
Commissioners
23.03.95 S 2091 1922 Australia does not seek Chamarette
assurances from recipients that
defence exports will not be used
against civilians (unlike UK)
29.03.95 S 2376 No evidence that dual-use export Boswell
controls violated during affair
re dual-use licence
30.03.95 S 2657 2014 Ray refuses to answer Q re Baume
Fluitman because IG
investigation still in progress
30.05.95 S 552 2092 List of top 200 defence exports Margetts
in FY 1993-94
28.06.95 S 1992 Info re progress of Fluitman Baume
investigation
21.11.95 S 3395 Illuminating mortar round found Margetts
in Bougainville not Australian
Date R/S Page Q.No. Answer Summary Questioner
27.03.95 S 2107 Govt admits that CW Convention Colston
can't prevent terrorist
manufacture/use of Sarin, etc,
though this v. dangerous to
users
30.06.95 R 2910 2355 Info re CW activities in Aldred
Australia of Japan-ese Supreme
Truth cultists
Date R/S Page Q.No. Answer Summary Questioner
31.01.95 R 107 1545 Award for BCOF personnel Tuckey
31.01.95 R 117 1669 Awards recommended by Defence Tuckey
Related Awards Inquiry shd be
ready by Anzac Day '95
31.01.95 R 136 1732 Review of gallantry awards for Tuckey
V/nam vets to complete March
1995
07.03.95 R 1711 Govt announces awards for Cleeland
veterans of certain WW II
campaigns
22.08.95 R 148 2340 Info on Australian Service Medal Abbott
22.08.95 R 171 General policy re war service Filing
medals - some anomalies noted
25.09.95 R 1645 2543 ADF V/Nam service award Filing
entitlements go by operating
environment, not Service
27.11.95 R 3844 2587 Aust Service Medal: eligibility Abbott
for 1945-75 and current versions
2
01.12.95 R 4564 2770 Info re award of Returned from Tuckey
Active Service (RAS) Badge to
RAN members
01.12.95 R 4565 2779 Govt won't ask Philippines Govt Filing
to expedite award of Philippine
Liberation Medal
Date R/S Page Q.No. Answer Summary Questioner
30.03.95 S 2546 IG of Intell & Sec. retired for Hill
personal reasons: no connexion
with Samuel report
29.05.95 S 443 Govt states that full Aust Murphy
access is policy in all
"cooperative intelligence
activities"
30.06.95 R 2911 2406 Measures to prevent breaches of Price
DoD computer security
22.08.95 R 160 2409 ONA funding (real terms) 80/1 - Langmore
95/6
18.09.95 R 1162 2414 ASIO funding 1980-81+ detailed Langmore
(real terms)
01.12.95 R 4515 2410 ASIS funding 1980-81+ detailed Langmore
(real terms)
Date R/S Page Q.No. Answer Summary Questioner
22.06.95 S 1644 Govt happy with outcome of Murphy
Indian Ocean forum in Perth,
despite some criticisms
Date R/S Page Q.No. Answer Summary Questioner
27.02.95 R 1071 1690 Estimated cost, and Latham
cost:benefit, of Alice to Darwin
railway
Date R/S Page Q.No. Answer Summary Questioner
21.03.95 S 1847 2007 Info on powers of military Woodley
police over civilians
Date R/S Page Q.No. Answer Summary Questioner
09.05.95 S 76 1979 OMEGA station will now remain Margetts
open till 30 Sep 1997
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