Question
No. |
Senator |
Date of
Question |
Subject |
Date
Reply
Received |
Hansard
Date
of Reply |
Hansard
Page No.
of Reply |
Elapsed
Time
(days) |
|
15
|
Minchin
|
12/02/2008
|
Administration—Media-related staff
|
09/04/2008
|
13/05/2008
|
1600
|
57
|
|
42
|
Minchin
|
12/02/2008
|
Administration—Media-related staff
|
09/04/2008
|
13/05/2008
|
1600
|
57
|
|
47
|
Minchin
|
12/02/2008
|
Administration—Media-related staff
|
09/04/2008
|
13/05/2008
|
1600
|
57
|
|
119
|
Minchin
|
12/02/2008
|
Administration—Provision of information to estimates
|
29/05/2008
|
17/06/2008
|
2588
|
107
|
|
|
|
committees, including appointments to government agencies,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
authorities and advisory boards
|
|
|
|
|
|
146
|
Minchin
|
12/02/2008
|
Administration—Provision of information to estimates
|
29/05/2008
|
17/06/2008
|
2588
|
107
|
|
|
|
committees, including appointments to government agencies,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
authorities and advisory boards
|
|
|
|
|
|
151
|
Minchin
|
12/02/2008
|
Administration—Provision of information to estimates
|
29/05/2008
|
17/06/2008
|
2588
|
107
|
|
|
|
committees, including appointments to government agencies,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
authorities and advisory boards
|
|
|
|
|
|
227
|
Cormann
|
12/02/2008
|
Administration—Funding cuts—Programs and services
for
|
19/05/2008
|
16/06/2008
|
2411
|
97
|
|
|
|
Western Australia
|
|
|
|
|
|
254
|
Cormann
|
12/02/2008
|
Administration—Funding cuts—Programs and services
for
|
19/05/2008
|
16/06/2008
|
2411
|
97
|
|
|
|
Western Australia
|
|
|
|
|
|
259
|
Cormann
|
12/02/2008
|
Administration—Funding cuts—Programs and services
for
|
19/05/2008
|
16/06/2008
|
2411
|
97
|
|
|
|
Western Australia
|
|
|
|
|
|
338
|
Allison
|
27/02/2008
|
International Labour Organization—Maritime Labour
|
03/04/2008
|
14/05/2008
|
1901
|
36
|
|
|
|
Convention—Ratification
|
|
|
|
|
|
339
|
Macdonald
|
28/02/2008
|
Parliament—Office holders—Salary payments
|
31/03/2008
|
14/05/2008
|
1901
|
32
|
|
340
|
Macdonald
|
28/02/2008
|
Parliament—Office holders—Salary payments
|
31/03/2008
|
14/05/2008
|
1901
|
32
|
|
393
|
Siewert
|
03/04/2008
|
Occupational health and safety—Inspections in
Commonwealth
|
21/05/2008
|
16/06/2008
|
2413
|
48
|
|
|
|
workplaces
|
|
|
|
|
|
442
|
Minchin
|
30/05/2008
|
Departmental engagements—Mr Christian and Ms Tara
|
03/07/2008
|
26/08/2008
|
3783
|
34
|
|
|
|
Taubenschlag—Details
|
|
|
|
|
|
470
|
Minchin
|
30/05/2008
|
Departmental engagements—Mr Christian and Ms Tara
|
03/07/2008
|
26/08/2008
|
3783
|
34
|
|
|
|
Taubenschlag—Details
|
|
|
|
|
|
475
|
Minchin
|
30/05/2008
|
Departmental engagements—Mr Christian and Ms Tara
|
03/07/2008
|
26/08/2008
|
3783
|
34
|
|
|
|
Taubenschlag—Details
|
|
|
|
|
|
520
|
Milne
|
14/07/2008
|
Recycling—Printer cartridges—Policy and practice
|
22/08/2008
|
27/08/2008
|
3972
|
39
|
|
521
|
Milne
|
14/07/2008
|
Recycling—Printer cartridges—Policy and practice
|
22/08/2008
|
27/08/2008
|
3972
|
39
|
|
522
|
Milne
|
14/07/2008
|
Recycling—Printer cartridges—Policy and practice
|
22/08/2008
|
27/08/2008
|
3972
|
39
|
|
548
|
Milne
|
14/07/2008
|
Recycling—Printer cartridges—Policy and practice
|
22/08/2008
|
27/08/2008
|
3972
|
39
|
|
553
|
Milne
|
14/07/2008
|
Recycling—Printer cartridges—Policy and practice
|
22/08/2008
|
27/08/2008
|
3972
|
39
|
|
567
|
Abetz
|
30/07/2008
|
Occupational health and
safety—Legislation—National
|
09/09/2008
|
15/09/2008
|
4788
|
41
|
|
|
|
implementation
|
|
|
|
|
|
581
|
Minchin
|
25/08/2008
|
Carbon offsets—Departmental air
travel—Guidelines
|
09/10/2008
|
13/10/2008
|
5865
|
45
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
617
|
Minchin
|
25/08/2008
|
Ministers/Parliamentary Secretaries office—Departmental
staff—
|
29/04/2009
|
12/05/2009
|
2494
|
247
|
|
|
|
Secondment
|
|
|
|
|
|
653
|
Minchin
|
25/08/2008
|
Overseas travel—Beijing Olympic Games—Expenses
|
10/03/2009
|
11/03/2009
|
1375
|
197
|
|
689
|
Minchin
|
25/08/2008
|
Overseas travel—Ministers/Parliamentary Secretaries,
family and
|
25/03/2009
|
12/05/2009
|
2497
|
212
|
|
|
|
departmental staff—Between July and August 2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
728
|
Ellison
|
01/09/2008
|
Trades Recognition Australia—General Skilled Migration
|
27/10/2008
|
10/11/2008
|
6483
|
56
|
|
|
|
applications—New processing standards and procedures
|
|
|
|
|
|
735
|
Ellison
|
12/09/2008
|
Horticulture industry, Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot
Scheme—
|
23/10/2008
|
10/11/2008
|
6485
|
41
|
|
|
|
Employers’ and employees’ conditions
|
|
|
|
|
|
921
|
Ronaldson
|
24/11/2008
|
Administration—Tender contracts—Details
|
26/05/2009
|
15/06/2009
|
3228
|
183
|
|
922
|
Ronaldson
|
24/11/2008
|
Administration—Tender contracts—Details
|
26/05/2009
|
15/06/2009
|
3228
|
183
|
|
942
|
Ronaldson
|
24/11/2008
|
Administration—Tender contracts—Details
|
26/05/2009
|
15/06/2009
|
3228
|
183
|
|
1006
|
Ronaldson
|
25/11/2008
|
Overseas travel since 25 November 2007—Ministers,
|
09/04/2009
|
12/05/2009
|
2541
|
135
|
|
|
|
Parliamentary Secretaries and staff—Details
|
|
|
|
|
|
1207
|
Abetz
|
23/12/2008
|
Australian Workplace Agreement—Theatre
Royal—Workplace
|
18/02/2009
|
10/03/2009
|
1224
|
57
|
|
|
|
Ombudsman’s investigation
|
|
|
|
|
|
1283
|
Mason
|
05/02/2009
|
Moncrieff electorate—Funding of organisations and
projects—
|
14/07/2009
|
11/08/2009
|
4593
|
159
|
|
|
|
Between 3 December 2007 and 20 January 2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
1432
|
Cormann
|
12/03/2009
|
Australian Industrial Relations
Commission—Superannuation
|
29/04/2009
|
14/05/2009
|
2989
|
48
|
|
|
|
Funds—Award changes
|
|
|
|
|
|
1453
|
Cormann
|
24/03/2009
|
Superannuation funds—‘Default’
status—Increased fees to
|
16/04/2009
|
14/05/2009
|
3011
|
23
|
|
|
|
retrenched workers
|
|
|
|
|
|
1481
|
Abetz
|
07/04/2009
|
Australian Workplace Agreement—Theatre
Royal—Workplace
|
11/05/2009
|
16/06/2009
|
3466
|
34
|
|
|
|
Ombudsman’s investigation
|
|
|
|
|
|
1596
|
Cormann
|
22/05/2009
|
Superannuation—Default funds—Increases in fees and
charges
|
26/06/2009
|
11/08/2009
|
4629
|
35
|
|
1649
|
Minchin
|
03/06/2009
|
Government websites—Advertising on search engines
|
02/02/2010
|
04/02/2010
|
578
|
244
|
|
1650
|
Minchin
|
03/06/2009
|
Government websites—Advertising on search engines
|
02/02/2010
|
04/02/2010
|
578
|
244
|
|
1682
|
Minchin
|
03/06/2009
|
Government websites—Advertising on search engines
|
02/02/2010
|
04/02/2010
|
578
|
244
|
|
1691
|
Minchin
|
10/06/2009
|
Legislation—Redundant and potentially redundant
legislation—
|
15/07/2009
|
13/08/2009
|
4951
|
35
|
|
|
|
‘Clean-up’ coordinated by the Department of Finance
and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deregulation
|
|
|
|
|
|
1692
|
Minchin
|
10/06/2009
|
Legislation—Redundant and potentially redundant
legislation—
|
15/07/2009
|
13/08/2009
|
4951
|
35
|
|
|
|
‘Clean-up’ coordinated by the Department of Finance
and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deregulation
|
|
|
|
|
|
1725
|
Minchin
|
10/06/2009
|
Legislation—Redundant and potentially redundant
legislation—
|
15/07/2009
|
13/08/2009
|
4951
|
35
|
|
|
|
‘Clean-up’ coordinated by the Department of Finance
and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deregulation
|
|
|
|
|
|
1728
|
Ronaldson
|
10/06/2009
|
Administration—Contracts awarded to the Boston
Consulting
|
16/09/2009
|
16/09/2009
|
6796
|
98
|
|
|
|
Group and the Allen Consulting Group
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1729
|
Ronaldson
|
10/06/2009
|
Administration—Contracts awarded to the Boston
Consulting
|
16/09/2009
|
16/09/2009
|
6796
|
98
|
|
|
|
Group and the Allen Consulting Group
|
|
|
|
|
|
1766
|
Cash
|
11/06/2009
|
Overseas travel—Departmental Secretary
|
20/08/2009
|
07/09/2009
|
5847
|
70
|
|
1767
|
Cash
|
11/06/2009
|
Overseas travel—Departmental Secretary
|
20/08/2009
|
07/09/2009
|
5847
|
70
|
|
1768
|
Cash
|
11/06/2009
|
Interstate travel—Departmental Secretary
|
20/08/2009
|
07/09/2009
|
5848
|
70
|
|
1769
|
Cash
|
11/06/2009
|
Interstate travel—Departmental Secretary
|
20/08/2009
|
07/09/2009
|
5848
|
70
|
|
1770
|
Cash
|
11/06/2009
|
Overseas travel—Deputy Secretary
|
17/07/2009
|
13/08/2009
|
4963
|
36
|
|
1771
|
Cash
|
11/06/2009
|
Overseas travel—Deputy Secretary
|
17/07/2009
|
13/08/2009
|
4963
|
36
|
|
1772
|
Cash
|
11/06/2009
|
Interstate travel—Deputy Secretary
|
17/07/2009
|
13/08/2009
|
4964
|
36
|
|
1773
|
Cash
|
11/06/2009
|
Interstate travel—Deputy Secretary
|
17/07/2009
|
13/08/2009
|
4964
|
36
|
|
1774
|
Cash
|
11/06/2009
|
Overseas travel—Chief counsel/group manager for
Workplace
|
17/07/2009
|
13/08/2009
|
4965
|
36
|
|
|
|
Relations Legal
|
|
|
|
|
|
1775
|
Cash
|
11/06/2009
|
Overseas travel—Chief counsel/group manager for
Workplace
|
17/07/2009
|
13/08/2009
|
4965
|
36
|
|
|
|
Relations Legal
|
|
|
|
|
|
1776
|
Cash
|
11/06/2009
|
Interstate travel—Chief counsel/group manager for
Workplace
|
17/07/2009
|
13/08/2009
|
4965
|
36
|
|
|
|
Relations Legal
|
|
|
|
|
|
1777
|
Cash
|
11/06/2009
|
Interstate travel—Chief counsel/group manager for
Workplace
|
17/07/2009
|
13/08/2009
|
4965
|
36
|
|
|
|
Relations Legal
|
|
|
|
|
|
1786
|
Abetz
|
16/06/2009
|
Administration—Hospitality—Spending since 24
November 2007
|
06/04/2010
|
12/05/2010
|
2702
|
294
|
|
1823
|
Abetz
|
17/06/2009
|
Fair Work Bill 2009—Appointment of specialist advisors for
small
|
28/07/2009
|
13/08/2009
|
4967
|
41
|
|
|
|
and medium enterprises
|
|
|
|
|
|
1874
|
Barnett
|
02/07/2009
|
Consultancies—Details of completed and ongoing since
|
16/09/2009
|
16/09/2009
|
6796
|
76
|
|
|
|
November 2007—Planned or budgeted for 2009 and 2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
1875
|
Barnett
|
02/07/2009
|
Consultancies—Details of completed and ongoing since
|
16/09/2009
|
16/09/2009
|
6796
|
76
|
|
|
|
November 2007—Planned or budgeted for 2009 and 2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
1876
|
Barnett
|
02/07/2009
|
Consultancies—Details of completed and ongoing since
|
16/09/2009
|
16/09/2009
|
6796
|
76
|
|
|
|
November 2007—Planned or budgeted for 2009 and 2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
1906
|
Barnett
|
02/07/2009
|
Consultancies—Details of completed and ongoing since
|
16/09/2009
|
16/09/2009
|
6796
|
76
|
|
|
|
November 2007—Planned or budgeted for 2009 and 2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
1909
|
Barnett
|
02/07/2009
|
Consultancies—Details of completed and ongoing since
|
16/09/2009
|
16/09/2009
|
6796
|
76
|
|
|
|
November 2007—Planned or budgeted for 2009 and 2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
1911
|
Barnett
|
02/07/2009
|
Administration—Staff, hospitality, plants, water
coolers,
|
15/01/2010
|
02/02/2010
|
160
|
197
|
|
|
|
television subscriptions and government credit cards
|
|
|
|
|
|
1912
|
Barnett
|
02/07/2009
|
Administration—Staff, hospitality, plants, water
coolers,
|
15/01/2010
|
02/02/2010
|
160
|
197
|
|
|
|
television subscriptions and government credit cards
|
|
|
|
|
|
1913
|
Barnett
|
02/07/2009
|
Administration—Staff, hospitality, plants, water
coolers,
|
15/01/2010
|
02/02/2010
|
160
|
197
|
|
|
|
television subscriptions and government credit cards
|
|
|
|
|
|
1943
|
Barnett
|
02/07/2009
|
Administration—Staff, hospitality, plants, water
coolers,
|
15/01/2010
|
02/02/2010
|
160
|
197
|
|
|
|
television subscriptions and government credit cards
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1946
|
Barnett
|
02/07/2009
|
Administration—Staff, hospitality, plants, water
coolers,
|
15/01/2010
|
02/02/2010
|
160
|
197
|
|
|
|
television subscriptions and government credit cards
|
|
|
|
|
|
1958
|
Abetz
|
21/07/2009
|
Portable water supplies—Amount spent in the 2008-09
financial
|
13/10/2009
|
27/10/2009
|
7369
|
84
|
|
|
|
year
|
|
|
|
|
|
1959
|
Abetz
|
21/07/2009
|
Portable water supplies—Amount spent in the 2008-09
financial
|
13/10/2009
|
27/10/2009
|
7369
|
84
|
|
|
|
year
|
|
|
|
|
|
1995
|
Abetz
|
21/07/2009
|
Administration—Media training undertaken since 24
November
|
14/12/2009
|
02/02/2010
|
169
|
146
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
1996
|
Abetz
|
21/07/2009
|
Administration—Media training undertaken since 24
November
|
14/12/2009
|
02/02/2010
|
169
|
146
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
2064
|
Cash
|
12/08/2009
|
Administration—Jobs and Training Compact—Initiatives
and
|
19/10/2009
|
28/10/2009
|
7533
|
68
|
|
|
|
performance indicators
|
|
|
|
|
|
2129
|
Ronaldson
|
10/09/2009
|
Administration—Ministerial letterhead and
postage—Costs to
|
11/02/2010
|
22/02/2010
|
766
|
154
|
|
|
|
the department
|
|
|
|
|
|
2130
|
Ronaldson
|
10/09/2009
|
Administration—Ministerial letterhead and
postage—Costs to
|
11/02/2010
|
22/02/2010
|
766
|
154
|
|
|
|
the department
|
|
|
|
|
|
2166
|
Ronaldson
|
14/09/2009
|
Administration—2008-09 financial year—Resources
provided
|
22/02/2010
|
24/02/2010
|
1111
|
161
|
|
|
|
by the home department
|
|
|
|
|
|
2167
|
Ronaldson
|
14/09/2009
|
Administration—2008-09 financial year—Resources
provided
|
22/02/2010
|
24/02/2010
|
1111
|
161
|
|
|
|
by the home department
|
|
|
|
|
|
2217
|
Abetz
|
16/09/2009
|
Administration—Ministers/Parliamentary
Secretaries—Websites
|
21/01/2010
|
02/02/2010
|
197
|
127
|
|
2218
|
Abetz
|
16/09/2009
|
Administration—Ministers/Parliamentary
Secretaries—Websites
|
21/01/2010
|
02/02/2010
|
197
|
127
|
|
2322
|
Barnett
|
17/09/2009
|
Legal advice—2008-09 financial year
|
23/10/2009
|
17/11/2009
|
8130
|
36
|
|
2323
|
Barnett
|
17/09/2009
|
Legal advice—2008-09 financial year
|
23/10/2009
|
17/11/2009
|
8130
|
36
|
|
2389
|
Milne
|
29/10/2009
|
ForestWorks Ltd—Commonwealth funding
|
17/11/2009
|
18/11/2009
|
8317
|
19
|
|
2428
|
Ronaldson
|
23/11/2009
|
Administration—Program overspends and
underspends—Top 5
|
04/03/2010
|
10/03/2010
|
1566
|
101
|
|
2429
|
Ronaldson
|
23/11/2009
|
Administration—Program overspends and
underspends—Top 5
|
04/03/2010
|
10/03/2010
|
1566
|
101
|
|
2598
|
Cormann
|
05/02/2010
|
Modern awards—Minimum 3 hour work day—Impact on
|
01/04/2010
|
11/05/2010
|
2507
|
55
|
|
|
|
employees
|
|
|
|
|
|
2600
|
Cormann
|
08/02/2010
|
Hawker Britton—Meetings with representatives
|
14/04/2010
|
11/05/2010
|
2508
|
65
|
|
2601
|
Cormann
|
08/02/2010
|
Hawker Britton—Meetings with representatives
|
14/04/2010
|
11/05/2010
|
2508
|
65
|
|
2648
|
Humphries
|
25/02/2010
|
Administration—Redundancies
|
14/04/2010
|
11/05/2010
|
2519
|
48
|
|
2649
|
Humphries
|
25/02/2010
|
Administration—Redundancies
|
14/04/2010
|
11/05/2010
|
2519
|
48
|
|
2699
|
Humphries
|
10/03/2010
|
Administration—Involuntary redundancies
|
19/04/2010
|
11/05/2010
|
2529
|
40
|
|
2765
|
Cormann
|
26/03/2010
|
2009-10 Budget measures—‘Skills for the Carbon
Challenge’—
|
07/05/2010
|
13/05/2010
|
3190
|
42
|
|
|
|
Training places
|
|
|
|
|
|
2769
|
Abetz
|
26/03/2010
|
Fair Work Act 2009—Definition of ‘good
faith bargaining’
|
22/04/2010
|
11/05/2010
|
2551
|
27
|
|
2781
|
Ronaldson
|
08/04/2010
|
Health Services Union—Communication from the
Industrial
|
07/05/2010
|
13/05/2010
|
3192
|
29
|
|
|
|
Registrar
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2796
|
McGauran
|
30/04/2010
|
Stress leave—Government departments—Employees
|
|
|
|
80
|
|
2799
|
Cash
|
03/05/2010
|
International Labour Organisation Occupational Health and
|
25/05/2010
|
16/06/2010
|
3565
|
22
|
|
|
|
Safety Conventions—Ratification, compliance and support
by
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
states and territories
|
|
|
|
|
|
2819
|
Cash
|
03/05/2010
|
Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act
1988—Employees
|
18/06/2010
|
22/06/2010
|
4062
|
46
|
|
|
|
over 65 years of age—Statutory barriers or impediments
|
|
|
|
|
|
2861
|
Humphries
|
17/06/2010
|
Administration—Departmental and agency
accommodation—
|
|
|
|
32
|
|
|
|
Estimation of future requirements
|
|
|
|
|
|
2902
|
Siewert
|
21/06/2010
|
Income support recipients—Job Capacity Assessment
implications
|
|
|
|
28
|