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  • Senate Committees
    • Making a submission
    • Attending a public hearing
    • Senate committee activity
    • Appropriations, Staffing and Security
    • Community Affairs
    • Economics
    • Education and Employment
    • Environment and Communications
    • Finance and Public Administration
      • Completed inquiries and reports
        • Completed inquiries 2010-13
        • Completed inquiries 2013-16
        • Completed inquiries 2016-19
        • Completed inquiries 2019-22
        • Completed inquiries 2022-25
      • Additional Estimates 2024–25
      • Annual Report (No. 2 of 2024)
      • Annual reports (No. 1 of 2025)
      • Remuneration Tribunal Amendment (There For Public Service, Not Profit) Bill 2025
      • The operation and appropriateness of the superannuation and pension schemes for current and former members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF)
      • Annual Reports
      • Budget Estimates 2024–25
      • Recent reports
      • Upcoming Hearings
      • Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Setting Gender Equality Targets) Bill 2024
      • Supporting the development of sovereign capability in the Australian tech sector
      • Inquiry into management and assurance of integrity by consulting services
      • Net Zero Economy Authority Bill 2024 [Provisions] and the Net Zero Economy Authority (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024 [Provisions]
      • Access to Australian Parliament House by lobbyists
      • Additional Estimates 2023–24
      • Annual reports (No. 1 of 2024)
      • Annual reports (No. 2 of 2023)
      • Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Vaccine Indemnity) Bill 2023
      • Budget Estimates 2023–24
      • Administration of the referendum into an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice
      • COAG Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 [Provisions]
      • Social Security Legislation Amendment (Remote Engagement Program) Bill 2021 [Provisions]
      • Electoral Legislation Amendment (Fairer Contracts and Grants) Bill 2023
      • Governor-General Amendment (Cessation of Allowances in the Public Interest) Bill 2023
      • Emergency Response Fund Amendment (Disaster Ready Fund) Bill 2022 [Provisions]
      • Public Service Amendment Bill 2023 [Provisions]
      • Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Closing the Gender Pay Gap) Bill 2023
      • Budget Estimates 2022–23
      • Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Economic Empowerment) Bill 2021
      • COAG Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 [Provisions]
      • Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Amendment Bill 2021
      • The current capability of the Australian Public Service (APS)
      • Data Availability and Transparency Bill 2020 [Provisions] and Data Availability and Transparency (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020 [Provisions]
      • Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Integrity of Elections) Bill 2021
      • The planning, construction and management of the Western Sydney Airport project
      • Investment Funds Legislation Amendment Bill 2021[Provisions]
      • Social Security Legislation Amendment (Remote Engagement Program) Bill 2021 [Provisions]
      • Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme (Facilitation) Bill 2021 and Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021
      • The administration and expenditure of funding under the Urban Congestion Fund (UCF)
      • Operation and management of the Department of Parliamentary Services
      • Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Banning Dirty Donations) Bill 2020
      • Intelligence and Security Legislation Amendment (Implementing Independent Intelligence Review) Bill 2020
      • Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Donation Reform and Other Measures) Bill 2020
      • Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Tax Transparency in Procurement and Grants) Bill 2019
      • National Integrity (Parliamentary Standards) Bill 2019
      • Lessons to be learned in relation to the Australian bushfire season 2019-20
      • Ministers of State (Checks for Security Purposes) Bill 2019
      • Emergency Response Fund Bill 2019
      • Compliance by former Ministers of State with the requirements of the Prime Minister's Statement of Ministerial Standards
      • Access of small and medium business (particularly those in rural and regional Australia) to Federal Government contracts, and how this access could be improved
      • Future Drought Fund Bill 2018 and Future Drought Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2018
      • Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Amendment (Strengthening Governance and Transparency) Bill 2018
      • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Amendment (Indigenous Land Corporation) Bill 2018, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land and Sea Future Fund Bill 2018 and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land and Sea Future Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2018 [Provisions]
      • Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Bill 2017 [provisions]
      • Prime Minister and Cabinet Legislation Amendment (2017 Measures No. 1) Bill 2017
      • Parliamentary Business Resources Bill 2017 and the Parliamentary Business Resources (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2017 [Provisions]
      • Digital delivery of government services
      • Arrangements for the postal survey
      • Delivery of National Outcome 4 of the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Their Children
      • The appropriateness and effectiveness of the objectives, design, implementation and evaluation of the Community Development Program (CDP)
      • Circumstances in which Australians’ personal Medicare information has been compromised and made available for sale illegally on the ‘dark web’
      • The operation, effectiveness, and consequences of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Location of Corporate Commonwealth Entities) Order 2016
      • Gender segregation in the workplace and its impact on women's economic equality
      • Operation of the Administrative Arrangements Order, the effectiveness of the division and performance of responsibilities under it, and any other related matters
      • Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2016
      • Commonwealth funding of Indigenous Tasmanians
      • Domestic violence and gender inequality
      • Commonwealth procurement procedures – paper procurement
      • Domestic violence and gender inequality
      • Access to legal assistance services
      • Commonwealth Grants Commission Amendment (GST Distribution) Bill 2015
      • Access to legal assistance services
      • Parliamentary Expenses Amendment (Transparency and Accountability) Bill 2015
      • Commonwealth legislative provisions relating to oversight of associated entities of political parties
      • Outcomes of the 42nd meeting of the Council of Australian Governments held on 1 April 2016
      • Omnibus Repeal Day (Spring 2015) Bill 2015
      • Social Security Legislation Amendment (Community Development Program) Bill 2015
      • Omnibus Repeal Day (Autumn 2015) Bill 2015
      • Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Legislation Amendment Bill 2015
      • Public Governance and Resources Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2015
      • The proposed Parliament House security upgrade works
      • Parliamentary Service Amendment Bill 2014
      • Parliamentary Entitlements Legislation Amendment Bill 2014
      • Report
      • Asset Recycling Fund Bill 2014
      • Domestic violence in Australia
      • Flags Amendment Bill 2014
      • Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment Bill 2014
      • Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Above the Line Voting) Bill 2013
      • Role of the Committee
      • Schedule 2 of the Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013
      • Omnibus Repeal (Autumn 2014) Bill 2014
      • Commonwealth procurement procedures
      • Senate order for departmental and agency contracts
      • Order on Contracts
    • Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
    • Legal and Constitutional Affairs
    • Measuring Outcomes for First Nations Communities
    • PFAS (per and polyfluoroalkyl substances)
    • Privileges
    • Procedure
    • Publications
    • Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
    • Scrutiny of Bills
    • Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation
    • Selection of Bills
    • Senators' Interests
    • Senate committee evidence, parliamentary privilege and Royal Commissions
    • Senate Committee Membership
    • Senate Committees: Upcoming Public Hearings
    • Today's public hearings
    • Recent Senate Committee reports
    • Former Senate Committees
    • Government responses outstanding to committee reports

Departmental and agency contracts

Departmental and agency contracts

Report on the first year of operation of the Senate order for the production of lists of departmental and agency contracts

Accountability to the Senate in relation to government contracts (Murray motion)

Submissions

Government Response

In this section
  • Senate Committees
    • Making a submission
    • Attending a public hearing
    • Senate committee activity
    • Appropriations, Staffing and Security
    • Community Affairs
    • Economics
    • Education and Employment
    • Environment and Communications
    • Finance and Public Administration
      • Completed inquiries and reports
        • Completed inquiries 2010-13
        • Completed inquiries 2013-16
        • Completed inquiries 2016-19
        • Completed inquiries 2019-22
        • Completed inquiries 2022-25
      • Additional Estimates 2024–25
      • Annual Report (No. 2 of 2024)
      • Annual reports (No. 1 of 2025)
      • Remuneration Tribunal Amendment (There For Public Service, Not Profit) Bill 2025
      • The operation and appropriateness of the superannuation and pension schemes for current and former members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF)
      • Annual Reports
      • Budget Estimates 2024–25
      • Recent reports
      • Upcoming Hearings
      • Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Setting Gender Equality Targets) Bill 2024
      • Supporting the development of sovereign capability in the Australian tech sector
      • Inquiry into management and assurance of integrity by consulting services
      • Net Zero Economy Authority Bill 2024 [Provisions] and the Net Zero Economy Authority (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024 [Provisions]
      • Access to Australian Parliament House by lobbyists
      • Additional Estimates 2023–24
      • Annual reports (No. 1 of 2024)
      • Annual reports (No. 2 of 2023)
      • Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Vaccine Indemnity) Bill 2023
      • Budget Estimates 2023–24
      • Administration of the referendum into an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice
      • COAG Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 [Provisions]
      • Social Security Legislation Amendment (Remote Engagement Program) Bill 2021 [Provisions]
      • Electoral Legislation Amendment (Fairer Contracts and Grants) Bill 2023
      • Governor-General Amendment (Cessation of Allowances in the Public Interest) Bill 2023
      • Emergency Response Fund Amendment (Disaster Ready Fund) Bill 2022 [Provisions]
      • Public Service Amendment Bill 2023 [Provisions]
      • Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Closing the Gender Pay Gap) Bill 2023
      • Budget Estimates 2022–23
      • Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Economic Empowerment) Bill 2021
      • COAG Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 [Provisions]
      • Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Amendment Bill 2021
      • The current capability of the Australian Public Service (APS)
      • Data Availability and Transparency Bill 2020 [Provisions] and Data Availability and Transparency (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020 [Provisions]
      • Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Integrity of Elections) Bill 2021
      • The planning, construction and management of the Western Sydney Airport project
      • Investment Funds Legislation Amendment Bill 2021[Provisions]
      • Social Security Legislation Amendment (Remote Engagement Program) Bill 2021 [Provisions]
      • Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme (Facilitation) Bill 2021 and Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021
      • The administration and expenditure of funding under the Urban Congestion Fund (UCF)
      • Operation and management of the Department of Parliamentary Services
      • Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Banning Dirty Donations) Bill 2020
      • Intelligence and Security Legislation Amendment (Implementing Independent Intelligence Review) Bill 2020
      • Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Donation Reform and Other Measures) Bill 2020
      • Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Tax Transparency in Procurement and Grants) Bill 2019
      • National Integrity (Parliamentary Standards) Bill 2019
      • Lessons to be learned in relation to the Australian bushfire season 2019-20
      • Ministers of State (Checks for Security Purposes) Bill 2019
      • Emergency Response Fund Bill 2019
      • Compliance by former Ministers of State with the requirements of the Prime Minister's Statement of Ministerial Standards
      • Access of small and medium business (particularly those in rural and regional Australia) to Federal Government contracts, and how this access could be improved
      • Future Drought Fund Bill 2018 and Future Drought Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2018
      • Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Amendment (Strengthening Governance and Transparency) Bill 2018
      • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Amendment (Indigenous Land Corporation) Bill 2018, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land and Sea Future Fund Bill 2018 and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land and Sea Future Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2018 [Provisions]
      • Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Bill 2017 [provisions]
      • Prime Minister and Cabinet Legislation Amendment (2017 Measures No. 1) Bill 2017
      • Parliamentary Business Resources Bill 2017 and the Parliamentary Business Resources (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2017 [Provisions]
      • Digital delivery of government services
      • Arrangements for the postal survey
      • Delivery of National Outcome 4 of the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Their Children
      • The appropriateness and effectiveness of the objectives, design, implementation and evaluation of the Community Development Program (CDP)
      • Circumstances in which Australians’ personal Medicare information has been compromised and made available for sale illegally on the ‘dark web’
      • The operation, effectiveness, and consequences of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Location of Corporate Commonwealth Entities) Order 2016
      • Gender segregation in the workplace and its impact on women's economic equality
      • Operation of the Administrative Arrangements Order, the effectiveness of the division and performance of responsibilities under it, and any other related matters
      • Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2016
      • Commonwealth funding of Indigenous Tasmanians
      • Domestic violence and gender inequality
      • Commonwealth procurement procedures – paper procurement
      • Domestic violence and gender inequality
      • Access to legal assistance services
      • Commonwealth Grants Commission Amendment (GST Distribution) Bill 2015
      • Access to legal assistance services
      • Parliamentary Expenses Amendment (Transparency and Accountability) Bill 2015
      • Commonwealth legislative provisions relating to oversight of associated entities of political parties
      • Outcomes of the 42nd meeting of the Council of Australian Governments held on 1 April 2016
      • Omnibus Repeal Day (Spring 2015) Bill 2015
      • Social Security Legislation Amendment (Community Development Program) Bill 2015
      • Omnibus Repeal Day (Autumn 2015) Bill 2015
      • Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Legislation Amendment Bill 2015
      • Public Governance and Resources Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2015
      • The proposed Parliament House security upgrade works
      • Parliamentary Service Amendment Bill 2014
      • Parliamentary Entitlements Legislation Amendment Bill 2014
      • Report
      • Asset Recycling Fund Bill 2014
      • Domestic violence in Australia
      • Flags Amendment Bill 2014
      • Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment Bill 2014
      • Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Above the Line Voting) Bill 2013
      • Role of the Committee
      • Schedule 2 of the Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013
      • Omnibus Repeal (Autumn 2014) Bill 2014
      • Commonwealth procurement procedures
      • Senate order for departmental and agency contracts
      • Order on Contracts
    • Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
    • Legal and Constitutional Affairs
    • Measuring Outcomes for First Nations Communities
    • PFAS (per and polyfluoroalkyl substances)
    • Privileges
    • Procedure
    • Publications
    • Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
    • Scrutiny of Bills
    • Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation
    • Selection of Bills
    • Senators' Interests
    • Senate committee evidence, parliamentary privilege and Royal Commissions
    • Senate Committee Membership
    • Senate Committees: Upcoming Public Hearings
    • Today's public hearings
    • Recent Senate Committee reports
    • Former Senate Committees
    • Government responses outstanding to committee reports
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