Human Services Portfolio

Human Services Portfolio

Index to questions on notice - (PDF 117KB)

Answers to Questions on Notice

The due date for questions on notice is 8 April 2011 

QoN

Department / Agency

Senator

Topic

Answer to QoN

Date answer received

HS 1

Centrelink - Medicare People Services

Fifield

Paid Parental Leave

(PDF 153KB) 07/04/2011

HS 2

Medicare Australia - People Services

Fifield

Paid Parental Leave

(PDF 57KB) 07/04/2011

HS 3

Medicare Australia - Workplace Relations

Fifield

CSA – unions

(PDF 383KB) 05/04/2011

HS 4

Centrelink - Network Capability

Humphries

Disaster payments

(PDF 185KB) 01/04/2011

HS 5

Centrelink - Network Capability

Humphries

Cyclone Yasi

(PDF 159KB) 08/04/2011

HS 6

Centrelink - Business Integrity

Fifield

Fraud taskforce

(PDF 58KB) 06/04/2011

HS 7

Centrelink - Business Integrity

Fifield

Fraud tip-offs

(PDF 137KB) 06/04/2011

HS 8

Centrelink - Business Integrity

Fifield

ANAO Audit on Fraud Investigations

(PDF 270KB) 06/04/2011

HS 9

Centrelink - Network Capability

Furner

DIRS payments

(PDF 144KB) 24/03/2011

HS 10

Centrelink - Network Capability

Boyce

Disaster payments

(PDF 438KB) 08/04/2011

HS 11

Centrelink - Network Capability

Abetz

Disaster payments

(PDF 75KB) 08/04/2011

HS 12

Centrelink - SFDC

Fifield

Paid Parental Leave

(PDF 84KB) 05/04/2011

HS 13

Centrelink - SFDC

Adams

Paid Parental leave

(PDF 214KB) 05/04/2011

HS 14

Centrelink - Smart Centres

Fierravanti-Wells

Grandparent Adviser program

(PDF 70KB) 07/04/2011

HS 15

Centrelink - Smart Centres

Fierravanti-Wells

Grandparents as carers

(PDF 80KB) 04/04/2011

HS 16

Centrelink - Communication

Fierravanti-Wells

News for Seniors

(PDF 75KB) 08/04/2011

HS 17

Centrelink - Access Services

Abetz

Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme

(PDF 300KB) 06/04/2011

HS 18

Medicare Australia - CSD&C

Adams

Co-location

(PDF 62KB) 08/04/2011

HS 19

Centrelink - EESP

Furner

Job Expos

(PDF 80KB) 06/04/2011

HS 20

Centrelink - Smart Centres

Brown

Grandparent Adviser program

(PDF 84KB) 04/04/2011

HS 21

Centrelink - IRRS

Siewert

Income Management

(PDF 79KB) 06/04/2011

HS 22

Centrelink - IRRS

Siewert

Voluntary Income Management

(PDF 78KB) 24/03/2011

HS 23

Centrelink - IRRS

Siewert

Child Protection Income Management

(PDF 80KB) 24/03/2011

HS 24

Centrelink - EESP

Siewert

School Enrolment and Attendance Measure

(PDF 88KB) 06/04/2011

HS 25

Medicare Australia - eBusiness

Fierravanti-Wells

Deregistration of Doctors

(PDF 255KB)
amended answer (PDF 252KB)
29/03/2011

HS 26

Medicare Australia - eBusiness

Boyce

Rate of rebate refusal due to deregistration

(PDF 73KB) 29/03/2011

HS 27

Medicare Australia - Health Programs

Fierravanti-Wells

GP Super Clinics

(PDF 177KB) 29/03/2011

HS 28

Medicare Australia - Health Programs

Fierravanti-Wells

Medicare Billing

(PDF 188KB) 04/04/2011

HS 29

Medicare Australia -Health Programs

Fierravanti-Wells

Teen Dental Program / Seniors Dental Program

(PDF 155KB) 29/03/2011

HS 30

Medicare Australia - Health Programs

Fierravanti-Wells

Medicare Items

(PDF 64KB) 24/03/2011

HS 31

Medicare Australia - eBusiness

Boyce / Fierravanti-Wells

Individual Healthcare Identifiers

(PDF 154KB) 24/03/2011

HS 32

Medicare Australia - eBusiness

Boyce

Individual Healthcare Identifiers

(PDF 66KB) 24/03/2011

HS 33

Medicare Australia - eBusiness

Boyce

Individual Healthcare Identifiers

(PDF 56KB) 24/03/2011

HS 34

Medicare Australia - eBusiness

Boyce

Healthcare Provider Identifiers

(PDF 60KB) 24/03/2011

HS 35

Australian Hearing

Siewert

Compatibility of technology

(PDF 78KB) 29/03/2011

HS 36

Minister – Parliamentary Services

Siewert

DoHA Report

(PDF 66KB) 04/04/2011

HS 37

Australian Hearing

Siewert

Access by prisoners

(PDF 95KB) 06/04/2011

HS 38

Centrelink -SFDC

Boswell

Paid Parental Leave - Commonwealth Public Servants

  (Transferred to FaHCSIA)

HS 39

Centrelink - SFDC

Boswell

Paid Parental Leave – Means Test

  (Transferred to FaHCSIA)

HS 40

Centrelink - SFDC

Boswell

Administrative Costs – Paid Parental Leave and Baby Bonus

  (Transferred to FaHCSIA)

HS 41

Centrelink - SFDC

Ryan

Paid Parental Leave

(PDF 72KB) 08/04/2011

HS 42

Centrelink

Ryan

Small Business Recovery Grants

(PDF 60KB) 08/04/2011

HS 43

Medicare - Business Division

Ryan

Small Business Superannuation Clearing House

(PDF 133KB) 08/04/2011

HS 44

Medicare - Business Division

Bushby

Small Business Superannuation Clearing House

(PDF 67KB) 24/03/2011

HS 45

Centrelink - Employment/Education

Carol Brown

Newstart

(PDF 178KB) 07/04/2011

HS 46

Centrelink - Network

Judith Adams

Cuts In Regional Offices

(PDF 151KB) 08/04/2011

HS 47

Centrelink - Smart Centres

Judith Adams

Distributed Virtual Network

(PDF 72KB) 04/04/2011

HS 48

Centrelink - Smart Centres

Judith Adams

Scanning and Distribution

(PDF 136KB) 01/04/2011

HS 49

Centrelink - Seniors/Families

Judith Adams

Disability Support

(PDF 71KB) 05/04/2011

HS 50

Centrelink - Education/Employment

Siewert

Method of lodgement of continuation forms

(PDF 71KB) 06/04/2011

HS 51

DHS Taskforce
(Transferred From DEEWR)

Siewert

Local Connections to Work

(PDF 96KB) 29/03/2011

HS 52

Centrelink - Education/Employment

Cash

Settlement Services for Migrants and Refugees

(PDF 68KB) 08/04/2011

HS 53

Centrelink - IRRS

Siewert

Income Management Letters

(PDF 82KB) 24/03/2011

HS 54

Medicare - People Services

Fifield

Unplanned Leave

(PDF 75KB) 08/04/2011

HS 55

Medicare - People Services

Fifield

Paid Parental Leave

(PDF 141KB) 07/04/2011
HS 56   Siewert Compliance - Data Appeals (PDF 76KB) 06/04/2011

Tabled Documents and additional information

Letter of clarification from Australian Hearing regarding their appearance at Senate Estimates hearing on 24 February 2011 (PDF 219KB)
Copy of Disaster Recovery Payments by Local Government Areas – tabled by Mr Grant Tidswell, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Customer Service, Centrelink (PDF 827KB)
Copy of answer to question on notice - Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme – tabled by Mr Graham Maloney, General Manager, Access Services, Centrelink (PDF 707KB)
Copy of draft letter: Income Management – tabled by Ms Roxanne Ramsay, General Manager, Indigenous, Regional and Remote Servicing, Centrelink (PDF 214KB)
Copy of Voluntary Income Management population by payment type and location – tabled by Ms Roxanne Ramsay, General Manager, Indigenous, Regional and Remote Servicing, Centrelink (PDF 279KB)
Copy of Queensland and Northern Territory SEAM trial - schools and locations – tabled by Ms Moya Drayton, General Manager, Education, Employment and Support Programs, Centrelink (PDF 298KB)

For further information, contact:

Estimates Officer
Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3516
Fax: +61 2 6277 5829
Email: community.affairs.sen@aph.gov.au