Human Services Portfolio

Additional Budget Estimates 2006-07 — (February 2007)

Human Services Portfolio

Index to Questions on Notice (QoN) (PDF 606KB)

Answers to Questions on Notice

QoN Topic PDF format
HS 1 Licensing costs for IBM WebSphere tool (PDF 16KB)
HS 2 Metadata standards in Centrelink (PDF 25KB)
HS 3 IT expenditure (PDF 63KB)
HS 4 Area average waiting times, Centrelink (PDF 20KB)
HS 5 Customer claims (PDF 24KB)
HS 6 HR cost estimates for Access Card registration process (PDF 15KB)
HS 7 Access Card biometric information (PDF 41KB)
HS 8 Access Card biometric information (PDF 26KB)
HS 9 Access to information and data on the register (PDF 16KB)
HS 10 Search warrants - access to premises (PDF 17KB)
HS 11 Victorian Police - Road Blitz (PDF 18KB)
  Cover letter to supplementary answer HS 11 (PDF 25KB)
  Supplementary answer HS 11 (PDF 18KB)
HS 12 Other police involvement (PDF 19KB)
HS 13 Optical surveillance tenders (PDF 17KB)
HS 14 Optical Surveillance Provider locations (PDF 20KB)
HS 15 Optical surveillance savings (PDF 29KB)
HS 16 Centrelink media messages - priorities (PDF 19KB)
HS 17 Centrelink optical surveillance - advice to customers (PDF 26KB)
HS 18 Optical surveillance - processes and procedures (PDF 25KB)
HS 19 Debt recovery - written confirmation to customers (PDF 17KB)
HS 20 Security guards and assault by customers (PDF 17KB)
HS 21 Staffing figures (PDF 64KB)
HS 22 New payment programs (PDF 18KB)
HS 23 Centrelink Job capacity assessment (PDF 16KB)
HS 24 Centrelink Job capacity assessment (PDF 18KB)
HS 25 Centrelink job capacity assessment (PDF 24KB)
HS 26 Job Capacity Assessments (PDF 19KB)
HS 27 Job Capacity Assessments (PDF 41KB)
HS 28 Private investigators - locations (PDF 16KB)
HS 29 Privacy Breaches (PDF 16KB)
HS 30 Chief executive instructions - version dates (PDF 17KB)
HS 31 Centrelink random sample surveys (PDF 18KB)
HS 32 Payment errors - human error/IT error (PDF 15KB)
HS 33 Centrelink payment errors - costs (PDF 16KB)
HS 34 Centrelink - Medicare trial (PDF 19KB)
HS 35 Medicare Easyclaim (PDF 16KB)
HS 36 Medicare Safety Net
Cover letter to supplementary answer HS36
Supplementary answer HS36
(PDF 16KB)
(PDF 27KB)
(PDF 17KB)
HS 37 Centrelink- Carer bonus payments (PDF 17KB)
HS 38 Parenting payment (PDF 20KB)
HS 39 Centrelink disability support pension (PDF 30KB)
HS 40 Parenting Payment, Disability, Newstart and Youth Allowance (PDF 32KB)
HS 41 Recruitment agency spending (DHS) (PDF 30KB)
HS 42 Recruitment agency spending (CRS) (PDF 37KB)
HS 43 Recruitment agency spending (CSA) (PDF 22KB)
HS 44 Recruitment agency spending (Centrelink) (PDF 28KB)
HS 45 Recruitment agency spending (Medicare) (PDF 27KB)
HS 46 Recruitment agency spending (Australian Hearing) (PDF 21KB)
HS 47 Recruitment agency spending (HSA) (PDF 17KB)
HS 48 Opinion polls/market research (DHS) (PDF 28KB)
HS 49 Recruitment agency spending (CRS) (PDF 17KB)
HS 50 Opinion polls/market research (Child Support Agency) (PDF 35KB)
HS 51 Opinion polls/market research (Centrelink) (PDF 38KB)
HS 52 Opinion polls/market research (Medicare) (PDF 25KB)
HS 53 Opinion polls/market research (PDF 18KB)
HS 54 Opinion polls / market research (PDF 17KB)
HS 55 Advertising campaigns, DHS (PDF 24KB)
HS 56 Advertising campaigns, CRS Australia (PDF 25KB)
HS 57 Advertising campaigns (PDF 35KB)
HS 58 Advertising campaigns, Centrelink (PDF 25KB)
HS 59 Advertising campaigns, Medicare Australia (PDF 24KB)
HS 60 Advertising campaigns, Australian Hearing (PDF 25KB)
HS 61 Advertising campaigns, HSA (PDF 24KB)
HS 62 Monitoring the use of water (PDF 16KB)
HS 63 Monitoring the use of water (CRS) (PDF 16KB)
HS 64 Monitoring the use of water (CSA) (PDF 17KB)
HS 65 Monitoring use of water in departments and agencies (PDF 19KB)
HS 66 Water usage (Medicare) (PDF 18KB)
HS 67 Monitoring the use of water (Australian Hearing) (PDF 18KB)
HS 68 Monitoring the use of water (HSA) (PDF 18KB)
HS 69 Centrelink and surveillance (PDF 22KB)
HS 70 Staff safety, (Centrelink) (PDF 23KB)
HS 71 Staffing levels, (Centrelink) (PDF 80KB)
HS 72 Centrelink call centres (PDF 23KB)
HS 73 Exceptional circumstances relief payment (PDF 22KB)
HS 74 IT Refresh project and other information technology matters (PDF 21KB)
HS 75 Centrelink customer records (PDF 28KB)
HS 76 Centrelink - Numbers of Indigenous Newstart customers from 2004-05 to current time (PDF 35KB)
HS 77 Centrepay (PDF 26KB)
HS 78 LPG Vehicle Scheme (Centrelink) (PDF 59KB)
HS 80 Financial information service (PDF 26KB)
HS 81 Medicare Easyclaim (PDF 25KB)
HS 82 Medicare Australia branches (PDF 65KB)
  Attachment A (Excel 48KB)
HS 83 Deloitte Investigation (PDF 31KB)
HS 84 Browsing (DHS/Centrelink) (PDF 31KB)
HS 85 Electronic Medicare Claiming - Budget Staffing (PDF 21KB)
  Attachment A (Excel 48KB)
HS 86 Medicare Branches (PDF 18KB)
  Attachment A (Excel 48KB)
HS 87 Grants (PDF 16KB)
HS 88 Grants (PDF 16KB)
HS 89 Grants (PDF 16KB)
HS 90 Grants (PDF 16KB)
HS 91 Grants (Medicare) (PDF 26KB)
HS 92 Grants (PDF 16KB)
HS 93 Grants (PDF 16KB)
HS 94 Job capacity assessment - matching qualifications (PDF 25KB)

Additional information and tabled documents

Access Card audio-visual script. Tabled 16 February 2007 (PDF 212KB)
Access Card: Having a photo taken if you wear a head scarf. Tabled 16 February 2007 (PDF 230KB)
Access Card examples. Tabled 16 February 2007 (PDF 117KB)
Overview of the first Access Card procurement process. Tabled 16 February 2007 (PDF 1204KB)
Overview of the second Access Card procurement process. Tabled 16 February 2007 (PDF 1208KB)
Correspondence from the Clerk of the Senate to the committee relating to the screening of visual material and statements by the Minister. Tabled 16 February 2007 (PDF 198KB)
Centrelink Values, Issue no.1. Tabled 16 February 2007 (PDF 961KB)
Centrelink staff email: Centrelink Customer Records - Unauthorised Access. Tabled 16 February 2007 (PDF 55KB)
Centrelink staff email: employees who have breached privacy guidelines. Tabled 16 February 2007 (PDF 46KB)
Centrelink CEO message to all staff, dated 15 September 2006. Tabled 16 February 2007 (PDF 60KB)
Centrelink, Declaration of Confidentiality, Privacy, Security, Fraud awareness, and Conduct Responsibilities. Tabled 16 February 2007 (PDF 2645KB)
Centrelink, Privacy instruction/guidelines summary. Tabled 16 February 2007 (PDF 332KB)
Chief Executive Instructions no. 20: Unauthorised Access to Centrelink Customer Records and the Personnel Records of Centrelink Officials. Tabled 16 February 2007 (PDF 199KB)
Chief Executive Instructions no. 21: Centrelink Officials Interacting with Centrelink Customers. Tabled 16 February 2007 (PDF 187KB)
Centrelink: Security and Privacy acknowledgement screen-shot. Tabled 16 February 2007 (PDF 123KB)
Ensuring Access to Job Capacity Assessment sites. Tabled 16 February 2007 (PDF 371KB)
Checklist, Information and Contacts: Access to JCA premises, goods, services and facilities. Tabled 16 February 2007 (PDF 484KB)
Human Services Chief Information Officer activities. Tabled 16 February 2007 (PDF 96KB)
Letter from Ms Patricia Scott relating to DHS Agencies diverse IT environment - IBM and different systems. Dated 21 February 2007. (PDF 105KB)

For further information, contact:

Estimates Officer
Senate Standing Committees on Finance and Public Administration
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3534
Fax: +61 2 6277 5809
Email: fpa.sen@aph.gov.au