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Budget estimates 2005–06
20 June 2005
© Commonwealth of Australia 2005
ISBN 0 642 71524 6 |
View the report as a single document - (PDF 636KB)
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| Membership of the Committe |
(PDF 59KB) |
Members
Participating members
Secretariat |
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| Chapter 1 - Budget Estimates 2005-06 |
(PDF 39KB) |
Introduction
Portfolio coverage
Hearings
Questions on notice
Explanations for late receipt of answers
Deadline for submitting answers
Examination of departments and agencies |
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| Chapter 2 - Parliamentary Departments |
(PDF 70KB) |
Department of the Senate
Outstanding answers to questions on notice
Citizenship Visits Program
Support for office holders
Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS)
Parliament House Open Day 2005
DPS restructure
Library services and Parliamentary Librarian
Building works and maintenance
Security enhancement works |
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| Chapter 3 - Prime Minister and Cabinet Portfolio |
(PDF 215KB) |
Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C)
Lack of preparedness by officers
Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG)
The increasing prevalence of task forces
Continuity of government planning
Overdue responses to questions on notice relating to government advertising
Government advertising campaigns
New Indigenous functions arrangements
Budget preparation
Industrial relations policy
Involvement in the Palmer Inquiry
Welfare Reform Taskforce and Welfare to Work Steering Committee
Medicare safety net
Road works at Anzac Cove
The National Security Division
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS)
Office of National Assessments (ONA)
Australian National Audit Office (ANAO)
Annual illustrative financial statements
Outcome reporting
ANAO budget allocation and budget pressures
Auditing of third parties and non-government agencies
GST payments
Administration of the Superannuation Contributions Surcharge
Defence financial statements
Australian Public Service Commission (APSC)
Australia and New Zealand School of Government
Absence management
National Water Commission (NWC) |
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| Chapter 4 - Finance and Administration Portfolio |
(PDF 218KB) |
Department of Finance and Administration (DoFA)
Unwillingness to provide information
Australian Electoral Commissioner selection process
DoFA security review and leak investigations
List of Australian government bodies
Budget contingency reserve
DoFA's monitoring role
The efficiency dividend
DoFA's role in costing budget policy proposals
DoFA's role in relation to the Medicare Safety Net
Quality of budget documentation and inclusion of a statement of risks
Incorrect announcements about the government's financial position
The Future Fund
Evaluation of Indigenous programs
Staff employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984
Government Members Secretariat (GMS)
Parliamentarians' newspaper allowances
Statements of private interests of MOP(S) staff
Security clearances for MOP(S) staff
Other issues
Commonwealth Grants Commission (CGC)
Australian Electoral Commission (AEC)
Funding and disclosure inquiries
Government proposal to increase the threshold for non-disclosure of political donations
Consultancies
Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO)
AGIMO's move to DoFA
Electronic security measures
IT outsourcing |
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| Chapter 5 - Department of Human Services and Agencies |
(PDF 119KB) |
Department of Human Services (DHS)
Staffing and resources
Welfare to Work taskforce
Comprehensive Work Capacity Assessments
Child Support Agency (CSA)
Financical statements
Ministerial taskforce and reference group on child support
Trends in private settlements for child support payments
Centrelink
Customer compliance regime
Health Insurance Commission (HIC)
Transition to the new portfolio arrangements
Medicare Benefits Scheme
Australian Hearing
Acknowledgements |
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| Appendix 1 — Departments and agencies under the three portfolios for which the Committee has oversight |
(PDF 33KB) |
For further information, contact:
Estimates Officer
Senate Standing Committees on Finance and Public Administration
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
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