Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education portfolio

Additional Budget Estimates 2012-13 (February 2013)

Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education portfolio

Responses to questions taken on notice at the Additional Budget Estimates hearings were due by Friday 5 April 2013 - standing order 74(5) takes effect 30 days after this date.

Index of questions on notice: (PDF 608KB)

Answers to Questions on Notice

Q No.

Senator

Division/Agency

Broad topic

Date answered

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AI-1

Bushby

ANSTO

PETNET financials

 23/05/2013

 (PDF 57KB)

AI-2

Mason

CSIRO

Job cuts – Wireless Research Division

 21/05/2013

 (PDF 79KB)

AI-3

Mason

CSIRO

Postgraduate students

 20/05/2013

 (PDF 58KB)

AI-4

Bushby

CSIRO

Bullying of female staff

 20/05/2013

 (PDF 51KB)

AI-5

Bushby

CSIRO

Workplace bullying

 23/05/2013

 (PDF 52KB)

AI-6

Bushby

CSIRO

Workplace bullying

  28/05/2013

  (PDF 57KB)

AI-7

Bushby

Science and Research

Dr Clark’s appointment as CEO

 23/05/2013

 (PDF 53KB)

AI-8

Mason

CSIRO

Regional Sites Working Group

 20/05/2013

 (PDF 139KB)

AI-9

Heffernan

CSIRO

AWI-CSIRO Contract

 20/05/2013

 (PDF 52KB)

AI-10

Heffernan

CSIRO

Letter from AWI – minutes from meeting

 20/05/2013

 (PDF 50KB)

AI-11

Ryan

Small Business

Industry and Innovation Statement

  28/05/2013

  (PDF 52KB)

AI-12

Ryan

Manufacturing

PM’s Manufacturing Taskforce, and SMEs consulted

 22/04/2013

 (PDF 51KB)

AI-13

Ryan

Corporate

FOI request – grants to Holden, Toyota and Ford

  28/05/2013

  (PDF 52KB)

AI-14

Ryan

Corporate

FOI request – grants to Holden, Toyota and Ford

  14/05/2013

 (PDF 60KB)

Attachment (PDF 10219KB)

AI-15

Cameron

Manufacturing

Employed workforce in Geelong – vehicle and component sector

 5/04/2013

  (PDF 54KB

AI-16

Cameron

Manufacturing

Transfer of skills

  01/05/2013

  (PDF 56KB)

AI-17

Bushby

NMI

Sports drug testing – detection of peptides

  5/04/2013

  (PDF 53KB

AI-18

Bushby

NMI

Sports drug testing

  5/04/2013

  (PDF 56KB

AI-19

Bushby

NMI

Sports drug testing – contact with ACC

  5/04/2013

  (PDF 53KB

AI-20

Bushby

Enterprise Connect

Grant funding – research and business

  5/04/2013

  (PDF 56KB)  

AI-21

Bushby

Corporate

Contribution to OECD reports and work

  13/05/2013

  (PDF 87KB)

AI-22

Bushby

AusIndustry

Steel Transformation Plan

  01/05/2013

  (PDF 52KB)

AI-23

Bushby

AusIndustry

Clean Technology Programs – training of staff

  01/05/2013

  (PDF 50KB)

AI-24

Bushby

AusIndustry

Clean Technology Programs – advertising campaigns

  17/05/2013

  (PDF 61KB)

AI-25

Bushby

Corporate

AusIndustry Victorian State office relocation

  5/04/2013

  (PDF 6KB

AI-26

Bushby

Manufacturing

Food manufacturing businesses

  01/05/2013

  (PDF 174KB)

AI-27

Rhiannon

ARC

Future Fellowships Program

  13/05/2013

  (PDF 7KB)

AI-28

Rhiannon

Science and Research

Diversity of postgraduate degrees

  28/05/2013

  (PDF 53KB)

AI-29

Rhiannon

Science and Research

Average length of study and time funded by scholarships

 23/05/2013

 (PDF 50KB)

AI-30

Rhiannon

Science and Research

Cost of scholarships and PhDs

 23/05/2013

 (PDF 6KB)

AI-31

Rhiannon

Science and Research

Casualisation of the academic workforce

 23/05/2013

 (PDF 54KB)

AI-32

Bushby

AusIndustry

Allocation of funds to the CRC program

  01/05/2013

  (PDF 50KB)

AI-33

Mason

International Education and Science

ISSA – COAG Agenda

  07/05/2013

  (PDF 54KB)

AI-34

Mason

International Education and Science

Australian Education International's July 2012 paper

  06/05/2013

  (PDF 6KB)

AI-35

Cameron

VET Reform

TAFE funding cuts

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 53KB)

AI-36

Cameron

VET Reform

TAFE funding cuts

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 53KB)

AI-37

Nash

Higher Education

Metropolitan and regional students

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 56KB)

AI-38

Mason

Higher Education

HECS-HELP debt

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 56KB)

AI-39

Mason

Higher Education

Payments to Universities by indexation

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 132KB)

AI-40

Mason

Higher Education

Low SES students

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 7KB)

AI-41

Nash

Tertiary Quality and Participation

Independent Youth Allowance

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 53KB)

AI-42

Nash

Higher Education

Agricultural graduates

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 60KB)

AI-43

Nash

Higher Education

HECS increase – agricultural graduates

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 58KB)

AI-44

Nash

International Education and Science

Post-study work rights

  10/05/2013

  (PDF 52KB)

AI-45

Nash

AWPA

Research staff numbers

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 52KB)

AI-46

Nash

AWPA

National Workforce Development Fund

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 52KB)

AI-47

Nash

ASQA

Audits

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 6KB)

AI-48

Nash

ASQA

Complaints

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 132KB)

AI-49

Rhiannon

ASQA

ELICOS

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 52KB)

AI-50

Rhiannon

ASQA

Industrial relation conditions

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 54KB)

AI-51

Nash

Higher Education

Agricultural Graduates

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 258KB)

AI-52

Nash

Tertiary Quality and Student Support

Relocation Scholarships

  13/05/2013

  (PDF 118KB)

AI-53

Nash

Tertiary Quality and Student Support

Youth Allowance

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 54KB)

AI-54

Nash

Tertiary Quality and Student Support

Youth Allowance

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 58KB)

AI-55

Nash

Higher Education

Building Aspirations and Learning Links for Young People

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 85KB)

AI-56

Nash

International Education and Science

Post study work rights

  07/05/2013

  (PDF 48KB)

AI-57

Nash

VET Reform

Regulation

 20/05/2013

 (PDF 52KB)

AI-58

Nash

VET Reform

National Partnership development

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 52KB)

AI-59

Mason

CSIRO

CSIRO – impact of research projects

 20/05/2013

 (PDF 56KB)

AI-60

Mason

CSIRO

CSIRO – impact of research projects

 20/05/2013

 (PDF 51KB)

AI-61

Mason

CSIRO

CSIRO – Global Precincts

 20/05/2013

 (PDF 58KB)

AI-62

Mason

CSIRO

CSIRO – National Research Priorities

 20/05/2013

 (PDF 53KB)

AI-63

Mason

CSIRO

CSIRO – community awareness

 23/05/2013

 (PDF 52KB)

AI-64

Mason

CSIRO

CSIRO – community awareness

 20/05/2013

 (PDF 52KB)

AI-65

Mason

CSIRO

CSIRO – precincts

 20/05/2013

 (PDF 48KB)

AI-66

Mason

CSIRO

CSIRO – precincts

 20/05/2013

 (PDF 50KB)

AI-67

Mason

CSIRO

CSIRO – precincts

 20/05/2013

 (PDF 49KB)

AI-68

Mason

CSIRO

CSIRO – precincts

 20/05/2013

 (PDF 48KB)

AI-69

Mason

Science and Research

Chief Scientist – National Mathematics and Science Education and Industry Adviser

 23/05/2013

 (PDF 53KB)

AI-70

Mason

Science and Research

Chief Scientist – Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council

 23/05/2013

 (PDF 53KB)

AI-71

Mason

Science and Research

Chief Scientist – Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council

 23/05/2013

 (PDF 52KB)

AI-72

Mason

Science and Research

Chief Scientist – Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council

 23/05/2013

 (PDF 49KB)

AI-73

Mason

Science and Research

Chief Scientist – Forum of Australian Chief Scientists

 23/05/2013

 (PDF 50KB)

AI-74

Mason

Higher Education

DIISRTE – budget commitment to the Chief Scientist’s Mathematics, Engineering & Science in the National Interest report

  13/05/2013

  (PDF 73KB)

AI-75

Mason

Higher Education

DIISRTE – implementation of recommendations in the Chief Scientist’s Mathematics, Engineering & Science in the National Interest report

  07/05/2013

  (PDF 60KB)

AI-76

Mason

International Education and Science

International Science Linkages Program

  07/05/2013

  (PDF 50KB)

AI-77

Mason

ARC

Australian Research Council – duration of competitive research grants

  31/05/2013

  (PDF 49KB)

AI-78

Mason

ARC

Australian Research Council – Excellence in Research for Australia

  07/05/2013

  (PDF 47KB)

AI-79

Mason

ARC

Australian Research Council – absenteeism

  07/05/2013

  (PDF 50KB)

AI-80

Mason

ARC

Australian Research Council – compensation leave

  07/05/2013

  (PDF 46KB)

AI-81

Mason

ARC

Australian Research Council – absenteeism

  07/05/2013

  (PDF 48KB)

AI-82

Mason

Science and Research

Australian Research Committee – operation of the National Research Investment Plan

 23/05/2013

 (PDF 49KB)

AI-83

Mason

Science and Research

Australian Research Committee – Strategic Research Priorities

 23/05/2013

 (PDF 50KB)

AI-84

Mason

Science and Research

Australian Research Committee – operation of the National Research Investment Plan

 23/05/2013

 (PDF 51KB)

AI-85

Mason

Science and Research

Research Workforce Strategy

 23/05/2013

 (PDF 51KB)

AI-86

Mason

Science and Research

Research Workforce Strategy

  28/05/2013

  (PDF 48KB)

AI-87

Bushby

Higher Education

Pre-bachelor & post-graduate placements

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 59KB)

AI-88

Bushby

Higher Education

Pre-bachelor & post-graduate placements

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 50KB)

AI-89

Bushby

Higher Education

Pre-bachelor & post-graduate placements

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 48KB)

AI-90

Bushby

Higher Education

Pre-bachelor & post-graduate placements

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 52KB)

AI-91

Bushby

Higher Education

Pre-bachelor & post-graduate placements

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 48KB)

AI-92

Bushby

Higher Education

Pre-bachelor & post-graduate placements

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 47KB)

AI-93

Bushby

Higher Education

Pre-bachelor & post-graduate placements

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 47KB)

AI-94

Bushby

Science and Research

SRE Grants

 23/05/2013

 (PDF 52KB)

AI-95

Bushby

Science and Research

SRE Grants

 23/05/2013

 (PDF 51KB)

AI-96

Bushby

Science and Research

SRE Grants

 23/05/2013

 (PDF 121KB)

AI-97

Bushby

Science and Research

SRE Grants

 23/05/2013

 (PDF 51KB)

AI-98

Rhiannon

Higher Education

Teaching-only data

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 50KB)

AI-99

Rhiannon

Higher Education

Teacher student ratios

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 227KB)

AI-100

Rhiannon

Higher Education

Senior academic workforce

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 61KB)

AI-101

Rhiannon

TEQSA

Sydney University and Enterprise Agreements

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 51KB)

AI-102

Rhiannon

Higher Education

Student Services & Amenities Fee

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 54KB)

AI-103

Rhiannon

Higher Education

Demand driven funding and industry needs

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 318KB)

AI-104

Rhiannon

Higher Education

Funding and demand driven courses

  31/05/2013

  (PDF 56KB)

AI-105

Rhiannon

Higher Education

Growth in university student numbers

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 348KB)

AI-106

Rhiannon

Science and Research

Postgraduate research students

 23/05/2013

 (PDF 47KB)

AI-107

Bushby

CSIRO

Tasmanian ICT Centre

 21/05/2013

 (PDF 59KB)

AI-108

Bushby

CSIRO

Tasmanian ICT Centre

 20/05/2013

 (PDF 202KB)

AI-109

Bushby

Corporate

Staffing

  06/05/2013

  (PDF 98KB

AI-110

Bushby

Corporate

Staffing

  10/05/2013

  (PDF 81KB)

AI-111

Bushby

Corporate

Staffing

  17/05/2013

  (PDF 76KB)

AI-112

Bushby

Corporate

 

Making the Public Service more efficient

  07/05/2013

  (PDF 93KB)

AI-113

Bushby

Corporate

Printing costs

  29/05/2013

  (PDF 82KB)

AI-114

Bushby

Corporate

Graduate Recruitment

  06/05/2013

  (PDF 77KB)

AI-115

Bushby

Corporate

Graduate Staffing

  10/05/2013

  (PDF 80KB)

AI-116

Bushby

Corporate

Government Advertising

  28/05/2013

  (PDF 156KB)

AI-117

Bushby

Corporate

Hospitality and Entertainment

  28/05/2013

  (PDF 117KB)

AI-118

Bushby

Corporate

Meeting Costs

  28/05/2013

  (PDF 49KB)

AI-119

Bushby

Corporate

Program Launch Costs

  06/05/2013

  (PDF 131KB)

AI-120

Bushby

Corporate

Board Appointments

  10/05/2013

  (PDF 326KB)

AI-121

Bushby

Corporate

Freedom of Information

  13/05/2013

  (PDF 60KB)

AI-122

Bushby

Corporate

Community Cabinet Meetings

  22/04/2013

 (PDF 53KB)

AI-123

Bushby

Corporate

Reviews

  06/05/2013

  (PDF 103KB)

AI-124

Bushby

Corporate

Consultancies

  06/05/2013

  (PDF 173KB)

AI-125

Bushby

Corporate

Media Monitoring

  10/05/2013

  (PDF 59KB)

AI-126

Bushby

Corporate

Social Media

  10/05/2013

  (PDF 109KB)

AI-127

Bushby

eBusiness

Internet

  22/04/2013

  (PDF 48KB)

AI-128

Bushby

Corporate

Staff Amenities

  10/05/2013

  (PDF 46KB)

AI-129

Bushby

Corporate

Coffee Machines

  14/05/2013

  (PDF 65KB)

AI-130

Bushby

Corporate

Contractors

  28/05/2013

  (PDF 59KB)

AI-131

Bushby

Corporate

Grants

  28/05/2013

  (PDF 61KB)

AI-132

Bushby

Corporate

Commissioned Reports

  17/05/2013

  (PDF 49KB)

AI-133

Bushby

Corporate

Government Payments of Accounts

  28/05/2013

  (PDF 58KB)

AI-134

Bushby

Corporate

Stationery requirements

  28/05/2013

  (PDF 58KB)

AI-135

Bushby

Corporate

Media Subscriptions

  28/05/2013

  (PDF 70KB)

AI-136

Bushby

Corporate

Travel Costs

  28/05/2013

  (PDF 126KB)

AI-137

Bushby

Corporate

Legal costs

  28/05/2013

  (PDF 558KB)

AI-138

Bushby

Corporate

Education expenses

  10/05/2013

  (PDF 252KB)

AI-139

Bushby

Corporate

Executive Coaching and Leadership Training

  07/05/2013

  (PDF 155KB)

AI-140

Bushby

Corporate

Media Training

  06/05/2013

  (PDF 53KB)

AI-141

Bushby

Corporate

Paid Parental Leave

  07/05/2013

  (PDF 57KB)

AI-142

Bushby

Corporate

Training for Portfolio Minister and Parliamentary Secretaries

  01/05/2013

  (PDF 48KB)

AI-143

Bushby

Corporate

Corporate Cars

  28/05/2013

  (PDF 79KB)

AI-144

Bushby

Corporate

Taxi Costs

  13/05/2013

  (PDF 53KB)

AI-145

Bushby

Corporate

Hire Cars

  13/05/2013

  (PDF 55KB)

AI-146

Bushby

Corporate

Credit Cards

  28/05/2013

  (PDF 145KB)

AI-147

Bushby

Corporate

Provision of Equipment

  28/05/2013

  (PDF 88KB)

AI-148

Bushby

Corporate

Electricity Purchasing

  28/05/2013

  (PDF 60KB)

AI-149

Bushby

Corporate

Briefings for the Australian Greens and Independents

  17/05/2013

  (PDF 103KB)

AI-150

Bushby

Corporate

Shredders

  07/05/2013

  (PDF 50KB)

AI-151

Bushby

Corporate

Protective security policy framework

  07/05/2013

  (PDF 94KB)

AI-152

Bushby

Corporate

Office Locations

 27/05/2013

 (PDF 353KB)

AI-153

Bushby

Corporate

Communications Staff

  28/05/2013

  (PDF 83KB)

AI-154

Bushby

CSIRO

Major  research hubs

 20/05/2013

 (PDF 55KB)

AI-155

Bushby

CSIRO

Workplace Bullying

 20/05/2013

 (PDF 52KB)

AI-156

Bushby

CSIRO

Workplace Bullying

 20/05/2013

 (PDF 78KB)

AI-157

Bushby

Corporate

Pre-election consultations

  28/05/2013

  (PDF 50KB)

AI-158

Bushby

AusIndustry

Electric Cars

  14/05/2013

  (PDF 65KB)

AI-159

Bushby

Corporate

Program Spending

  14/05/2013

  (PDF 53KB)

AI-160

Bushby

AusIndustry

Innovation Investment Fund

  22/04/2013

  (PDF 52KB

AI-161

Bushby

Manufacturing

Buy Australian at Home and Abroad program

  5/04/2013

  (PDF 51KB

AI-162

Bushby

Manufacturing

Clean Technology Programs

  5/04/2013

  (PDF 51KB

AI-163

Bushby

Corporate

Legal Services

  17/05/2013

  (PDF 60KB)

AI-164

Bushby

Industry and Innovation

Industry and Innovation Statement

  14/05/2013

Correction 11/06/2013

  (PDF 86KB)

Correction (PDF 86KB)

AI-165

Bushby

Industry and Innovation

R&D Tax incentives

  01/05/2013

  (PDF 81KB)

AI-166

Bushby

ARC

Industrial Research Transformation Program

  07/05/2013

  (PDF 50KB)

AI-167

Bushby

AusIndustry

CRC

  01/05/2013

  (PDF 69KB)

AI-168

Bushby

Corporate

Standards Australia

  07/05/2013

  (PDF 62KB)

AI-169

Bushby

Industry and Innovation

The Enabling Technology Futures

  01/05/2013

  (PDF 51KB)

AI-170

Bushby

Corporate

Graduate Recruitment

  01/05/2013

  (PDF 47KB)

AI-171

Bushby

Corporate

Payments to journalists

  10/05/2013

  (PDF 47KB)

AI-172

Bushby

Manufacturing

Di Marzio Research

  14/05/2013

  (PDF 51KB)

AI-173

Bushby

Corporate

Moves within Industry House

  01/05/2013

  (PDF 50KB)

AI-174

Bushby

Corporate

SAP House

  01/05/2013

  (PDF 51KB)

AI-175

Bushby

Office of the Chief Scientist

Science and Maths Education and Industry Adviser

 20/05/2013

 (PDF 48KB)

AI-176

McKenzie

AusIndustry

Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre (CRC)

 

  13/05/2013

  (PDF 68KB)

AI-177

McKenzie

CSIRO

Research projects and Bushfire CRC

 

 20/05/2013

 (PDF 62KB)

AI-178

McKenzie

Office of the Chief Scientist

Government response to Health of Australian Science report

 23/05/2013

 (PDF 50KB)

AI-179

McKenzie

Higher Education

HECS increases: band 1 to band 2 for agriculture students

 

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 53KB)

AI-180

Ryan

AusIndustry

Small Business Support Line

  02/05/2013

  (PDF 70KB)

AI-181

Ryan

AusIndustry

Small Business Advisory Service

  02/05/2013

  (PDF 88KB)

AI-182

Ryan

Small Business

Small Business late payments

  28/05/2013

  (PDF 51KB)

AI-183

Ryan

Small Business

Small Business Commissioner

  01/05/2013

  (PDF 83KB)

AI-184

Edwards

International Education and Science

Asia Bounds Grant Program

  13/05/2013

  (PDF 56KB)

AI-185

Edwards

Higher Education

University Education Grant

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 53KB)

AI-186

Cameron

Manufacturing Division

Access to information in the vehicle industry

  14/05/2013

  (PDF 53KB)

AI-187

Bushby

Corporate

Updated figures on staff's travel to OECD meetings

  13/05/2013

  (PDF 64KB)

AI-188

Bushby

Industry and Innovation

Mr Snabel's international travel

  22/04/2013

  (PDF 54KB)

AI-189

Nash

Higher Education

ABS breakdown of regional vs metropolitan

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 50KB)

AI-190

Sinodinos

Skills Connect

Improved access to the Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 55KB)

AI-191

Sinodinos

Skills Connect

National Workforce Development Fund

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 48KB)

AI-192

Edwards

Skills Connect

National Resources Sector Workforce Strategy

  22/05/2013

  (PDF 59KB)

AI-193

Nash

Questacon

Science and Engineering Challenge

 23/05/2013

 (PDF 47KB)

AI-194

McKenzie

International Education and Science

International Students

  07/05/2013

  (PDF 52KB)

(AI-195)

Birmingham

/

Charities Maritime and Aviation Support Program

Transferred to DCCEE on
4/02/2013

Refer to the Environment and Communications Committee's index

(AI-196)

McKenzie

/

Research projects and Bushfire CRC

 

Transferred to the Bureau of Meteorology on 4/02/2013

Refer to the Environment and Communications Committee's index

For further information, contact:

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

Phone: +61 2 6277 3540
Fax: +61 2 6277 5719
Email: economics.sen@aph.gov.au