Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education portfolio

Supplementary Budget Estimates 2012-13 (October 2012)

Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education portfolio

Responses to questions taken on notice at the Supplementary Budget Estimates hearings were due by Friday 7 December 2012 - standing order 74(5) takes effect 30 days after this date.

Index of questions on notice: (PDF 519KB)

Answers to Questions on Notice

Q No.

Senator

Division/Agency

Broad topic

Date answered

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SI-1

Mason

CSIRO

Invitation – Prime Minister’s manufacturing task force

17/01/2013

 (PDF 51KB)

SI-2

Mason

CSIRO

Space infrastructure

3/01/2013

 (PDF 59KB)

SI-3

Colbeck

CSIRO

Comcare premiums

21/01/2013

 (PDF 51KB)

SI-4

Colbeck

CSIRO

Comcare report cost

21/12/2012

 (PDF 7KB)

SI-5

Colbeck

CSIRO

IMT Division staff termination

3/01/2013

 (PDF 53KB)

SI-6

Whish-Wilson

CSIRO

Shark tagging

3/01/2013

 (PDF 70KB)

SI-7

Whish-Wilson

CSIRO

Great white sharks

3/01/2013

 (PDF 92KB)

SI-8

Whish-Wilson

CSIRO

Great white sharks – submission to an inquiry by the Tasmanian government

3/01/2013

 (PDF 52KB)

SI-9

Whish-Wilson

CSIRO

European wasps – research into controls

3/01/2013

 (PDF 57KB)

SI-10

Pratt

CSIRO

ASKAP list of projects

3/01/2013

 (PDF 122KB)

SI-11

Rhiannon

CSIRO

Industry Group membership

3/01/2013

 (PDF 302KB)

SI-12

Pratt

CSIRO

Pawsey supercomputer

3/01/2013

 (PDF 8KB)

SI-13

Colbeck

CSIRO

IMT Division – letter to Centrelink – notice of termination of staff

9/01/2013

 (PDF 55KB)

SI-14

Colbeck

CSIRO

Comcare report – members of the team following up on recommendations

3/01/2013

 (PDF 55KB)

SI-15

Bushby

ANSTO

PETNET – internal rate of return

9/01/2013

 (PDF 53KB)

SI-16

Ludlam

ANSTO

Mo-99 facility – business plan and peer review

21/12/2012

 (PDF 66KB)

SI-17

Ryan

Corporate

FOI issue with the Australian Financial Review – legal costs

21/12/2012

 (PDF 55KB)

SI-18

Ryan

Corporate

FOI legal issue – lawyers and hours billed

15/01/2013

 (PDF 52KB)

SI-19

Ryan

Corporate

FOI legal issue – commercial-in-confidence information

7/12/2012

 (PDF 52KB) 

SI-20

Ryan

Manufacturing

Car industry - multiplier effect

7/12/2012

 (PDF 57KB)

SI-21

Ryan

Manufacturing

Ford job losses

5/02/2013

 (PDF 50KB)

SI-22

Ryan

Manufacturing

Fuel economy of Australian manufactured cars

23/01/2013

 (PDF 5KB)

SI-23

Bushby

Corporate

Coffee machines

21/01/2013

 (PDF 170KB

SI-24

Ryan

AusIndustry

Grant pause script

15/01/2013

 (PDF 115KB)

SI-25

Ryan

AusIndustry

SBAS applicants

7/12/2012

 (PDF 54KB)

SI-26

Whish-Wilson

Minister O’Connor

Small Business Commissioner legislative process

7/12/2012

 (PDF 50KB)

SI-27

Ryan

Minister O’Connor

Small Business Commissioner candidates

7/12/2012

 (PDF 53KB)

SI-28

Mason

AusIndustry

Operational CRC’s

3/01/2013

 (PDF 56KB)

SI-29

Urquhart

Innovation

R&D expenditure

7/12/2012

 (PDF 56KB)

SI-30

Urquhart

Innovation

R&D Tax Incentive

14/12/2012

 (PDF 52KB)

SI-31

Mason

AusIndustry

CRC program – underspends in the past 5 financial years

7/12/2012

 (PDF 53KB)

SI-32

Ryan

Tertiary Quality and Student Support

Council of Federal Financial Relations meeting

12/12/2012

 (PDF 6KB)

SI-33

Nash

Higher Education

Government response to an inquiry into regional and rural access to secondary and tertiary education

15/01/2013

 (PDF 61KB

SI-34

Cameron

VET Reform

TAFE system -Liberal and National governments

22/01/2013

 (PDF 107KB)

SI-35

Mason

Higher Education

Education Investment Fund commitments

12/12/2012

 (PDF 92KB)

SI-36

Mason

Higher Education

Education and Investment Fund applications

21/01/2013

 (PDF 160KB)

SI-37

Mason

Higher Education

Low-SES students

15/01/2013

 (PDF 55KB

SI-38

Mason

Higher Education

Higher Education Support

15/01/2013

 (PDF 57KB

SI-39

Mason

Higher Education

My University website

15/01/2013

 (PDF 87KB)

SI-40

Mason

Higher Education

My University website

21/01/2013

 (PDF 63KB

SI-41

Mason

Higher Education

ATAR scores

4/02/2013

 (PDF 50KB)

SI-42

Mason

Higher Education

ATAR scores

22/01/2013

 (PDF 127KB)

SI-43

Nash

Tertiary Quality and Student Support

Independent Youth Allowance – regional - metro breakdown

22/01/2013

 (PDF 79KB

SI-44

Nash

Tertiary Quality and Student Support

Regional Income Support Campaign – media buy down

12/12/2012

 (PDF 60KB)

SI-45

Cameron

TEQSA

Correspondence to TAFE providers

22/01/2013

 (PDF 106KB

SI-46

Cameron

ASQA

Correspondence to TAFE providers

12/12/2012

 (PDF 6KB)
Attachment
 (PDF 52KB)

SI-47

Nash

Skills Connect

Apprenticeships

15/01/2013

 (PDF 57KB)

SI-48

Nash

AWPA

AWPA

12/12/2012

 (PDF 56KB)

SI-49

Nash

AWPA

Registered Training Providers

12/12/2012

 (PDF 59KB)

SI-50

Bushby

CSIRO

RV Investigator

3/01/2013

 (PDF 54KB)

SI-51

Mason

ARC

Discovery program budget

21/01/2013

 (PDF 37KB)

SI-52

Mason

ARC

Linkage program budget

21/01/2013

 (PDF 37KB)

SI-53

Mason

Higher Education

HEPPP

15/01/2013

 (PDF 55KB)

SI-54

Mason

International Education Sector

International students

12/12/2012

 (PDF 50KB)

SI-55

Mason

Higher Education

HECS-HELP

12/12/2012

 (PDF 51KB)

SI-56

Mason

TEQSA

Reporting and regulatory requirements

15/01/2013

 (PDF 65KB)

SI-57

Mason

TEQSA

CRICOS registration process

12/12/2012

 (PDF 56KB)

SI-58

Mason

TEQSA

CRICOS registration process

12/12/2012

 (PDF 51KB)

SI-59

Mason

TEQSA

Accreditation

15/01/2013

 (PDF 52KB)

SI-60

Mason

TEQSA

International students

12/12/2012

 (PDF 48KB)

SI-61

Colbeck

Office of the Chief Scientist

Chief Scientist - FV Abel Tasman

23/11/2012

 (PDF 34KB)

SI-62

Colbeck

Office of the Chief Scientist

Chief Scientist - FV Abel Tasman

23/11/2012

 (PDF 26KB)

SI-63

Colbeck

Office of the Chief Scientist

Chief Scientist – uncertainty

23/11/2012

 (PDF 48KB)

SI-64

Colbeck

Office of the Chief Scientist

Chief Scientist – expert panel

23/11/2012

 (PDF 61KB)

SI-65

McKenzie

AIATSIS

Carbon Tax

21/01/2013

 (PDF 31KB)

SI-66

McKenzie

Higher Education

Low-SES students

21/01/2013

 (PDF 94KB)

SI-67

McKenzie

Higher Education

University enrolments

21/01/2013

 (PDF 50KB)

SI-68

McKenzie

Higher Education

Regional education

12/12/2012

 (PDF 60KB)

SI-69

McKenzie

Science and Research

Research funding

9/01/2013

 (PDF 58KB

SI-70

Bushby

CSIRO

Corrections of evidence - accountability

3/01/2013

 (PDF 12KB)

SI-71

Bushby

CSIRO

Comcare premium

21/01/2013

 (PDF 363KB)

SI-72

Bushby

CSIRO

Comcare claims

7/12/2012

 (PDF 48KB)

SI-73

Bushby

CSIRO

Comcare report – workplace bullying

3/01/2013

 (PDF 79KB)

SI-74

Bushby

CSIRO

Comcare report – workplace bullying

3/01/2013

 (PDF 59KB)

SI-75

Bushby

CSIRO

Comcare report – workplace bullying

7/12/2012

 (PDF 49KB)

SI-76

Bushby

CSIRO

Comcare report – workplace bullying

21/12/2012

 (PDF 53KB)

SI-77

Bushby

CSIRO

Comcare – Notice of Improvement

3/01/2013

 (PDF 53KB)

SI-78

Bushby

CSIRO

Correction of evidence

3/01/2013

 (PDF 52KB)

SI-79

Bushby

CSIRO

Mental Health Plan

3/01/2013

 (PDF 52KB)

SI-80

Bushby

CSIRO

Adequate evidence

3/01/2013

 (PDF 52KB)

SI-81

Bushby

CSIRO

Mental Health

11/02/2013

 (PDF 53KB

SI-82

Bushby

CSIRO

Comcare report – review policies and procedures

21/12/2012

 (PDF 51KB)

SI-83

Bushby

CSIRO

CSIRO Publishing

21/12/2012

 (PDF 53KB)

SI-84

Bushby

CSIRO

Payments to Journalists

9/01/2013

 (PDF 147KB)

SI-85

Bushby

Manufacturing

New Car Plan for a Greener Future

5/02/2013

 (PDF 60KB

SI-86

Bushby

Manufacturing

Ford and Holden deals

14/12/2012

 (PDF 49KB)

SI-87

Bushby

Manufacturing

Car industry funding amounts

7/12/2012

 (PDF 126KB)

SI-88

Bushby

Manufacturing

Ford and Holden contracts

23/01/2013

 (PDF 51KB

SI-89

Bushby

Manufacturing

Ford and Holden job losses

23/01/2013

 (PDF 50KB

SI-90

Bushby

Manufacturing

Talking points – visit to Ford

23/01/2013

 (PDF 48KB

SI-91

Bushby

Manufacturing

Ford job losses

23/01/2013

 (PDF 125KB

SI-92

Bushby

Manufacturing

Industry Update Unit

23/01/2013

 (PDF 49KB

SI-93

Bushby

Manufacturing

Automotive Transformation Scheme

23/01/2013

 (PDF 126KB

SI-94

Bushby

Manufacturing

Steve Bracks

14/12/2012

 (PDF 127KB)

SI-95

Bushby

Manufacturing

Automotive New Markets Initiative

23/01/2013

 (PDF 52KB)

SI-96

Bushby

Manufacturing

ALCOA package

7/12/2012

 (PDF 57KB)

SI-97

Bushby

Manufacturing

PM’s Manufacturing Taskforce

5/01/2013

 (PDF 52KB)

SI-98

Bushby

Manufacturing

PM’s Manufacturing Taskforce

9/01/2013

 (PDF 53KB

SI-99

Bushby

Manufacturing

PM’s Manufacturing Taskforce

5/02/2013

 (PDF 51KB

SI-100

Bushby

Manufacturing

PM’s Manufacturing Taskforce

5/02/2013

 (PDF 50KB

SI-101

Bushby

Manufacturing

PM’s Manufacturing Taskforce

5/02/2013

 (PDF 48KB

SI-102

Bushby

Manufacturing

PM’s Manufacturing Taskforce

14/12/2012

 (PDF 50KB)

SI-103

Bushby

Manufacturing

PM’s Manufacturing Taskforce

5/02/2013

 (PDF 49KB

SI-104

Bushby

Manufacturing

PM’s Manufacturing Taskforce

5/02/2013

 (PDF 52KB

SI-105

Bushby

AusIndustry

Clean Technology Programs

9/01/2013

 (PDF 96KB)

SI-106

Bushby

NMI

Climate change and emissions reporting

12/12/2012

 (PDF 54KB)

SI-107

Bushby

Enterprise Connect

Manufacturing Technology Innovation Centre

7/12/2012

 (PDF 48KB)

SI-108

Bushby

Corporate

Comcare premium

21/12/2012

 (PDF 51KB)

SI-109

Bushby

Corporate

Staffing

12/12/2012

 (PDF 6KB)

SI-110

Bushby

Innovation

Centre for Excellence in Public Sector Design

7/12/2012

 (PDF 124KB)

SI-111

Bushby

Innovation

ASL – public sector innovation

7/12/2012

 (PDF 47KB)

SI-112

Bushby

Corporate

MOG costs

7/12/2012

 (PDF 50KB)

SI-113

Bushby

Corporate

Restructure costs

7/12/2012

 (PDF 48KB)

SI-114

Bushby

AusIndustry

Cooperative Research Centres

17/01/2013

 (PDF 63KB

SI-115

Bushby

Science and Research

National Maths, Science Education and Industry Advisor

21/12/2012

 (PDF 57KB)

SI-116

Bushby

Questacon

Science Centres Letter

3/01/2013

 (PDF 194KB)

SI-117

Bushby

Science and Research

SKA project

21/12/2012

 (PDF 55KB)

SI-118

Bushby

eBusiness

Internet

7/12/2012

 (PDF 49KB)

SI-119

Bushby

Corporate

Protective Security Policy Framework

21/12/2012

 (PDF 74KB)

SI-120

McKenzie

Corporate

Electricity costs

21/12/2012

 (PDF 62KB)

SI-121

McKenzie

ARC

Grants pause

21/12/2012

 (PDF 84KB)

SI-122

Waters

CSIRO

Groundwater – APPEA advertisements

3/01/2013

 (PDF 56KB)

SI-123

Macdonald

CSIRO

CSIRO Interactive House

3/01/2013

Transferred from DCCEE on 31/10/2012

 (PDF 55KB)

SI-124

Nash

Tertiary Quality and Student Support

Youth Allowance

3/01/2013

 (PDF 62KB)

SI-125

Nash

Higher Education

Student relocations

17/01/2013

 (PDF 53KB

SI-126

Nash

Tertiary Quality and Student Support

Youth Allowance

15/01/2013

 (PDF 54KB)

SI-127

Nash

Tertiary Quality and Student Support

Relocation and Start up scholarships

11/02/2013

 (PDF 132KB)

SI-128

Nash

Tertiary Quality and Student Support

Independent Youth Allowance

11/02/2013

Corrected 15/03/2013

 (PDF 56KB)

Correction (PDF 142KB)

SI-129

Sinodinos

AWPA

National Workforce Development Fund

3/01/2013

 (PDF 56KB)

SI-130

Bushby

Corporate

Staffing

21/12/2012

 (PDF 134KB)

SI-131

Bushby

Corporate

Staffing

21/12/2012

 (PDF 148KB)

SI-132

Bushby

Corporate

Staffing

21/12/2012

 (PDF 163KB)

SI-133

Bushby

Corporate

Staffing

21/12/2012

 (PDF 76KB)

SI-134

Bushby

Corporate

Making the Public Service more efficient

11/02/2013

 (PDF 93KB

SI-135

Bushby

Corporate

Recruitment Costs

21/01/2013

 (PDF 244KB)

SI-136

Bushby

Corporate

Printing costs

11/02/2013

 (PDF 145KB

SI-137

Bushby

Corporate

Graduate Recruitment

21/12/2012

 (PDF 96KB)

SI-138

Bushby

Corporate

Government Advertising

21/01/2013

 (PDF 196KB

SI-139

Bushby

Corporate

Government Advertising

21/12/2012

 (PDF 72KB)

SI-140

Bushby

Corporate

Hospitality and Entertainment

4/02/2013

Corrected 11/06/2013

 (PDF 133KB

Correction (PDF 134KB)

SI-141

Bushby

Corporate

Hospitality and Entertainment

4/02/2013

Corrected

11/06/2013

 (PDF 95KB

Correction (PDF 94KB)

SI-142

Bushby

Corporate

Board Appointments

22/01/2013

 (PDF 1534KB

SI-143

Bushby

Corporate

Board Appointments

21/01/2013

 (PDF 25KB)

SI-144

Bushby

Corporate

Freedom of Information

21/12/2012

 (PDF 92KB)

SI-145

Bushby

Corporate

Community Cabinet Meetings

7/12/2012

 (PDF 51KB)

SI-146

Bushby

Corporate

Community Cabinet Meetings

21/12/2012

 (PDF 55KB)

SI-147

Bushby

Corporate

Reviews

17/01/2013

 (PDF 103KB

SI-148

Bushby

Corporate

Reviews

3/01/2013

 (PDF 101KB)

SI-149

Bushby

Corporate

Consultancies

21/01/2013

 (PDF 150KB)

SI-150

Bushby

Corporate

Consultancies

21/01/2013

 (PDF 503KB)

SI-151

Bushby

Corporate

Media Monitoring

23/01/2013

 (PDF 58KB

SI-152

Bushby

Corporate

Media Monitoring

21/12/2012

 (PDF 62KB)

SI-153

Bushby

Corporate

Social Media

4/02/2013

 (PDF 104KB

SI-154

Bushby

Corporate

Staff Amenities

21/01/2013

 (PDF 86KB)

SI-155

Bushby

Corporate

Coffee Machines

4/02/2013

 (PDF 178KB

SI-156

Bushby

Corporate

Contractors

21/12/2012

 (PDF 64KB)

SI-157

Bushby

Corporate

Contractors

21/12/2012

 (PDF 66KB)

SI-158

Bushby

Corporate

Grants

11/02/2013

 (PDF 76KB

SI-159

Bushby

Corporate

Commissioned Reports

4/02/2013

Corrected 11/06/2013

 (PDF 68KB

Correction (PDF 69KB)

SI-160

Bushby

Corporate

Commissioned Reports

30/01/2013

 (PDF 49KB)

SI-161

Bushby

Corporate

Government Payments of Accounts

3/01/2013

 (PDF 58KB)

SI-162

Bushby

Corporate

Government Payments of Accounts

21/12/2012

 (PDF 62KB)

SI-163

Bushby

Corporate

Stationery requirements

21/12/2012

 (PDF 62KB)

SI-164

Bushby

Corporate

Stationery requirements

21/12/2012

 (PDF 63KB)

SI-165

Bushby

Corporate

Media Subscriptions

21/01/2013

 (PDF 251KB)

SI-166

Bushby

Corporate

Travel Costs

11/02/2013

 (PDF 139KB

SI-167

Bushby

Corporate

Travel Costs

4/02/2013

Corrected

11/06/2013

 (PDF 86KB

Correction (PDF 86KB)

SI-168

Bushby

Corporate

Legal costs

17/01/2013

 (PDF 86KB)

SI-169

Bushby

Corporate

Legal costs

17/01/2013

 (PDF 85KB)

SI-170

Bushby

Corporate

Education expenses

3/01/2013

 (PDF 225KB)

SI-171

Bushby

Corporate

Education expenses

3/01/2013

 (PDF 173KB)

SI-172

Bushby

Corporate

Executive Coaching and Leadership Training

21/12/2012

 (PDF 303KB)

SI-173

Bushby

Corporate

Executive Coaching and Leadership Training

21/12/2012

 (PDF 181KB)

SI-174

Bushby

Corporate

Media Training

21/12/2012

 (PDF 64KB)

SI-175

Bushby

Corporate

Media Training

3/01/2013

 (PDF 16KB)

SI-176

Bushby

Corporate

Paid Parental Leave

21/12/2012

 (PDF 62KB)

SI-177

Bushby

Corporate

Paid Parental Leave

21/12/2012

 (PDF 59KB)

SI-178

Bushby

Corporate

Training for Portfolio Minister and Parliamentary Secretaries

21/12/2012

 (PDF 51KB)

SI-179

Bushby

Corporate

Training for Portfolio Minister and Parliamentary Secretaries

21/12/2012

 (PDF 51KB)

SI-180

Bushby

Corporate

Corporate Cars

21/12/2012

 (PDF 98KB)

SI-181

Bushby

Corporate

Corporate Cars

21/12/2012

 (PDF 49KB)

SI-182

Bushby

Corporate

Taxi Costs

21/01/2013

 (PDF 44KB)

SI-183

Bushby

Corporate

Taxi Costs

21/01/2013

 (PDF 44KB)

SI-184

Bushby

Corporate

Credit Cards

11/02/2013

 (PDF 150KB

SI-185

Bushby

Corporate

Credit Cards

21/01/2013

 (PDF 23KB)

SI-186

Bushby

Corporate

Provision of Equipment

21/01/2013

 (PDF 103KB)

SI-187

Bushby

Corporate

Provision of Equipment

21/01/2013

 (PDF 189KB)

SI-188

Bushby

Corporate

Electricity Purchasing

11/02/2013

 (PDF 145KB

SI-189

Bushby

Corporate

Briefings or costings for the Australian Greens and Independents

21/12/2012

 (PDF 55KB)

SI-190

Bushby

Corporate

Briefings or costings for the Australian Greens and Independents

21/12/2012

 (PDF 54KB)

SI-191

Bushby

Corporate

Shredders

21/12/2012

 (PDF 59KB)

SI-192

Bushby

Corporate

Office Locations

4/02/2013

 (PDF 206KB

SI-193

Bushby

Corporate

Staff

30/01/2013

 (PDF 75KB)

SI-194

Mason

ARC

Industrial Transformation Research Program funding

21/12/2012 

 (PDF 54KB)

SI-195

Colbeck

AusIndustry

Staff assessing applications and processing grants

14/12/2012

 (PDF 7KB)

SI-196 Bushby Office of the Chief Scientist Comments made on Science Show, ABC radio 3/01/2013  (PDF 54KB)
SI-197 Bushby Office of the Chief Scientist Minister Combet's speech 11/02/2013  (PDF 88KB
SI-198 Bushby Office of the Chief Scientist Minister Combet's speech 11/02/2013  (PDF 98KB
SI-199 Bushby Office of the Chief Scientist Effects of sea level rises 11/02/2013  (PDF 7KB
SI-200 Bushby Office of the Chief Scientist Carbon tax 11/02/2013  (PDF 61KB
SI-201 Bushby Office of the Chief Scientist Atmospheric interaction 3/01/2013  (PDF 51KB)
SI-202 Bushby Office of the Chief Scientist Calcification rates for coral on the Great Barrier Reef 3/01/2013  (PDF 6KB)
SI-203 Bushby Office of the Chief Scientist Staff qualifications 3/01/2013  (PDF 6KB)

SI-204

McKenzie

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Regional education, skills and jobs plans

Transferred to DEEWR on
31 October 2012

Refer to Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee's index

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Senate Standing Committees on Economics
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