Additional Budget Estimates 2015-2016

Additional Budget Estimates 2015-2016

View Report - (PDF 110KB)

Hearing Program - 10 & 11 February 2016 (PDF 46KB)

Spillover Hearing Program - 25 February 2016 (PDF 114KB)

Spillover Hearing Program - 3 March 2016 (PDF 113KB)

Spillover Hearing Program - 17 March 2016 (PDF 96KB)

Hansard Transcripts

10 February 2016 Defence Portfolio (PDF & HTML)
11 February 2016 Foreign Affairs and Trade Portfolio (PDF & HTML)
25 February 2016 Department of Veterans' Affairs and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (PDF & HTML)
3 March 2016 Department of Defence (PDF & HTML)
17 March 2016 Department of Defence (PDF & HTML)

Tabled Documents

Item no Tabled by Topic Date Tabled View
1 Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin AC, Chief of Defence Force Opening statement 10 February 2016 PDF 1189KB
2 Senator Alex Gallacher 'Seaward Village' media article 10 February 2016 PDF 1160KB
3 Senator the Hon Penny Wong Chinese Government website press release 11 February 2016 PDF 563KB
4 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Details of assistance provided to former Prime Ministers
(Later corrected- see below)
11 February 2016 PDF 3250KB
5 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Country and Regional Program commitments 11 February 2016 PDF 28KB
6 Senator Scott Ludlam BHP disaster open letter 11 February 2016 PDF 127KB

Questions on notice

Indexes and answers to questions on notice will be loaded to the respective department/agency pages via links below.

Defence Portfolio

Foreign Affairs and Trade Portfolio

Corrections to Evidence

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, letter from Ray Marcelo, Assistant Secretary, Public Diplomacy and Communications Division, correcting evidence tabled at the Senate Estimates hearing on 11 February 2016 in relation to support given to former Prime Ministers, dated 12 February 2016, received 12 February 2016 (PDF 23KB).

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, letter from Ric Wells, Acting Secretary, correcting evidence tabled at the Senate Estimates hearing on 11 February 2016 in relation to support given to former Prime Ministers, dated 15 February 2016, received 15 February 2016 (PDF 245KB).

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, letter from Robert Tranter, First Assistant Secretary, Public Diplomacy and Communications Division, correcting evidence given at the Senate Estimates hearing on 11 February 2016 in relation to Milan Expo 2015 dates, dated 17 February 2016, received 15 February 2016 (PDF 109KB).

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, letter from Patricia Holmes, A/g First Assistant Secretary, correcting evidence given at the Senate Estimates hearing on 11 February 2016 in relation to the Government Procurement Chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, dated 26 February 2016, received 26 February 2016 (PDF 1915KB).

Department of Veterans' Affairs, letter from Robyn Kemp, Assistant Secretary, Parliamentary and Governance Branch, correcting evidence given at the spillover hearing on 25 February 2016 in relation to IT contractors, dated 1 March 2016, received 1 March 2016 (PDF 92KB).

Tourism Australia, letter from John O’Sullivan, Managing Director, correcting evidence given at the committee’s estimates hearing on 11 February 2016 regarding participation at Expos 2017 and 2020, dated 27 February 2016, received 1 March 2016 (PDF 78KB).

Tourism Australia, letter from John O’Sullivan, Managing Director, correcting evidence given at the committee’s estimates hearing on 11 February 2016 regarding Chris Hemsworth's remuneration, dated 1 April 2016, received 1 April 2016 (PDF 218KB).

Department of Defence, letter from Senator the Hon Marise Payne, Minister for Defence, amending a response to question on notice 121 relating to travel expenditure, dated 28 October 2016, received 2 November 2016 (PDF 3383KB).

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, letter from Ray Marcelo, Assistant Secretary, Parliamentary and Media Branch, correcting evidence given in response to QoN228 arising from the Senate Estimates hearings in February 2016 in relation to attendees at an business conference in Cuba, dated 9 May 2017, received 9 May 2017 (PDF 217KB).

 

For further information, contact:

Estimates Officer
Senate Standing Committees on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3535
Fax: +61 2 6277 5818
Email: fadt.sen@aph.gov.au