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Q. No.

Hansard Ref/Written

Senator

Agency/
Sub Program

Question

View

1

7

Barnett

AHRC

Freedom of Religion and Belief inquiry

(PDF 3KB)

2

Written

Barnett

AHRC

Freedom of Religion and Belief inquiry

(PDF 8KB)

3

Written

Barnett

AHRC

Commission's attendance at the Durban Review

(PDF 5KB)

4

Written

Barnett

AHRC

Breaches of international obligations regarding anti-terror laws

(PDF 4KB)
Attachment A
(PDF 130KB)
Attachment B
(PDF 80KB)
Attachment C
(PDF 175KB)

5

8-9

Barnett

1.1.2

Commission attendance at the Durban Review conference

(PDF 8KB)

6

Written

Barnett

1.1.2

National Human Rights Consultation

(PDF 20KB)

7

Written

Barnett

1.2.4

Breaches of international obligations regarding anti-terror laws

(PDF 4KB)

8

Written

Barnett

1.1.2

Legal assistance to Sydney terrorists arrested in 2005

(PDF 9KB)

9

Written

Barnett

Classification Board

Call-in notices

(PDF 21KB)

10

16

Barnett

Classification Board

Responses to call-in notices

(PDF 7KB)

11

17

Barnett

Classification Board

Revoked titles previously given Category 1 serial classification

(PDF 3KB)

12

17
Written

Barnett

Classification Board

Audits of adult publications
List of the audited titles and the distributors of each title

Available in hard copy from the Secretariat on request

13

17
Written

Barnett

Classification Board

Publications which have been refused classification

(PDF 25KB)
A full version of this answer is available from the Secretariat on request

14

18-9

Barnett

1.2.2

Proposed R18+ classification for video games

(PDF 3KB)

15

21

Barnett

1.2.2

Classification of video game Left 4 Dead 2

(PDF 3KB)

16

21

Barnett

1.2.2

Responses received from law enforcement agencies to the letter sent by the former Minister for Home Affairs 4 February 2009

Interim response
(PDF 3KB)

Updated response
21 May 2010 (PDF 565KB)

Updated response 30 July 2010 (PDF 1635KB)

Updated response 16 September 2010 (PDF 607KB)

17

24

Feeney

1.2.2

Change in customs regulations to imported goods

(PDF 4KB)

18

25

Abetz

Federal Court

Melbourne and Hobart registries

(PDF 4KB)

19

25

Abetz

Federal Court

Recruitment process for the Hobart District Registrar

(PDF 3KB)

20

26-7

Barnett

Federal Court

Correspondence concerning the possibility of the absence of a full time registrar positioned in Hobart

(PDF 3KB)
Attachment A
(PDF 80KB)
Attachment B
(PDF 110KB)
Attachment C
(PDF 79KB)

21

28

Barnett

Federal Court

Federal Court’s response to the STRATSEC report on access to network and application vulnerability assessment

(PDF 5KB)

22

31
Written

Barnett

High Court

Air conditioning and asbestos

(PDF 5KB)
Attachment
(PDF 7615KB)

23

32

Feeney

High Court

Sunday visitors to the High Court

(PDF 3KB)

24

33
Written

Barnett

High Court

Cascade waterfall leak

(PDF 3KB)

25

Written

Barnett

High Court

Structural problems with building

(PDF 3KB)

26

Written

Barnett

High Court

Workload

(PDF 19KB)

27

34-5

Brandis

1.1.1

Meetings since the Lane v Morrison decision

(PDF 5KB)

28

36

Brandis

1.1.1

Options being considered for the military justice system

(PDF 3KB)

29

36

Brandis

1.1.1

Appointment of judges to the replacement body of the Australian Military Court

(PDF 3KB)

30

37

Barnett

Family Court

Case which has taken the longest time to finalise during 2008-09

(PDF 3KB)

31

37

Barnett

Family Court

Judges taken out of court to enable them to prepare an outstanding judgement

(PDF 3KB)

32

Written

Barnett

Family Court

Workload

(PDF 4KB)

33

Written

Barnett

Family Court

Current number of judges, vacancies, judicial appointments

(PDF 3KB)

34

Written

Barnett

FMC

Workload

(PDF 4KB)

35

Written

Barnett

FMC

Current number of judges, vacancies, judicial appointments

(PDF 3KB)

36

41

Feeney

AAT

AAT matters that have been finalised without a full hearing

(PDF 4KB)

37

46, 53

Humphries

ASIO

Oceanic Viking incident

(PDF 5KB)

38

48

Back

ASIO

Oceanic Viking incident

(PDF 3KB)

39

48

Barnett

ASIO

Christmas Island detainees interviewed by ASIO in the last 12 months

(PDF 3KB)

40

48-9, 55

Barnett

ASIO

Assessments that ASIO conducted/was referred, including for irregular maritime arrivals

(PDF 5KB)

41

49

Barnett

ASIO

Of the 988 people ASIO assessed in the six months to the end of the 2009, number that arrived undocumented

(PDF 3KB)

42

53

Humphries

ASIO

Oceanic Viking incident– date adverse assessments issued

(PDF 3KB)

43

53-5

Humphries
Barnett

ASIO

Average assessment time for ASIO’s assessments of irregular arrivals, and all arrivals

(PDF 3KB)

44

Written

Barnett

AFP

Staffing

(PDF 5KB)

45

58

Brandis

AFP

Number of sworn Protective Service Officers

(PDF 3KB)

46

60-1

Brandis

AFP

Non-operational positions which have been replaced by operational positions

(PDF 3KB)

47

63-4

Barnett

2.1.2

Protocols and procedures in place with respect to visits from dignitaries, like the President of the United States?

(PDF 6KB)

48

65

Xenophon

AFP

Allan Kessing case

(PDF 3KB)

49

66

Ludlam

AFP

Child sexual abuse research

(PDF 5KB)

50

67

Ludlam

AFP

Complaints related to information misuse, access or inadvertent disclosure detailed in the annual report

(PDF 6KB)

51

67-8

Ludlam

AFP

Complaints management practices and procedures

(PDF 13KB)

52

69

Ludlam

AFP

Aboriginal Australians recruited in the last two financial years

(PDF 7KB)

53

69

Ludlam

AFP

Media contract with McCann Worldgroup ongoing

(PDF 4KB)

54

72

Hutchins

AFP

Details of increases in detection of cocaine, amphetamines and stimulant type drugs.

(PDF 15KB)

55

73

Trood

AFP

AFP’s contribution to the counterterrorism program in South-East Asia

(PDF 3KB)

56

73

Brandis

AFP

Attachments to the 25 January e-mail to AFP staff regarding the proposed AFP restructure

(PDF 55KB)

57

76

Brandis

AFP

Officers wholly or substantially tasked with the responsibility of the broader border protection environment

(PDF 3KB)

58

78-9

Brandis

AFP

People Smuggling Strike Team on Christmas Island

(PDF 3KB)

59

79

Barnett

2.2.2

Status of the three Interpol red notice people smuggling organisers’ case

(PDF 4KB)

60

79-80

Barnett

AFP

People Smuggling

61

81

Back

AFP

People smugglers – arrested, on remand, serving sentences

(PDF 3KB)

62

Written

Barnett

AFP

AFP restructure

63

Written

Humphries

AFP

External contractors/service providers at the AFP

(PDF 11KB)

64

Written

Humphries

AFP

Contracting of scribes for assistance in AFP’s recruiting

(PDF 3KB)

65

82-83

Barnett

2.2.1

Proceeds of crime Confiscated Assets Trust Fund

(PDF 8KB)

66

Written

Barnett

2.2.1

Grants program made to communities for crime prevention programs under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

(PDF 5KB)

67

Written

Barnett

2.2.1

Crimes Legislation Amendment (Serious and Organised Crime) Bill 2009

(PDF 21KB)

68

84-5, 101

Hanson-Young
Fielding

ACBPS

Regarding the 240 asylum seekers who boarded a boat in Merak, date the ACBPS was first aware that the boat was heading towards Australian waters

(PDF 3KB)

69

84

Hanson-Young

ACBPS

How long was the ACBPS aware of the boat which had departed from Merak with 240 asylum seekers on it before Indonesian authorities intercepted it?

(PDF 3KB)

70

88

Humphries

ACBPS

Did ACBPS advise Minister O’Connor of the presence of the Merak vessel in Indonesian waters prior to it being intercepted by Indonesians?

(PDF 3KB)

71

90
Written

Xenophon

ACBPS

Initial ACBPS investigation: REP 138 – Toilet Paper Exported from the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of Indonesia

(PDF 12KB)

72

94

Brandis

1.2.4

Toilet paper investigation

(PDF 4KB)

73

99

Xenophon

ACBPS

Toilet paper reinvestigation

(PDF 6KB)

74

Written

Colbeck

ACBPS

Operation of the Oceanic Viking for the first half of this financial year

(PDF 4KB)

75

101

Fielding

ACBPS

Vessels intercepted by Indonesia after ACBPS has provided intelligence

(PDF 3KB)

76

102

Barnett

ACBPS

Cost of the lease for the Oceanic Viking

(PDF 3KB)

77

Written

Colbeck

ACBPS

Total cost of leasing the Oceanic Viking during the period of it being in Northern Waters

(PDF 3KB)

78

Written

Colbeck

ACBPS

Number of days the Oceanic Viking wasin Northern Waters

(PDF 6KB)

79

Written

Barnett

ACBPS

Oceanic Viking - current patrol plans, running costs, crew

(PDF 22KB)

80

Written

Barnett

ACBPS

ACBPS crew on board the Oceanic Viking during the October incident

(PDF 22KB)

81

Written

Barnett

ACBPS

Cost of running the Oceanic Viking

82

Written

Colbeck

ACBPS

Cost (excluding lease costs) of operating the Oceanic Viking during the period in the Northern Waters

83

Written

Colbeck

ACBPS

Requests for additional funding to operate the Oceanic Viking in Northern Waters for this or future financial years

(PDF 3KB)

84

104

Back

ACBPS

Port the vessel that the Oceanic Viking rescued depart

(PDF 3KB)

85

Written

Barnett

ACBPS

Other asylum seekers picked up on the way back from Singapore before this vessel in October was intercepted by Oceanic Viking

(PDF 3KB)

86

105

Back

ACBPS

Operational order given to the crew on the Oceanic Viking

(PDF 3KB)

87

107-8

Barnett

ACBPS

Communications between ACBPS and the government with respect to the passengers aboard the Oceanic Viking

88

Written

Barnett

ACBPS

Lead agency in co-ordinating the response during the month long standoff with asylum seekers on Oceanic Viking

89

108-9
Written

Barnett

ACBPS

Timeline of events and the nature of the arrangements on board the Oceanic Viking in October

90

Written

Barnett

ACBPS

Negotiations with the asylum seekers on board Oceanic Viking

(PDF 19KB)

91

109, 116
Written

Barnett

ACBPS

Procedures and notifications after vessels are intercepted

(PDF 21KB)

92

Written

Barnett

ACBPS

Monitoring of Japanese whaling vessels

(PDF 3KB)

93

Written

Barnett

ACBPS

Monitoring of Japanese whaling vessels

(PDF 3KB)

94

109

Brandis

ACBPS

Nomenclature changed from SIEV meaning 'suspected illegal entry vessel' to 'suspected irregular entry vessel'

(PDF 3KB)

95

113

Brandis

ACBPS

Movement of staff concerned with illegal entrant and suspect illegal entry vessel activity

(PDF 3KB)

96

115

Barnett

SPCG

Meetings of the Border Protection Committee of Cabinet attended by the Attorney-General

(PDF 3KB)

97

116

Feeney

ACBPS

Highest rates of suspected irregular entry vessels

(PDF 11KB)

98

Written

Xenophon

ACBPS

Allan Kessing case

(PDF 4KB)

99

Written

Xenophon

ACBPS

Allan Kessing case

(PDF 4KB)

100

Written

Xenophon

ACBPS

Wheeler Review

(PDF 4KB)

101

Written

Xenophon

ACBPS

Wheeler Review

102

119

Brandis

2.2.2

Gabe Watson

(PDF 6KB)
Attachment A
(PDF 997KB)
Attachment B
(PDF 1395KB)

103

122

Barnett

1.1.2

Costs with captioning of video material from the public hearings held at Parliament House from the National Human Rights Consultation

(PDF 4KB)

104

126

Ludlam

2.1.4

Submissions received as part of the national security legislation public consultation

(PDF 4KB)

105

128

Ludlam

2.2.1

Sharing of information collected for domestic data and intelligence gathering activities

(PDF 3KB)

106

129-30

Ludlam

2.1.4

Legislation that guides the use, storage and dissemination of images from legitimate political protests, demonstrations recorded by surveillance cameras

(PDF 5KB)

107

138-9

Barnett

1.1.2

Legal aid provided to the nine Sydney terrorists arrested in November 2005

(PDF 4KB)

108

Written

Payne

1.2.5

Referendum on state and federal relations

109

Written

Barnett

1.2.1

Australian Government Solicitor’s relationship with the Attorney-General’s Department

(PDF 20KB)

110

Written

Barnett

1.1.1

Changes to the current shared parenting legislation

(PDF 4KB)

111

Written

Barnett

1.1.1

Access to Justice report of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee – legal aid funding

(PDF 8KB)

112

Written

Barnett

SPCG

Staffing

(PDF 45KB)

113

Written

Eggleston

SPCG

Average Staffing Level

(PDF 26KB)

114

Written

Eggleston

SPCG

Average Staffing Level

(PDF 4KB)

115

Written

Barnett

SPCG

Communications programs

(PDF 14KB)

116

Written

Eggleston

SPCG

Advertising and marketing expenditure

(PDF 4KB)

117

Written

Eggleston

SPCG

List of contracts for the Department and its portfolio agencies

118

Written

Barnett

SPCG

Hospitality expenditure

(PDF 134KB)

119

Written

Barnett

SPCG

Gender ratio on each board and across the portfolio

(PDF 12KB)

120

Written

Barnett

SPCG

Travel and expenses for the Community Cabinet meetings

121

Written

Barnett

SPCG

Reviews

122

Written

Barnett

SPCG

Freedom of Information requests

(PDF 4KB)

123

Written

Barnett

SPCG

Efficiency dividend and/or other budget cuts

(PDF 4KB)

124

Written

Barnett

SPCG

Consultancies

125

Written

Eggleston

SPCG

Consultancy services expenditure

126

Written

Eggleston

SPCG

List of consultancy services

127

Written

Barnett

SPCG

Compliance with interim requirements relating to the publication of discretionary grants

(PDF 2KB)

128

Written

Eggleston

SPCG

Discretionary grants

(PDF 3KB)
Attachment A
(PDF 516KB)

Updated response received 30/6/10
(PDF 278KB)

129

Written

Eggleston

SPCG

Commissioned Reports

130

Written

Eggleston

SPCG

Publication of electoral reports on the Department’s website

(PDF 3KB)

131

Written

Eggleston

SPCG

Electorate-level reports for Ministers

(PDF 3KB)

132

Written

Eggleston

SPCG

Electoral-specific data used by the current Government in any grants scheme

(PDF 3KB)

133

Written

Eggleston

SPCG

Status of each election commitment within the portfolio

(PDF 21KB)

134

Written

Barnett

ACC

Staffing

(PDF 21KB)

135

Written

Barnett

ACC

Outlaw Motorcycle Gang National Intelligence Taskforce

136

Written

Barnett

1.1.2

Expensive Commonwealth Criminal Cases Fund

(PDF 20KB)

137

Written

Nash

ACBPS

Restoration of funding for risk-based air cargo inspections

(PDF 6KB)

138

Written

Barnett

1.2.2

Inquiry into a proposed R18+ classification for computer games

(PDF 4KB)

139

Written

Boyce

1.1.2

Australian Human Rights Commission receiving an a Temporary Exemption under section 55 of the Disability Discrimination Act

(PDF 4KB)

140

Written

Boyce

2.2.1

Establishment of the Attorneys General standing committee working group on domestic and family violence

(PDF 4KB)

141

Written

Boyce

1.1.1

Training of family dispute resolution practitioners

(PDF 3KB)
Amended response
(PDF 355KB)