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| Question No. |
Senator | Date of Question |
Subject | Date Reply Received |
Hansard Date of Reply |
Hansard Page No. of Reply |
Elapsed Time (days) |
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21 |
Minchin |
12/02/2008 |
Administration—Media-related staff |
11/04/2008 |
13/05/2008 |
1601 |
59 |
|
88 |
Minchin |
12/02/2008 |
Climate change—United Nations Climate Change Conference |
14/05/2008 |
15/05/2008 |
2096 |
92 |
|
in Bali, Indonesia—Australian Government delegation costs |
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|
109 |
Milne |
12/02/2008 |
United Nations—Nuclear non-proliferation—Nuclear weapons |
26/08/2008 |
27/08/2008 |
3969 |
196 |
|
conventions |
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|
125 |
Minchin |
12/02/2008 |
Administration—Provision of information to estimates |
26/08/2008 |
28/08/2008 |
4117 |
196 |
|
committees, including appointments to government agencies, |
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|
authorities and advisory boards |
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|
233 |
Cormann |
12/02/2008 |
Administration—Funding cuts—Programs and services for |
11/04/2008 |
13/05/2008 |
1649 |
59 |
|
Western Australia |
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|
303 |
Kemp |
27/02/2008 |
United Nations—Expenditure and provision of grants and |
13/06/2008 |
17/06/2008 |
2609 |
107 |
|
membership subscriptions by government departments and |
Amended answer |
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|
agencies |
20/06/2008 |
23/06/2008 |
3124 |
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|
304 |
Kemp |
27/02/2008 |
United Nations—Expenditure and provision of grants and |
13/06/2008 |
18/06/2008 |
2788 |
107 |
|
membership subscriptions by government departments and |
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|
agencies |
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|
371 |
Allison |
13/03/2008 |
Foreign aid—International Planned Parenthood Federation’s Safe |
23/04/2008 |
14/05/2008 |
1936 |
41 |
|
Abortion Action Fund |
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|
383 |
Allison |
19/03/2008 |
Sudan—Comprehensive Peace Agreement—Pledged support |
23/04/2008 |
14/05/2008 |
1943 |
35 |
|
390 |
Stott Despoja |
03/04/2008 |
Human rights—Open-ended Working Group on an Optional |
09/05/2008 |
15/05/2008 |
2109 |
36 |
|
Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and |
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|
Cultural Rights |
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|
425 |
Allison |
30/04/2008 |
AusAID funding—Millennium Development Goals—Family |
12/06/2008 |
17/06/2008 |
2627 |
43 |
|
planning activities |
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|
429 |
Allison |
30/04/2008 |
United Nations International Assessment of Agricultural |
19/06/2008 |
23/06/2008 |
3130 |
50 |
|
Knowledge,Science and Technology for Development— |
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|
Final report—Findings and adoption |
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|
448 |
Minchin |
30/05/2008 |
Departmental engagements—Mr Christian and Ms Tara |
27/06/2008 |
26/08/2008 |
3784 |
28 |
|
Taubenschlag—Details |
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|
507 |
B. Brown |
23/06/2008 |
Convention on Cluster Munitions—Obligations |
24/07/2008 |
26/08/2008 |
3813 |
31 |
|
527 |
Milne |
14/07/2008 |
Recycling—Printer cartridges—Policy and practice |
26/08/2008 |
28/08/2008 |
4122 |
43 |
|
576 |
Minchin |
25/08/2008 |
Heads of Mission in Australia—Frequency of visits with the |
07/11/2008 |
10/11/2008 |
6476 |
74 |
|
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
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|
587 |
Minchin |
25/08/2008 |
Carbon offsets—Departmental air travel—Guidelines |
16/10/2008 |
16/10/2008 |
6302 |
52 |
|
623 |
Minchin |
25/08/2008 |
Ministers/Parliamentary Secretaries office—Departmental staff— |
30/04/2009 |
12/05/2009 |
2495 |
248 |
|
Secondment |
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|
659 |
Minchin |
25/08/2008 |
Overseas travel—Beijing Olympic Games—Expenses |
23/03/2009 |
12/05/2009 |
2496 |
210 |
|
695 |
Minchin |
25/08/2008 |
Overseas travel—Ministers/Parliamentary Secretaries, family and |
17/03/2009 |
17/03/2009 |
1833 |
204 |
|
departmental staff—Between July and August 2008 |
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|
751 |
Ronaldson |
25/09/2008 |
Overseas travel—Since 3 December 2007—Breakdown of costs |
17/03/2009 |
17/03/2009 |
1838 |
173 |
|
753 |
B. Brown |
30/09/2008 |
Gag Island, Indonesia—Mining proposals—Australian |
24/10/2008 |
10/11/2008 |
6491 |
24 |
|
representations |
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|
786 |
B. Brown |
12/11/2008 |
United Nations—Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of |
09/12/2008 |
03/02/2009 |
172 |
27 |
|
Cambodia—Australia’s monetary contribution |
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|
787 |
B. Brown |
12/11/2008 |
Clearance of unexploded ordnance—Funding allocation |
02/12/2008 |
02/12/2008 |
7940 |
20 |
|
885 |
Ronaldson |
24/11/2008 |
Administration—Program overspends and underspends—Top 5 |
16/03/2009 |
16/03/2009 |
1664 |
112 |
|
903 |
Ronaldson |
24/11/2008 |
Administration—Media monitoring—Amount spent during the |
16/03/2009 |
16/03/2009 |
1665 |
112 |
|
2008 calendar year |
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|
926 |
Ronaldson |
24/11/2008 |
Administration—Tender contracts—Details |
16/03/2009 |
16/03/2009 |
1666 |
112 |
|
949 |
Ronaldson |
24/11/2008 |
Administration—Reviews, inquiries and committees—Staffing |
14/04/2009 |
12/05/2009 |
2520 |
141 |
|
and costs |
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|
978 |
Ronaldson |
25/11/2008 |
Commonwealth credit cards—Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries |
16/03/2009 |
16/03/2009 |
1671 |
111 |
|
and ministerial, departmental and agency staff |
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|
1012 |
Ronaldson |
25/11/2008 |
Overseas travel since 25 November 2007—Ministers, |
25/05/2009 |
15/06/2009 |
3255 |
181 |
|
Parliamentary Secretaries and staff—Details |
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|
1060 |
Abetz |
03/12/2008 |
Portfolio programs—Overspends and underspends—Details |
16/03/2009 |
16/03/2009 |
1677 |
103 |
|
1096 |
Abetz |
03/12/2008 |
Departments and agencies—Funding |
02/02/2009 |
05/02/2009 |
535 |
61 |
|
1124 |
Ronaldson |
03/12/2008 |
Ambassadorial posts—Nominations and appointments |
05/02/2009 |
09/02/2009 |
573 |
64 |
|
1161 |
Cormann |
03/12/2008 |
United Nations General Assembly—Draft resolutions—Australia’s |
16/01/2009 |
03/02/2009 |
213 |
44 |
|
change in voting |
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|
1168 |
B. Brown |
15/12/2008 |
Mr Nicolaides—Arrest in Thailand—Charge of lese-majeste |
16/01/2009 |
03/02/2009 |
214 |
32 |
|
1169 |
B. Brown |
16/12/2008 |
Zimbabwe and the Congo—United Nations intervention |
16/01/2009 |
03/02/2009 |
215 |
31 |
|
1198 |
Cormann |
18/12/2008 |
Western Australian Sandalwood industry—Exports to India— |
02/02/2009 |
05/02/2009 |
542 |
46 |
|
Discussions with officials |
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|
1217 |
B. Brown |
15/01/2009 |
Irrigation projects—Allocation of funding |
16/02/2009 |
10/03/2009 |
1225 |
32 |
|
1272 |
B. Brown |
04/02/2009 |
China—‘Strike hard’ crackdown in Tibet—Details and |
06/03/2009 |
11/03/2009 |
1379 |
30 |
|
government action |
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|
1304 |
Ludlam |
25/02/2009 |
Australian Secret Intelligence Service—Deputy |
25/03/2009 |
14/05/2009 |
2953 |
28 |
|
Director-General—Public identification |
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|
1399 |
Ronaldson |
12/03/2009 |
External speechwriting services—Details of tender—2008 |
14/04/2009 |
14/05/2009 |
2985 |
33 |
|
calendar year |
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|
1440 |
Johnston |
18/03/2009 |
Australia’s aid program for Africa—Governor-General’s visit— |
13/10/2009 |
26/10/2009 |
7172 |
209 |
|
Temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council |
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|
1441 |
Johnston |
18/03/2009 |
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society—Australian Federal Police |
14/04/2009 |
14/05/2009 |
2998 |
27 |
|
raid |
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|
1488 |
Ludlam |
16/04/2009 |
Prosecution cases—Expenditure |
25/05/2009 |
16/06/2009 |
3472 |
39 |
|
1517 |
Minchin |
18/05/2009 |
Legislation—Statutory reviews—Timelines |
16/07/2009 |
11/08/2009 |
4618 |
59 |
|
1618 |
Abetz |
29/05/2009 |
Administration—Infrastructure and capital works projects |
14/08/2009 |
20/08/2009 |
5653 |
77 |
|
1656 |
Minchin |
03/06/2009 |
Government websites—Advertising on search engines |
10/08/2009 |
17/08/2009 |
5155 |
68 |
|
1698 |
Minchin |
10/06/2009 |
Legislation—Redundant and potentially redundant legislation— |
29/07/2009 |
13/08/2009 |
4952 |
49 |
|
‘Clean-up’ coordinated by the Department of Finance and |
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|
Deregulation |
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|
1735 |
Ronaldson |
10/06/2009 |
Administration—Contracts awarded to the Boston Consulting |
16/07/2009 |
13/08/2009 |
4957 |
36 |
|
Group and the Allen Consulting Group |
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|
1792 |
Abetz |
16/06/2009 |
Administration—Hospitality—Spending since 24 November 2007 |
25/08/2009 |
07/09/2009 |
5849 |
70 |
|
1881 |
Barnett |
02/07/2009 |
Consultancies—Details of completed and ongoing since |
18/09/2009 |
27/10/2009 |
7330 |
78 |
|
November 2007—Planned or budgeted for 2009 and 2010 |
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|
1918 |
Barnett |
02/07/2009 |
Administration—Staff, hospitality, plants, water coolers, |
13/10/2009 |
27/10/2009 |
7343 |
103 |
|
television subscriptions and government credit cards |
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|
1965 |
Abetz |
21/07/2009 |
Portable water supplies—Amount spent in the 2008-09 financial |
02/09/2009 |
09/09/2009 |
6198 |
43 |
|
year |
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|
2002 |
Abetz |
21/07/2009 |
Administration—Media training undertaken since 24 November |
04/09/2009 |
09/09/2009 |
6199 |
45 |
|
2007 |
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|
2123 |
Abetz |
08/09/2009 |
Administration—Special Envoy, Mr Richard Woolcott |
04/11/2009 |
17/11/2009 |
8091 |
57 |
|
2124 |
Hanson-Young |
08/09/2009 |
Eleventh Panchen Lama of Tibet, Gedun Choekyi Nyima— |
06/10/2009 |
29/10/2009 |
7732 |
28 |
|
Welfare and location |
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|
2136 |
Ronaldson |
10/09/2009 |
Administration—Ministerial letterhead and postage—Costs to |
20/11/2009 |
23/11/2009 |
8657 |
71 |
|
the department |
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|
2173 |
Ronaldson |
14/09/2009 |
Administration—2008-09 financial year—Resources provided |
26/05/2010 |
15/06/2010 |
3375 |
254 |
|
by the home department |
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|
2224 |
Abetz |
16/09/2009 |
Administration—Ministers/Parliamentary Secretaries—Websites |
17/03/2010 |
18/03/2010 |
2338 |
182 |
|
2263 |
Johnston |
17/09/2009 |
United Nations Security Council—Australia’s bid for a temporary |
12/10/2009 |
17/11/2009 |
8121 |
25 |
|
seat—Support and costs |
|||||||
|
2264 |
Johnston |
17/09/2009 |
Non-Aligned Movement Summit—Egypt, 15 July and |
16/11/2009 |
18/11/2009 |
8299 |
60 |
|
16 July 2009 |
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|
2265 |
Johnston |
17/09/2009 |
Heads of Mission in Australia—Frequency of visits with the |
12/10/2009 |
17/11/2009 |
8121 |
25 |
|
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|||||||
|
2266 |
Johnston |
17/09/2009 |
Asia-Europe Meeting—Objective for joining and costs |
12/10/2009 |
17/11/2009 |
8122 |
25 |
|
2267 |
Johnston |
17/09/2009 |
Israeli settlement construction activity—West Bank and |
28/10/2009 |
17/11/2009 |
8123 |
41 |
|
East Jerusalem |
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|
2268 |
Johnston |
17/09/2009 |
European Union-style community in the Asia Pacific—Support |
13/10/2009 |
17/11/2009 |
8123 |
26 |
|
and costs |
|||||||
|
2269 |
Johnston |
17/09/2009 |
Japan’s whaling program—Legal action—Advice received and |
21/10/2009 |
17/11/2009 |
8124 |
34 |
|
action |
|||||||
|
2271 |
Johnston |
17/09/2009 |
Foreign Investment Review Board—China Nonferrous Metal |
21/10/2009 |
17/11/2009 |
8124 |
34 |
|
Mining (Group) Co. Ltd—Lynas Corporation Ltd |
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|
2273 |
Johnston |
17/09/2009 |
Prime Minister and Cabinet—Function at the Hyatt Regency |
21/10/2009 |
17/11/2009 |
8125 |
34 |
|
Perth—September 2009 |
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|
2329 |
Barnett |
17/09/2009 |
Legal advice—2008-09 financial year |
07/12/2009 |
03/02/2010 |
358 |
81 |
|
2358 |
Johnston |
17/09/2009 |
Ambassador for People Smuggling Issues—Cost |
08/10/2009 |
18/11/2009 |
8312 |
21 |
|
2371 |
B. Brown |
16/10/2009 |
Overseas aid—Sri Lanka—De-mining operations |
09/11/2009 |
18/11/2009 |
8316 |
24 |
|
2372 |
B. Brown |
21/10/2009 |
Mongolia—Mining and taxation of mining—Representations |
07/12/2009 |
03/02/2010 |
368 |
47 |
|
2373 |
B. Brown |
21/10/2009 |
Mongolia—Mining—Financial, diplomatic or other assistance |
07/12/2009 |
03/02/2010 |
369 |
47 |
|
2374 |
B. Brown |
21/10/2009 |
Ambassador Alan Oxley—Government appointments and use of |
18/11/2009 |
19/11/2009 |
8506 |
28 |
|
the ambassador title |
|||||||
|
2412 |
Abetz |
16/11/2009 |
Australian Pacific Community—Special Envoy, Mr Richard |
22/12/2009 |
04/02/2010 |
594 |
36 |
|
Woolcott—Documents provided to the Prime Minister |
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|
2435 |
Ronaldson |
23/11/2009 |
Administration—Program overspends and underspends—Top 5 |
19/02/2010 |
24/02/2010 |
1127 |
88 |
|
2474 |
Johnston |
25/11/2009 |
Counter-terrorism initiatives in Indonesia—Budget allocation |
15/03/2010 |
16/03/2010 |
2015 |
110 |
|
2475 |
Johnston |
25/11/2009 |
Mr James Elder—Expulsion from Sri Lanka—Representations |
11/01/2010 |
23/02/2010 |
787 |
47 |
|
with the Sri Lankan Government and High Commissioner |
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|
2476 |
Johnston |
25/11/2009 |
Nuclear proliferation—Venezuelan Ambassador |
11/01/2010 |
22/02/2010 |
788 |
47 |
|
2477 |
Johnston |
25/11/2009 |
Afghanistan—Legitimacy of first election—Members of the |
22/01/2010 |
22/02/2010 |
788 |
58 |
|
International Security Assistance Force |
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|
2480 |
Johnston |
25/11/2009 |
Afghanistan laws denying women their basic rights—Government |
15/03/2010 |
16/03/2010 |
2015 |
110 |
|
representations |
|||||||
|
2481 |
Johnston |
25/11/2009 |
Pakistan—Battle against extremists—Meetings to discuss |
15/01/2010 |
22/02/2010 |
789 |
51 |
|
Government support |
|||||||
|
2483 |
Johnston |
25/11/2009 |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization and/or European Union— |
11/01/2010 |
22/02/2010 |
793 |
47 |
|
Recommendations for the position of Ambassador |
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|
2493 |
Ludlam |
11/12/2009 |
Australian financial sanctions list—Burmese company, Myanmar |
04/05/2010 |
13/05/2010 |
3181 |
144 |
|
Oil and Gas Enterprise—Reason for exclusion from the list |
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|
2607 |
Cormann |
08/02/2010 |
Hawker Britton—Meetings with representatives |
11/05/2010 |
13/05/2010 |
3181 |
92 |
|
2642 |
B. Brown |
25/02/2010 |
Administration—Australian Political Parties for Democracy |
11/05/2010 |
13/05/2010 |
3182 |
75 |
|
Program—Application forms for funding and reports on |
|||||||
|
expenditure |
|||||||
|
2643 |
B. Brown |
25/02/2010 |
Administration—Australian Political Parties for Democracy |
11/05/2010 |
13/05/2010 |
3182 |
75 |
|
Program—Application forms for funding and reports on |
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|
expenditure |
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|
2655 |
Humphries |
25/02/2010 |
Administration—Redundancies |
05/05/2010 |
13/05/2010 |
3183 |
69 |
|
2705 |
Humphries |
10/03/2010 |
Administration—Involuntary redundancies |
05/05/2010 |
13/05/2010 |
3186 |
56 |
|
2757 |
Siewert |
18/03/2010 |
Sanitation, water and hygiene initiatives—Funding allocation |
23/04/2010 |
11/05/2010 |
2544 |
36 |
|
and Washington, DC meeting |
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|
2783 |
B. Brown |
13/04/2010 |
Convention on Cluster Munitions—November 2010 meeting— |
14/05/2010 |
15/06/2010 |
3409 |
31 |
|
Government participation and treaty ratification |
|||||||
|
2789 |
Milne |
20/04/2010 |
Forest conversion—Kalimantan Forests and Climate |
90 |
|||
|
Partnership—Consultation, assessment and contingency planning |
|||||||
|
2790 |
Milne |
20/04/2010 |
Forest conversion—Kalimantan Forests and Climate |
90 |
|||
|
Partnership—Consultation, assessment and contingency planning |
|||||||
|
2801 |
Cash |
03/05/2010 |
Zimbabwe—Hardship and potential famine—Support from |
04/06/2010 |
16/06/2010 |
3568 |
32 |
|
Australia |
|||||||
|
2829 |
B. Brown |
26/05/2010 |
Australian Political Parties for Democracy Program—Application |
54 |
|||
|
forms for funding |
|||||||
|
2867 |
Humphries |
17/06/2010 |
Administration—Departmental and agency accommodation— |
32 |
|||
|
Estimation of future requirements |
|||||||
|
2905 |
B. Brown |
23/06/2010 |
Foreign Affairs—China—Detainment of Australian citizens |
26 |
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