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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Question
No.
Senator Date of
Question
Subject Date
Reply
Received
Hansard
Date
of Reply
Hansard
Page No.
of Reply
Elapsed
Time
(days)

12

B. Brown

12/02/2008

Forestry—Wood supply agreement between Forestry Tasmania and Gunns Limited—Role of the Commonwealth Government

12/02/2008

13/02/2008

317

0

33

Minchin

12/02/2008

Administration—Media-related staff

05/08/2008

26/08/2008

3745

175

137

Minchin

12/02/2008

Administration—Provision of information to estimates committees, including appointments to government agencies, authorities and advisory boards

03/07/2008

26/08/2008

3754

142

245

Cormann

12/02/2008

Administration—Funding cuts—Programs and services for Western Australia

03/07/2008

26/08/2008

3757

142

272

B. Brown

13/02/2008

Heritage—Weld River coupe WR15F—Decision to log forest areas

29/04/2008

13/05/2008

1660

76

279

Bartlett

13/02/2008

Animal welfare—Live sheep exports—Memorandum of understanding signed with Egypt

31/03/2008

13/05/2008

1661

47

400

Siewert

07/04/2008

Regional Forest Agreements—Western Australia—Operation and review

13/05/2008

15/05/2008

2113

36

435

Milne

05/05/2008

Agriculture—Agro-ecological approaches

12/08/2008

26/08/2008

3774

99

460

Minchin

30/05/2008

Departmental engagements—Mr Christian and Ms Tara Taubenschlag—Details

26/09/2008

13/10/2008

5860

119

477

B. Brown

03/06/2008

Weld River coupe WR15F—Additional questions—Regeneration burn and wildlife status

10/09/2008

15/09/2008

4783

99

482

B. Brown

16/06/2008

Forest Industries Branch—Presentation materials

12/08/2008

26/08/2008

3797

57

487

Milne

17/06/2008

Australian abalone industry—Abalone Viral Ganglioneuritis disease

05/08/2008

26/08/2008

3799

49

492

Milne

17/06/2008

Illegal timber harvesting—Importation

12/08/2008

26/08/2008

3803

56

494

Milne

17/06/2008

Administration—Eastern Creek quarantine facility

18/07/2008

26/08/2008

3804

31

497

Milne

17/06/2008

Illegal timber harvesting—Commitment

12/08/2008

26/08/2008

3807

56

498

Milne

17/06/2008

Tasmanian Community Forest Agreements—Grants

17/09/2008

17/09/2008

5036

92

505

Milne

20/06/2008

Tasmanian Community Forest Agreement—Funding

12/08/2008

26/08/2008

3812

53

517

Milne

10/07/2008

Australian abalone industry—Abalone Viral Ganglioneuritis—Management of disease

05/08/2008

26/08/2008

3818

26

539

Milne

14/07/2008

Recycling—Printer cartridges—Policy and practice

10/09/2008

15/09/2008

4787

58

599

Minchin

25/08/2008

Carbon offsets—Departmental air travel—Guidelines

14/10/2008

14/10/2008

6013

50

635

Minchin

25/08/2008

Ministers/Parliamentary Secretaries office—Departmental staff—Secondment

27/11/2008

27/11/2008

7655

94

671

Minchin

25/08/2008

Overseas travel—Beijing Olympic Games—Expenses

26/02/2009

10/03/2009

1171

185

707

Minchin

25/08/2008

Overseas travel—Ministers/Parliamentary Secretaries, family and departmental staff—Between July and August 2008

01/05/2009

13/05/2009

2709

249

772

Milne

07/11/2008

Illegal timber imports to Australia—Estimated volume and impact

13/01/2009

03/02/2009

162

67

773

Milne

07/11/2008

Kyoto-compliant plantations—Carbon sequestration—Potential

11/02/2009

11/02/2009

826

96

778

Milne

07/11/2008

Australian agricultural genetic resources—Management

15/01/2009

03/02/2009

166

69

893

Ronaldson

24/11/2008

Administration—Program overspends and underspends—Top 5

13/01/2009

03/02/2009

203

50

915

Ronaldson

24/11/2008

Administration—Media monitoring—Amount spent during the 2008 calendar year

18/03/2009

18/03/2009

1987

114

938

Ronaldson

24/11/2008

Administration—Tender contracts—Details

22/05/2009

15/06/2009

3231

179

961

Ronaldson

24/11/2008

Administration—Reviews, inquiries and committees—Staffing and costs

30/04/2009

12/05/2009

2533

157

988

Ronaldson

25/11/2008

Commonwealth credit cards—Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries and ministerial, departmental and agency staff

02/02/2009

05/02/2009

527

69

1022

Ronaldson

25/11/2008

Overseas travel since 25 November 2007—Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries and staff—Details

03/06/2009

17/06/2009

3636

190

1072

Abetz

03/12/2008

Portfolio programs—Overspends and underspends—Details

19/03/2009

19/03/2009

2347

106

1108

Abetz

03/12/2008

Departments and agencies—Funding

19/03/2009

19/03/2009

2350

106

1200

Cormann

19/12/2008

Farm Ready Reimbursement Grants—Primary producers and Indigenous land owners—Courses concerning the impact of climate change

11/02/2009

11/02/2009

831

54

1206

Abetz

23/12/2008

Flags of convenience—Use on vessels in Australian waters

04/02/2009

09/02/2009

581

43

1209

Abetz

23/12/2008

Australian Fisheries Management Authority—Sinking of the Taruman—Tender

04/02/2009

09/02/2009

582

43

1211

Abetz

05/01/2009

2008-09 supplementary Budget estimates hearings—Further questions—Funding

04/02/2009

09/02/2009

582

30

1212

Abetz

07/01/2009

Intuit Technologies—Overdue invoices—Details

WITHDRAWN

1219

Milne

15/01/2009

Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement—Commonwealth Government’s authority—Upholding requirements

09/02/2009

09/02/2009

583

25

1271

Cash

04/02/2009

Illegal foreign fishing vessels—Australian Exclusive Economic Zone—Sightings

04/03/2009

10/03/2009

1228

28

1281

Mason

05/02/2009

Moncrieff electorate—Funding of organisations and projects—Between 3 December 2007 and 20 January 2009

10/03/2009

11/03/2009

1379

33

1289

Cormann

06/02/2009

Farmers—Exceptional circumstances drought assistance—Breakdown by state and territory

05/03/2009

11/03/2009

1381

27

1297

Cormann

10/02/2009

Exceptional circumstances assistance—Expenditure

13/03/2009

16/03/2009

1684

31

1362

Cormann

04/03/2009

Wheat chartering report—June 2008—Distribution of copies to growers

07/04/2009

14/05/2009

2963

34

1411

Ronaldson

12/03/2009

External speechwriting services—Details of tender—2008 calendar year

30/04/2009

14/05/2009

2988

49

1449

Colbeck

20/03/2009

Imported pet food products—Gamma radiation treatment—Voluntary code of practice

14/04/2009

14/05/2009

3009

25

1529

Minchin

18/05/2009

Legislation—Statutory reviews—Timelines

18/06/2009

18/06/2009

3822

31

1546

Cormann

19/05/2009

Caring for our Country program—Expenditure and priority funding

22/06/2009

22/06/2009

3970

34

1608

Cormann

29/05/2009

Grains Research and Development Corporation—Relationship with the Grains Council of Australia

20/07/2009

12/08/2009

4776

52

1630

Abetz

29/05/2009

Administration—Infrastructure and capital works projects

20/07/2009

12/08/2009

1629

52

1668

Minchin

03/06/2009

Government websites—Advertising on search engines

15/07/2009

12/08/2009

4812

42

1708

Minchin

10/06/2009

Legislation—Redundant and potentially redundant legislation—‘Clean-up’ coordinated by the Department of Finance and Deregulation

18/08/2009

20/08/2009

5659

69

1746

Ronaldson

10/06/2009

Administration—Contracts awarded to the Boston Consulting Group and the Allen Consulting Group

20/07/2009

13/08/2009

4960

40

1803

Abetz

16/06/2009

Administration—Hospitality—Spending since 24 November 2007

25/09/2009

26/10/2009

7200

101

1825

Milne

24/06/2009

Illegal timber harvesting—Timber products procured by the Government

11/08/2009

19/08/2009

5489

48

1826

Milne

24/06/2009

ITS Global Asia Pacific—Meetings with the Minister or department in 2009

20/07/2009

13/08/2009

4968

26

1828

Boswell

24/06/2009

Australian wheat industry—Effects of deregulation

20/07/2009

13/08/2009

4969

26

1833

B. Brown

01/07/2009

Forest Industries Development Fund—Gunns Limited

04/08/2009

19/08/2009

5490

34

1892

Barnett

02/07/2009

Consultancies—Details of completed and ongoing since

31/08/2009

08/09/2009

6035

60

November 2007—Planned or budgeted for 2009 and 2010

1929

Barnett

02/07/2009

Administration—Staff, hospitality, plants, water coolers, television subscriptions and government credit cards

13/10/2009

27/10/2009

7351

103

1949

Nash

15/07/2009

Wheat exports—Price markers—Average price per tonne

07/09/2009

08/09/2009

6038

54

1950

Nash

15/07/2009

Wheat exports—Price markers—Assumptions used in producing graphs

07/09/2009

08/09/2009

6039

54

1951

Nash

15/07/2009

Wheat exports—Price markers—Accuracy of comparisons

07/09/2009

08/09/2009

6039

54

1952

Nash

15/07/2009

Wheat exports—Price markers—Graphs

07/09/2009

08/09/2009

6040

54

1953

Nash

15/07/2009

Wheat exports—Price markers—Graphs

07/09/2009

08/09/2009

6040

54

1954

Nash

15/07/2009

Wheat exports—Price markers—Graphs and figures

07/09/2009

08/09/2009

6041

54

1955

Nash

15/07/2009

Wheat exports—Price markers—Graphs

07/09/2009

08/09/2009

6041

54

1956

Nash

15/07/2009

Wheat exports—Price markers—Price per tonne

07/09/2009

08/09/2009

6042

54

1976

Abetz

21/07/2009

Portable water supplies—Amount spent in the 2008-09 financial year

18/08/2009

20/08/2009

5688

28

2013

Abetz

21/07/2009

Administration—Media training undertaken since 24 November 2007

08/09/2009

09/09/2009

6200

49

2037

B. Brown

27/07/2009

Administration—Forest Industries Climate Change Research Fund

07/10/2009

28/10/2009

7520

72

2068

B. Brown

13/08/2009

Administration—Forest industries climate change research fund: Applicant guidelines, ‘Data Gaps Overview’—Preparation and consultation

21/09/2009

28/10/2009

7537

39

2106

B. Brown

14/08/2009

Forest Industries Development Fund—Grants awarded and further rounds of funding

25/09/2009

28/10/2009

7547

42

2108

Cormann

17/08/2009

Administration—‘Caring for our Country’ program—Budget and expenditure

29/10/2009

16/11/2009

7952

73

2147

Ronaldson

10/09/2009

Administration—Ministerial letterhead and postage—Costs to the department

04/11/2009

17/11/2009

8105

55

2184

Ronaldson

14/09/2009

Administration—2008-09 financial year—Resources provided by the home department

05/02/2010

22/02/2010

770

144

2235

Abetz

16/09/2009

Administration—Ministers/Parliamentary Secretaries—Websites

02/12/2009

02/02/2010

201

77

2340

Barnett

17/09/2009

Legal advice—2008-09 financial year

04/11/2009

18/11/2009

8310

48

2376

B. Brown

21/10/2009

Forest Industries Development Fund—$9 million funding—Grant recipients

16/11/2009

18/11/2009

8316

26

2446

Ronaldson

23/11/2009

Administration—Program overspends and underspends—Top 5

22/12/2009

04/02/2010

618

29

2466

Cormann

24/11/2009

Exceptional circumstances drought assistance—Number of recipients

22/12/2009

22/02/2010

784

28

2618

Cormann

08/02/2010

Hawker Britton—Meetings with representatives

01/04/2010

11/05/2010

2510

52

2641

Abetz

24/02/2010

Administration—National Landcare Facilitator—Appointment

26/03/2010

11/05/2010

2516

30

2666

Humphries

25/02/2010

Administration—Redundancies

26/03/2010

11/05/2010

2524

29

2716

Humphries

10/03/2010

Administration—Involuntary redundancies

31/03/2010

11/05/2010

2532

21

2741

Cormann

11/03/2010

Wheat Export Commission—Chartering report

16/04/2010

11/05/2010

2536

36

2747

Cormann

11/03/2010

Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service—Expenditure and number of full-time equivalent employees

16/04/2010

11/05/2010

2539

36

2822

Cash

17/05/2010

Australian National Audit Office—Audit report no. 47 of 2008-09—Recommendation no. 1, para 3.27

06/07/2010

50

2823

Cash

17/05/2010

Australian National Audit Office—Audit report no. 47 of 2008-09—Recommendation no. 2, para 4.45

06/07/2010

50

2824

Cash

17/05/2010

Australian National Audit Office—Audit report no. 47 of 2008-09—Recommendation no. 3, para 5.37

06/07/2010

50

2825

Cash

17/05/2010

Australian National Audit Office—Audit report no. 47 of 2008-09—Recommendation no. 4, para 6.50

06/07/2010

50

2826

Cash

17/05/2010

Australian National Audit Office—Audit report no. 47 of 2008-09—Recommendation no. 5, para 7.22

06/07/2010

50

2833

Milne

03/06/2010

Sunland Freshwater Fish Hatchery contamination—Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority investigation

46

2878

Humphries

17/06/2010

Administration—Departmental and agency accommodation—Estimation of future requirements

32

2898

Milne

17/06/2010

Environment—Supplementary Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement

32

2912

Abetz

28/06/2010

Australian Landcare Council—Membership details and public record

21

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