Documents refused to the Senate

1 July 2005 to 20 September 2007

• Communications—Telstra—Documents held by Telstra Corporation relating to shareholder attitude surveys conducted by Crosby/Textor.
• Defence—Iraq—Depleted Uranium—Report of the Australian Defence Force on the presence of depleted uranium in the Australian area of operations in Al Muthanna province in southern Iraq.
• Education—Voluntary Student Unionism—Documents relating to options for voluntary student unionism.
• Employment—Community Partners Program—The review of the Community Partners program, as commissioned by the Office of the Employment Advocate and conducted by Deloitte Touche Tomatsu.
• Environment—Hope Downs Iron Ore Project—Briefing packages produced by the former Department of the Environment and Heritage for the Minister's consideration of the Hope Downs Iron Ore Project proposed by Hope Downs Management Services Pty Ltd.
• Environment—Northern Territory—Uranium Mines—Documents relating to the Commonwealth Government's authority to unilaterally approve uranium mines in the Northern Territory.
• Environment—Review of Matters of National Environmental Significance—Report on the review of matters national environmental significance made under section 28A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
• Environment—Tasmania—Styx and Florentine Valleys—Documents relating to the implementation of the 2004 election commitment to protect 18 700 hectares of old-growth forest in the Styx and Florentine valleys.
• Family and Community Services—National Disabilities Advocacy Program Review—The National Disabilities Advocacy Program Review 2006, carried out by Social Options Australia.
• Family and Community Services—Smartcard Proposal—Documents relating to the smartcard proposal.
• Finance—Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia—Appointment—Documents relating to the nomination and appointment of Mr Robert Gerard to the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia.
• Foreign Affairs—United States of America—Military Commissions Act—Legal advice received by the Government relating to the legality of the United States of America's Military Commissions Act (2006).
• Health—Better Outcomes in Mental Health Initiative—Report from the review of the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Initiative.
• Health—Regulation of Non-prescription Medicinal Products—Report provided by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu relating to the regulation of non-prescription medicinal products.
• Immigration—457 Visa Program—Report prepared by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs relating to T&R Pastoral and its employment of workers on subclass 457 visas.
• Immigration—SIEV X—Documents detailing passengers purported to have boarded the vessel known as SIEV X.
• Law and Justice—Australian Wheat Board—The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development foreign bribery survey response by AWB Limited.
• Law and Justice—Border Rationalisation Taskforce—Report of the Border Rationalisation Taskforce prepared in 1998.
• Science and Technology—Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation—Documents relating to the research and development work to be undertaken by the CSIRO.
• Science and Technology—Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation—Sheep Study—Documents relating to a sheep study conducted by the CSIRO on the effect of transgenic peas on the immune response of sheep.
• Taxation—Infrastructure Borrowings Tax Offset Scheme—Documents held by the Department of Transport and Regional Services relating to taxation deductions under the Infrastructure Borrowings Tax Offset Scheme.
• Transport—Civil Aviation Safety Authority—Transair—Documents relating to Lessbrook Pty Ltd trading as Transair.
• Defence—Naval Ships—Safety—Documents including briefs to ministers concerning complaints and allegations relating to substandard maintenance on Navy ships, particularly with respect to HMAS Westralia.
• Environment—Proposed Anvil Hill Coal Mine—Documents relating to the Anvil Hill coal mine.