Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 37 – 26 June 2014, p. 1019.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, No. 37 – 26 June 2014, p. 1019.

[3]        See Journals of the Senate, No. 79 – 2 March 2015, p. 2203; Journals of the Senate, No. 95 – 15 June 2015, p. 2644.

[4]        Journals of the Senate, No. 90 – 26 March 2015, p. 2463.

Chapter 2 - Progress in responding to committee's previous inquiry and the senior management structure

[1]        Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, The performance of the Department of Parliamentary Service: Interim Report, June 2012, pp 55-56, quoting Ms Pamille Berg, Submission 13, p. 3.

[2]        See Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, The performance of the Department of Parliamentary Service: Interim Report, June 2012, pp 55-59.

[3]        See Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, The performance of the Department of Parliamentary Service: Interim Report, June 2012, p. 58.

[4]        Government Response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee Interim Report into the performance of the Department of Parliamentary Services, July 2013, p. 2.

[5]        Submission 1, p. 1.

[6]        Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, pp 7-9.

[7]        See DPS, Response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee report: The performance of the Department of Parliamentary Services, February 2013.

[8]        DPS, Response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee report: The performance of the Department of Parliamentary Services, February 2013, p. 2.

[9]        DPS, Response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee report: The performance of the Department of Parliamentary Services, February 2013, pp 2-3.

[10]      DPS, Response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee report: The performance of the Department of Parliamentary Services, February 2013, p. 3.

[11]      President of the Senate's response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee report into the performance of the Department of Parliamentary Services, 21 March 2013. The Senate Appropriations and Staffing Committee is now the Senate Appropriations, Staffing and Security Committee.

[12]      Senate Appropriations and Staffing Committee, Annual Report 2012-13, p. 4.

[13]      House Committee of the Senate, Report, June 2013, p. 1.

[14]      House Committee of the Senate, Report, June 2013, p. 1.

[15]      House Committee of the Senate, Report, May 2014, p. 1.

[16]      DPS, Response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee report: The performance of the Department of Parliamentary Services, February 2013, p. 15.

[17]      See Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), Managing Assets and Contracts at Parliament House: Department of Parliamentary Services, Performance Audit Report No. 24, 2014-15.

[18]      DPS, Response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee report: The performance of the Department of Parliamentary Services, February 2013, p. 18.

[19]      Government response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee Final Report into the performance of the Department of Parliamentary Services, July 2013, p. 2.

[20]      Submission 1, p. 9.

[21]      See Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Department of Parliamentary Services: Interim report, April 2015, pp 7-10.

[22]      ANAO, Managing Assets and Contracts at Parliament House: Department of Parliamentary Services, Performance Audit Report No. 24, 2014-15, p. 16.

[23]      ANAO, Managing Assets and Contracts at Parliament House: Department of Parliamentary Services, Performance Audit Report No. 24, 2014-15, p. 16.

[24]      Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Estimates Hansard, 15 October 2012, p. 34.

[25]      Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS) Annual Report 2012-13, Secretary's review, p 1.

[26]      DPS Annual Report 2012-13, Secretary's review, p. 2.

[27]      Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Additional Estimates
2013-14, Department of Parliamentary Services, Answer to question on notice No. 135.

[28]      Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Additional Estimates
2013-14, Department of Parliamentary Services, Answer to question on notice No. 135. The Roche Review was a review of information and communication technology for the Parliament which was initiated by the Presiding Officers and carried out by Mr Michael Roche. The Roche Review was completed in August 2012 and tabled by the then President of the Senate, Senator the Hon John Hogg, during the Supplementary Budget Estimates 2012-13 hearings in October 2012.

[29]      Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Additional Estimates
2013-14, Department of Parliamentary Services, Answer to question on notice No. 135.

[30]      Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Supplementary Budget Estimates 2012-13, Department of Parliamentary Services, Answer to question on notice No. 173.

[31]      The creation of the Chief Operating Officer position was not mentioned in the Additional Estimates 2013-14, Department of Parliamentary Service, Answer to question on notice No 135 which was provided in April 2014. However the DPS organisational structure as at 30 June 2014 did include the position of Chief Operating Officer, see DPS Annual Report 2013-14, pp 16-17. In April 2015, DPS provided a submission to the committee's inquiry into the proposed Parliament House security upgrade works which noted that a separate branch and Assistant Secretary had been established as a non-ongoing reportable entity within the DPS Executive, see Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Inquiry into the Parliament House security upgrade works, Submission 6, p. 5.

[32]      Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), Managing Contracts and Assets at Parliament House: Department of Parliamentary Services, 2014-15, Report No. 24, p. 42.

[33]      Committee Hansard, 2 March 2015, p. 19.

[34]      Committee Hansard, 2 March 2015, p. 20.

[35]      ANAO, Managing Contracts and Assets at Parliament House: Department of Parliamentary Services, 2014-15, Report No. 24, p. 23.

[36]      Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, The performance of the Department of Parliamentary Services: Final report, November 2012, p. 212.

[37]      Committee Hansard, 2 March 2015, pp 1-2.

Chapter 3 - Heritage management, building and asset management and contract management

[1]        Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, The performance of the Department of Parliamentary Services: Final report, November 2012, p. 212.

[2]        Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, The performance of the Department of Parliamentary services: Final report, November 2012, pp 213-214.

[3]        DPS, Parliament House Heritage Management Framework 2011, p. 2. See also Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, The performance of the Department of Parliamentary services: Interim report, June 2012, pp 37-39.

[4]        DPS Annual Report 2012-13, p. 66.

[5]        Committee Hansard, 30 October 2012, p. 6.

[6]        DPS Annual Report 2013-14, p. 47.

[7]        DPS Annual Report 2013-14, p. 47.

[8]        Mr Garry Gordon, Assistant Secretary, Strategic Asset Planning and Performance Branch, DPS, Committee Hansard, 16 March 2015, p. 29.

[9]        Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), Managing Assets and Contracts at Parliament House, Department of Parliamentary Services, No. 24, 2014-15, p. 18.

[10]      Committee Hansard, 2 March 2015, p. 5.

[11]      DPS Annual Report 2012-13, p. 66.

[12]      Mr Garry Gordon, Assistant Secretary, Strategic Asset Planning and Performance Branch, DPS, Committee Hansard, 16 March 2015, p. 18.

[13]      ANAO, Managing Assets and Contracts at Parliament House, Department of Parliamentary Services, No. 24, 2014-15, p. 61.

[14]      Mr Neil Skill, First Assistant Secretary, Building and Asset Management Division, DPS, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, pp 2-3.

[15]      Committee Hansard, 16 March 2015, p. 18.

[16]      Submission 1, p. 1.

[17]      Submission 1, p. 1.

[18]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 4. See also Ms Carol Mills, Secretary, DPS, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 7.

[19]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 9.

[20]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 7.

[21]      Committee Hansard, 16 March 2015, p. 29.

[22]      Committee Hansard, 16 March 2015, pp 29-30.

[23]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 7.

[24]      Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, The performance of the Department of Parliamentary services: Final report, November 2012, p. 213.

[25]      Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, The performance of the Department of Parliamentary services: Final report, November 2012, p. 213.

[26]      Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, The performance of the Department of Parliamentary services: Final report, November 2012, p. 213.

[27]      See Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Proposed Parliament House security upgrade works, June 2015, pp 13-16.

[28]      Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Proposed Parliament House security upgrade works, June 2015, p. 15.

[29]      Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Proposed Parliament House security upgrade works, June 2015, p. 22.

[30]      See Mr Andrew Morris, Executive Director, Performance Audit Services Group, ANAO, Committee Hansard, 2 March 2015, p. 5.

[31]      Mr Neil Skill, First Assistant Secretary, Building and Asset Management Division, DPS, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2015, p. 4. This hearing was for the committee's inquiry into the proposed Parliament House security upgrade works.

[32]      Submission 1, p. 7.

[33]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, pp 4-5. See also Mr Neil Skill, First Assistant Secretary, Building and Asset Management Division, DPS, Committee Hansard, 16 March 2015, p. 32.

[34]      Committee Hansard, 2 March 2015, p. 16.

[35]      Submission 1, p. 7.

[36]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 5. The committee understands that the references to the 'strategic infrastructure management plan' are a reference to the Strategic Asset Management Plan.

[37]      Answer to question on notice, received 1 May 2015, p. 9.

[38]      ANAO, Managing Assets and Contracts at Parliament House: Department of Parliamentary Services, No. 24, 2014-15, p. 55.

[39]      ANAO, Managing Assets and Contracts at Parliament House: Department of Parliamentary Services, No. 24, 2014-15, p. 55.

[40]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 5.

[41]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 5.

[42]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 5.

[43]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 5.

[44]      Answer to question on notice, received 1 May 2015, p. 9.

[45]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 5.

[46]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 5.

[47]      Answer to question on notice, received 1 May 2015, p. 10.

[48]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 6. The committee outlined the categorisation of Parliament House furniture in its 2012 final report. Status A furniture is found in all areas of Public and/or VIP status which require a unique and comprehensive design service for loose furniture and furnishings; Status B furniture areas include all other Ministerial offices, Members' and Senators' offices and areas which require special design and/or selection services for a limited range of standard items of loose furniture and furnishings that will be duplicated within all areas of similar status throughout the building; Status C furniture includes all items apart from those listed under Status A and Status B and in those areas there are ready-manufactured items that provide a range of standard elements for loose furniture and furnishings within each area of similar status. For more information see Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, The performance of the Department of Parliamentary Services: Final report, November 2012, p. 108.

[49]      Committee Hansard, 2 March 2015, pp 18-19.

[50]      ANAO, Managing Assets and Contracts at Parliament House: Department of Parliamentary Services, No. 24, 2014-15, pp 70-71.

[51]      Committee Hansard, 2 March 2015, p. 18.

[52]      Committee Hansard, 2 March 2015, p. 18.

[53]      Committee Hansard, 2 March 2015, p. 18.

[54]      Committee Hansard, 2 March 2015, p. 18.

[55]      Answer to question on notice, received 1 May 2015, p. 12.

[56]      See Mr Neil Skill, First Assistant Secretary, Building and Asset Management Division, DPS, Committee Hansard, 2 March 2015, pp 17-18.

[57]      See Mr Neil Skill, First Assistant Secretary, Building and Asset Management Division, DPS, Committee Hansard, 2 March 2015, p. 18.

[58]      ANAO, Managing Assets and Contracts at Parliament House: Department of Parliamentary Services, No. 24, 2014-15, p. 16.

[59]      See Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Inquiry into the Department of Parliamentary Services: First Interim Report April 2015, pp 10-13.

[60]      Answer to question on notice, received 5 June 2015, p. 6.

[61]      Ms Fiona Bowring-Greer, Director, Operations Division, DPS, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2015, p. 3.

[62]      Answer to question on notice, received 5 June 2015, p. 7.

[63]      Committee Hansard, 14 May 2015, p. 1.

[64]      Committee Hansard, 14 May 2015, p. 1.

[65]      Committee Hansard, 14 May 2015, pp 1-2.

[66]      Answer to question on notice, received 5 June 2015, p. 1.

[67]      Ms Fiona Bowring-Greer, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2015, p. 8.

[68]      Committee Hansard, 14 May 2015, p. 4.

[69]      Committee Hansard, 14 May 2015, p. 4.

[70]      Committee Hansard, 14 May 2015, p. 5.

[71]      Committee Hansard, 14 May 2015, p. 5.

Chapter 4 - Workplace culture and employment issues

[1]        See Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, The performance of the Department of Parliamentary Services – Final Report, November 2012, pp 7-42 (Chapter 2).

[2]        DPS, Response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee report: The performance of the Department of Parliamentary Services, February 2013, pp 3-4.

[3]        DPS, Response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee report: The performance of the Department of Parliamentary Services, February 2013, p. 3.

[4]        DPS, Response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee report: The performance of the Department of Parliamentary Services, February 2013, p. 4.

[5]        DPS, Response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee report: The performance of the Department of Parliamentary Services, February 2013, p. 4.

[6]        DPS, Response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee report: The performance of the Department of Parliamentary Services, February 2013, p. 4.

[7]        Submission 1, p. 2.

[8]        Submission 1, p. 2.

[9]        Answer to question on notice, received 1 May 2015, p. 3.

[10]      DPS, Response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee report: The performance of the Department of Parliamentary Services, February 2013, p. 5.

[11]      DPS, Response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee report: The performance of the Department of Parliamentary Services, February 2013, p. 5.

[12]      Submission 1, p. 3.

[13]      Answer to question on notice, received 1 May 2015, p. 4.

[14]      DPS, Response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee report: The performance of the Department of Parliamentary Services, February 2013, p. 5.

[15]      Submission 1, p. 3.

[16]      DPS, Response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee report: The performance of the Department of Parliamentary Services, February 2013, p. 5.

[17]      DPS, Response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee report: The performance of the Department of Parliamentary Services, February 2013, p. 5.

[18]      Submission 1, p. 3.

[19]      Submission 1, p. 4.

[20]      Answer to question on notice, received 1 May 2015, p. 5.

[21]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 11.

[22]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 11.

[23]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 12. DPS subsequently clarified that the period of time involved was 'approximately three months', not 'a month or so', Additional Information, Correspondence from Ms Eija Seittenranta, Chief Operating Officer, DPS to Committee Secretary, Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, dated 5 December 2015, p. 2.

[24]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 12.

[25]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 10.

[26]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 10.

[27]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 10.

[28]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 10.

[29]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 10.

[30]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 11.

[31]      Additional Information, Correspondence from Ms Eija Seittenranta, Chief Operating Officer, DPS to Committee Secretary, Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, dated 5 December 2015, p. 2.

[32]      Additional Information, Correspondence from Ms Eija Seittenranta, Chief Operating Officer, DPS to Committee Secretary, Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, dated 5 December 2015, p. 2.

[33]      Additional Information, Correspondence from Ms Eija Seittenranta, Chief Operating Officer, DPS to Committee Secretary, Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, dated 5 December 2015, p. 2.

[34]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 11.

[35]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 11. DPS subsequently clarified that '[s]ubediting of the trainees is not always done by their mentor; sometimes it is done by other PSL 6 editors. However, it is correct that all trainee's work is subedited', Additional Information, Correspondence from Ms Eija Seittenranta, Chief Operating Officer, DPS to Committee Secretary, Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, dated 5 December 2015, p. 2.

[36]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 14.

[37]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 15.

[38]      Answer to question on notice, received 30 January 2015, p. 5. A 'chamber turn' refers to the 7.5 minute period that a Hansard editor is in the chamber and is subsequently produced as a Hansard.

[39]      Answer to question on notice, received 30 January 2015, p. 5.

[40]      Answer to question on notice, received 30 January 2015, p. 5.

[41]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 14.

[42]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 15.

[43]      Answer to question on notice, 30 January 2015, p. 4.

[44]      Submission 6, p. 1. The submission by VSOs discusses an 8.5 hour shift, the DPS supplementary submission discusses the proposal in terms of a 7.5 hour shift.

[45]      Submission 6, p. 1.

[46]      Submission 6, p. 1.

[47]      Supplementary Submission 1, p. 1.

[48]      Supplementary Submission 1, p. 1.

[49]      Supplementary Submission 1, p. 1.

[50]      Supplementary Submission 1, pp 1-2.

[51]      Supplementary Submission 1, p. 2.

[52]      Supplementary Submission 1, p. 2.

[53]      Supplementary Submission 1, p. 2.

[54]      Supplementary Submission 1, pp 2-3.

Chapter 5 - Other matters

[1]        Department of the House of Representatives, Submission 10, p. 1, to the Joint Committee on Public Accounts and Audit in its inquiry into 'The efficiency dividend and small agencies'.

[2]        Joint Committee on Public Accounts and Audit, The efficiency dividend and small agencies: Size does matter, Report 413, December 2008, p. 28.

[3]        Joint Committee on Public Accounts and Audit, The efficiency dividend and small agencies: Size does matter, Report 413, December 2008, p. 29.

[4]        Government Response to Joint Committee on Public Accounts and Audit, The efficiency dividend and small agencies: Size does matter, Report 413, 4 February 2010, p. 2.

[5]        See Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, The performance of the Department of Parliamentary Services: Final Report, November 2012, p. 187, quoting Senator the Hon John Hogg, President of the Senate, letter to the committee dated 13 September 2011.

[6]        Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, The performance of the Department of Parliamentary Services: Final Report, November 2012, p. 187; see also submission by DPS to the committee's previous inquiry, Submission 3, Attachment 1, p. 9.

[7]        Estimates Hansard, 15 October 2012, p. 5.

[8]        Estimates Hansard, 26 May 2014, p. 20.

[9]        Estimates Hansard, 26 May 2014, pp 20-21.

[10]      See Australian Parliament House website, Venue Hire, available at: www.aph.gov.au/Visit_Parliament/Venue_Hire (accessed 6 July 2015).

[11]      See Parliament House Catering by InterContinental Hotels Group website, available at http://www.parliamenthousecateringbyihg.com.au/events-canberra-planning/floor-plans-capacities/ (accessed 6 July 2015).

[12]      DPS Annual Report 2013-14, p. 54.

[13]      See Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Inquiry into the performance of DPS, Answer to question on notice, received 12 November 2012, p. 12.

[14]      Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, The performance of the Department of Parliamentary Services: Final Report, November 2012, p. 195.

[15]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 18.

[16]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 18.

[17]      Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), Managing Assets and Contracts at Parliament House, Department of Parliamentary Services, No. 24, 2014-15, p. 102.

[18]      ANAO, Managing Assets and Contracts at Parliament House, Department of Parliamentary Services, No. 24, 2014-15, p. 102.

[19]      Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Budget Estimates
2015-16, Department of Parliamentary Services, Answer to question on notice No. 38.

[20]      Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Budget Estimates
2015-16, Department of Parliamentary Services, Answer to question on notice No. 38.

[21]      Operating Policies and Procedures No 24 – Use of the Parliament House facilities for functions and events, clause 8, attached to Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Budget Estimates 2015-16, Department of Parliamentary Services, Answer to question on notice No. 38.

[22]      Operating Policies and Procedures No 24 – Use of the Parliament House facilities for functions and events, Attachment B, clause 3, attached to Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Budget Estimates 2015-16, Department of Parliamentary Services, Answer to question on notice No. 38.

[23]      Operating Policies and Procedures No 24 – Use of the Parliament House facilities for functions and events, Attachment B, clause 7, attached to Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Budget Estimates 2015-16, Department of Parliamentary Services, Answer to question on notice No. 38.

[24]      Operating Policies and Procedures No 24 – Use of the Parliament House facilities for functions and events, Attachment A, clause 1, attached to Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Budget Estimates 2015-16, Department of Parliamentary Services, Answer to question on notice No. 38.

[25]      Estimates Hansard, 26 May 2014, p. 52. The President of the Senate, Senator the Hon Stephen Parry, advised the committee that he does not hold any political fundraisers in the President's suite, see Estimates Hansard, 25 May 2015, pp 10 and 11.

[26]      Ms Carol Mills, Secretary, DPS, Estimates Hansard, 26 May 2014, pp 57-58; Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Budget Estimates 2014-15, Answer to question on notice No. 191 and No. 297; Ms Myra Croke, Chief Operating Officer, DPS, Estimates Hansard, 25 May 2015, p. 116.

[27]      Estimates Hansard, 26 May 2014, p. 53.

[28]      Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Budget Estimates 2015-16, Department of Parliamentary Services, Answer to question on notice No. 38.

[29]      See Ms Freda Handley, Assistant Secretary, Parliamentary Experience Branch, DPS, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 19.

[30]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 18.

[31]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 18.

[32]      Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Budget Estimates
2013-14, Department of Parliamentary Services, Answer to question on notice No. 103.

[33]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 20.

[34]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 22.

[35]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 18.

[36]      See Answers to question on notice, received 30 January 2015, pp 15-227.

[37]      Sandwalk Partners, Review of the Visitor Experience at Australian Parliament House: Directional Strategy for a New Visitor Experience, September 2013, p. 20.

[38]      Sandwalk Partners, Review of the Visitor Experience at Australian Parliament House: Directional Strategy for a New Visitor Experience, September 2013, p. 8.

[39]      Sandwalk Partners, Review of the Visitor Experience at Australian Parliament House: Directional Strategy for a New Visitor Experience, September 2013, p. 8.

[40]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 23.

[41]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 23.

[42]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 24.

[43]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 24.

[44]      Answer to question on notice, received 30 January 2015, p. 231.

[45]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 25.

[46]      Committee Hansard, 17 November 2014, p. 25.

[47]      Correspondence from Ms Carol Mills, Secretary of DPS, to Senator Cory Bernardi, Chair, Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, 30 January 2015, p. 1.

[48]      Correspondence from Senator Cory Bernardi, Chair, Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, 12 February 2015, p. 1.

[49]      Correspondence from Senator Cory Bernardi, Chair, Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, 12 February 2015, p. 1.

[50]      Correspondence from Ms Carol Mills, Secretary of DPS, to Senator Cory Bernardi, Chair, Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, 27 February 2015, p. 1.

[51]      Correspondence from Ms Carol Mills, Secretary of DPS, to Senator Cory Bernardi, Chair, Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, 27 February 2015, pp 1-2.

[52]      Correspondence from Ms Carol Mills, Secretary of DPS, to Senator Cory Bernardi, Chair, Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, 27 February 2015, p. 2.

[53]      Senator Cory Bernardi, Chair, Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, to Ms Carol Mills, Secretary of DPS, 6 March 2015, p. 1.

[54]      Senator Cory Bernardi, Chair, Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, to Ms Carol Mills, Secretary of DPS, 6 March 2015, p. 1.

[55]      Ms Myra Croke, Chief Operating Officer, DPS, to Senator Cory Bernardi, Chair, Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, 13 March 2015, p. 1.

[56]      Committee Hansard, 16 March 2015, p. 2.

[57]      The Hon Bronwyn Bishop MP, Speaker of the House of Representatives and Senator the Hon Stephen Parry, President of the Senate to Senator Cory Bernardi, Chair, Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, 13 May 2015, p. 1.

[58]      See Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Inquiry into the performance of DPS, Answer to questions on notice, received 15 May 2012, available at www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Finance_and_Public_Administration/Completed%20inquiries/2010-13/deptparliamentaryservices/submissions (accessed 3 August 2015).

[59]      See, Answer to question on notice, received 30 January 2015, pp 307-308.