Question
No. |
Senator |
Date of
Question |
Subject |
Date
Reply
Received |
Hansard
Date
of Reply |
Hansard
Page No.
of Reply |
Elapsed
Time
(days) |
|
6
|
B. Brown
|
16/11/2004
|
Administration—Commonwealth
Ombudsman—Irregularities
|
16/02/2005
|
07/03/2005
|
157
|
92
|
|
27
|
Allison
|
16/11/2004
|
Foreign Affairs—Iraq—Weapons of mass destruction
|
05/04/2005
|
10/05/2005
|
105
|
140
|
|
37
|
Allison
|
16/11/2004
|
Environment—Energy White Paper
|
16/02/2005
|
07/03/2005
|
162
|
92
|
|
68
|
B. Brown
|
17/11/2004
|
Transport—Alice Springs to Darwin railway
|
|
|
|
1062
|
|
90
|
B. Brown
|
17/11/2004
|
Foreign Affairs—Iraq—Reconstruction funding
|
16/02/2005
|
07/03/2005
|
165
|
91
|
|
103
|
Faulkner
|
19/11/2004
|
Administration—Travel accommodation—Prime
Minister
|
|
|
|
1060
|
|
122
|
Faulkner
|
19/11/2004
|
Administration—Advertising campaigns
|
17/02/2005
|
07/03/2005
|
168
|
90
|
|
166
|
Bishop
|
08/12/2004
|
Administration—Official engagements—15 November
2004
|
12/10/2005
|
13/10/2005
|
164
|
308
|
|
173
|
Stott Despoja
|
09/12/2004
|
Science and Technology—Human embryo
experimentation—
|
15/04/2005
|
10/05/2005
|
132
|
127
|
|
|
|
|
Proposal by Belgium
|
|
|
|
|
|
194
|
Bishop
|
17/12/2004
|
Administration—Federation Fund
|
24/03/2005
|
10/05/2005
|
134
|
97
|
|
211
|
O’Brien
|
20/12/2004
|
Administration—Ministerial guidelines—Alleged
breaches
|
16/01/2006
|
07/02/2006
|
180
|
392
|
|
262
|
O’Brien
|
23/12/2004
|
Administration—Ansett employees—Outstanding
entitlements
|
31/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
151
|
159
|
|
278
|
O’Brien
|
23/12/2004
|
Administration—Prime Minister—Visits
|
|
|
|
1026
|
|
293
|
O’Brien
|
23/12/2004
|
Administration—Ethanol—Trafigura Fuels Australia Pty
Ltd
|
18/08/2006
|
04/09/2006
|
143
|
603
|
|
307
|
O’Brien
|
23/12/2004
|
Administration—Prime Minister’s office—Mr Mark
McMurtrie
|
|
|
|
1026
|
|
393
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
394
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
395
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
396
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
397
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
398
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
399
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
400
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
401
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
402
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
403
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
404
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
405
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
406
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
407
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
408
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
409
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
410
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
411
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
412
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
413
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
414
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
415
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
416
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
417
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
418
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
419
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
420
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
421
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
422
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
423
|
O’Brien
|
09/03/2005
|
Regional Australia—Procurement of goods and services
|
23/05/2005
|
14/06/2005
|
165
|
75
|
|
469
|
B. Brown
|
17/03/2005
|
Environment—Proposed pulp mill at Bell Bay,
Tasmania—
|
|
|
|
942
|
|
|
|
|
Communication with Gunns Limited
|
|
|
|
|
|
494
|
O’Brien
|
08/04/2005
|
Administration—Elphin Sports Precinct project funding
|
19/12/2005
|
07/02/2006
|
181
|
255
|
|
585
|
Evans
|
04/05/2005
|
Administration—Consultants—Surveys of community
attitudes
|
28/02/2006
|
01/03/2006
|
140
|
300
|
|
|
|
|
to departmental programs
|
|
|
|
|
|
647
|
Evans
|
04/05/2005
|
Administration—Salaries—APS level 1 to 6 officers
and
|
25/08/2005
|
05/09/2005
|
197
|
113
|
|
|
|
|
equivalent staff employed
|
|
|
|
|
|
678
|
Evans
|
04/05/2005
|
Administration—Overseas travel and air charters
|
29/05/2007
|
12/06/2007
|
185
|
755
|
|
710
|
Evans
|
04/05/2005
|
Administration—Overseas travel and air charters
|
|
|
|
894
|
|
741
|
Evans
|
04/05/2005
|
Administration—Advertising campaigns
|
14/03/2006
|
27/03/2006
|
154
|
314
|
|
833
|
Evans
|
04/05/2005
|
Administration—Customer service—Telephone lines
|
17/08/2005
|
18/08/2005
|
162
|
105
|
|
868
|
Evans
|
06/05/2005
|
Administration—Travel—Private or
commercially-sponsored
|
01/11/2005
|
03/11/2005
|
103
|
179
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplementary answer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/02/2006
|
01/03/2006
|
141
|
|
|
982
|
O’Brien
|
24/06/2005
|
Administration—Grants or other payments to business
|
28/02/2006
|
01/03/2006
|
141
|
249
|
|
|
|
|
organisations and/or associations
|
|
|
|
|
|
1044
|
B. Brown
|
03/08/2005
|
Trade—Free trade agreements—Restrictions on
ownership or
|
21/10/2005
|
03/11/2005
|
108
|
79
|
|
|
|
|
investment
|
|
|
|
|
|
1093
|
Nettle
|
18/08/2005
|
Health—Australia-United States of America free trade
|
21/10/2005
|
03/11/2005
|
123
|
64
|
|
|
|
|
agreement—Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
|
|
|
|
|
|
1137
|
O’Brien
|
05/09/2005
|
Administration—Prime Minister—Visit to
Launceston
|
12/10/2005
|
13/10/2005
|
192
|
37
|
|
1242
|
Marshall
|
26/09/2005
|
Administration—Workplace relations
legislation—Contracts
|
16/11/2005
|
28/11/2005
|
153
|
51
|
|
|
|
|
with legal firms for development or drafting work
|
|
|
|
|
|
1414
|
Sherry
|
01/12/2005
|
Administration—Commemorative events in
2005—Advice
|
14/03/2006
|
27/03/2006
|
190
|
103
|
|
1465
|
O’Brien
|
17/01/2006
|
Administration—Ministerial guidelines—Alleged
breaches
|
07/04/2006
|
09/05/2006
|
183
|
80
|
|
1475
|
O’Brien
|
17/01/2006
|
Administration—Family travel—Rules and travel
costs
|
27/06/2006
|
08/08/2006
|
190
|
161
|
|
1484
|
O’Brien
|
18/01/2006
|
Administration—Departmental
secretaries—Appointment
|
|
|
|
635
|
|
1487
|
O’Brien
|
18/01/2006
|
Administration—Program and/or grant
funding—Federal
|
01/06/2006
|
13/06/2006
|
234
|
134
|
|
|
|
|
electorate of Bass
|
|
|
|
|
|
1517
|
O’Brien
|
18/01/2006
|
Administration—Funding—City View Christian Church
Inc.
|
17/05/2006
|
13/06/2006
|
239
|
119
|
|
1555
|
B. Brown
|
23/01/2006
|
Administration—State funeral—Mr Kerry Packer
|
01/06/2006
|
13/06/2006
|
243
|
129
|
|
1559
|
Siewert
|
23/01/2006
|
Administration—Meetings with Mr Bill Lowther, British
Nuclear
|
14/02/2007
|
28/02/2007
|
147
|
387
|
|
|
|
|
Fuels Ltd
|
|
|
|
|
|
1569
|
O’Brien
|
30/01/2006
|
Transport—Road fatalities—2005 Christmas-New Year
period
|
07/04/2006
|
09/05/2006
|
198
|
67
|
|
1582
|
O’Brien
|
15/02/2006
|
Administration—Australian Government Secretaries’
Group on
|
27/06/2006
|
08/08/2006
|
198
|
132
|
|
|
|
|
Indigenous Affairs
|
|
|
|
|
|
1714
|
Nettle
|
26/04/2006
|
Administration—Internet website, www.johnhowardpm.org
|
01/06/2006
|
15/06/2006
|
224
|
36
|
|
1726
|
O’Brien
|
09/05/2006
|
Trade—Allegedly contaminated Australian
wheat—Iraq
|
31/07/2006
|
10/08/2006
|
153
|
83
|
|
1729
|
O’Brien
|
09/05/2006
|
Trade—Iraq—AWB Limited
|
31/07/2006
|
10/08/2006
|
153
|
83
|
|
1732
|
O’Brien
|
09/05/2006
|
Administration—Communications with AWB Limited
|
31/07/2006
|
10/08/2006
|
154
|
83
|
|
1735
|
O’Brien
|
09/05/2006
|
Administration—Communication with Tigris Petroleum
and/or
|
31/07/2006
|
10/08/2006
|
154
|
83
|
|
|
|
|
BHP Billiton
|
|
|
|
|
|
1738
|
O’Brien
|
09/05/2006
|
Administration—Advice sought from departments—Iraq
and
|
31/07/2006
|
10/08/2006
|
154
|
83
|
|
|
|
|
Australian wheat
|
|
|
|
|
|
1741
|
O’Brien
|
09/05/2006
|
Administration—Advice sought from
departments—Contract
|
31/07/2006
|
10/08/2006
|
155
|
83
|
|
|
|
|
under the United Nations Oil for Food Programme
|
|
|
|
|
|
1744
|
O’Brien
|
09/05/2006
|
Administration—Advice sought from departments—Debts
owed
|
31/07/2006
|
10/08/2006
|
155
|
83
|
|
|
|
|
by the Iraqi Grains Board to Tigris Petroleum or BHP
Billiton
|
|
|
|
|
|
1747
|
O’Brien
|
09/05/2006
|
Administration—Advice sought from departments—Iraq,
purchase
|
31/07/2006
|
10/08/2006
|
156
|
83
|
|
|
|
|
of Australian wheat
|
|
|
|
|
|
1750
|
O’Brien
|
09/05/2006
|
Administration—Meetings—Australian Grains
Council
|
27/03/2007
|
28/03/2007
|
157
|
322
|
|
1751
|
O’Brien
|
09/05/2006
|
Administration—Communications with AWB Limited
|
31/07/2006
|
10/08/2006
|
156
|
83
|
|
1754
|
O’Brien
|
09/05/2006
|
Trade—Iraq—Wheat
|
31/07/2006
|
10/08/2006
|
156
|
83
|
|
1757
|
O’Brien
|
09/05/2006
|
Administration—Meetings—Mr Darryl Hockey
|
31/07/2006
|
10/08/2006
|
157
|
83
|
|
1760
|
Milne
|
09/05/2006
|
Administration—Meetings—Family First
|
18/08/2006
|
04/09/2006
|
143
|
101
|
|
1883
|
Milne
|
06/06/2006
|
Administration—Budget 2006-2007—Post-Budget
functions
|
13/11/2006
|
27/11/2006
|
138
|
160
|
|
1937
|
O’Brien
|
08/06/2006
|
Mining—Beaconsfield, Tasmania—Mine-related
fatalities
|
18/08/2006
|
04/09/2006
|
174
|
71
|
|
1938
|
O’Brien
|
08/06/2006
|
Administration—State funerals
|
|
|
|
494
|
|
1944
|
O’Brien
|
08/06/2006
|
Administration—Freedom of information requests
|
18/09/2006
|
09/10/2006
|
147
|
102
|
|
1964
|
O’Brien
|
08/06/2006
|
Administration—Compensation for Detriment Caused by
Defective
|
18/08/2006
|
04/09/2006
|
177
|
71
|
|
|
|
|
Administration Scheme
|
|
|
|
|
|
1985
|
O’Brien
|
08/06/2006
|
Administration—Legal Services Directions
|
|
|
|
494
|
|
2068
|
O’Brien
|
16/06/2006
|
Administration—Prime Minister’s travel
|
19/04/2007
|
08/05/2007
|
62
|
307
|
|
2069
|
O’Brien
|
16/06/2006
|
Administration—Prime Minister’s travel
|
|
|
|
486
|
|
2071
|
O’Brien
|
16/06/2006
|
Administration—Prime Minister’s travel
|
|
|
|
486
|
|
2153
|
O’Brien
|
14/07/2006
|
Administration—Australian Government Secretaries’
Group on
|
18/08/2006
|
05/09/2006
|
122
|
35
|
|
|
|
|
Indigenous Affairs
|
|
|
|
|
|
2157
|
O’Brien
|
14/07/2006
|
Administration—Training—Senate estimates
hearings
|
13/11/2006
|
27/11/2006
|
140
|
122
|
|
2231
|
Bishop
|
19/07/2006
|
Defence—Redress of Grievance—Air Vice-Marshal
Criss
|
09/10/2006
|
10/10/2006
|
174
|
82
|
|
2250
|
Wong
|
24/07/2006
|
Administration—Investigation into employment
contracts—Teys
|
09/10/2006
|
10/10/2006
|
176
|
77
|
|
|
|
|
Brothers Naracoorte
|
|
|
|
|
|
2313
|
Wong
|
08/08/2006
|
Administration—Australian Federal
Police—Investigation of
|
13/11/2006
|
27/11/2006
|
144
|
97
|
|
|
|
|
suspected leaks of information
|
|
|
|
|
|
2314
|
Wong
|
08/08/2006
|
Industrial Relations—Australian Council of Trade
Unions
|
07/03/2007
|
20/03/2007
|
156
|
211
|
|
|
|
|
advertisements
|
|
|
|
|
|
2322
|
McLucas
|
09/08/2006
|
Administration—Ministerial responsibilities
|
|
|
|
432
|
|
2354
|
O’Brien
|
11/08/2006
|
Administration—Discretionary grants programs
|
27/10/2006
|
08/11/2006
|
158
|
77
|
|
2399
|
B. Brown
|
17/08/2006
|
Administration—Meetings—Wilderness Society
|
19/04/2007
|
08/05/2007
|
76
|
245
|
|
2473
|
Milne
|
05/09/2006
|
Industry—International Thermonuclear Experimental
Reactor
|
07/03/2007
|
20/03/2007
|
163
|
183
|
|
|
|
|
project—Participation
|
|
|
|
|
|
2483
|
Allison
|
07/09/2006
|
Social Issues—Australian values—Comments on Radio
2GB
|
12/12/2006
|
06/02/2007
|
170
|
96
|
|
2513
|
Allison
|
27/09/2006
|
Law and Justice—Death penalty
|
WITHDRAWN
|
|
|
|
|
2523
|
B. Brown
|
04/10/2006
|
Administration—Meetings—Exclusive Brethren
|
08/03/2007
|
20/03/2007
|
165
|
155
|
|
2595
|
Allison
|
31/10/2006
|
Law and Justice—Death penalty
|
19/04/2007
|
08/05/2007
|
77
|
170
|
|
2631
|
O’Brien
|
09/11/2006
|
Administration—Internal costing or cost recovery
systems
|
|
|
|
340
|
|
2802
|
O’Brien
|
17/11/2006
|
Foreign Affairs—Solomon Islands—Special audits
|
06/06/2007
|
14/06/2007
|
240
|
201
|
|
2954
|
Evans
|
22/12/2006
|
Administration—Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation—Taskforce
|
07/03/2007
|
21/03/2007
|
169
|
75
|
|
|
|
|
on travel expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
2958
|
B. Brown
|
11/01/2007
|
Administration—Exclusive Brethren—Meetings
|
08/03/2007
|
21/03/2007
|
170
|
56
|
|
2959
|
Allison
|
12/01/2007
|
Defence—Extra troops for Iraq—President Bush
|
13/07/2007
|
07/08/2007
|
160
|
182
|
|
3025
|
Allison
|
23/02/2007
|
Environment—National Plan for Water Security
|
19/04/2007
|
08/05/2007
|
95
|
55
|
|
3173
|
Allison
|
27/04/2007
|
Foreign Affairs—United States of America—Military
action against
|
15/08/2007
|
16/08/2007
|
310
|
110
|
|
|
|
|
Iran
|
|
|
|
|
|
3217
|
Wong
|
08/06/2007
|
Finance—Use of official residences for party-political
purposes
|
|
|
|
129
|
|
3279
|
Sherry
|
15/06/2007
|
Finance—Depreciation and asset replacement
|
|
|
|
122
|
|
3309
|
Sherry
|
15/06/2007
|
Finance—Employee entitlements
|
|
|
|
122
|
|
3339
|
Sherry
|
15/06/2007
|
Finance—Appropriations receivable
|
|
|
|
122
|
|
3377
|
Faulkner
|
20/06/2007
|
Defence—HMAS Westralia—Own-motion review by the
|
|
|
|
117
|
|
|
|
|
Commonwealth Ombudsman
|
|
|
|
|
|
3386
|
Allison
|
21/06/2007
|
Politics—Petitions—Dr Andrew Theophanous
|
15/08/2007
|
16/08/2007
|
310
|
55
|
|
3412
|
Allison
|
25/07/2007
|
Foreign Affairs—Iraq
|
|
|
|
82
|
|
3445
|
B. Brown
|
24/08/2007
|
Health—Northern Territory Indigenous
intervention—
|
|
|
|
52
|
|
|
|
|
Follow-up medical treatment
|
|
|
|
|
|
3464
|
Allison
|
31/08/2007
|
Social Issues—Same-Sex: Same Entitlements Bill
2007—Costs to
|
|
|
|
45
|
|
|
|
|
the Commonwealth
|
|
|
|
|
|
3468
|
Allison
|
12/09/2007
|
Foreign Affairs—Iraq—Foreign intelligence
|
|
|
|
33
|
|
3475
|
Nettle
|
21/09/2007
|
Finance—Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
meeting—Parquetry
|
|
|
|
24
|
|
|
|
|
floored coach
|
|
|
|
|
|
3480
|
B. Brown
|
11/10/2007
|
Administration—Meetings—Dr Jim Peacock
|
|
|
|
4
|