Question
No. |
Senator |
Date of
Question |
Subject |
Date
Reply
Received |
Hansard
Date
of Reply |
Hansard
Page No.
of Reply |
Elapsed
Time
(days) |
|
1
|
Allison
|
12/02/2008
|
Refugees—‘Without dissent’ motion of the
Melbourne Anglican
|
18/03/2008
|
18/03/2008
|
1207
|
35
|
|
|
|
Synod
|
|
|
|
|
|
18
|
Minchin
|
12/02/2008
|
Administration—Media-related staff
|
18/03/2008
|
18/03/2008
|
1207
|
35
|
|
94
|
Stott Despoja
|
12/02/2008
|
Visas—Complaints—Australian International Trade
Association
|
24/04/2008
|
13/05/2008
|
1628
|
72
|
|
115
|
Ellison
|
12/02/2008
|
Administration—Responses to the media—Guidelines
|
08/04/2008
|
13/05/2008
|
1636
|
56
|
|
116
|
Ellison
|
12/02/2008
|
Overseas travel—Minister and/or departmental/agency
officers—
|
08/04/2008
|
13/05/2008
|
1637
|
56
|
|
|
|
Details and costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
122
|
Minchin
|
12/02/2008
|
Administration—Provision of information to estimates
|
13/05/2008
|
15/05/2008
|
2098
|
91
|
|
|
|
committees, including appointments to government agencies,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
authorities and advisory boards
|
|
|
|
|
|
230
|
Cormann
|
12/02/2008
|
Administration—Funding cuts—Programs and services
for
|
08/04/2008
|
13/05/2008
|
1648
|
56
|
|
|
|
Western Australia
|
|
|
|
|
|
266
|
Stott Despoja
|
12/02/2008
|
Visas—Character test under section 499 of the
Migration Act
|
18/03/2008
|
18/03/2008
|
1210
|
35
|
|
|
|
|
1958—Cases
|
|
|
|
|
|
363
|
Nettle
|
12/03/2008
|
Living in Harmony Funded Community Projects,
2006—Funding
|
08/04/2008
|
14/05/2008
|
1932
|
27
|
|
|
|
priorities—‘Australian values’
|
|
|
|
|
|
364
|
Nettle
|
12/03/2008
|
Asylum seekers—Assessment of asylum seekers by the
United
|
24/04/2008
|
14/05/2008
|
1933
|
43
|
|
|
|
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in
Indonesia—Possible
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
outcomes
|
|
|
|
|
|
365
|
Nettle
|
12/03/2008
|
Asylum seekers—Processing of asylum seekers on
Christmas
|
08/04/2008
|
14/05/2008
|
1933
|
27
|
|
|
|
Island—Contact with lawyers
|
|
|
|
|
|
366
|
Nettle
|
12/03/2008
|
Asylum seekers—Transport of asylum seekers to
Nauru—Cost
|
24/04/2008
|
14/05/2008
|
1934
|
43
|
|
367
|
Nettle
|
12/03/2008
|
Asylum seekers—Processing of asylum seekers on
Nauru—Cost
|
24/04/2008
|
14/05/2008
|
1934
|
43
|
|
368
|
Nettle
|
12/03/2008
|
Ms Vivian Solon—Cost of legal feeds and administration of
case,
|
17/04/2008
|
14/05/2008
|
1935
|
36
|
|
|
|
including Freedom of Information requests
|
|
|
|
|
|
376
|
Milne
|
18/03/2008
|
Suspected Illegal Entry Vessel X—Evidence given to
estimates
|
22/04/2008
|
14/05/2008
|
1940
|
35
|
|
|
|
committees
|
|
|
|
|
|
385
|
Ellison
|
31/03/2008
|
Visas—Numbers issued by class and subclass
|
13/05/2008
|
15/05/2008
|
2106
|
43
|
|
386
|
Ellison
|
31/03/2008
|
Visas—Voluntary returns following unfavourable decisions
on
|
06/05/2008
|
14/05/2008
|
1944
|
36
|
|
|
|
visa applications
|
|
|
|
|
|
387
|
Ellison
|
31/03/2008
|
Citizenship—Advertising campaigns and citizenship
applications
|
05/06/2008
|
17/06/2008
|
2619
|
66
|
|
409
|
Ellison
|
09/04/2008
|
Visas—‘410 visas’—Estimate costing of
enabling permanent
|
18/08/2008
|
26/08/2008
|
3766
|
131
|
|
|
|
residency to holders
|
|
|
|
|
|
423
|
Allison
|
28/04/2008
|
Detainees—Visas cancelled under section 501 of the
Migration
|
05/06/2008
|
17/06/2008
|
2625
|
38
|
|
|
|
Act 1958—Details
|
|
|
|
|
|
433
|
Ellison
|
05/05/2008
|
Administration—Departmental reports prepared for the
Minister,
|
30/05/2008
|
19/06/2008
|
2986
|
25
|
|
|
|
Secretary and Deputy Secretaries—Frequency
|
|
|
|
|
|
434
|
Ellison
|
05/05/2008
|
People working illegally in Australia—Details of
nationality
|
18/07/2008
|
26/08/2008
|
3768
|
74
|
|
|
|
and employment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
459
|
Minchin
|
30/05/2008
|
Departmental engagements—Mr Christian and Ms Tara
|
18/08/2008
|
26/08/2008
|
3788
|
80
|
|
|
|
Taubenschlag—Details
|
|
|
|
|
|
510
|
Birmingham
|
26/06/2008
|
General Skilled Migration and Student visas—Consideration
of
|
16/10/2008
|
16/10/2008
|
6300
|
112
|
|
|
|
transitional measures
|
|
|
|
|
|
524
|
Milne
|
14/07/2008
|
Recycling—Printer cartridges—Policy and practice
|
08/09/2008
|
15/09/2008
|
4786
|
56
|
|
564
|
Ellison
|
18/07/2008
|
Prospective Marriage Visa (Subclass 300)—Appealing
decisions
|
22/08/2008
|
27/08/2008
|
3976
|
35
|
|
|
|
and provision of certain information
|
|
|
|
|
|
584
|
Minchin
|
25/08/2008
|
Carbon offsets—Departmental air
travel—Guidelines
|
03/11/2008
|
10/11/2008
|
6477
|
70
|
|
620
|
Minchin
|
25/08/2008
|
Ministers/Parliamentary Secretaries office—Departmental
staff—
|
01/05/2009
|
13/05/2009
|
2708
|
249
|
|
|
|
Secondment
|
|
|
|
|
|
656
|
Minchin
|
25/08/2008
|
Overseas travel—Beijing Olympic Games—Expenses
|
23/02/2009
|
12/03/2009
|
1507
|
182
|
|
692
|
Minchin
|
25/08/2008
|
Overseas travel—Ministers/Parliamentary Secretaries,
family and
|
23/02/2009
|
10/03/2009
|
1173
|
182
|
|
|
|
departmental staff—Between July and August 2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
766
|
Milne
|
07/11/2008
|
Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot Scheme—Forestry industry
|
22/12/2008
|
03/02/2009
|
160
|
45
|
|
|
|
operations—Participation
|
|
|
|
|
|
876
|
Ronaldson
|
24/11/2008
|
Administration—Program overspends and
underspends—Top 5
|
20/03/2009
|
12/05/2009
|
2511
|
116
|
|
901
|
Ronaldson
|
24/11/2008
|
Administration—Media monitoring—Amount spent during
the
|
17/02/2009
|
10/03/2009
|
1203
|
85
|
|
|
|
2008 calendar year
|
|
|
|
|
|
924
|
Ronaldson
|
24/11/2008
|
Administration—Tender contracts—Details
|
16/04/2009
|
12/05/2009
|
2517
|
143
|
|
947
|
Ronaldson
|
24/11/2008
|
Administration—Reviews, inquiries and
committees—Staffing
|
12/05/2009
|
15/06/2009
|
3232
|
169
|
|
|
|
and costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
975
|
Ronaldson
|
25/11/2008
|
Commonwealth credit cards—Ministers, Parliamentary
Secretaries
|
17/02/2009
|
10/03/2009
|
1205
|
84
|
|
|
|
and ministerial, departmental and agency staff
|
|
|
|
|
|
1009
|
Ronaldson
|
25/11/2008
|
Overseas travel since 25 November 2007—Ministers,
|
20/05/2009
|
15/06/2009
|
3253
|
176
|
|
|
|
Parliamentary Secretaries and staff—Details
|
|
|
|
|
|
1057
|
Abetz
|
03/12/2008
|
Portfolio programs—Overspends and
underspends—Details
|
15/05/2009
|
15/06/2009
|
3269
|
163
|
|
1093
|
Abetz
|
03/12/2008
|
Departments and agencies—Funding
|
06/02/2009
|
09/02/2009
|
570
|
65
|
|
1275
|
Mason
|
05/02/2009
|
Moncrieff electorate—Funding of organisations and
projects—
|
20/03/2009
|
13/05/2009
|
2764
|
43
|
|
|
|
Between 3 December 2007 and 20 January 2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
1396
|
Ronaldson
|
12/03/2009
|
External speechwriting services—Details of
tender—2008
|
16/04/2009
|
14/05/2009
|
2984
|
35
|
|
|
|
calendar year
|
|
|
|
|
|
1514
|
Minchin
|
18/05/2009
|
Legislation—Statutory reviews—Timelines
|
24/06/2009
|
25/06/2009
|
4415
|
37
|
|
1615
|
Abetz
|
29/05/2009
|
Administration—Infrastructure and capital works
projects
|
19/08/2009
|
20/08/2009
|
5646
|
82
|
|
1653
|
Minchin
|
03/06/2009
|
Government websites—Advertising on search engines
|
09/07/2009
|
12/08/2009
|
4799
|
36
|
|
1695
|
Minchin
|
10/06/2009
|
Legislation—Redundant and potentially redundant
legislation—
|
27/07/2009
|
13/08/2009
|
4952
|
47
|
|
|
|
‘Clean-up’ coordinated by the Department of Finance
and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deregulation
|
|
|
|
|
|
1732
|
Ronaldson
|
10/06/2009
|
Administration—Contracts awarded to the Boston
Consulting
|
31/07/2009
|
13/08/2009
|
4956
|
51
|
|
|
|
Group and the Allen Consulting Group
|
Amended answer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/09/2009
|
26/10/2009
|
7179
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1778
|
B. Brown
|
12/06/2009
|
Chinese dissidents—Refugee status
|
14/09/2009
|
14/09/2009
|
6501
|
94
|
|
1789
|
Abetz
|
16/06/2009
|
Administration—Hospitality—Spending since 24
November 2007
|
25/08/2009
|
07/09/2009
|
5848
|
70
|
|
1878
|
Barnett
|
02/07/2009
|
Consultancies—Details of completed and ongoing since
|
17/09/2009
|
17/09/2009
|
6954
|
77
|
|
|
|
November 2007—Planned or budgeted for 2009 and 2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
1915
|
Barnett
|
02/07/2009
|
Administration—Staff, hospitality, plants, water
coolers,
|
27/10/2009
|
16/11/2009
|
7928
|
117
|
|
|
|
television subscriptions and government credit cards
|
|
|
|
|
|
1962
|
Abetz
|
21/07/2009
|
Portable water supplies—Amount spent in the 2008-09
financial
|
14/09/2009
|
14/09/2009
|
6528
|
55
|
|
|
|
year
|
|
|
|
|
|
1999
|
Abetz
|
21/07/2009
|
Administration—Media training undertaken since 24
November
|
25/08/2009
|
09/09/2009
|
6198
|
35
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
2133
|
Ronaldson
|
10/09/2009
|
Administration—Ministerial letterhead and
postage—Costs to
|
18/11/2009
|
19/11/2009
|
8496
|
69
|
|
|
|
the department
|
|
|
|
|
|
2170
|
Ronaldson
|
14/09/2009
|
Administration—2008-09 financial year—Resources
provided
|
09/11/2009
|
17/11/2009
|
8106
|
56
|
|
|
|
by the home department
|
|
|
|
|
|
2221
|
Abetz
|
16/09/2009
|
Administration—Ministers/Parliamentary
Secretaries—Websites
|
17/12/2009
|
02/02/2010
|
198
|
92
|
|
2270
|
Johnston
|
17/09/2009
|
Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre—Transfer
and
|
18/01/2010
|
02/02/2010
|
205
|
123
|
|
|
|
release of detainees
|
|
|
|
|
|
2326
|
Barnett
|
17/09/2009
|
Legal advice—2008-09 financial year
|
29/10/2009
|
17/11/2009
|
8133
|
42
|
|
2359
|
Fierravanti-Wells
|
18/09/2009
|
Unauthorised boat arrivals—Processing and facilities
|
01/03/2010
|
09/03/2010
|
1435
|
164
|
|
2367
|
Ludlam
|
30/09/2009
|
War criminals—War Crimes Screening Unit
|
|
|
|
292
|
|
2391
|
Cormann
|
02/11/2009
|
410 visa holders—Requirement to maintain fully
comprehensive
|
07/12/2009
|
03/02/2010
|
378
|
35
|
|
|
|
health insurance
|
|
|
|
|
|
2398
|
Cormann
|
04/11/2009
|
Immigration—Non-residents—Applications for admission
to
|
22/01/2010
|
03/02/2010
|
385
|
79
|
|
|
|
Australia
|
|
|
|
|
|
2432
|
Ronaldson
|
23/11/2009
|
Administration—Program overspends and
underspends—Top 5
|
10/02/2010
|
22/02/2010
|
776
|
79
|
|
2482
|
Johnston
|
25/11/2009
|
Asylum seekers—Screening process—Consistency with
the 2004
|
10/02/2010
|
22/02/2010
|
792
|
77
|
|
|
|
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees statement of
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
principles
|
|
|
|
|
|
2604
|
Cormann
|
08/02/2010
|
Hawker Britton—Meetings with representatives
|
17/05/2010
|
15/06/2010
|
3393
|
98
|
|
2652
|
Humphries
|
25/02/2010
|
Administration—Redundancies
|
14/04/2010
|
11/05/2010
|
2520
|
48
|
|
2702
|
Humphries
|
10/03/2010
|
Administration—Involuntary redundancies
|
06/04/2010
|
11/05/2010
|
2530
|
27
|
|
2806
|
Cash
|
03/05/2010
|
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development—
|
|
|
|
77
|
|
|
|
Member nations—Migration and refugee data
|
|
|
|
|
|
2814
|
Cash
|
03/05/2010
|
Immigration detention centres—Location, capacity and
incidents
|
|
|
|
77
|
|
2830
|
Ludlam
|
26/05/2010
|
National security deportation assessment—Sheikh
Mansour
|
|
|
|
54
|
|
|
|
Leghaei
|
|
|
|
|
|
2864
|
Humphries
|
17/06/2010
|
Administration—Departmental and agency
accommodation—
|
|
|
|
32
|
|
|
|
Estimation of future requirements
|
|
|
|
|