Minister/Title |
No. of questions
addressed to each Minister/Title (%)* |
|
No. of questions answered (%)** |
|
Average no. of days taken to answer
|
Agriculture, Fisheries and
Forestry
|
61 + 1#
|
(2.02%)
|
|
59
|
(98.33%)
|
|
32
|
Arts
|
15
|
(0.5%)
|
|
15
|
(100%)
|
|
100
|
Assistant Treasurer
|
9
|
(0.3%)
|
|
8
|
(88.9%)
|
|
53
|
Attorney-General
|
62
|
(2.05%)
|
|
62
|
(100%)
|
|
67
|
Broadband, Communications
and the Digital Economy
|
144
|
(4.76%)
|
|
136
|
(94.44%)
|
|
78
|
Cabinet Secretary
|
1
|
(0.03%)
|
|
0
|
(0%)
|
|
0
|
Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
|
59
|
(1.95%)
|
|
58
|
(98.31%)
|
|
72
|
Climate Change, Industry
and Innovation
|
4
|
(0.13%)
|
|
2
|
(50%)
|
|
56
|
Community Services
|
9
|
(0.3%)
|
|
9
|
(100%)
|
|
90
|
Defence
|
599
|
(19.79%)
|
|
599
|
(100%)
|
|
71
|
Defence Materiel
|
172
|
(5.68%)
|
|
172
|
(100%)
|
|
63
|
Defence Science and
Personnel
|
28
|
(0.93%)
|
|
28
|
(100%)
|
|
68
|
Disability Reform
|
10
|
(0.33%)
|
|
9
|
(90%)
|
|
95
|
Emergency Management
|
9
|
(0.3%)
|
|
9
|
(100%)
|
|
84
|
Employment and Workplace
Relations
|
121
|
(4%)
|
|
120
|
(99.17%)
|
|
55
|
Employment Participation
|
2
|
(0.07%)
|
|
2
|
(100%)
|
|
54
|
Employment Participation
and Childcare
|
8
|
(0.26%)
|
|
8
|
(100%)
|
|
80
|
Families, Community
Services and Indigenous Affairs
|
20
|
(0.66%)
|
|
20
|
(100%)
|
|
75
|
Families, Housing,
Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
|
32 + 1#
|
(1.06%)
|
|
31
|
(100%)
|
|
69
|
Finance and Deregulation
|
103
|
(3.4%)
|
|
102
|
(99.03%)
|
|
61
|
Financial Services and
Superannuation
|
34
|
(1.12%)
|
|
28
|
(82.35%)
|
|
172
|
Foreign Affairs
|
149 + 3†
|
(4.92%)
|
|
145
|
(97.32%)
|
|
129
|
Health
|
55
|
(1.82%)
|
|
51
|
(92.73%)
|
|
54
|
Health and Ageing
|
31
|
(1.02%)
|
|
31
|
(100%)
|
|
63
|
Higher Education and Skills
|
1
|
(0.03%)
|
|
1
|
(100%)
|
|
34
|
Home Affairs
|
37
|
(1.22%)
|
|
35
|
(94.59%)
|
|
64
|
Homelessness
|
6
|
(0.2%)
|
|
6
|
(100%)
|
|
73
|
Housing
|
7
|
(0.23%)
|
|
7
|
(100%)
|
|
69
|
* Percentages are of the total number of
questions placed on notice.
** Percentages are of the number of questions
addressed to each minister.
# Includes 1 question asked and subsequently
withdrawn.
† Includes 3 questions asked by Senator Bob Brown
which lapsed from the Notice Paper.
|
Housing and Homelessness
|
4
|
(0.13%)
|
|
4
|
(100%)
|
|
152
|
Human Services
|
43
|
(1.42%)
|
|
43
|
(100%)
|
|
36
|
Immigration and Citizenship
|
118
|
(3.9%)
|
|
117
|
(99.15%)
|
|
70
|
Indigenous Employment and
Economic Development
|
2
|
(0.07%)
|
|
2
|
(100%)
|
|
85
|
Indigenous Health
|
4
|
(0.13%)
|
|
4
|
(100%)
|
|
40
|
Industry and Innovation
|
9
|
(0.3%)
|
|
9
|
(100%)
|
|
95
|
Infrastructure and
Transport
|
1
|
(1.35%)
|
|
41
|
(100%)
|
|
83
|
Innovation, Industry,
Science and Research
|
31
|
(1.02%)
|
|
31
|
(100%)
|
|
41
|
Justice
|
16 |
(0.53%)
|
|
16
|
(100%)
|
|
69
|
Mental Health and Ageing
|
5
|
(0.17%)
|
|
5
|
(100%)
|
|
33
|
Minister Assisting on
Queensland Floods Recovery
|
1
|
(0.03%)
|
|
1
|
(100%)
|
|
30
|
Multicultural Affairs
|
1
|
(0.03%)
|
|
1
|
(100%)
|
|
30
|
President of the Senate
|
2
|
(0.07%)
|
|
2
|
(100%)
|
|
25
|
Prime Minister
|
68
|
(2.25%)
|
|
68
|
(100%)
|
|
37
|
Privacy and Freedom of
Information
|
3
|
(0.1%)
|
|
3
|
(100%)
|
|
42
|
Public Service and
Integrity
|
8
|
(0.26%)
|
|
8
|
(100%)
|
|
47
|
Regional Australia,
Regional Development and Local Government
|
31
|
(1.02%)
|
|
30
|
(100%)
|
|
56
|
Regional Development and
Local Government
|
3 |
(0.1%)
|
|
2
|
(66.67%)
|
|
69
|
Regional Services, Local
Communities and Territories
|
1
|
(0.03%)
|
|
1
|
(100%)
|
|
21
|
Resources and Energy
|
45 + 1†
|
(1.49%)
|
|
44
|
(97.78%)
|
|
37
|
Road Safety
|
1
|
(0.03%)
|
|
1
|
(100%)
|
|
21
|
School Education, Early
Childhood and Youth
|
62
|
(2.05%)
|
|
61
|
(98.39%)
|
|
90
|
Science and Research
|
2
|
(0.07%)
|
|
2
|
(100%)
|
|
55
|
Small Business
|
13
|
(0.43%)
|
|
13
|
(100%)
|
|
81
|
Social Housing and
Homelessness
|
7
|
(0.23%)
|
|
7
|
(100%)
|
|
109
|
Social Inclusion
|
14
|
(0.46%)
|
|
14
|
(100%)
|
|
58
|
Special Minister of State
|
80
|
(2.64%)
|
|
79
|
(98.75%)
|
|
44
|
Special Minister of State
for the Public Service and Integrity
|
9 |
(0.3%)
|
|
9
|
(100%)
|
|
51
|
Sport
|
16 |
(0.53%)
|
|
15
|
(93.75%)
|
|
75
|
Status of Women
|
20 |
(0.66%)
|
|
20
|
(100%)
|
|
84
|
* Percentages are of the total number of
questions placed on notice.
** Percentages are of the number of questions
addressed to each minister.
† Includes 1 question asked by Senator Bob Brown
which lapsed from the Notice Paper.
|
Sustainability, Environment,
Water, Population and Communities
|
174
|
(5.75%)
|
|
170
|
(97.7%)
|
|
60
|
Tertiary Education, Skills,
Jobs and Workplace Relations
|
67
|
(2.21%)
|
|
67
|
(100%)
|
|
66
|
Tertiary Education, Skills,
Science and Research
|
24 + 1#
|
(0.79%)
|
|
23
|
(100%)
|
|
72
|
Tourism
|
16
|
(0.53%)
|
|
16
|
(100%)
|
|
45
|
Trade
|
25
|
(0.83%)
|
|
25
|
(100%)
|
|
113
|
Trade and Competitiveness
|
11
|
(0.36%)
|
|
11
|
(100%)
|
|
89
|
Treasurer
|
236
|
(7.8%)
|
|
206
|
(87.29%)
|
|
76
|
Veterans’ Affairs
|
26
|
(0.86%)
|
|
26
|
(100%)
|
|
81
|
* Percentages are of the total number of questions
placed on notice.
** Percentages are of the number of questions
addressed to each minister.
# Includes 1 question asked and subsequently
withdrawn.