Environment portfolio


Additional Estimates 2014-15 (February 2015)

Environment portfolio

Tabled documents - Monday, 23 February 2015

Tabled by: Topic View
Dr Gordon de Brouwer, Secretary, Department of Environment Number of non-ongoing staff as at 31 January 2015 (PDF 104KB)

Additional information

Correspondence from Mr Bruce Elliot, Acting Chairman, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, answering a question taken on notice. Received on 3 March 2015. (PDF 109KB)
Correspondence from Ms Sally Barnes, Director of National Parks, correcting evidence given at the hearing on Monday, 23 February 2015. Received on 10 April 2015. (PDF 577KB)
Correspondence from Dr Rob Vertessy, Director of Meteorology and Chief Executive Officer, Bureau of Meteorology, correcting evidence given at the hearing on Monday, 23 February 2015. Received on 10 April 2015. (PDF 89KB)
Correspondence from Mr Chris Johnston, Acting First Secretary, Department of Environment, providing additional documentation given to delegates of the World Heritage Committee related to the Great Barrier Reef. Received
15 May 2015. 		(PDF 367KB)

 

Index to Questions on Notice (PDF 321KB)

Answers to Questions on Notice (due 10 April 2015)

QoN No.

Program: Division or Agency

Senator

Broad Topic

Hansard Page or Written

Due Date

Date received

View

1.

1.1: BCD

Urquhart

National Landcare Program

Written

13/03/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 189KB)

2.

1.1: BCD

Urquhart

National Landcare Program

Written

13/03/2015

18/03/2015

 (PDF 9KB)

3.

1.1: BCD

Urquhart

National Landcare Program

Written

13/03/2015

18/03/2015

 (PDF 9KB)

4.

1.1: BCD

Urquhart

National Landcare Program

Written

13/03/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 9KB)

5.

1.1: BCD

Urquhart

National Landcare Program

Written

13/03/2015

18/03/2015

 (PDF 11KB)

6.

1.1: BCD

Urquhart

National Landcare Program

Written

13/03/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 235KB)

7.

1.1: BCD

Urquhart

20 Million Trees

Written

13/03/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 9KB)

8.

1.1: BCD

Urquhart

20 Million Trees

Written

13/03/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 9KB)

9.

1.1: BCD

Urquhart

20 Million Trees

Written

13/03/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 10KB)

10.

1.1: BCD

Urquhart

20 Million Trees

Written

13/03/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 11KB)

11.

1.1: BCD

Urquhart

20 Million Trees

Written

13/03/2015

18/03/2015

 (PDF 10KB)

12.

1.1: BCD

Urquhart

Threatened and Invasive Species

Written

13/03/2015

19/03/2015

 (PDF 56KB)

13.

1.1: BCD

Urquhart

Threatened and Invasive Species

Written

13/03/2015

19/03/2015

 (PDF 62KB)

14.

1.1: BCD

Urquhart

Threatened and Invasive Species

Written

13/03/2015

19/03/2015

 (PDF 6KB)

15.

1.1: BCD

Urquhart

Threatened and Invasive Species

Written

13/03/2015

19/03/2015

 (PDF 56KB)

16.

1.1: BCD

Urquhart

Threatened and Invasive Species

Written

13/03/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 57KB)

17.

1.4: BCD

Urquhart

Community Heritage and Icons Program

Written

13/03/2015

19/03/2015

 (PDF 22KB)

18.

1.4: BCD

Urquhart

Community Heritage and Icons Program

Written

13/03/2015

19/03/2015

 (PDF 9KB)

19.

1.4: BCD

Urquhart

Community Heritage and Icons Program

Written

13/03/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 9KB)

20.

1.4: BCD

Urquhart

Community Heritage and Icons Program

Written

13/03/2015

19/03/2015

 (PDF 9KB)

21.

1.4: BCD

Urquhart

Protecting National Historic Sites Program

Written

13/03/2015

19/03/2015

 (PDF 55KB)

22.

1.4: WHMD

Urquhart

National Trust Partnership Program

Written

13/03/2015

19/03/2015

 (PDF 57KB)

23.

1.4: WHMD

Urquhart

World Heritage Grants Program

Written

13/03/2015

19/03/2015

 (PDF 68KB)

24.

1.5:Science

Urquhart

Water Trigger approvals

Written

13/03/2015

18/03/2015

 (PDF 9KB)

25.

1.5: Science

Urquhart

Coal Seam Gas mining – water impacts and fugitive emissions

Written

13/03/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 60KB)

26.

1.5: Science

Urquhart

IESC work

Written

13/03/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 10KB)

27.

1.4: BCD

Urquhart

Indigenous Protected Areas

Written

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 59KB)

28.

1.4: BCD

Urquhart

National Reserve System

Written

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 10KB)

29.

1.4: BCD

Urquhart

Indigenous Protected Areas

Written

10/04/2015

 30/04/2015 (PDF 9KB)

30.

1.4: BCD

Urquhart

Indigenous Protected Areas

Written

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 9KB)

31.

1.4: BCD

Urquhart

National Reserve System - connectivity

Written

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 9KB)

32.

1.4: BCD

Urquhart

National Reserve System - connectivity

Written

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 60KB)

33.

1.4: BCD

Urquhart

National Reserve System

Written

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 10KB)

34.

1.4: BCD

Urquhart

Biological Diversity Advisory Committee

Written

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 59KB)

35.

1.4: BCD

Urquhart

Biological Diversity Advisory Committee

Written

10/04/2015

 19/03/2015 (PDF 9KB)

36.

1.4: BCD

Urquhart

Indigenous Advisory Committee

Written

10/04/2015

19/03/2015

 (PDF 60KB)

37.

1.4: BCD

Singh

NRM planning

63
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 113KB)

38.

1.4: BCD

McKenzie

Regional NRM organisations

Written

10/04/2015

 05/05/2015 (PDF 65KB)

39.

1.1: EACD

Canavan

EPBC Act – enforcement, risk management, application of precautionary principle

Written

10/04/2015

 23/04/2015 (PDF 62KB)

40.

1.1: EACD

Canavan

EPBC Act – enforcement, risk management, application of precautionary principle

Written

10/04/2015

 20/05/2015 (PDF 101KB)

41.

1.1: EACD

Canavan

EPBC Act – enforcement, risk management, application of precautionary principle

Written

10/04/2015

 05/05/2015 (PDF 66KB)

42.

1.1: EACD

Canavan

EPBC Act – enforcement, risk management, application of precautionary principle

Written

10/04/2015

 20/05/2015 (PDF 64KB)

43.

1.4: BCD

Urquhart

Threatened Species Scientific Committee

Written

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 65KB)

44.

1.1: WHMD

Wright

National Whale Stranding Action Plan

Written

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

(PDF 211KB)

45.

1.1: WHMD

Wright

Necropsies of stranded whales in South Australia

Written

10/04/2015

18/03/2015

(PDF 58KB)

46.

1.1: WHMD

Wright

Necropsies of stranded whales in South Australia

Written

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

(PDF 10KB)

47.

1.1: WHMD

Whish-Wilson

Small Pelagic Fishery

Written

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

(PDF 59KB)

48.

1.1: WHMD

Whish-Wilson

Small Pelagic Fishery

Written

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

(PDF 67KB)

49.

1.1: WHMD

Whish-Wilson

Small Pelagic Fishery

Written

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 59KB)

50.

1.1: WHMD

Whish-Wilson

Japanese lethal whaling

Written

10/04/2015

19/03/2015

(PDF 67KB)

51.

1.4: Science

Singh

National Environmental Science Program

62
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

 12/05/2015 (PDF 94KB)

52.

1.4: Science

Urquhart

Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam gas and large coal mining development

Written

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

(PDF 10KB)

53.

1.4: WHMD

Urquhart

Australian Heritage Strategy

Written

10/04/2015

18/03/2015

(PDF 9KB)

54.

1.4: WHMD

Urquhart

Australian Heritage Strategy

Written

10/04/2015

18/03/2015

(PDF 69KB)

55.

1.4: WHMD

Urquhart

Australian Heritage Strategy

Written

10/04/2015

18/03/2015

(PDF 62KB)

56.

1.4: WHMD

Urquhart

Australian Heritage Strategy

Written

10/04/2015

18/03/2015

(PDF 69KB)

57.

WHMD

Singh

National Biosecurity Committee

5
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 72KB)

58.

WHMD

Singh

National Biosecurity Committee

6
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

19/03/2015

(PDF 52KB)

59.

1.1: EACD

Waters

Water monitoring and management plans

120
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

 20/05/2015 (PDF 60KB)

60.

EACD

Heffernan

IESC advice

125
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

 21/05/2015 (PDF 7,941KB)

61.

Science

Heffernan

Water connectivity

104
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

 20/05/2015 (PDF 60KB)

62.

1.5: WHMD

Rhiannon

Multiple use export permits – kangaroo products

Written

10/04/2015

 05/05/2015 (PDF 50KB)

63.

1.5: WHMD

Rhiannon

Export of kangaroo meat and skins data

Written

10/04/2015

 13/05/2015 (PDF 10KB)
Attachment A
(PDF 3,959KB)
Attachment B
(PDF 1,330KB)

64.

1.5: WHMD

Rhiannon

State quota reports

Written

10/04/2015

 05/05/2015 (PDF 89KB)

65.

1.5: WHMD

Rhiannon

Queensland 2015 quota report

Written

10/04/2015

 23/04/2015 (PDF 103KB)

66.

1.5: WHMD

Rhiannon

Queensland Whiptail Wallabies

Written

10/04/2015

 23/04/2015 (PDF 84KB)

67.

1.5: WHMD

Rhiannon

Queensland Western Grey Kangaroos

Written

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

(PDF 54KB)

68.

1.5: WHMD

Rhiannon

Queensland kangaroos and California

Written

10/04/2015

 23/04/2015 (PDF 78KB)

69.

1.6: EQD

Urquhart

OSGG Summer Scholarship

Written

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 58KB)

70.

1.6: EQD

Urquhart

National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme

Written

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 61KB)

71.

CCARE

Waters

Savings from repeal of carbon tax

65-66
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

(PDF 75KB)

72.

CCARE

Waters

Electricity charges

66
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 10KB)

73.

CCARE

Singh

Inventory modelling

74
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 58KB)

74.

ERF

Singh

ERF methods

64
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

 30/04/2015 (PDF 32KB)

75.

ERF

Waters

Technical working groups

67-68
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

 05/05/2015 (PDF 107KB)

76.

ERF

Waters

Technical working groups

69
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

 05/05/2015 (PDF 142KB)

77.

ERF

Waters

Offsets

69
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

 05/05/2015 (PDF 12KB)

78.

CCARE

Lines

Adaptation staffing

78
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

18/03/2015

(PDF 51KB)

79.

CCARE

Lines

Adaptation staffing

78
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

18/03/2015

(PDF 9KB)

80.

CCARE

Lines

Adaptation Research Networks

78
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

18/03/2015

(PDF 11KB)

81.

CCARE

Lines

Funding agreement milestones

78
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

18/03/2015

(PDF 71KB)

82.

AAD

Singh

Focus group membership

50
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

(PDF 55KB)

83.

AAD

Singh

Focus group membership

50
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 69KB)

84.

AAD

Sinodinos

Government funding

53
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

(PDF 22KB)

85.

AAD

Whish-Wilson

Wilkins runway

Written

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

(PDF 9KB)

86.

AAD

Whish-Wilson

East and West Antarctic ice sheets

Written

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 65KB)

87.

AAD

Whish-Wilson

Australian Antarctic Base

Written

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 95KB)

88.

MDBA

Xenophon

Buybacks

Written

10/04/2015

 20/05/2015 (PDF 62KB)

89.

Water

Xenophon

Menindee Lakes

Written

10/04/2015

 21/05/2015 (PDF 11KB)

90.

Water

Xenophon

Menindee Lakes

Written

10/04/2015

 21/05/2015 (PDF 61KB)

91.

Water

Xenophon

Menindee Lakes

Written

10/04/2015

 05/05/2015 (PDF 9KB)

92.

CEWO

Canavan

Water not used

39-40
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

 20/05/2015 (PDF 50KB)

93.

CSD

Lines

Employee initiated separations

7
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

 30/04/2015 (PDF 9KB)

94.

CSD

Lines

Consultancies

8
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 10KB)

95.

CSD

Singh

Capability assessment process

8
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

 30/04/2015 (PDF 9KB)

96.

CSD

Waters

EACD staffing

12
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 9KB)

97.

PAID

Sinodinos

Register of Environmental Organisations

9
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 52KB)

98.

PAID

Canavan

Register of Environmental Organisations

9-10
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 10KB)

99.

PAID

Canavan

Register of Environmental Organisations

10
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

 12/05/2015 (PDF 59KB)

100.

PAID

Sinodinos

Register of Environmental Organisations

10-11
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 58KB)

101.

PAID

Canavan

Register of Environmental Organisations

11
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 56KB)

102.

PAID

Canavan

Register of Environmental Organisations

11
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 58KB)

103.

PAID

Canavan

Register of Environmental Organisations

11
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 9KB)

104.

PAID

Canavan

Register of Environmental Organisations

12
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 51KB)

105.

PAID

Singh

Formal bodies

13-14
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

 30/04/2015 (PDF 53KB)

106.

BoM

Singh

Staffing

15
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

 20/05/2015 (PDF 78KB)

107.

BoM

Xenophon

Water information

Written

10/04/2015

 20/05/2015 (PDF 175KB)

108.

CCA

Canavan

McKitrick paper

100
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 75KB)

109.

CCA

Canavan

Modelling assumptions

102-103
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 79KB)

110.

CER

Milne

Prosecutions

86
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

 06/05/2015 (PDF 10KB)

111.

CER

Back

Redbank

89
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

26/03/2015

 (PDF 50KB)

112.

CER

Back

Gullen Range Wind Farm

91-92
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

 06/05/2015 (PDF 84KB)

113.

CER

Canavan

Surplus certificates

92
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

 06/05/2015 (PDF 60KB)

114.

CER

Waters

ERF auctions

69
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

 06/05/2015 (PDF 56KB)

115.

DNP

Leyonhjelm

Australian Landscape Trust

54
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

 20/05/2015 (PDF 10KB)

116.

DNP

Leyonhjelm

Management costs for reserves

55
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

19/03/2015

(PDF 9KB)

117.

DNP

Singh

Marine reserves review – recreational fishing

56-57
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

19/03/2015

(PDF 83KB)

118.

DNP

Canavan

Court cases - hunting

60
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

 06/05/2015 (PDF 59KB)

119.

DNP

Canavan

Pest management practice complaints

60
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

19/03/2015

(PDF 9KB)

120.

GBRMPA

Singh

Reef Advisory Committee

29
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

18/03/2015

(PDF 78KB)

121.

GBRMPA

Rice

Mandatory pilotage

35
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

 05/05/2015 (PDF 12KB)

122.

GBRMPA

Rice

Australian flagged shipping

36
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

 05/05/2015 (PDF 10KB)

123.

MDBA

Singh

Program funding

45-46
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

 20/05/2015 (PDF 142KB)

124.

MDBA

Singh

Program funding

46-47
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

 20/05/2015 (PDF 104KB)

125.

MDBA

Xenophon

Coorong

Written

10/04/2015

 21/05/2015 (PDF 100KB)

126.

MDBA

Xenophon

ACF Report

Written

10/04/2015

 21/05/2015 (PDF 82KB)

127.

MDBA

Xenophon

Drive reform in the Basin

Written

10/04/2015

 21/05/2015 (PDF 78KB)

128.

MDBA

Rhiannon

Environmental equivalence test

Written

10/04/2015

 22/05/2015 (PDF 72KB)

129.

NWC

Xenophon

National Water Initiative

Written

10/04/2015

 20/05/2015 (PDF 10KB)

130.

NWC

Xenophon

Transfer of functions to Productivity Commission

Written

10/04/2015

 20/05/2015 (PDF 10KB)

131.

NWC

Xenophon

Raise national standards

Written

10/04/2015

 20/05/2015 (PDF 62KB)

132.

Science

Ludlam

Rehabilitation security bond

19
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

 30/04/2015 (PDF 51KB)

133.

Science

Ludlam

Rehabilitation security bond

21
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

 30/04/2015 (PDF 57KB)

134.

Science

Ludlam

Minesite technical committee

22
23/02/2015

10/04/2015

 23/04/2015 (PDF 11KB)
135. Outcome 1.5 WHM Rhiannon Code of practice - killing of joeys Written 10/04/2015 06/05/2015 (PDF 67KB)
136. CCARE Waters Savings from repeal of carbon tax - additional question Written 10/04/2015 05/05/2015 (PDF 81KB)
137. EQD Waters Hazardous waste 6
11/05/2015		 23/06/2015 05/08/2015 (PDF 9KB)
138. WHMD Singh World Heritage Committee 7
11/05/2015		 23/06/2015 05/08/2015 (PDF 93KB)
139. WHMD Singh World Heritage Committee 8–9
11/05/2015		 23/06/2015 05/08/2015 (PDF 74KB)
140. WHMD/EACD Waters Abbot Point / World Heritage Committee 9
11/05/2015		 23/06/2015 05/08/2015 (PDF 73KB)
141. WHMD Waters World Heritage Committee 10
11/05/2015		 23/06/2015 05/08/2015 (PDF 62KB)
142. WHMD Waters Abbot Point 10
11/05/2015		 23/06/2015 05/08/2015 (PDF 9KB)
143. WHMD Singh World Heritage Committee 10–11
11/05/2015		 23/06/2015 15/09/2015 (PDF 49KB)
144. WHMD Waters World Heritage Committee 11
11/05/2015		 23/06/2015 05/08/2015 (PDF 58KB)
145. WHMD/EACD Waters Abbot Point 11
11/05/2015		 23/06/2015 05/08/2015 (PDF 58KB)
146. WHMD/EACD Waters Abbot Point 12
11/05/2015		 23/06/2015 05/08/2015 (PDF 58KB)
147. WHMD/EACD Waters Big Four Banks – Galilee Mines / Abbot Point 12
11/05/2015		 23/06/2015 05/08/2015 (PDF 50KB)
148. PAID/CCRE Singh Regulatory Measurement Framework 16
11/05/2015		 23/06/2015 02/06/2015 (PDF 66KB)
149. EACD Waters One Stop Shop for Environmental Approvals 17
11/05/2015		 23/06/2015 05/08/2015 (PDF 58KB)
150. EACD Waters Staffing 19
11/05/2015		 23/06/2015 05/08/2015 (PDF 56KB)
151. EACD Waters Environmental assessments 20
11/05/2015		 23/06/2015 05/08/2015 (PDF 76KB)
152. BCD Urquhart Green Army Project 21
11/05/2015		 23/06/2015 05/08/2015 (PDF 10KB)
153. BCD Uruqhart Green Army Project 21
11/05/2015		 23/06/2015 08/09/2015 (PDF 56KB)
154. BCD Urquhart Green Army Project 22
11/05/2015		 23/06/2015 05/08/2015 (PDF 56KB)
155.   Urquhart Green Army Project - cross round information and statistics 22
11/05/2015		 23/06/2015 05/08/2015 (PDF 60KB)
156. BCD Singh Reef Trust 23
11/05/2015		 23/06/2015 05/08/2015 (PDF 60KB)
157. BCD Singh Threatened Species Scientific Committee 24
11/05/2015		 23/06/2015 02/06/2015 (PDF 54KB)

For further information, contact:

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Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3526
Fax: +61 2 6277 5818
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