Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities portfolio

Supplementary Budget Estimates 2011-2012 - (October 2011)

Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities portfolio

Index of questions on notice

Hearings

Index of questions on notice 

Monday 17 and Tuesday, 18 October 2011 (PDF 509KB)

Tabled documents

Tabled

Document 

Senator Williams, maps of Cathie Creek, NSW (PDF 439KB)
Senator Joyce, copy of ABC News article, Murray-Darling authority criticises some states, 8 September 2011 (PDF 205KB)
Murray-Darling Basin Authority, List of Chair and MDBA staff stakeholder meetings and visits, May-October 2011 (PDF 1378KB)

Answers to questions on notice 

Department of the Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

Answers

Answers to general questions that cross all departmental outcomes/programs Corporate: CSD (PDF 571KB)
Corporate: PCD (PDF 417KB)
Outcome 1: The conservation and protection of Australia's terrestrial and marine biodiversity and ecosystems through supporting research, developing information, supporting natural resource management, and establishing and managing Commonwealth protected areas
  Program 1.1: Sustainable Management of Natural
  Resources and the Environment
(PDF 239KB)
  Bureau of Meteorology (PDF 86KB)
  Director National Parks  (PDF 74KB)
QON 16: copy of q915 which is
referred to in the answer to qon16 (PDF 10KB)
  Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (PDF 383KB)
  Program 1.2: Environmental Information and Research (PDF 92KB)
Outcome 2: Improved sustainability of Australia's population, communities and environment through coordination and development of sustainable population and communities policies, supporting affordable housing and the reduction and regulation of waste, pollutants and hazardous substances
  Program 2.1: Management of Hazardous Wastes,
  Substances and Pollutants
(PDF 5KB)
  Program 2.2: Affordable Housing (PDF 222KB)
  Program 2.3: Sustainable Communities   (PDF 11KB)
Outcome 3: Advancement of Australia's strategic, scientific, environmental and economic interests in the Antarctic by protecting, administering and research the region
  Program 3.1: Antarctica: Science, Policy and Presence  (PDF 21KB)
Outcome 4: Adaptation to climate change, wise water use, secure water supplies and improved health of rivers, waterways and freshwater ecosystems by supporting research, and reforming the management and use of water resources
  Program 4.1: Water Reform (PDF 1053KB)
QON 71 attachments:
A and B  (PDF 1783KB)
  Murray-Darling Basin Authority
QONs 109-123 (PDF 1602KB)
QONs 124-133 (PDF 210KB)
QONs 134-160 (PDF 864KB)
  National Water Commission (PDF 103KB)
Outcome 5: Increased protection, awareness and appreciation of Australia's  environment and heritage through regulating matters of national environmental significance and the identification, conservation and celebration of natural, Indigenous and historic places of national and World Heritage significance
  Program 5.1: Conservation of Australia's Heritage  (PDF 80KB)
  Program 5.2: Environmental Regulation (PDF 408KB)
QON 194 attachments:
  A    (PDF 2963KB)
  B1  (PDF 4048KB)
  B2  (PDF 3969KB)
  B3  (PDF 3827KB)
  B4  (PDF 3834KB)
  B5  (PDF 1214KB)

For further information, contact:

Research/Estimates Officer
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
Email: ec.sen@aph.gov.au