Industry portfolio

Supplementary Budget Estimates 2015-16 (October 2015)

Industry portfolio

Responses to questions taken on notice at the Supplementary Budget Estimates hearings are due by Friday 4 December 2015.

Index of questions on notice: (PDF 370KB)

Answers to Questions on Notice

Q No.

Senator

Division/
Agency

Broad topic

Date Answered

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SI-1

Carr

Science and Commercialisation Policy

Synchrotron funding

04/12/2015 (PDF 22KB)

SI-2

Carr

ANSTO

Capital cost for new beamlines

29/01/2016 (PDF 21KB)

SI-3

Carr

ANSTO

Percentage of revenues and comparisons to international standards

29/01/2016 (PDF 22KB)

SI-4

Carr

Science and Commercialisation Policy

Philip Clark Review

04/12/2015 (PDF 20KB)

SI-5

Carr

ANSTO

Philip Clark Review

04/12/2015 (PDF 17KB)

SI-6

Carr

ANSTO

Stawell underground physics lab

02/02/2016 (PDF 31KB)

SI-7

Carr

ANSTO

ANSTO FTE

29/01/2016 (PDF 48KB)

SI-8

Carr

CSIRO

Data61 Organisation chart

29/01/2016 (PDF 14KB)
Attachment (PDF 44KB)

SI-9

Carr

CSIRO

Funding provided to start-ups

29/01/2016 (PDF 22KB)

SI-10

Rice

CSIRO

Forest and forest product research

29/01/2016 (PDF 20KB)

SI-11

Whish-Wilson

CSIRO

RV Investigator – Chevron contract

29/01/2016 (PDF 20KB)

SI-12

Whish-Wilson

CSIRO

RV Investigator – Chevron contract

29/01/2016 (PDF 31KB)

SI-13

Waters

CSIRO

CSG Study – phase 1 wells

29/01/2016 (PDF 16KB)

SI-14

Carr

Science and Commercialisation Policy

CSIRO Board

29/01/2016 (PDF 22KB)

SI-15

Carr

Science and Commercialisation Policy

Quadrennium agreement

29/01/2016 (PDF 19KB)

SI-16

Carr

CSIRO

CSIRO staffing numbers

29/01/2016 (PDF 18KB)

SI-17

Carr

CSIRO

NICTA

29/01/2016 (PDF 18KB)

SI-18

Carr

IP Australia

Gene patents – High Court Decision

04/12/2015 (PDF 22KB)

SI-19

Carr

IP Australia

Gene patents – High Court Decision

04/12/2015 (PDF 16KB)

SI-20

Carr

Corporate

Date of notification of meeting at University of Western University

04/12/2015 (PDF 19KB)

SI-21

Carr

Corporate

Breakdown of ministerial responsibilities

29/01/2016 (PDF 23KB)

SI-22

Carr

Corporate

FTE of the department

04/12/2015 (PDF 20KB)

SI-23

Carr

Portfolio Strategic Policy

Digital Economy programmes

04/12/2015 (PDF 20KB)

SI-24

Carr

Corporate

Ministerial staff entitlements

04/12/2015 (PDF 22KB)

SI-25

Carr

Science and Commercialisation Policy

R&D Tax Incentive

04/12/2015 (PDF 19KB)

SI-26

Carr

Minister Pyne

18th round of CRCs

04/12/2015 (PDF 14KB)

SI-27

Carr

AusIndustry – Entrepreneur Development

AIG employee numbers

04/12/2015 (PDF 26KB)

SI-28

Carr

AusIndustry – Entrepreneur Development

EIP Partners

04/12/2015 (PDF 16KB)

SI-29

Carr

Corporate

EIP Partners

04/12/2015 (PDF 17KB)

SI-30

Carr

AusIndustry – Business Services

Status of AusIndustry programmes

04/12/2015 (PDF 22KB)

SI-31

Carr

Science and Commercialisation Policy

Commercialisation assistance

04/12/2015 (PDF 21KB)

SI-32

Carr

AusIndustry – Business Services

ATS – company contracts

29/01/2016 (PDF 18KB)

SI-33

Carr

AusIndustry – Business Services

ATS – national interest provisions

29/01/2016 (PDF 17KB)

SI-34

Carr

Corporate

ICT Sustainability Plan

29/01/2016 (PDF 18KB)

SI-35

Carr

Sectoral Growth Policy

Enhanced Project By-law Scheme

29/01/2016 (PDF 20KB)

SI-36

Ludlam

Resources

National Radioactive Waste Management Project

04/12/2015 (PDF 38KB)

SI-37

Carr

Anti-dumping Commission

Application processing times

29/01/2016 (PDF 25KB)

SI-38

Carr

Senator Sinodinos

Safeguards Senate Resolution

29/01/2016 (PDF 21KB)

SI-39

Carr

Anti-dumping Commission

Safeguards – Productivity Commission

29/01/2016 (PDF 21KB)

SI-40

Carr

Sectoral Growth Policy

Steel used in Australia

29/01/2016 (PDF 23KB)

SI-41

Carr

Sectoral Growth Policy

Steel exports

29/01/2016 (PDF 14KB)

SI-42

Carr

Minister Pyne

Steelworkers delegation

29/01/2016 (PDF 16KB)

SI-43

Rhiannon

Anti-dumping Commission

Safeguards

29/01/2016 (PDF 24KB)

SI-44

Rhiannon

Anti-dumping Commission

Steel imports

29/01/2016 (PDF 22KB)

SI-45

Ketter

Geoscience Australia

Redundancies

04/12/2015 (PDF 22KB)

SI-46

Ketter

Geoscience Australia

Redundancies

04/12/2015 (PDF 14KB)

SI-47

Ketter

Geoscience Australia

Graduates

04/12/2015 (PDF 18KB)

BI-48

Edwards

NOPSEMA

Offshore oil and gas jobs

04/12/2015 (PDF 19KB)

SI-49

Edwards

NOPSEMA

BP’s environmental plan

04/12/2015 (PDF 18KB)

SI-50

Canavan

AusIndustry – Business Services

Next Generation Manufacturing Investment Programme

29/01/2016 (PDF 14KB)

SI-51

Xenophon

Anti-Dumping Commission

Procedures afforded to overseas versus Australian manufacturers

29/01/2016 (PDF 17KB)

SI-52

Xenophon

Anti-Dumping Commission

Procedures afforded to overseas versus Australian manufacturers

29/01/2016 (PDF 35KB)

SI-53

Xenophon

Anti-Dumping Commission

Procedures afforded to overseas versus Australian manufacturers

29/01/2016 (PDF 22KB)

SI-54

Xenophon

Anti-Dumping Commission

Procedures afforded to overseas versus Australian manufacturers

29/01/2016 (PDF 16KB)

SI-55

Xenophon

Anti-Dumping Commission

Procedures afforded to overseas versus Australian manufacturers

29/01/2016 (PDF 14KB)

SI-56

Xenophon

Anti-Dumping Commission

Procedures afforded to overseas versus Australian manufacturers

29/01/2016 (PDF 16KB)

SI-57

Xenophon

Anti-Dumping Commission

Procedures afforded to overseas versus Australian manufacturers

29/01/2016 (PDF 13KB)

SI-58

Xenophon

Anti-Dumping Commission

Solar panel dumping

29/01/2016 (PDF 19KB)

SI-59

Xenophon

Anti-Dumping Commission

Solar panel dumping

29/01/2016 (PDF 19KB)

SI-60

Xenophon

Anti-Dumping Commission

Solar panel dumping

29/01/2016 (PDF 17KB)

SI-61

Xenophon

Anti-Dumping Commission

Solar panel dumping

29/01/2016 (PDF 16KB)

SI-62

Xenophon

Sectoral Growth Policy 

Automotive Transformation Scheme

29/01/2016 (PDF 20KB)

SI-63

Xenophon

Sectoral Growth Policy 

Automotive Transformation Scheme

29/01/2016 (PDF 16KB)

SI-64

Xenophon

Sectoral Growth Policy 

Automotive Transformation Scheme

29/01/2016 (PDF 16KB)

SI-65

Xenophon

Portfolio Strategic Policy

Boron Content of Steel

29/01/2016 (PDF 21KB)

SI-66

Xenophon

Portfolio Strategic Policy

Boron Content of Steel

29/01/2016 (PDF 21KB)

SI-67

Xenophon

Portfolio Strategic Policy

Boron Content of Steel

29/01/2016 (PDF 19KB)

SI-68

Xenophon

Portfolio Strategic Policy

Boron Content of Steel

29/01/2016 (PDF 42KB)

SI-69

Xenophon

Portfolio Strategic Policy

Boron Content of Steel

29/01/2016 (PDF 19KB)

SI-70

Xenophon

NOPSEMA

Assessment process

04/12/2015 (PDF 17KB)

SI-71

Xenophon

NOPSEMA

Assessment process

04/12/2015 (PDF 14KB)

SI-72

Xenophon

NOPSEMA

Assessment process

04/12/2015 (PDF 25KB)

SI-73

Xenophon

NOPSEMA

Assessment process

04/12/2015 (PDF 14KB)

SI-74

Xenophon

Resources

Assessment process

04/12/2015 (PDF 24KB)

SI-75

Xenophon

NOPSEMA

Assessment process

04/12/2015 (PDF 32KB)

SI-76

Xenophon

NOPSEMA

Assessment process

04/12/2015 (PDF 20KB)

SI-77

Xenophon

Resources

Assessment process

04/12/2015 (PDF 22KB)

SI-78

Carr

IP Australia

Economic impact of innovation patents

04/12/2015 (PDF 19KB)

SI-79

Carr

AusIndustry – Business Services

R&D Tax Incentive

04/12/2015 (PDF 26KB)

SI-80

Carr

Digital Transformation

National policy issues relating to the digital economy

04/12/2015 (PDF 22KB) Updated response (PDF 282KB)

SI-81

Carr

Corporate

Appointments

29/01/2016 (PDF 24KB)

SI-82

Carr

Corporate

Industry and Science Programmes  

29/01/2016 (PDF 25KB)
Attachment (PDF 57KB)

SI-83

Carr

Science and Commercialisation

Commonwealth Science Council

29/01/2016 (PDF 12KB)

SI-84

Carr

Science and Commercialisation

International Science and Research Engagement

29/01/2016 (PDF 21KB)

SI-85

Carr

Science and Commercialisation

Vision for a Science Nation consultation paper

04/12/2015 (PDF 20KB)

SI-86

Carr

Corporate

Website traffic

04/12/2015 (PDF 14KB) Attachment (PDF 214KB)

SI-87

Carr

Science and Commercialisation

PolicyHack

04/12/2015 (PDF 19KB)

SI-88

Carr

Science and Commercialisation

PolicyHack

04/12/2015 (PDF 14KB)

SI-89

Carr

Science and Commercialisation

GovHack

04/12/2015 (PDF 21KB)

SI-90

Carr

Science and Commercialisation

GovHack

04/12/2015 (PDF 14KB)

SI-91

Carr

AusIndustry – Business Services

Automotive Transformation Scheme

29/01/2016 (PDF 14KB)

SI-92

Carr

AusIndustry – Business Services

Automotive Transformation Scheme

29/01/2016 (PDF 13KB)

SI-93

Carr

Sectoral Growth Policy 

Australia’s steel industry

29/01/2016 (PDF 18KB)

SI-94

Carr

Sectoral Growth Policy 

Australian made steel

29/01/2016 (PDF 13KB)

SI-95

Carr

Sectoral Growth Policy 

Building Ministers’ Forum

29/01/2016 (PDF 18KB)

SI-96

Carr

Sectoral Growth Policy 

Building Ministers’ Forum

29/01/2016 (PDF 17KB)

SI-97

Carr

Sectoral Growth Policy 

Disability (Access to Premises – Building) Standards review.

29/01/2016 (PDF 17KB)

SI-98

Carr

Sectoral Growth Policy 

ICT Sustainability Plan  - Australian Paper

29/01/2016 (PDF 19KB)

SI-99

Ludwig

Corporate

Ministerial Personalised Stationery

04/12/2015 (PDF 16KB)

SI-100

Carr

Sectoral Growth Policy 

Support for Cadburys

29/01/2016 (PDF 19KB)

SI-101

Carr

Sectoral Growth Policy 

Industry Capability Network

29/01/2016 (PDF 28KB)

SI-102

Carr

Sectoral Growth Policy 

Commonwealth of Australia is the Contractor Asset Acquisition Program

29/01/2016 (PDF 16KB)

SI-103

Carr

Anti-Dumping Commission

Australian steel makers - duties

29/01/2016 (PDF 19KB)

SI-104

Carr

Anti-Dumping Commission

Exporter Data Assessment

29/01/2016 (PDF 26KB)

SI-105

Carr

Portfolio Strategic Policy

Anti-dumping system - fees for review

29/01/2016 (PDF 16KB)

SI-106

Bilyk

Corporate

Ministerial functions

29/01/2016 (PDF 17KB)

SI-107

Bilyk

Portfolio Strategic Policy

Ministerial international travel

29/01/2016 (PDF 25KB)
Attachment PDF 158KB)

BI-108

Bilyk

Corporate

Secretary’s speeches to staff

04/12/2015 (PDF 13KB)

BI-109

Bilyk

Corporate

Secretary’s office upgrades

04/12/2015 (PDF 19KB)

SI-110

Bilyk

Portfolio Strategic Policy

Visit to Torres Strait

29/01/2016 (PDF 19KB)

SI-111

Ludwig

Corporate

Departmental Rebranding

29/01/2016 (PDF 110KB)

SI-112

Ludwig

Corporate

Staffing – employment non-Australian citizens

04/12/2015 (PDF 19KB)

For further information, contact:

Estimates Officer
Senate Standing Committees on Economics
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3540
Fax: +61 2 6277 5719
Email: economics.sen@aph.gov.au