Human Services Portfolio

Additional Estimates 2004-05

Human Services Portfolio

Index to Questions on Notice (QoN) (PDF 346KB)

Answers to Questions on Notice

QoN Topic PDF format
HS1 Staffing levels of the Department of Human Services (PDF 41KB)
HS2 Data arrangements for labour market related payments (PDF 13KB)
HS3 Consumer Directory Project (PDF 86KB)
HS4 Health care cards (PDF 87KB)
HS5 Compensation recovery in child abuse cases (PDF 81KB)
HS6 Obstetric services (PDF 99KB)
HS8 Consultants contracted by the Department of Humans Services (PDF 403KB)
HS9 Centrelink consultancy details for the 2003-04 financial year (PDF 290KB)
HS10 HIC details of all consultancies for 2003-04 financial year (PDF 74KB)
HS11 Australian Hearing Details of all consultancies for 2003-04 (PDF 38KB)
HS12 Consultants contracted by the Department of Humans Services (PDF 22KB)
HS13 Abortions funded by Medicare - Fraud (PDF 101KB)
HS14 ANAO Audit of Management of customer debt (PDF 121KB)
HS16 CSA staffing and office locations (PDF 120KB)
HS17 Child support payers and recipients (PDF 152KB)
HS19 Office locations (PDF 3295KB)
HS20 Queues in Centrelink offices (PDF 83KB)
HS21 Staffing (PDF 135KB)
HS22 Performance bonuses (PDF 153KB)
HS23 Overseas travel (PDF 94KB)
HS24 Mobile phones (PDF 93KB)
HS25 Motor vehicles (PDF 145KB)
HS26 Management retreats/conferences (PDF 21KB)
HS27 Domestic travel (PDF 152KB)
HS28 Advertising, market research and consultants (PDF 121KB)
HS29 Legal expenses (PDF 273KB)
HS30 Centrelink's role in Australia's response to The Tsunami Crisis (PDF 158KB)
HS31 Local liaison officers (PDF 84KB)
HS32 Part 1 - 'Efficiency' dividend (PDF 16KB)
HS33 Debt recovery strategies (PDF 93KB)
HS34 Compensating people for financial loss as a result of overestimating income for family tax benefit purposes (PDF 73KB)
HS35 Family tax benefit taskforce (PDF 26KB)
HS36 Debt analysis (PDF 17KB)
HS37 Debt management (PDF 142KB)
HS38 Decision not to recover $600 overpayments in 2004 (PDF 75KB)
HS39 $600 Family Tax Benefit Part A supplement (PDF 73KB)
HS41 Review of payment recipients' property holdings (PDF 118KB)
HS42 Disability Support Pension customer referrals to Job Network
(Attachment 1 PDF 345KB) (Attachment 2 PDF 92KB)
(PDF 87KB)
HS43 Newstart and youth allowance matters (PDF 555KB)
HS44 Impact of 'marriage-like' relationships on payment recipients (PDF 443KB)
HS45 Decisions to grant 'unreasonable to live at home' youth allowance payments (PDF 160KB)
HS46 Crisis payment (PDF 78KB)
HS47 Income support customers (PDF 842KB)
HS48 Pension bonus scheme (PDF 150KB)
HS49 Seniors Concession Allowance (PDF 84KB)
HS50 Utilities Allowance (PDF 81KB)
HS51 Disability Support Pension Portability (PDF 67KB)
HS52 Hearing aids offered by Australian Hearing Services
(Attachment 1 PDF 124KB) (Attachment 2 PDF 123KB)
(PDF 80KB)
HS53 Violence against Centrelink staff (PDF 92KB)
HS54 Medicare Offices (PDF 15KB)
HS55 Australian Hearing Service - business management (PDF 155KB)
HS56 Overseas portability for DSP recipients (PDF 81KB)
HS57 Australian Hearing Services facilities and services
(Attachment 1 PDF 245KB)
(PDF 91KB)
HS58 Crackdown on bulk billing (PDF 89KB)
HS59 IT security needs for e-health (PDF 89KB)
HS60 Healthconnect (PDF 86KB)
HS61 Scrapping of Mediconnect (PDF 15KB)

Additional information and tabled documents

Job Network Rapid Connection - Script for CSOs (Tabled 15 February 2005) (PDF 60KB)
Centrelink referrals to Job Network July 04 to December 04 (Tabled 15 February 2005) (PDF 194KB)
DSP rapid connection and reconnection initiative (Tabled 15 February 2005) (PDF 981KB)
DHS executive structure (Tabled 15 February 2005) (PDF 201KB)
Covering letter (dated 31 March 2005) accompanying answers to questions on notice - Received 31 March 2005 (PDF 44KB)
Covering letter accompanying additional information - Disability Support Pension rapid connection and reconnection initiative (PDF 92KB)

For further information, contact:

Estimates Officer
Senate Standing Committees on Finance and Public Administration
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3534
Fax: +61 2 6277 5809
Email: fpa.sen@aph.gov.au