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Department of Finance Personal Classifications as at 1 February 2015
Establishment Variances - Government, 1 October 2014 to 1 February 2015
Personal Positions as at 1 February 2015
(PDF 155KB)
(PDF 185KB)
(PDF 1106KB)

Questions on notice

Index to questions on notice (PDF 460KB)

Answers to questions on notice (due 10 April 2015)

QoN No.

Agency

Outcome/
Program

Senator who asked

Broad Topic

Proof Hansard 24/2/15
Page/Written

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Date answer received

1

Finance

2/2.1

Xenophon

Objectives of the ASC

p. 21

(PDF 26KB) 26/5/15

2

Finance

2/2.2

Dastyari

Using grants power to facilitate proposed asset recycling scheme

p. 31

(PDF 49KB) 10/4/15

3

Finance

1/1.1

Ludwig

Wage cost indexes

p. 33

(PDF 94KB) 10/4/15

4

Finance

1/1.1

Ludwig

Staffing level of the general government sector

p. 35

(PDF 55KB) 10/4/15

5

Finance

1/1.1

Ludwig

Costs of abolishing smaller agencies

p. 35

(PDF 14KB) 4/5/15

6

Finance

1/1.1

Ludwig

Cost of wages growth

p. 38

(PDF 20KB) 4/5/15

7

Finance

1/1.1

Ludwig

Finance’s input into the Intergenerational Report

p. 40

(PDF 16KB) 8/5/15

8

Finance

1/1.2

Ludwig

ComSuper/CSC merger

p. 47

(PDF 12KB) 4/5/15

9

Finance

1/1.2

Ludwig

ComSuper/CSC merger and MYEFO

p. 48

(PDF 10KB) 4/5/15

10

CSC

1/1.2

Ludwig

Administration fees for PSSap

pp  48-49

(PDF 10KB) 4/5/15

11

CSC

1/1.2

Ludwig

Competition in the marketplace

p. 49

(PDF 43KB) 4/5/15

12

Finance

1/1.1

Ludwig

Creation of new government bodies

p. 53

(PDF 12KB) 4/5/15

13

Finance

1/1.1

Ludwig

Contestability program

p. 58

(PDF 9KB) 4/5/15

14

Finance

1/1.1

McKenzie

Austender reporting threshold

p. 63

(PDF 9KB) 4/5/15

15

Finance

1/1.1

Madigan

Procurement of paper

p. 65

(PDF 24KB) 4/5/15

16

Finance

2/2.1

Ludwig

Undertaking of scoping studies

p. 67

(PDF 14KB) 4/5/15

17

Finance

2/2.1

Lundy

Open source solutions

p. 73

(PDF 250KB) 4/5/15

18

Finance

1/1.1

Lundy

Numbers and value of small contracts

p. 74

(PDF 16KB) 4/5/15

19

Finance

2/2.2

Lundy

Status of property tender between Customs and Immigration

p. 78

(PDF 13KB) 4/5/15

20

Finance

1/1.1

Lundy

Costs of property for merger between Customs and Immigration

pp 78-79

(PDF 12KB) 4/5/15

21

Finance

1/1.3

Ludwig

Savings that do not require legislation

p. 83

(PDF 32KB) 4/5/15

22

Finance

2/2.1

Ludwig

Investment of Medibank private with Reserve Bank

pp  86-87

(PDF 23KB) 4/5/15

23

Finance

1/1.1

Ludwig

Advertising campaigns above $250,000 threshold

p. 92

(PDF 19KB) 10/4/15

24

Finance

1/1.1

Ludwig

Dates for Education Department’s advertising campaign

p. 93-95

(PDF 29KB) 26/5/15

25

Finance

1/1.1

Smith

Ministerial directions to Secretaries on advertising campaigns

p. 100

(PDF 11KB) 26/5/15

26

Finance

3/3.1

Ludwig

Delay in moving-in date for the Minister for Agriculture’s electorate office

pp  103-104

(PDF 30KB) 10/4/15

27

Finance

3/3.1

Ludwig

Staff turnover in the Coalition Advisory Service

p. 105

(PDF 17KB) 10/4/15

28

Finance

3/3.1

Ludwig

Receipt of employment contracts for the Coalition Advisory Service

p. 105

(PDF 16KB) 10/4/15

29

Finance

3/3.1

Ludwig

Equipment provided to the Coalition Advisory Service

p. 106

(PDF 20KB) 10/4/15

30

Finance

3/3.1

Ludwig

Travel by the Coalition Advisory Service’s staff

pp 106-107

(PDF 30KB) 10/4/15

31

Finance

3/3.1

Smith

M&PS’ involvement with a job advertisement

p. 109

(PDF 19KB) 20/5/15

32

Finance

3/3.1

Bernardi

Costs of mobile phones

p. 110

(PDF 17KB) 10/4/15

33

Finance

3/3.1

Dastyari, Smith

Total costs of Government MOP(S) staff

pp  110-111

(PDF 30KB) 10/4/15

34

AEC

General

Seselja

Costs of a protected action ballot

p. 112

(PDF 12KB) 20/5/15

35

AEC

General

Seselja

Costs of a large-scale protected action ballot

pp  112-113

(PDF 21KB) 10/4/15

36

AEC

General

Seselja

Costs of Department of Veterans’ Affairs protected action ballot

pp  112-113

(PDF 18KB) 14/5/15

37

AEC

General

Dastyari

Assistant Commissioner positions at the AEC

p. 115

(PDF 18KB) 10/4/15

38

AEC

General

Dastyari

Positions within the AEC

p. 115

(PDF 39KB) 26/5/15

39

AEC

General

Dastyari

Electoral Integrity Unit

p. 116

(PDF 18KB) 20/5/15

40

AEC

General

Dastyari

Numbers of people on the New South Wales roll

p. 116

(PDF 92KB) 26/5/15

41

AEC

General

Dastyari

Divergences as percentages of population

p. 117

(PDF 15KB) 14/5/15

42

AEC

General

Dastyari

Staff in, and work program for, the Electoral Integrity Unit

p. 118

(PDF 24KB) 26/5/15

43

AEC

General

Rhiannon

Discrepancies between party and donor returns

pp  118-119

(PDF 14KB) 20/5/15

44

AEC

General

Rhiannon

Paul Ramsay Holdings' annual return

p. 119

(PDF 14KB) 20/5/15

45

AEC

General

Rhiannon

Discrepancies between party and company donations

p. 119

(PDF 32KB) 10/4/15

46

AEC

General

Smith

Evidence of voter identity at polling

p. 122

(PDF 21KB) 14/5/15

47

AEC

General

Bernardi

Elections for the Transport Workers’ Union

pp 123-124

(PDF 33KB) 10/4/15

48

AEC

General

Bernardi

AEC’s involvement in internal ballots

p. 124

(PDF 84KB) 20/5/15

49

AEC

General

Xenophon

Pre-polling

Written

(PDF 56KB) 20/5/15

50

AEC

General

Xenophon

Failure to vote/voting system

Written

(PDF 32KB) 26/5/15

51

Finance

General

Moore

Finance’s guidelines for Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements

Written

(PDF 9KB) 4/5/15

52

Finance

General

Moore

The Department of Social Services’ 2013-14 Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements

Written

(PDF 15KB) 4/5/15

53

Finance

General

Leyonhjelm

Legal advice on above-the-line voting in the Senate - Finance

Written

(PDF 17KB) 10/4/15

54

AEC

General

Leyonhjelm

Legal advice on above-the-line voting in the Senate - AEC

Written

(PDF 22KB) 20/5/15

55

Finance

1/1.1

Ludwig

Contestability Program website

p. 58

(PDF 24KB) 4/5/15

56

Finance

1/1.1

Smith

'By boat, no visa' advertising campaign

p. 98

(PDF 11KB) 26/5/15

57

Finance

General

Collins

AEC Chairperson’s position

Written

(PDF 16KB) 10/4/15

58

Finance

3/3.1

Collins

Changes to Entitlements Handbooks (international travel)

Written

(PDF 29KB) 10/4/15

59

Finance

3/3.1

Collins

Members of (Staff) Act 1984 Enterprise Agreement negotiations

Written

(PDF 17KB) 10/4/15

60

Finance

3/3.1

Ludwig

Payouts for MOP(S) staff – December 2014 Cabinet reshuffle

Written

(PDF 17KB) 21/5/15

61

Finance

3/3.1

Ludwig

Land costs

Written

(PDF 26KB) 4/5/15

62

Finance

General

Ludwig

Procedure manuals (Ministerial)

Written

(PDF 10KB) 4/5/15

63

Finance

General

Ludwig

Domain Usage

Written

(PDF 11KB) 4/5/15

64

Finance

1/1.1

Ludwig

Contestability Framework

Written

(PDF 31KB) 4/5/15

65

Finance

1/1.1

Ludwig

Communications and Public Affairs Functions

Written

(PDF 17KB) 4/5/15

66

Finance

2/2.2

Ludwig

List of Smaller Government surplus Commonwealth Properties

Written

(PDF 15KB) 4/5/15

67

Finance

2/2.1

Ludwig

Audit of spending capex and outcomes generated by ICT investment

Written

(PDF 11KB) 4/5/15

68

Finance

1/1.1

Ludwig

Government Advertising

Written

(PDF 22KB) 10/4/15

69

Finance

General

Ludwig

Red Tape Reduction

Written

(PDF 62KB) 4/5/15

70

Finance

General

Ludwig

Conditions on Government Contracts and Agreements

Written

(PDF 25KB) 4/5/15

71

Finance

General

Ludwig

Enterprise Bargaining Agreements

Written

(PDF 14KB) 4/5/15

72

Finance

General

Ludwig

AEC Commissioner Report

Written

(PDF 18KB) 10/4/15

73

Finance

1/1.1

Ludwig

CBMS Redevelopment Taskforce

Written

(PDF 31KB) 8/5/15

74

Future Fund

1/1.1

Ludwig

Future Fund - Managing Director

Written

(PDF 14KB) 4/5/15

75

Finance

General

Ludwig

Consultancies

Written

(PDF 16KB) 4/5/15

76

CSC

1/1.2

Ludwig

Security Awareness Training by the AFP

Written

(PDF 24KB) 4/5/15

77

AEC

General

Rhiannon

AEC Vote Count software

Written

(PDF 20 KB) 14/5/15

78

Finance

1/1.1

Ludwig

2014-15 MYEFO – Measures for the Department of the Environment

pp 36-37

(PDF 14KB) 4/5/15

79

Finance

3/3.1

Moore

Cost of flights and entertainment – Minister for Social Services only

Written

(PDF 17KB) 10/4/15

80

Finance

3/3.1

Moore

Cost of flights – former Minister, Assistant Minister and Parliamentary Secretary – Social Services portfolio only

Written

(PDF 30KB) 10/4/15

81

Finance

2/2.1

Wong

NBN Accounting Change

Written

(PDF 19KB) 4/5/15

82

Finance

1/1.1

Wong

Pension modelling

Written

(PDF 63KB) 4/5/15

83

Finance

1/1.1

Wong

Top 20 fastest government spending programs

Written

(PDF 101KB) 4/5/15

84

Finance

1/1.1

Wong

University fee deregulation

Written

(PDF 26KB) 4/5/15

85

Finance

1/1.1

Wong

Department of Social Services 2014-15 Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements

Written

(PDF 14KB) 4/5/15

86

Finance

1/1.1

Wong

Counter-terrorism funding

Written

(PDF 17KB) 4/5/15

87

Finance

1/1.1

Wong

Contingency Reserve

Written

(PDF 11KB) 4/5/15

88

Finance

1/1.1

Wong

2014-15 MYEFO parameter and other variations

Written

(PDF 29KB) 4/5/15

89

Finance

1/1.1

Wong

Unemployment Benefits

Written

(PDF 13KB) 4/5/15

90

Finance

2/2.2

Wong

Scoping study into buildings in the Parliamentary Triangle

Written

(PDF 30KB) 9/5/15

91

Finance

General

Wong

New Finance Premises

Written

(PDF 30KB) 4/5/15

92

Finance

2/2.2

Wong

Moorebank Intermodal Terminal

Written

(PDF 20KB) 4/5/15

93

Finance

2/2.2

Wong

Kenbi Land Claim

Written

(PDF 27KB) 4/5/15

94

Finance

2/2.1

Wong

Digital Transformation Office

Written

(PDF 11KB) 4/5/15

95

Finance

2/2.3

Wong

HELP debts/waiver of debt

Written

(PDF 26KB) 4/5/15

96

Finance

1/1.1

Wong

ADF pay

Written

(PDF 22KB) 4/5/15

97

Finance

2/2.1

Wong

ICT “Smaller Government” bodies

Written

(PDF 20KB) 4/5/15

98

Finance

1/1.1

Wong

Strengthening the Constitutional basis for Commonwealth Spending measure

Written

(PDF 33KB) 4/5/15

99

Finance

1/1.1

Wong

Health 2014-15 Budget measure

Written

(PDF 11KB) 4/5/15

100

Finance

1/1.1

Wong

Commercially integrated health payment system

Written

(PDF 11KB) 4/5/15

101

Finance

1/1.1

Wong

2014-15 MYEFO Fiscal Outlook – Table 3.2

Written

(PDF 29KB) 4/5/15

102

Finance

1/1.1

Wong

2014-15 MYEFO – chart data on website

Written

 

Transferred to Treasury 18/3/15

103

Finance

1/1.1

Wong

Efficiency Dividend

Written

(PDF 10KB) 4/5/15

104

Finance

1/1.1

Wong

National Skills and Workforce Development SPP

Written

(PDF 11KB) 4/5/15

105

Finance

2/2.1

Wong

Australia Post Reforms

Written

(PDF 11KB) 4/5/15

106

Finance

3/3.1

Moore

Furniture and Parliament House office for the Minister for Social Services

Written

(PDF 17KB) 10/4/15

107

Finance

3/3.1

Moore

Staffing in the offices of the Minister, Assistant Minister and Parliamentary Secretary - Social Services portfolio only

Written

(PDF 19KB) 21/5/15

 

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