Prime Minister and Cabinet Portfolio

Prime Minister and Cabinet Portfolio

Tabled documents, 23 February 2015

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Senator the Hon Penny Wong Correspondence from Ms Peta Credlin, Chief of Staff, Office of the Prime Minister, to the Right Hon Sir Christopher Geidt KCVO OBE,19 March 2014
Correspondence from Mr Christopher Sandamas, Chief Clerk, Buckingham Palace, to Ms Peta Credlin, Chief of Staff, Office of the Prime Minister, 2 April 2014
(PDF 260KB)

Additional information

Correspondence from Ms Elizabeth Kelly, Deputy Secretary, Governance, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, dated 16 March 2015, which corrects evidence given at the hearing on 23 February 2015 in relation to the appointment of Mr Michael Thawley AO as Secretary of the Department (PDF 756KB)

Questions on notice

Consolidated questions on notice index for PM&C Portfolio and Cross Portfolio Indigenous Matters (PDF 1138KB)

Answers to questions on notice (answers were due 10 April 2015)

QoN No.

Department/
Agency

Senator

Broad Topic

Proof Hansard

P. & Hearing Date or Written Q

View

Date answer received

1.

PM&C

Wong

Prime Minister’s Press Conference – 9 February 2015

23/2/15, p. 45

(PDF 9KB) 12/5/15

2.

PM&C

Collins

Cabinet Handbook

23/2/15, p. 49

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

3.

PM&C

Wong

Access to cabinet-in-confidence by backbenchers

23/2/15, pp 50 & 51

(PDF 9KB) 12/5/15

4.

PM&C

Wong

Cabinet Handbook

23/2/15, p. 51

(PDF 10KB) 12/5/15

5.

PM&C

Wong

Staff appointments

23/2/15, p. 53

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

6.

PM&C

Wong

Public service travel

23/2/15, pp 54 & 55

(PDF 15KB) 12/5/15

7.

PM&C

Smith

Officials travel

23/2/15, p. 56

(PDF 12KB) 12/5/15

8.

A question was not allocated to this no.

9.

PM&C

Wong

Knighthood of Prince Philip

23/2/15, pp 59 & 60

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

10.

PM&C

Wong

Knighthood of Prince Philip

23/2/15, p. 61

(PDF 10KB) 12/5/15

11.

A question was not allocated to this no.

12.

PM&C

Wong

Knighthood of Prince Philip

23/2/15, p. 63

(PDF 11KB) 12/5/15

13.

PM&C

Wong

Knighthood of Prince Philip

23/2/15, p. 63

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

14.

PM&C

Smith/
Wong

Order of Australia

23/2/15, p. 66

(PDF 13KB) 12/5/15

15.

PM&C

Smith

Companion of the Order of Australia 1988

23/2/15, p. 66

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

16.

PM&C

Wong

Opening statement

23/2/15, p. 72

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

17.

PM&C

Wong

Appointment of the Secretary of PM&C

23/2/15, p. 72

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

18.

PM&C

Wong

Answer to 1067

23/2/15, p. 72 & 73

(PDF 12KB) 12/5/15

19.

PM&C

Wong

APSC report

23/2/15, p. 73

(PDF 11KB) 12/5/15

20.

PM&C

Wong

APSC report

23/2/15, p. 74

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

21.

PM&C

Wong

Recruitment process

23/2/15, p. 74 & 75

(PDF 9KB) 12/5/15

22.

PM&C

Wong

Media

23/2/15, p. 75

(PDF 9KB) 12/5/15

23.

PM&C

Wong

Question 1411

23/2/15, pp 75 & 76

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

24.

PM&C

Wong

Media leak

23/2/15, p. 76

(PDF 10KB) 12/5/15

25.

PM&C

Wong

Order of the Senate

23/2/15, p. 81

(PDF 13KB) 12/5/15

26.

PM&C

Wong

Order of the Senate

23/2/15, p. 82

(PDF 34KB) 12/5/15

27.

PM&C

Ludwig

Question Time Briefs

23/2/15, p. 83

(PDF 12KB) 12/5/15

28.

PM&C

Ludwig

Contact between PMO, AFP & DPP

23/2/15, p. 85

(PDF 10KB) 12/5/15

29.

PM&C

Ludwig

Comments by Jane Needham

23/2/15, p. 85

(PDF 8KB) 12/5/15

30.

PM&C

Ludwig

Taskforce

23/2/15, p. 86

(PDF 10KB) 12/5/15

31.

PM&C

Ludwig

Appointment of Mr Ciobo

23/2/15, p. 87

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

32.

PM&C

Ludwig

Project Office

23/2/15, p. 91

(PDF 12KB) 12/5/15

33.

PM&C

Ludwig

Integration and Efficiency Taskforce

23/2/15, p. 92

(PDF 49KB) 12/5/15

34.

PM&C

Ludwig

Sections 37s

23/2/15, pp 94 & 95

(PDF 9KB) 12/5/15

35.

PM&C

Moore

Office for Women projects

23/2/15, pp 98 & 99

(PDF 173KB) 12/5/15

36.

PM&C

Moore

Office for Women alliances

23/2/15, p. 99

(PDF 22KB) 12/5/15

37.

PM&C

McKenzie

Australian Institute of Company Directors

23/2/15, p. 102

(PDF 9KB) 12/5/15

38.

PM&C

McKenzie

59th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women

23/2/15, p. 102

(PDF 9KB) 12/5/15

39.

PM&C

Moore

WLDS grants

23/2/15, p. 103

(PDF 12KB) 12/5/15

40.

PM&C

Wong

Tender for Australia’s future submarines

23/2/15, p. 105

(PDF 8KB) 12/5/15

41.

PM&C

Wong

Future submarine program

23/2/15, p. 107

(PDF 10KB) 12/5/15

42.

PM&C

Wong

Future submarine program

23/2/15, p. 107

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

43.

PM&C

Wong

Future submarine program – delegation

23/2/15, p. 108

(PDF 15KB) 12/5/15

44.

PM&C

Wong

Travel – Mr Shearer

23/2/15, p. 110

(PDF 11KB) 12/5/15

45.

PM&C

Wong

Future submarine program – media announcement

23/2/15, p. 110

(PDF 9KB) 12/5/15

46.

PM&C

Wong

Travel – Mr Shearer

23/2/15, p. 112

(PDF 8KB) 12/5/15

47.

PM&C

Wong

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

23/2/15, p. 113

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

48.

PM&C

Wong

Ms Credlin’s comments

23/2/15, p. 114

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

49.

PM&C

Wong

Mr Gupta

23/2/15, p. 115

(PDF 10KB) 12/5/15

50.

PM&C

Wong

Visit to Australia by the Prime Minister of Japan

23/2/15, p. 116

(PDF 17KB)
Corrected response (PDF 155KB)
12/5/15
26/6/15

51.

PM&C

McLucas

Northern Australia white paper

23/2/15, p. 120

(PDF 10KB) 12/5/15

52.

PM&C

McLucas

Northern Australia Strategic Partnership

23/2/15, p. 121

(PDF 9KB) 12/5/15

53.

PM&C

McLucas

Northern Australia Advisory Group

23/2/15, p. 121

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

54.

PM&C

McLucas

Advisory group budget

23/2/15, p. 122

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

83.

PM&C

Moore

Australia’s Response to the Beijing +20

Written

(PDF 12KB) 12/5/15

84.

PM&C

Moore

Gender balance on Government Boards

Written

(PDF 11KB) 12/5/15

89.

ANAO

Xenophon

Government Advertising

Written

(PDF 17KB) 1/4/15

90.

IGIS

Xenophon

Use of weapons and self-defence techniques in ASIS

Written

(PDF 139KB) 2/4/15

91.

IGIS

Leyonhjelm

Annual Report and Budget Statement - agencies

Written

(PDF 112KB) 2/4/15

92.

IGIS

Leyonhjelm

Staffing

Written

(PDF 80KB) 2/4/15

93.

IGIS

Leyonhjelm

Staffing

Written

(PDF 81KB) 2/4/15

94.

APSC

Collins

Enterprise Bargaining Agreements

Written

(PDF 27KB) 10/4/15

95.

APSC

Collins

Relocation of APS Agencies

Written

(PDF 6KB) 10/4/15

96.

ANAO

Collins

Amendments to the Auditors-General Act

Written

(PDF 25KB) 1/4/15

97.

ANAO

Collins

ANAO Resourcing

Written

(PDF 26KB) 1/4/15

103.

ANAO

Collins

ANAO processes

23/2/15, p. 125

(PDF 18KB) 1/4/15

104.

ANAO

Xenophon

C-27J acquisitions

23/2/15, p. 127

(PDF 45KB) 1/4/15

105.

ANAO

Xenophon

Risks – selecting a single partner

23/2/15, p. 128

(PDF 17KB) 1/4/15

106.

APSC

Lundy

Submission to the Advisory Group on Reform of Australian Government Administration Processes in 2009

23/2/15, pp 134-135

(PDF 11KB) 10/4/15

107.

APSC

Lundy

Public servant positions

23/2/15, p. 136

(PDF 5KB) 10/4/15

108.

APSC

Lundy

Immigration and Customs merge

23/2/15, p. 136

(PDF 73KB) 10/4/15

109.

PM&C

Lundy

Location of agencies

23/2/15, p. 136

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

110.

OOSGG

Ludwig

Staff changes

24/2/ 2015, p. 8

(PDF 218KB) 10/4/15

111.

OOSGG

Ludwig

Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption Report

24/2/15, p. 8

(PDF 205KB) 10/4/15

112.

OOSGG

Ludwig

Kitchen consultant

24/2/15, p. 9

(PDF 206KB) 10/4/15

113.

OOSGG

Ludwig

Staff travel

24/2/15, p. 9

(PDF 205KB) 10/4/15

116.

PM&C

Wong

Cabinet Process

23/2/15, p. 46

(PDF 9KB) 12/5/15

117.

PM&C

Wong

Correspondence

23/2/15, p. 58

Answered p. 61

N/A

118.

PM&C

Wong

Position title

23/2/15, p. 77

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

119.

PM&C

Wong

Public Service Commissioners report

23/2/15, p. 79

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

120.

PM&C

Ludwig

Question Time Briefs

23/2/15, pp 83-84

(PDF 10KB) 12/5/15

121.

PM&C

Ludwig

Question Time Brief

23/2/15, p. 84

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

122.

PM&C

Ludwig

Prime Minister’s statement

23/2/15, p. 85

(PDF 10KB) 12/5/15

123.

PM&C

Ludwig

UNFCCC Taskforce

23/2/15, p. 87

(PDF 8KB) 12/5/15

124.

PM&C

Ludwig

Machinery of Government costs

23/2/15, p. 89

(PDF 9KB) 12/5/15

125.

PM&C

Ludwig

Administrative Arrangements

23/2/15, pp 89-90

(PDF 90KB) 12/5/15

126.

A question was not allocated to this no.

127.

PM&C

Ludwig

PQoN 1501

23/2/15, pp 90 & 105

Partly answered on pp 104-105

(PDF 11KB) 12/5/15

128.

PM&C

Ludwig

Acting

Appointments

23/2/15, p. 91

(PDF 11KB) 12/5/15

129.

PM&C

Moore

Alliance Funding

23/2/15, p. 103

(PDF 34KB) 12/5/15

130.

PM&C

Moore

Women’s Breakfast funding

23/2/15, p. 104

(PDF 10KB) 12/5/15

131.

PM&C

Wong

Future Submarine Program

23/2/15, p. 106

(PDF 13KB) 12/5/15

132.

PM&C

Wong

Travel Exceptions

23/2/15, p. 110

(PDF 12KB) 12/5/15

133.

PM&C

Wong

Travel – Mr Shearer

23/2/15, p. 112

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

134.

PM&C

Wong

Ms Credlin – meeting with journalist

23/2/15, p. 114

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

135.

PM&C

Wong

Mr Gupta

23/2/15, p. 116

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

136.

A question was not allocated to this no.

137.

PM&C

Wong

National Security Statement

23/2/15, p. 116

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

138.

PM&C

McLucas

Advisory Group

23/2/15, p. 122

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

139.

PM&C

Wong

Deregulation Costing Methodology

Written

Transferred to AGD 24 March 2015

140.

PM&C

Wong

Cuttingredtape.gov.au website

Written

(PDF 13KB) 12/5/15

162.

All Agency (except Indigenous portfolio bodies)

Wong

Staffing

Written

OCO (PDF 13KB)
ANAO (PDF 15KB)
OIGIS (PDF 81KB)
ONA (PDF 8KB)
APSC (PDF 6KB)
OOSGG (PDF 203KB)
DPMC (PDF 11KB)
26/3/15
1/4/15
2/4/15
8/4/15
10/4/15
10/4/15
12/5/15

163.

All Agency (except Indigenous portfolio bodies)

Wong

Consultants

Written

OCO (PDF 11KB)
ANAO (PDF 20KB)
OIGIS (PDF 78KB)
ONA (PDF 6KB)
APSC (PDF 5KB)
OOSGG (PDF 275KB)
DPMC (PDF 10KB)
26/3/15
1/4/15
2/4/15
8/4/15
10/4/15
10/4/15
12/5/15

164.

All Agency (except Indigenous portfolio bodies)

Wong

Portraits of Her Majesty The Queen

Written

OCO (PDF 10KB)
ANAO (PDF 15KB)
OIGIS (PDF 79KB)
ONA (PDF 6KB)
APSC (PDF 6KB)
OOSGG (PDF 274KB)
DPMC (PDF 7KB)
26/3/15
1/4/15
2/4/15
8/4/15
10/4/15
10/4/15
12/5/15

165.

All Agency (except Indigenous portfolio bodies & OOSGG)

Wong

Advertising

Written

OCO (PDF 14KB)
ANAO (PDF 18KB)
OIGIS (PDF 80KB)
ONA (PDF 9KB)
APSC (PDF 6KB)
DPMC (PDF 10KB)
26/3/15
1/4/15
2/4/15
8/4/15
10/4/15
12/5/15

166.

All Agency (except Indigenous portfolio bodies)

Wong

Hospitality

Written

OCO (PDF 14KB)
ANAO (PDF 47KB)
OIGIS (PDF 79KB)
ONA (PDF 8KB)
APSC (PDF 72KB)
OOSGG (PDF 274KB)
DPMC (PDF 65KB)
26/3/15
1/4/15
2/4/15
8/4/15
10/4/15
10/4/15
12/5/15

167.

All Agency (except Indigenous portfolio bodies)

Wong

Media monitoring

Written

OCO (PDF 10KB)
ANAO (PDF 18KB)
OIGIS (PDF 80KB)
ONA (PDF 8KB)
APSC (PDF 149KB)
OOSGG (PDF 277KB)
DPMC (PDF 11KB)
26/3/15
1/4/15
2/4/15
8/4/15
10/4/15
10/4/15
12/5/15

168.

All Agency (except Indigenous portfolio bodies)

Wong

Stationery

Written

OCO (PDF 12KB)
ANAO (PDF 17KB)
OIGIS (PDF 81KB)
ONA (PDF 8KB)
APSC (PDF 6KB)
OOSGG (PDF 201KB)
DPMC (PDF 9KB)
26/3/15
1/4/15
2/4/15
8/4/15
10/4/15
10/4/15
12/5/15

169.

All Agency (except Indigenous portfolio bodies)

Wong

Subscription and streaming TV

Written

OCO (PDF 10KB)
ANAO (PDF 15KB)
OIGIS (PDF 79KB)
ONA (PDF 16KB)
APSC (PDF 6KB)
OOSGG (PDF 203KB)
DPMC (PDF 9KB)
26/3/15
1/4/15
2/4/15
8/4/15
10/4/15
10/4/15
12/5/15

170.

All Agency (except Indigenous portfolio bodies)

Wong

Newspaper and magazine subscriptions

Written

OCO(PDF 18KB)
ANAO (PDF 45KB)
OIGIS (PDF 110KB)
ONA (PDF 18KB)
APSC (PDF 7KB)
OOSGG (PDF 285KB)
DPMC (PDF 9KB)
26/3/15
1/4/15
2/4/15
8/4/15
10/4/15
10/4/15
12/5/15

171.

All Agency (except Indigenous portfolio bodies)

Wong

Domestic travel and accommodation costs

Written

OCO (PDF 14KB)
ANAO (PDF 14KB)
OIGIS (PDF 80KB)
ONA (PDF 6KB)
APSC (PDF 5KB)
OOSGG (PDF 204KB)
DPMC (PDF 7KB)
26/3/15
1/4/15
2/4/15
8/4/15
10/4/15
10/4/15
12/5/15

172.

All Agency (except OOSGG, OIGIS, OCO, Indigenous portfolio bodies)

Wong

Ministerial domestic travel and accommodation costs

Written

ANAO (PDF 16KB)
ONA (PDF 6KB)
APSC (PDF 6KB)
DPMC (PDF 10KB)
1/4/15
8/4/15
10/4/15
13/5/15

173.

All Agency (except OOSGG, OIGIS, OCO Indigenous portfolio bodies,)

Wong

Ministerial international travel and accommodation costs

Written

ANAO (PDF 16KB)
ONA (PDF 6KB)
APSC (PDF 5KB)
DPMC (PDF 7KB)
1/4/15
8/4/15
10/4/15
12/5/15

174.

All Agency (except Indigenous portfolio bodies)

Wong

Legal costs

Written

OCO (PDF 10KB)
ANAO (PDF 17KB)
OIGIS (PDF 80KB)
ONA (PDF 8KB)
APSC (PDF 5KB)
OOSGG (PDF 200KB)
DPMC (PDF 9KB)
26/3/15
1/4/15
2/4/15
8/4/15
10/4/15
10/4/15
12/5/15

175.

PM&C

Wong

Government Staffing Committee

Written

(PDF 8KB) 12/5/15

176.

PM&C

Wong

Termination of Dr Paul Grimes

Written

(PDF 11KB) 12/5/15

177.

PM&C

Wong

Termination of Dr Paul Grimes

Written

(PDF 11KB) 12/5/15

178.

PM&C

Wong

Termination of Dr Paul Grimes

Written

(PDF 25KB) 12/5/15

179.

PM&C

Wong

Termination of Dr Paul Grimes

Written

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

180.

PM&C

Wong

Termination of departmental secretaries

Written

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

181.

PM&C

Wong

Order of precedence

Written

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

182.

PM&C

Wong

Cabinet meetings

Written

(PDF 14KB) 12/5/15

183.

PM&C

Wong

Attendance at Cabinet

Written

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

184.

PM&C

Wong

Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC

Written

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

185.

PM&C

Wong

White Paper taskforces

Written

(PDF 19KB) 12/5/15

186.

PM&C

Wong

Overseas ministerial travel

Written

(PDF 10KB) 12/5/15

187.

PM&C

Wong

Travel approval

Written

(PDF 10KB) 12/5/15

188.

PM&C

Wong

Loyalty

Written

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

189.

PM&C

Wong

Ministerial correspondence

Written

(PDF 367KB) 12/5/15

190.

PM&C

Wong

FOI – requests for extensions

Written

(PDF 11KB) 12/5/15

191.

PM&C

Wong

Official functions

Written

(PDF 11542KB) 12/5/15

192.

PM&C

Wong

Alcohol

Written

(PDF 10KB) 12/5/15

193.

PM&C

Wong

Private hospitality

Written

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

194.

PM&C

Wong

Expenditure on Office of the Prime Minister

Written

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

195.

PM&C

Wong

Prime Minister’s temporary accommodation

Written

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

196.

PM&C

Wong

Deregulation

Written

(PDF 17KB) 12/5/15

197.

PM&C

Wong

Guest of Government visits

Written

(PDF 41KB)
amended response (PDF 55KB)
correspondence (PDF 67KB)
12/5/15

18/5/15

198.

PM&C

Wong

Interim Digital Transformation Office

Written

(PDF 48KB) 12/5/15

199.

PM&C

Wong

Acting arrangements

Written

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

200.

PM&C

Wong

Treasurer’s legal action

Written

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

201.

PM&C

Wong

PMO equipment

Written

(PDF 9KB) 12/5/15

202.

PM&C

Wong

Cabinet suite

Written

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

203.

PM&C

Wong

Secretary’s removal, travel and temporary accommodation costs

Written

(PDF 11KB) 12/5/15

204.

PM&C

Wong

Renovations, refurbishments and repairs – Kirribilli House

Written

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

205.

PM&C

Wong

Kitchen equipment – Kirribilli House

Written

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

206.

PM&C

Wong

Furniture and furnishings – Kirribilli House

Written

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

207.

PM&C

Wong

Staffing – Kirribilli House

Written

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

208.

PM&C

Wong

Acting Prime Minister

Written

(PDF 16KB) 12/5/15

209.

OOSGG

Wong

Termination of Dr Paul Grimes

Written

(PDF 125KB) 10/4/15

210.

OOSGG

Wong

Renovations, refurbishments and repairs

Written

(PDF 213KB) 10/4/15

211.

OOSGG

Wong

Kitchen equipment

Written

(PDF 130KB) 10/4/15

212.

OOSGG

Wong

Furniture and furnishings

Written

(PDF 131KB) 10/4/15

213.

APSC

Wong

Termination of Dr Paul Grimes

Written

(PDF 6KB) 10/4/15

214.

All Agency (except Indigenous portfolio bodies)

Wong

International travel and accommodation costs

Written

OCO (PDF 14KB)
ANAO (PDF 14KB)
OIGIS (PDF 80KB)
ONA (PDF 6KB)
APSC (PDF 5KB)
OOSGG (PDF 166KB)
DPMC (PDF 7KB)
26/3/15
1/4/15
2/4/15
8/4/15
10/4/15
10/4/15
12/5/15

215.

PM&C

Dastyari

Expenditure Review Committee

Written

(PDF 10KB) 12/5/15

216.

PM&C

Conroy

Dinner on 25 November 2014

Written

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

217.

PM&C

Conroy

Future Submarine Program – PM’s International Advisor

Written

(PDF 7KB) 12/5/15

218.

PM&C

Wong

G20

Written

(PDF 12KB) 12/5/15

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