Human Services

Human Services

Index to Questions on Notice - (PDF 82KB)

Note: The committee set Friday, 9 July 2010 for the return of answers to Questions on Notice.

Answers to Questions on Notice

QoN No. Department/Agency Senator Topic PDF Format Date Answer Received
HS1 a&b DHS Fifield Staff resignations and redundancies (PDF 41KB) 06/7/10
HS2 DHS Fifield Budget appropriation (PDF 25KB) 29/6/10
HS3 DHS Fifield Co-location costs (PDF 30KB) 29/6/10
HS4 DHS Fifield DHS CPSU joint working party (PDF 98KB) 09/7/10
HS5 a&b DHS Fifield Staffing and travel expenditure (PDF 40KB) 29/6/10
HS6 a&b DHS Fifield/Collins CSA payees - gender breakdown (PDF 37KB) 29/6/10
HS7 DHS Fifield Breakdown of  cases 'ended in arrears' (PDF 45KB) 29/6/10
HS8 DHS Fifield Child Support Liability (PDF 40KB) 29/6/10
HS9 DHS Fifield Child support referrals (PDF 39KB) 29/6/10
HS10a-c DHS Fifield Recourses to court (PDF 55KB) 09/7/10
HS11 DHS Fifield Complaints and tip-offs (PDF 62KB) 29/6/10
HS12 a&b DHS Kroger Optical surveillance (PDF 48KB) 29/6/10
HS13 DHS Fifield Objections (PDF 29KB) 29/6/10
HS14 DHS Fifield Handling of appeals (PDF 35KB) 29/6/10
HS15 DHS Fifield SES staffing (PDF 16KB) 29/6/10
HS16 DHS Fifield Advertising expenditure (PDF 28KB) 06/7/10
HS17 DHS Fifield CRS hospitality expenditure (PDF 31KB) 06/7/10
HS18 Centrelink Ryan Parliamentary library information matter (PDF 61KB) 09/7/10
HS19 Centrelink Ryan Parliamentary library information matter (PDF 63KB) 09/7/10
HS19a Centrelink Collins Parliamentary library information matter (PDF 4858KB) 09/7/10
HS20a Centrelink Fifield Staff comparison (PDF 28KB) 09/7/10
HS20b Centrelink Fifield Staff numbers (PDF 27KB) 09/7/10
HS21a-c Centrelink Fifield Hospitality expenditure (PDF 90KB) 09/7/10
HS22 Centrelink Siewert Fortnightly interviews for Job Services program (PDF 65KB) 29/9/10
HS23 Centrelink Siewert/Kroger Job services program (PDF 40KB) 09/7/10
HS24 Centrelink Siewert Income support (PDF 36KB) 09/7/10
HS25 a&b Centrelink Kroger False claims (PDF 144KB) 09/7/10
HS26 Centrelink Ryan Media Analysis (PDF 48KB) 09/7/10
HS26a Centrelink Ryan Media Analysis (PDF 48KB) 09/7/10
HS27 Centrelink Siewert IT (PDF 39KB) 09/7/10
HS28 Centrelink Fifield Rural service officer positions (PDF 33KB) 09/7/10
HS29 Medicare Fierravanti-Wells Assumptions underlying costings (PDF 241KB) 29/9/10
HS30a Medicare Fierravanti-Wells Assumptions underlying costings for Home Insulation Program (PDF 143KB) 29/9/10
HS31 Medicare Fierravanti-Wells Recovery of moneys - Home Insulation Program (PDF 43KB) 09/7/10
HS32 Medicare Fierravanti-Wells General Practice Immunisation Incentive Program (PDF 63KB) 06/7/10
HS33 & HS34 Medicare Fierravanti-Wells

Fraudulent Medicare claims
Fraudulent usage of Medicare cards

(PDF 46KB) 09/7/10
HS35 Medicare Fierravanti-Wells Medicare Australia's work on eHealth (PDF 35KB) 067/10
HS36 Medicare Fierravanti-Wells Privacy matters in relation to Medicare information (PDF 58KB) 09/7/10
HS37 All departments and agencies Barnett Staffing (PDF 61KB) 09/7/10
HS38 All departments and agencies Barnett Staffing-efficiency dividend/budget cuts (PDF 81KB) 20/10/10
HS39 All departments and agencies Barnett Government advertising (PDF 28KB) 09/7/10
HS40 a-b All departments and agencies Barnett Hospitality (PDF 400KB) 19/7/10
HS41 All departments and agencies Barnett Board appointments (PDF 35KB) 29/6/10
HS42 All departments and agencies Barnett Grants (PDF 15KB) 09/7/10
HS43 All departments and agencies Barnett Freedom of Information (PDF 45KB) 29/6/10
HS44 All departments and agencies Barnett Community cabinets (PDF 85KB) 09/7/10
HS45 All departments and agencies Barnett Reviews (PDF 35KB) 09/7/10
HS46 All departments and agencies Barnett Consultancies
Attachment A
Attachment B
Attachment C
(PDF 60KB)
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(PDF 1318KB)
(PDF 12KB)
09/7/10
HS47 a-c All departments and agencies Barnett Government payment of accounts (PDF 82KB) 19/7/10
HS48 Centrelink Fifield Disability support pension (PDF 224KB) 09/7/10
HS49 Centrelink Fifield Centrelink jobs expo (PDF 138KB) 09/7/10
HS50 Medicare Fifield Continence Aids Payment Scheme (PDF 84KB) 06/7/10
HS51 Medicare Fifield Medicare Australia Staffing (PDF 37KB) 06/7/10
HS52 Medicare Fifield Medicare Australia travel costs (PDF 14KB) 29/6/10
HS53 Medicare Fifield Medicare Australia - Appropriation (PDF 22KB) 29/6/10
HS54 Medicare Fifield Advertising (PDF 14KB) 09/7/10
HS55 Medicare Fifield Medicare Australia - Hospitality (PDF 16KB) 29/6/10
HS56 Medicare Fifield Medicare Australia - Service delivery (PDF 24KB) 06/7/10
HS57 Medicare Fifield Fraud detection (PDF 90KB) 06/7/10
HS58 Medicare Fifield Data requests from Parliamentary library (PDF 15KB) 29/6/10
HS59 DHS Birmingham Buildings' energy efficiency (PDF 1544KB) 09/7/10
HS60 DHS Ryan Programs administered by department and portfolio agencies (PDF 52KB) 09/7/10
HS61 Centrelink Boyce Funding for Health Professional Advice Unit (PDF 25KB) 09/7/10
HS62 Centrelink Boyce Enhancing Capabilities to Detect and Respond to Emerging Fraud Risks (PDF 40KB) 09/7/10
HS63a Centrelink Boyce Social Work Services (PDF 38KB) 09/7/10
HS63b Centrelink Boyce Social Work Services (PDF 38KB) 09/7/10

Additional information and tabled documents

Ms Carolyn Hogg, CEO, Centrelink, Protocol for the Release of Social Security Information, September 2006, tabled 27 May 2010 (PDF 3190KB)
Senator Helen Kroger, 'You pay for wives', Herald Sun, article provided with correspondence, tabled 27 May 2010 (PDF 1042KB)
Clarification of evidence - Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2010 - dated 16 July 2010 (PDF 79KB)

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