Attorney-General's Portfolio


Additional Budget Estimates 2014-2015 (24 February 2015)

Attorney-General's Portfolio

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24 February 2015 Attorney-General's portfolio - (PDF & HTML)
27 March 2015 Attorney-General's portfolio AM (PDF & HTML) & PM (PDF & HTML)

Tabled documents, 24 February 2015

Item no Tabled by:
Dept/agency/officer		 Topic View
1 Professor Gillian Triggs, President, Australian Human Rights Commission Opening statement (PDF_3130KB)
2 Professor Gillian Triggs, President, Australian Human Rights Commission Timeline (PDF_8452KB)
3 Professor Gillian Triggs, President, Australian Human Rights Commission Number of children in detention graph (PDF_530KB)
4 Professor Gillian Triggs, President, Australian Human Rights Commission Asylum seekers, refugees and human rights - Snapshot Report (HTML)
5 Senator the Hon George Brandis QC, Attorney-General Tabling statement (PDF_3437KB)
6 Mr Duncan Lewis AO DSC CSC, Director-General, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Opening statement (PDF_3411KB)

Tabled documents, 27 March 2015

Item no Tabled by:
Dept/agency/officer		 Topic View
1 Professor Gillian Triggs, President, Australian Human Rights Commission Answers to questions on notice asked on 24 February 2015 (PDF 33,346KB)

Additional information

Item no Provided by: Topic View
1 Professor Gillian Triggs, President, Australian Human Rights Commission Letter to Mr Martin Bowles PSM, former Secretary, Department of Immigration and Border Protection (PDF_574KB)
2 Mr Martin Bowles PSM, former Secretary, Department of Immigration and Border Protection Letter to Professor Gillian Triggs, President, Australian Human Rights Commission (PDF_47KB)
3 Mr Chris Moraitis PSM, Secretary, Attorney-General's Department Letter to Senator the Honourable Ian Macdonald, Chair, Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs (PDF_1,225KB)

Correction and clarification to evidence

Item no Provided by: Topic View
1 Ms Padma Raman, Executive Director, Australian Human Rights Commission Correction to attachment for question on notice AE15/103 (PDF_148KB)

Questions on notice (due COB Friday, 1 May 2015)

Responses to questions on notice are published on this webpage as soon as they become available.

 Questions on notice index (PDF_523KB)

EQoN Number Program: Division or Agency Senator Broad Topic Hearing Date and Proof Hansard Page or Written  View Date answer received by Committee
AE15/001 AHRC Senator O'Sullivan Redactions in Documents

24 February 2015 L&CA 9

 (PDF_436KB)
(Attachment)		 14.05.15
AE15/002 AHRC Senator Collins Children in Detention

24 February 2015 L&CA 13

 (PDF_605KB)
(Attachment)		 14.05.15
AE15/003 AHRC Senator Collins Children in Detention

24 February 2015 L&CA 13&14

 (PDF_132KB) 14.05.15
AE15/004 AHRC Senator Collins Meetings with Minister and Department

24 February 2015 L&CA 15

 (PDF_131KB) 14.05.15
AE15/005 AHRC Senator O'Sullivan Ceasing delivery and sharing of information

24 February 2015 L&CA 20&21

 (PDF_146KB) 14.05.15
AE15/006 AHRC Senator Macdonald Armed guards in detention facilities

24 February 2015 L&CA 30

 (PDF_139KB) 14.05.15
AE15/007 AGD Senator Wong Senior role within government

24 February 2015 L&CA 51

 (PDF_128KB) 27.05.15
AE15/008 AHRC Senator Reynolds Accessing information

24 February 2015 L&CA 56&57

 (PDF_133KB) 27.05.15
AE15/009 AHRC Senator Reynolds Accessing information

24 February 2015 L&CA 59

 (PDF_200KB) 14.05.15
AE15/010 AGD Senator Bilyk Cancellation of welfare payments on security grounds

24 February 2015 L&CA 86&87

 (PDF_211KB) 27.05.15
AE15/011 AGD Senator Bilyk Cancellation of welfare payments on security grounds

24 February 2015 L&CA 87

 (PDF_209KB) 05.06.15
AE15/012 AGD Senator Bilyk Cancellation of welfare payments on security grounds

24 February 2015 L&CA 87

 (PDF_128KB) 27.05.15
AE15/013 AGD Senator Bilyk Cancellation of welfare payments on security grounds

24 February 2015 L&CA 87

 (PDF_209KB) 27.05.15
AE15/014 AGD Senator Bilyk Cancellation of welfare payments on security grounds

24 February 2015 L&CA 88

 (PDF_205KB) 27.05.15
AE15/015 AGD Senator Dastyari Constitutional advice on appropriations

24 February 2015 L&CA 94

 (PDF_280KB) 21.05.15
AE15/016 AFP Senator Collins Information management and national security

24 February 2015 L&CA 98&99

 (PDF_138KB) 11.06.15
AE15/017 AFP Senator Milne Referrals and investigations of journalists

24 February 2015 L&CA 99&100

 (PDF_149KB) 26.05.15
AE15/018 AFP Senator Milne Investor visa program

24 February 2015 L&CA 100

 (PDF_130KB) 26.05.15
AE15/019 AFP Senator Milne Fraud and anti-corruption team

24 February 2015 L&CA 101

 (PDF_133KB) 11.06.15
AE15/020 AFP Senator Wright Journalists publishing information

24 February 2015 L&CA 103

 (PDF_136KB) 11.06.15
AE15/021 AFP Senator Smith Matters relating to AEC

24 February 2015 L&CA 106

 (PDF_125KB) 26.05.15
AE15/022 AFP Senator Smith AEC roll for Indi

24 February 2015 L&CA 106

 (PDF_127KB) 26.05.15
AE15/023 AFP Senator Smith Sunset clauses and statute of limtiations

24 February 2015 L&CA 106

 (PDF_129KB) 26.05.1
AE15/024 CDPP Senator Collins DPP statement to media

24 February 2015 L&CA 120

 (PDF_139KB) 27.04.15
AE15/025 CDPP Senator Collins DPP statement to media

24 February 2015 L&CA 121

 (PDF_132KB) 27.04.15
AE15/026 AAT Senator Wright Proportion of self-represented litigants

24 February 2015 L&CA 122

 (PDF_136KB) 27.05.15
AE15/027 AAT Senator Wright Average hearing times

24 February 2015 L&CA 123

 (PDF_130KB) 21.05.15
AE15/028 AAT Senator Wright Implications to appointments under the Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014

24 February 2015 L&CA 124

 (PDF_129KB) 27.05.15
AE15/029 AGD Senator Wright Appointment provisions

24 February 2015 L&CA 125

 (PDF_146KB) 21.05.15
AE15/030 AGD Senator Wright Process for the appointment of the AAT Registrar

24 February 2015 L&CA 124

 (PDF_126KB) 21.05.15
AE15/031 AGD Senator Wright Maximum penalty for offences under the Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014

24 February 2015 L&CA 126

 (PDF_145KB) 27.05.15
AE15/032 AAT Senator Macdonald Fulltime member working arrangements

24 February 2015 L&CA 127

 (PDF_131KB) 27.05.15
AE15/033 OAIC Senator Collins Budget

24 February 2015 L&CA 131

 (PDF_125KB) 27.05.15
AE15/034 AGD Senator Dastyari Section 61 (Executive Powers) – Infrastructure funding programmes Written (PDF_206KB) 21.05.15
AE15/035 AGD Senator Datyari Section 61 (Executive Powers) – Infrastructure funding programmes Written (PDF_125KB) 21.05.15
AE15/036 AGD Senator Dastyari Section 96 (Grant Power) – Infrastructure funding Written (PDF_203KB) 21.05.15
AE15/037 AGD Senator Dastyari By Regulation under 32B of the FMAA Act 1997 Written (PDF_125KB) 21.05.15
AE15/038 AGD Senator Dastyari By Regulation under 32B of the FMAA Act 1997 Written (PDF_126KB) 21.05.15
AE15/039 AGD Senator Dastyari By Regulation under 32B of the FMAA Act 1997 Written (PDF_206KB) 21.05.15
AE15/040 AGD Senator Dastyari Section 61 (Executive Powers) – Asset recycling programme Written (PDF_207KB) 21.05.15
AE15/041 AGD Senator Dastyari Section 61 (Executive Powers) – Asset recycling schemes Written (PDF_125KB) 21.05.15
AE15/042 AGD Senator Dastyari Section 61 (Executive Powers) – Asset Recycling Fund Bill 2014 Written (PDF_126KB) 21.05.15
AE15/043 AGD Senator Dastyari

Section 61 (Executive Powers) – Asset Recycling Fund Bill 2014

 Written (PDF_127KB) 21.05.15
AE15/044 AGD Senator Dastyari

Section 96 (Grants Power) – Asset recycling programme

 Written (PDF_125KB) 21.05.15
AE15/045 AGD Senator Dastyari

Personal Property Security Register (PPSR)

 Written (PDF_363KB) 27.05.15
AE15/046 OAIC Senator Dastyari

Australian Privacy Principles

 Written (PDF_300KB) 05.06.15
AE15/047 AGD Senator Bullock

Aviation Security Identification Cards

 Written (PDF_131KB) 27.05.15
AE15/048 AGD Senator Bullock

Scarlet Alliance Migration Project

 Written (PDF_137KB) 27.05.15
AE15/049 AFP Senator Smith

Investigation into alleged voter fraud in the Divison of Indi - 2013 Federal Election

 Written (PDF_137KB) 26.05.15
AE15/050 ASIO Senator Xenophon

Man Haron Monis

 Written (PDF_142KB) 05.06.15
AE15/051 AGD Senator Xenophon

Witness K

 Written (PDF_205KB) 27.05.15
AE15/052 AGD Senator Xenophon

East Timor

 Written (PDF_140KB) 05.06.15
AE15/053 AGD Senator Leyonhjelm

Competition Policy Review

 Written (PDF_129KB) 27.05.15
AE15/054 AGD Senator Leyonhjelm

Publications Classification Guidelines

 Written (PDF_136KB) 21.05.15
AE15/055 AGD Senator Leyonhjelm

Classification Board and Publications Classification Guidelines

 Written (PDF_130KB) 21.05.15
AE15/056 AGD Senator Leyonhjelm

Australian Law Reform Commission and classification of publications

 Written (PDF_173KB) 21.05.15
AE15/057 AGD Senator Leyonhjelm

Publications Classification Guidelines - Airbrushing

 Written (PDF_133KB) 25.06.15
AE15/058 AGD Senator Leyonhjelm

Alternative approach to classification of publications

 Written (PDF_173KB) 21.05.15
AE15/059 AGD Senator Whish-Wilson

Japanese whaling

 Written (PDF_129KB) 27.05.15
AE15/060 AFP Senator Ludwig

AFP security awareness training

 Written (PDF_151KB) 21.05.15
AE15/061 EMA Senator Ludwig

Changes to the NDRRA funding guidelines

 Written (PDF_184KB) 21.05.15
AE15/062 AGD Senator Ludwig

Dinner at Massimo Restaurant London

 Written (PDF_139KB) 06.05.15
AE15/063 AGD Senator Rhiannon

Freedom of Information Amendment Bill

 Written (PDF_130KB) 27.05.15
AE15/064 AGD Senator Rhiannon

Delay in processing cases

 Written (PDF_130KB) 27.05.15
AE15/065 AGD Senator Rhiannon

Time taken for the OAIC review

 Written (PDF_128KB) 27.05.15
AE15/066 AAT Senator Rhiannon

Ruling on appeals

 Written (PDF_128KB) 27.05.15
AE15/067 AGD Senator Rhiannon

Projected savings of $10million over four years

 Written (PDF_135KB) 27.05.15
AE15/068 AGD Senator Rhiannon

Fees for external review decisions

 Written (PDF_135KB) 05.06.15
AE15/069 AGD Senator Rhiannon

OAIC advice to government

 Written (PDF_132KB) 27.05.15
AE15/070 AGD Senator Rhiannon

Conflict of interest

 Written (PDF_128KB) 27.05.15
AE15/071 AGD Senator Rhiannon

Freedom of Information Amendment Bill

 Written (PDF_127KB) 27.05.15
AE15/072 AGD Senator Rhiannon

Freedom of Information Commissioner

 Written (PDF_129KB) 27.05.15
AE15/073 AGD Senator Rhiannon

Disbandment of the OAIC

 Written (PDF_132KB) 27.05.15
AE15/074 OAIC Senator Rhiannon

Scale-back of operations

 Written (PDF_129KB) 27.05.15
AE15/075 AGD Senator Rhiannon

Freedom of Information

 Written (PDF_126KB) 27.05.15
AE15/076 AGD Senator Rhiannon

Freedom of Information

 Written (PDF_127KB) 27.05.15
AE15/077 AGD Senator Rhiannon

Freedom of Information

 Written (PDF_133KB) 05.06.15
AE15/078 AGD Senator Rhiannon

Freedom of Information

 Written (PDF_134KB) 05.06.15
AE15/079 AGD Senator Rhiannon

Freedom of Information

 Written (PDF_127KB) 27.05.15
AE15/080 AGD Senator Wong

Deregulation Costing Methodology

 Written (PDF_141KB) 27.05.15
AE15/081 AGD Senator Wright

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services

27 March 2015 (AM) L&CA6

 (PDF_131KB) 27.05.15
AE15/082 AGD Senator Wright

Expensive Commonwealth Criminal Cases Fund

27 March 2015 (AM) L&CA6

 (PDF_205KB) 27.05.15
AE15/083 AGD Senator Macdonald

Community Legal Centres

27 March 2015 (AM) L&CA9

 (PDF_138KB) 27.05.15
AE15/084 AGD Senator Collins

Schemer of legal aid funding

27 March 2015 (AM) L&CA9, L&CA10

 (PDF_240KB) 27.05.15
AE15/085 AGD Senator Collins

Expenditure guidelines

 27 March 2015 (AM)

L&CA12

 (PDF_146KB) 27.05.15
AE15/086 AGD Senator Collins

Expenditure guidelines

27 March 2015 (AM) L&CA16

 (PDF_212KB) 06.05.15
AE15/087 AGD Senator Collins

Expenditure guidelines

27 March 2015 (AM) L&CA18, L&CA19

 (PDF_133KB) 27.05.15
AE15/088 AGD Senator Collins

Far West Legal Service

27 March 2015 (AM) L&CA22&23

 (PDF_131KB) 27.05.15
AE15/089 AGD Senator Collins

Closure of the Nhulunbuy Legal Service

27 March 2015 (AM) L&CA30&31

 (PDF_136KB) 05.06.15
AE15/090 AGD Senator Collins

Impact of moving to circuit type delivery

27 March 2015 (AM) L&CA31

 (PDF_208KB) 27.05.15
AE15/091 AGD Senator Collins

Redfern Legal Service

27 March 2015 (AM) L&CA32

 (PDF_222KB) 27.05.15
AE15/092 AGD Senator Collins

Breakdown of $137.5million expended on the Royal Commission

27 March 2015 (AM) L&CA37

 (PDF_146KB) 27.05.15
AE15/093 AGD Senator Collins

Procurement rules

27 March 2015 (AM) L&CA38

 (PDF_212KB) 27.05.15
AE15/094 AGD Senator Collins

Minter Ellison

27 March 2015 (AM) L&CA38&39

 (PDF_211KB) 27.05.15
AE15/095 AGD Senator Collins

Minter Ellison

27 March 2015 (AM) L&CA39&40

 (PDF_207KB) 27.05.15
AE15/096 AHRC Senator Macdonald

Period of inquiry – Mr Basikbasik

27 March 2015 (PM) L&CA11

 (PDF_135KB) 14.05.15
AE15/097 AHRC Senator Collins

Compensation recommendations

27 March 2015 (PM) L&CA12

 (PDF_195KB) 14.05.15
AE15/098 AGD Senator Moore

Coordination of responses to the recommendations of the Children’s Rights Report 2014

27 March 2015 (PM) L&CA18

 (PDF_129KB) 27.05.15
AE15/099 AGD Senator Moore

Tabling of a formal response on the Children’s Rights Report 2014

27 March 2015 (PM) L&CA18&19

 (PDF_132KB) 14.05.15
AE15/100 AHRC Senator Moore

Cost of purchasing data from other government agencies

27 March 2015 (PM) L&CA19

 (PDF_147KB) 27.05.15
AE15/101 AHRC Senator Moore

Offences committed by Mr Basikbasik

27 March 2015 (PM) L&CA23&24

 (PDF_144KB) 14.05.15
AE15/102 AHRC Senator Macdonald

Mr Basikbasik

27 March 2015 (PM) L&CA24, L&CA25

 (PDF_137KB) 14.05.15
AE15/103 AHRC Senator Macdonald

International travel

27 March 2015 (PM) L&CA25

 (PDF_141KB)
(Attachment A)
Updated (PDF_383KB)		 14.05.15


21.07.15
AE15/104 AHRC Senator Moore

40th anniversary of the Racial Discrimination Act

27 March 2015 (PM) L&CA27&28

 (PDF_138KB) 14.05.15
AE15/105 AHRC Senator Collins

Membership on the Administrative Review Council

27 March 2015 (PM) L&CA28

 (PDF_5,431KB)
(Attachment)		 14.05.15
AE15/106 AHRC Senator O'Sullivan

Production of documents

27 March 2015 (PM) L&CA28

 (PDF_224KB) 14.05.15
AE15/107 AHRC Senator O'Sullivan

MG v the Commonwealth of Australia

27 March 2015 (PM) L&CA29

 (PDF_279KB) 14.05.15
AE15/108 AGD Senator Wright

Budget announcements

27 March 2015 (PM) L&CA31&32

 (PDF_134KB) 27.05.15
AE15/109 AGD Senator Wright

Schools Security Programme

27 March 2015 (PM) L&CA32

 (PDF_148KB) 20.10.15
AE15/110 AFP Senator Xenophon

Balibo 5 investigation

 Written (PDF_134KB) 20.10.15
AE15/111 AGD Senator Wright

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services

 Written (PDF_131KB) 27.05.15
AE15/112 AGD Senator Wright

Funding model to commence after expiry of current National Partnership Agreement

 Written (PDF_226KB) 06.05.15
AE15/113 AGD Senator Wright

Advocacy Ban

 Written (PDF_176KB) 06.05.15
AE15/114 AGD Senator Wright

Family Relationships Services Program

 Written (PDF_130KB) 27.05.15
AE15/115 AGD Senator Wright

Constitutionality of funding

 Written (PDF_211KB) 21.05.15
AE15/116 AGD Senator Wright

Death penalty

 Written (PDF_133KB) 07.07.15 
AE15/117 AFSA Senator Wright

Debt agreement administrators

 Written (PDF_196KB) 27.05.15
AE15/118 CDPP Senator Wright

Social security prosecutions

 Written (PDF_440KB) 27.05.15
AE15/119 AGD Senator Collins

Community Legal Centres’ funding

 Written (PDF_273KB) 05.06.15
AE15/120 AGD Senator Collins

Family Court Appointments

 Written (PDF_129KB) 27.05.15
AE15/121 AGD Senator Collins

Countering Violent Extremism

 Written (PDF_131KB) 14.10.15
AE15/122 AGD Senator Collins

Living Safe Together Grants

 Written (PDF_134KB) 14.10.15
AE15/123 AGD Senator Collins

Human Rights Law Centre dinner

 Written (PDF_126KB) 27.05.15
AE15/124 AGD Senator Collins

Comments by the Human Rights Commissioner

 Written (PDF_129KB) 27.05.15
AE15/125 AGD Senator Collins

Human Rights Commissioner’s affiliations – Liberal Party

 Written (PDF_143KB) 09.06.15
AE15/126 AGD Senator Collins

Human Rights Commissioner’s affiliations – Institute of Public Affairs

 Written (PDF_141KB) 27.05.15
AE15/127 AGD Senator Collins

Human Rights Commissioner’s tenure

 Written (PDF_127KB) 27.05.15
AE15/128 AGD Senator Collins

Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2015 - Consultation

 Written (PDF_130KB) 27.05.15
AE15/129 AGD Senator Collins

Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2015 - Development

 Written (PDF_135KB) 2.06.15
AE15/130 AGD Senator Collins

Estimated costs of site blocking

 Written (PDF_132KB) 2.06.15
AE15/131 MA Senator Collins

Staffing

 Written (PDF_133KB) 27.05.15
AE15/132 MA Senator Collins

Opera Review

 Written (PDF_133KB) 27.05.15
AE15/133 MA Senator Collins

Book Council

 Written (PDF_224KB) 27.05.15
AE15/134 MA Senator Collins

Prime Minister’s Literary Awards

 Written (PDF_130KB) 06.05.15
AE15/135 MA Senator Collins

Entertainment Visa Review

 Written (PDF_132KB) 27.05.15
AE15/136 MA Senator Collins

Core cultural data

 Written (PDF_143KB) 27.05.15
AE15/137 MA Senator Collins

Cultural Ministers Officials Working Group

 Written (PDF_131KB) 27.05.15
AE15/138 MA Senator Collins

Indigenous Art Code

 Written (PDF_129KB) 27.05.15
AE15/139 AC Senator Collins

Staffing

 Written (PDF_134KB) 06.05.15
AE15/140 AC Senator Collins

Peer review process

 Written (PDF_207KB) 06.05.15
AE15/141 AC Senator Collins

Strategic Plan

 Written (PDF_153KB) 27.05.15
AE15/142 AC Senator Collins

Appointments

 Written (PDF_134KB) 06.05.15
AE15/143 AC Senator Collins

Book Council

 Written (PDF_132KB) 06.05.15
AE15/144 SA Senator Collins

Staffing

 Written (PDF_126KB) 27.05.15
AE15/145 SA Senator Collins

Reduction in funding

 Written (PDF_131KB) 27.05.15
AE15/146 SA Senator Collins

Cuts to grants funding

 Written (PDF_125KB) 27.05.15
AE15/147 AFP Senator Collins

Secondment of Mr Peter Drennan

 Written (PDF_231KB) 20.10.15
AE15/148 FCA Senator Collins

Staffing levels - Judges

 Written (PDF_134KB) 05.06.15
AE15/149 FCA Senator Collins

Impact of a reduced staffing level - Judges

 Written (PDF_130KB) 09.06.15
AE15/150 FCA Senator Collins

Workload

 Written (PDF_133KB) 05.06.15
AE15/151 AHRC Senator Collins

Expenditure of funds – Human Right Commissioner

 Written (PDF_174KB) 27.05.15

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PO Box 6100
Parliament House
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Australia

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Email: legcon.sen@aph.gov.au