Responses to questions on notice are published on this webpage as soon
as they become available. On the 6 August 2015 the committee resolved to
extend the due date for answers to question on notice for Budget
Estimates 2015-16 to COB Friday, 7 August 2015.
| EQoN Number |
Department or Agency |
Senator |
Broad Topic |
Hearing Date and Proof Hansard Page or Written |
View |
Date answer received by Committee |
| BE15/001 |
AC |
Collins |
Funded projects through the grants programme |
27 May 2015 L&CA15
|
(PDF_129KB) |
9 September 2015 |
| BE15/002 |
AGD |
Collins |
Australia Council |
27 May 2015 L&CA24 |
(PDF_131KB) |
25 September 2015 |
| BE15/003 |
AGD |
Bilyk |
Appointments to governing bodies of arts and cultural institutions |
27 May 2015 L&CA36 |
(PDF_130KB) |
17 August 2015 |
| BE15/004 |
AGD |
Bilyk |
Appointments to governing bodies of arts and cultural institutions |
27 May 2015 L&CA38 |
(PDF_222KB) |
17 August 2015 |
| BE15/005 |
AGD |
Bilyk |
Appointments to governing bodies of arts and cultural institutions |
27 May 2015 L&CA39 |
(PDF_130KB) |
17 August 2015 |
| BE15/006 |
ACC |
Bilyk |
Breakdown of the budget |
27 May 2015 L&CA54 |
(PDF_146KB) |
26 August 2015 |
| BE15/007 |
ACC |
Lambie |
Organised crime in Tasmania |
27 May 2015 L&CA57 |
(PDF_135KB) |
26 August 2015 |
| BE15/008 |
AGD |
Collins |
Submission of responses to questions on notice |
27 May 2015 L&CA61&62 |
(PDF_140KB) |
17 August 2015 |
| BE15/009 |
AGD |
Wright |
Privacy Impact Assessment - Foreign Fighters Bill
|
27 May 2015 L&CA65 |
(PDF_240KB) |
17 September 2015 |
| BE15/010 |
AGD |
Wright |
Privacy Impact Assessments |
27 May 2015 L&CA67 |
(PDF_214KB) |
17 August 2015 |
| BE15/011 |
AGD |
Bilyk |
Royal Commissioners - Remuneration |
27 May 2015 L&CA72 |
(PDF_131KB) |
17 August 2015 |
| BE15/012 |
AGD |
Bilyk |
Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption -
Minter-Ellison |
27 May 2015 L&CA74 |
(PDF_132KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/013 |
AGD |
Bilyk |
Interim report – Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and
Corruption |
27 May 2015 L&CA77&78 |
(PDF_133KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/014 |
AGD |
Bilyk |
Interim report – Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and
Corruption |
27 May 2015 L&CA78 |
(PDF_130KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/015 |
AGD |
Bilyk |
Extension of the Royal Commission - Commissioner Heydon |
27 May 2015 L&CA79 |
(PDF_130KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/016 |
AGD |
Collins |
Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption –
Commissioner Heydon |
27 May 2015 L&CA80 |
(PDF_130KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/017 |
AGD |
Collins |
Correspondence to the Attorney-General – Islamic State of Iraq and
the Levant |
27 May 2015 L&CA86 |
(PDF_131KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/018 |
AGD |
Collins |
Management of correspondence to the Attorney-General - Islamic State
of Iraq and the Levant |
27 May 2015 L&CA86 |
(PDF_139KB) |
17 September 2015 |
| BE15/019 |
AGD |
Collins |
Access to correspondence - Thawley-Comley Review |
27 May 2015 L&CA87 |
(PDF_135KB) |
17 September 2015 |
| BE15/020 |
AGD |
Bilyk |
Redfern Legal Centre |
27 May 2015 L&CA89 |
(PDF_122KB) |
3 July 2015 |
| BE15/021 |
AGD |
Wright |
National Partnership Agreement on Legal Assistance Services
- New model to determine
Commonwealth allocation of funding |
27 May 2015 L&CA91&92 |
(PDF_135KB)
(AttachmentPDF_1393KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/022 |
AGD |
Lambie |
Public announcements in relation to the DART |
27 May 2015 L&CA97&98 |
(PDF_173KB) |
13 October 2015 |
| BE15/023 |
AGD |
Xenophon |
Recommendation of a Royal Commission into the Australian Defence
Force |
27 May 2015 L&CA98 |
(PDF_168KB) |
12 October 2015 |
| BE15/024 |
AGD |
Xenophon |
Action taken by the Chief of the Defence Force on information
supplied by the DART |
27 May 2015 L&CA100&101 |
(PDF_201KB) |
12 October 2015 |
| BE15/025 |
AGD |
Bilyk |
Native Title Officer funding |
27 May 2015 L&CA102 |
(PDF_129KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/026 |
AGD |
Bilyk |
Native Title Officer funding |
27 May 2015 L&CA104 |
(PDF_139KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/027 |
AGD |
Collins |
Countering Violent Extremism Programme Funding |
27 May 2015 L&CA111&112 |
(PDF_149KB) |
8 September 2015 |
| BE15/028 |
AGD |
Wright |
Living Safe Together Programme |
27 May 2015 L&CA118 |
(PDF_158KB) |
8 September 2015 |
| BE15/029 |
AGD |
Collins |
Commencement of recruitment process - Sex Discrimination
Commissioner |
28 May 2015 L&CA13 |
(PDF_131KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/030 |
AHRC |
O'Sullivan |
Submission of documents not subject to the public interest immunity
claim |
28 May 2015 L&CA30 |
(PDF_130KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/031 |
AHRC |
Siewert |
Disability employment |
28 May 2015 L&CA32 |
(PDF_149KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/032 |
AGD |
Collins |
Freedom of Information Commissioner vacancy |
28 May 2015 L&CA36 |
(PDF_121KB) |
21 August 2015 |
| BE15/033 |
OAIC |
Bilyk |
OAIC Act – Appointment of Freedom of Information Commissioner |
28 May 2015 L&CA40 |
(PDF_122KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/034 |
OAIC |
Bilyk |
Referral of complaints to the Ombudsman |
28 May 2015 L&CA41 |
(PDF_134KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/035 |
OAIC |
Rhiannon |
Breakdown of matters referred to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
28 May 2015 L&CA44 |
(PDF_131KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/036 |
NAA |
Xenophon |
Role of the National Archives of Australia |
28 May 2015 L&CA45 |
(PDF_303KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/037 |
NAA |
Xenophon |
Funds expended between 2007 and 2015 on documents on the Indonesian
occupation of East Timor and related matters |
28 May 2015 L&CA45&46 |
(PDF_157KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/038 |
FC & FCC |
Collins |
Unrepresented litigants |
28 May 2015 L&CA |
(PDF_195KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/039 |
FC & FCC |
Collins |
Legally aided litigants |
28 May 2015 L&CA48 |
(PDF_132KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/040 |
FC & FCC |
Collins |
Perceived increase in unrepresented litigants |
28 May 2015 L&CA49 |
(PDF_131KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/041 |
AGD |
Collins |
New fee structure for the Federal Court of Australia |
28 May 2015 L&CA55 |
(PDF_134KB) |
17 September 2015 |
| BE15/042 |
CDPP |
Collins |
High-wealth tax avoidance |
28 May 2015 L&CA59&60 |
(PDF_137KB) |
26 August 2015 |
| BE15/043 |
AFP |
Collins |
Correspondence regarding possibility of extradition proceedings in
relation to the Bail Nine members |
28 May 2015 L&CA64&65 |
(PDF_137KB) |
13 October 2015 |
| BE15/044 |
AGD |
Ludlam |
National Facial Biometric Matching Capability |
28 May 2015 L&CA69&70 |
(PDF_141KB) |
26 August 2015 |
| BE15/045 |
AGD |
Ludlam |
National Facial Biometric Matching Capability |
28 May 2015 L&CA70 |
(PDF_151KB) |
26 August 2015 |
| BE15/046 |
AGD |
Ludlam |
National Facial Biometric Matching Capability and capacity to link
other facial recognition technologies |
28 May 2015 L&CA71 |
(PDF_150KB) |
26 August 2015 |
| BE15/047 |
AFP |
Rhiannon |
OECD Evaluation Report on Anti-bribery – Private Sector
Whistleblowers |
28 May 2015 L&CA74 |
(PDF_182KB) |
29 September 2015 |
| BE15/048 |
AFP |
Rhiannon |
OECD - Evaluation report on
Anti-bribery |
28 May 2015 L&CA74&75 |
(PDF_225KB) |
27 August 2015 |
| BE15/049 |
AFP |
Rhiannon |
International counternarcotics initiatives – Human Rights |
28 May 2015 L&CA75 |
(PDF_130KB) |
26 August 2015 |
| BE15/050 |
AFP |
Rhiannon |
UN Office on Drugs and Crime country programme in Pakistan and Iran |
28 May 2015 L&CA75 |
(PDF_227KB) |
29 September 2015 |
| BE15/051 |
AFP |
Rhiannon |
Referral from PETA Asia to Philippines National Police – AFP
involvement |
28 May 2015 L&CA76 |
(PDF_132KB) |
17 September 2015 |
| BE15/052 |
AFP |
Rhiannon |
International counternarcotics initiatives – AFP expenditure |
28 May 2015 L&CA76 |
(PDF_187KB) |
26 August 2015 |
| BE15/053 |
AFP |
Hanson-Young |
Breaches under section 70 relating to the immigration department or
immigration detention centres and their contractors |
28 May 2015 L&CA77&78 |
(PDF_139KB) |
29 September 2015 |
| BE15/054 |
ASIO |
Collins |
Agencies risk assessment - Response to a heightened risk of terror |
28 May 2015 L&CA83 |
(PDF_155KB) |
21 October 2015 |
| BE15/055 |
ASIO |
Collins |
Review of security protocols |
28 May 2015 L&CA84 |
(PDF_147KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/056 |
ASIO |
Collins |
Concept of the Islamic State |
28 May 2015 L&CA85 |
(PDF_130KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/057 |
NLA |
Xenophon |
Access requests |
Written |
(PDF_141KB) |
17 September 2015 |
| BE15/058 |
AGD |
Xenophon |
Arts funding |
Written |
(PDF_138KB) |
17 September 2015 |
| BE15/059 |
AGD |
Wright |
Optional
Protocol to the Convention Against Torture
|
Written |
(PDF_127KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/060 |
AGD |
Wright |
Funding for Legal Assistance Sector
|
Written |
(PDF_223KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/061 |
AGD |
Wright |
New National Partnership (Indigenous Legal Assistance Services) |
Written |
(PDF_143KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/062 |
AGD |
Wright |
Closing the
Gap Justice Targets
|
Written |
(PDF_131KB) |
29 September 2015 |
| BE15/063 |
AGD |
Wright |
Indigenous Imprisonment and Deaths in Custody
|
Written |
(PDF_211KB) |
16 October 2015 |
| BE15/064 |
AGD |
Wright |
Confiscated Assets
|
Written |
(PDF_143KB) |
13 October 2015 |
| BE15/065 |
AGD |
Carr |
Review of the Disability
(Access to Premises – Buildings) Standards 2010 |
Written |
(PDF_130KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/066 |
AHRC |
Carr |
Review of the Disability
(Access to Premises – Buildings) Standards 2010 |
Written |
(PDF_136KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/067 |
AC |
Collins |
Recruitment process - International Development Managers |
Written |
(PDF_129KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/068 |
AC |
Collins |
Strategic Plan
-
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts and cultures |
Written |
(PDF_176KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/069 |
NA |
Collins |
Digitisation of records |
Written |
(PDF_157KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/070 |
NA |
Collins |
Budget, staffing and operating hours |
Written |
(PDF_251KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/071 |
NFSA |
Collins |
Staffing |
Written |
(PDF_143KB)
(Attachment A)
(Attachment B) |
17 September 2015 |
| BE15/072 |
NFSA |
Collins |
Strategic Plan |
Written |
(PDF_153KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/073 |
NFSA |
Collins |
Arc Cinema |
Written |
(PDF_136KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/074 |
NFSA |
Collins |
Staffing |
Written |
(PDF_133KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/075 |
NFSA |
Collins |
Digitisation of the Collection |
Written |
(PDF_135KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/076 |
NFSA |
Collins |
Outreach Programmes |
Written |
(PDF_128KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/077 |
NFSA |
Collins |
Politics and ethics - Do the Right Thing! Conference |
Written |
(PDF_130KB)
(Attachment_31KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/078 |
NFSA |
Collins |
Partnership with Albert Music |
Written |
(PDF_149KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/079 |
NFSA |
Collins |
Federation International des Archives du Film Congress |
Written |
(PDF_235KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/080 |
AGD |
Collins |
National Program for Excellence in the Arts
|
Written |
(PDF_134KB) |
18 September 2015 |
| BE15/081 |
AGD |
Collins |
Review of Entertainment Visas
|
Written |
(PDF_131KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/082 |
AGD |
Collins |
Review of the Resale Royalty Scheme |
Written |
(PDF_126KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/083 |
SA |
Collins |
Budget and Staffing |
Written |
(PDF_137KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/084 |
SA |
Collins |
National Book Council and the National Program for Excellence in the
Arts |
Written |
(PDF_127KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/085 |
AGD |
Collins |
Shared Services for National Cultural Institutions |
Written |
(PDF_143KB)
(Attachment A) |
17 September 2015 |
| BE15/086 |
AGD |
Collins |
Unallocated funding
|
Written |
(PDF_130KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/087 |
AGD |
Collins |
Deregulation |
Written |
(PDF_137KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/088 |
AGD |
Collins |
Extradition of the Bali Nine to Australia
|
Written |
(PDF_133KB) |
29 September 2015 |
| BE15/089 |
AGD |
Collins |
Sexual Discrimination Act exemption |
Written |
(PDF_133KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/090 |
AGD |
Collins |
Australian Government Solicitor
|
Written |
(PDF_207KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/091 |
AGD |
Collins |
Safer Streets Program – Funding Round 2 |
Written |
(PDF_139KB) |
28 August 2015 |
| BE15/092 |
AGD |
Collins |
Secure Schools Program
|
Written |
(PDF_147KB) |
19 October 2015 |
| BE15/093 |
AusTrac |
Collins |
Remittance Providers |
Written |
(PDF_193KB) |
29 September 2015 |
| BE15/094 |
AFP |
Collins |
Efficiency
Dividend
|
Written |
(PDF_142KB) |
17 September 2015 |
| BE15/095 |
AFP |
Collins |
Staff Reduction
|
Written |
(PDF_142KB) |
19 October 2015 |
| BE15/096 |
AFP |
Collins |
New Counter Terrorism Investment
|
Written |
(PDF_148KB) |
16 October 2015 |
| BE15/097 |
AFP |
Collins |
Operation Polaris
|
Written |
(PDF_171KB) |
19 October 2015 |
| BE15/098 |
AFP |
Collins |
Tax disclosure laws and kidnapping risk |
Written |
(PDF_130KB) |
17 September 2015 |
| BE15/099 |
CDPP |
Collins |
Extradition of the Bali Nine to Australia
|
Written |
(PDF_133KB) |
29 September 2015 |
| BE15/100 |
OAIC |
Collins |
FOI Bill |
Written |
(PDF_128KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/101 |
OAIC |
Collins |
Staffing - Commissioners |
Written |
(PDF_131KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/102 |
OAIC |
Collins |
Budget |
Written |
(PDF_132KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/103 |
OAIC |
Collins |
Processing of FOI appeals |
Written |
(PDF_135KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/104 |
AGD |
Collins |
FOI Policy and Guidelines |
Written |
(PDF_130KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/105 |
AGD |
Leyonhjelm |
Firearms |
Written |
(PDF_211KB) |
19 October 2015 |
| BE15/106 |
AGD |
Hanson-Young |
AGD policy advice to DIBP |
Written |
(PDF_126KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/107 |
FC/FCC |
Waters |
Family Report Writers |
Written |
(PDF_201KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/108 |
AGD |
Rhiannon |
ODA
Transparency
|
Written |
(PDF_207KB) |
17 September 2015 |
| BE15/109 |
AGD |
Rhiannon |
Abolition of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
|
Written |
(PDF_136KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/110 |
AGD |
Rhiannon |
Hawke Review |
Written |
(PDF_127KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/111 |
AGD |
Rhiannon |
Constitutional Power for Government Executive
|
Written |
(PDF_135KB) |
20 August 2015 |
| BE15/112 |
AFP |
Rhiannon |
Counter Narcotic programmes
|
Written |
(PDF_130KB) |
9 February 2016 |
| BE15/113 |
AGD |
Moore |
Involuntary or coerced sterilisation |
Written |
(PDF_130KB) |
17 September 2015 |
| BE15/114 |
AGD |
Ludwig |
Non-Australian Citizens Employed by the Department |
Written |
(PDF_242KB) |
17 September 2015 |
| BE15/115 |
AGD |
Ludwig |
Departmental Dispute Resolution |
Written |
(PDF_136KB) |
17 September 2015 |