Communications and the Arts portfolio

Additional Estimates 2016–17 (February 2017)

Communications and the Arts portfolio

Tabled documents - Tuesday, 28 February 2017

Tabled by: Document View
Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, Minister for Communications Opening statement (PDF 409KB)
Mr John Stanhope AM, Chairman,  Australia Post Opening statement (PDF 1414KB)
Mr Ahmed Fahour, Chief Executive Officer, Australia Post Opening statement (PDF 464KB)
Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, Minister for Communications Correspondence between the Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, Minister for Communications, and Senator Dastyari regarding remuneration of the Chief Executive Officer of NBN Co Limited (PDF 4645KB)

Questions on notice index (PDF 763KB)

Answers to questions on notice

Answers to questions on notice from the hearing on 28 February 2017 are due by close of business on Friday, 28 April 2017

Answers to questions on notice from the hearing on 24 March 2017 are due by close of business on Monday, 1 May 2017

Question No

Program: Division or Agency

Senator

Title

 Due date

Date received

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1.     

1.1

Dastyari

Remuneration Tribunal - Letter

28/04/2017

2.     

1.1

Kakoschke-Moore

Removal of arts courses

28/04/2017

3.     

1.1

Di Natale

Prime Minister knowledge of salary

28/04/2017

4.     

1.1

Dastyari

Government knowledge of pay levels

28/04/2017

5.     

1.1

Bilyk

Parameter changes

28/04/2017

6.     

1.1

Urquhart

Shareholder Ministers –Info re executive pay

28/04/2017

7.     

1.1

Hanson-Young

Safe harbour – Exposure draft consultation

28/04/2017

8.     

1.1

O’Neill

Spectrum review implementation

28/04/2017

9.     

1.1

Chisholm

Communication policy road map

28/04/2017

10. 

1.1

Siewert

Audio Description – Free-to-air and catch-up

28/04/2017

11. 

1.1

Brown

Copyright Amendment

28/04/2017

12. 

1.1

Xenophon

Waste

28/04/2017

13. 

1.1

Urquhart

Round 3 Base Stations

28/04/2017

14. 

1.1

Urquhart

MBP Grant Reporting

28/04/2017

15. 

1.1

Urquhart

Base Station selection process

28/04/2017

16. 

1.1

Urquhart

Co-location of Round 2 stations

28/04/2017

17. 

1.1

Urquhart

Approach to Co-location

28/04/2017

18. 

1.1

Urquhart

Co-location figures

28/04/2017

19. 

1.1

Urquhart

Blackspot Audit

28/04/2017

20. 

1.1

Urquhart

CEO Salary

28/04/2017

21. 

1.1

Urquhart

Internet Outages

28/04/2017

22. 

1.1

Urquhart

Deregulation and Regulation Reform 2016

28/04/2017

23. 

1.1

Urquhart

Deregulation and Regulation Reform – activity levels of Minister Fifield

28/04/2017

24. 

1.1

Urquhart

Travel with Minister

28/04/2017

25. 

1.1

Urquhart

Board Appointments

28/04/2017

26. 

1.1

Urquhart

FOI

28/04/2017

27. 

Department

Bilyk

Ministerial Functions

28/04/2017

28. 

Department

Bilyk

Departmental Functions

28/04/2017

29. 

Department

Bilyk

Plants and gardens

28/04/2017

30. 

Department

Bilyk

Subscriptions

28/04/2017

31. 

Department

Bilyk

Gifts

28/04/2017

32. 

Department

Bilyk

Water coolers

28/04/2017

33. 

Department

Bilyk

Snacks

28/04/2017

34. 

Department

Bilyk

Coffee machines

28/04/2017

35. 

Department

Bilyk

Mobile devices

28/04/2017

36. 

Department

Bilyk

Stationary and paper

28/04/2017

37. 

Department

Bilyk

Executive office upgrades

28/04/2017

38. 

Department

Bilyk

Facilities upgrades

28/04/2017

39. 

Department

Bilyk

Vacancies

28/04/2017

40. 

Department

Bilyk

Media and public relations

28/04/2017

41. 

Department

Bilyk

Advertising and information campaigns

28/04/2017

42. 

Department

Bilyk

Market research

28/04/2017

43. 

Department

Bilyk

Legal costs

28/04/2017

44. 

Department

Bilyk

Consultancies

28/04/2017

45. 

Department

Bilyk

Redundancies

28/04/2017

46. 

Department

Bilyk

iTunes/Android

28/04/2017

47. 

Department

Bilyk

Websites

28/04/2017

48. 

Department

Bilyk

Flights

28/04/2017

49. 

Department

Bilyk

Ground transport

28/04/2017

50. 

2.1

Hanson-Young

Australia Council budget cut implications

28/04/2017

51. 

2.1

Hanson-Young

NPEA vs Catalyst

28/04/2017

52. 

2.1

Hanson-Young

NAVA

28/04/2017

53. 

2.1

Kakoschke-Moore

VET approved course list

28/04/2017

54. 

SBS

Dastyari

SBS access to Security Agencies

28/04/2017

55. 

SBS

Dastyari

SBS and Security Agencies – De-radicalisation

28/04/2017

56. 

SBS

Di Natale

New Programming Investment

28/04/2017

57. 

SBS

McCarthy

NITV Departments Breakdown

28/04/2017

58. 

SBS

Leyonhjelm

Trump coverage

28/04/2017

59. 

SBS

Abetz

Director of News and Current Affairs position

28/04/2017

60. 

SBS

Abetz

Bullying with SBS

28/04/2017

61. 

SBS

Urquhart

Budget cuts

28/04/2017

62. 

SBS

Urquhart

Advertising

28/04/2017

63. 

Australia Post

Dastyari

Remuneration information – 2015 and 2016

28/04/2017

64. 

Australia Post

Dastyari

Amount of meetings – Chairman and Minister

28/04/2017

65. 

Australia Post

Xenophon

LPO’s – Passport photos and cameras

28/04/2017

66. 

Australia Post

Hanson-Young

Sendle legal challenge

28/04/2017

67. 

Australia Post

Hanson-Young

Cost of lost cases to taxpayers

28/04/2017

68. 

Australia Post

Hanson-Young

Post office boxes – revenue for Aust Post

28/04/2017

69. 

Australia Post

Hanson-Young

Post office box rental terms and conditions

28/04/2017

70. 

Australia Post

Urquhart

EIS transactions – use of own cameras

28/04/2017

71. 

Australia Post

Urquhart

Rental fees for EIS technology

28/04/2017

72. 

Australia Post

Abetz

Closure of franchise post office – Vale shopping centre

28/04/2017

73. 

Australia Post

Abetz

Business mail centre – every capital city

28/04/2017

74. 

Australia Post

Abetz

Employees working while on workers compensation

28/04/2017

75. 

Australia Post

Abetz

Work expenses reimbursements

28/04/2017

76. 

Australia Post

Abetz

Project Dove - Leaked documents

28/04/2017

77. 

Australia Post

Moore

SDGs process involvement

28/04/2017

78. 

Australia Post

Whish-Wilson

Postcode data

28/04/2017

79. 

Australia Post

Urquhart

EBA

28/04/2017

80. 

Australia Post

Urquhart

Project - Pricing Statements

28/04/2017

81. 

Australia Post

Urquhart

Employment

28/04/2017

82. 

Australia Post

Urquhart

Digital Mailbox

28/04/2017

83. 

Australia Post

Urquhart

Redeployment

28/04/2017

84. 

Australia Post

Urquhart

Leave

28/04/2017

85. 

Australia Post

Urquhart

Wages

28/04/2017

86. 

Australia Post

Urquhart

Consultancies

28/04/2017

87. 

Australia Post

Urquhart

StarTrack

28/04/2017

88. 

Australia Post

Urquhart

Internal Audit

28/04/2017

89. 

ABC

McCarthy

Evidence to board

28/04/2017

90. 

ABC

McCarthy

Evidence of consultation in NT

28/04/2017

91. 

ABC

McCarthy

Shortwave – Broadcast Australia job cuts

28/04/2017

92. 

ABC

McCarthy

Shortwave transmitters

28/04/2017

93. 

ABC

McCarthy

NT Shortwave – Stakeholders consulted

28/04/2017

94. 

ABC

Moore

Shortwave consultation - Pacific

28/04/2017

95. 

ABC

Moore

New towers timeframe

28/04/2017

96. 

ABC

Griff

New towers timeframe

28/04/2017

97. 

ABC

McKenzie

ABC shortwave – BoM weather events

28/04/2017

98. 

ABC

McKenzie

NT audience accessing shortwave

28/04/2017

99. 

ABC

Williams

Staff based in City vs Regional

28/04/2017

100.       

ABC

Abetz

Media Watch reporting of comments by Keysar Trad

28/04/2017

101.       

ABC

Reynolds

Balance and weight across Outlets - Lessons learnt

28/04/2017

102.       

ABC

Siewert

Second Report on Broadcasting - Cost

28/04/2017

103.       

ABC

Siewert

Second Report on Broadcasting

28/04/2017

104.       

ABC

Siewert

Audio description service on iView

28/04/2017

105.       

ABC

McKenzie

Staffing - Rockhampton

28/04/2017

106.       

ABC

Ludlam

Scientific Expertise

28/04/2017

107.       

ABC

Ludlam

Radio National – Motion of no-confidence

28/04/2017

108.       

ABC

McCarthy

Indigenous broadcasters

28/04/2017

109.       

ABC

Hanson-Young

Australian drama programs

28/04/2017

110.       

ABC

Abetz

Complete Programs

28/04/2017

111.       

ABC

Abetz

Euthanasia - Contentious

28/04/2017

112.       

ABC

Abetz

ABC Radio National Program – Andrew Denton

28/04/2017

113.       

ABC

Griff

Shortwave radio

28/04/2017

114.       

ABC

Brown

Transcription Service

28/04/2017

115.       

ABC

Brown

Audio Description

28/04/2017

116.       

ABC

Whish-Wilson

Symphony Orchestra recordings and broadcasts

28/04/2017

117.       

ABC

Bilyk

Functions

28/04/2017

118.       

ABC

Bilyk

Indoor plants

28/04/2017

119.       

ABC

Bilyk

Water cooler

28/04/2017

120.       

ABC

Bilyk

Snacks

28/04/2017

121.       

ABC

Bilyk

Coffee machine

28/04/2017

122.       

ABC

Bilyk

Mobile devices

28/04/2017

123.       

ABC

Bilyk

Office upgrades

28/04/2017

124.       

ABC

Bilyk

Websites

28/04/2017

125.       

ABC

Bilyk

Flights

28/04/2017

126.       

ABC

Bilyk

Ground transport

28/04/2017

127.       

ABC

Urquhart

Radio National

28/04/2017

128.       

ABC

Urquhart

Performing arts

28/04/2017

129.       

ABC

Urquhart

Transcription services

28/04/2017

130.       

ABC

Roberts/
Burston

Editorial policies

28/04/2017

131.                     

NBN Co

Urquhart

Access Network

28/04/2017

132.       

NBN Co

Chisholm

HFC premises

28/04/2017

133.       

NBN Co

Griff

Communications and Public Information costs

28/04/2017

134.       

NBN Co

Griff

Gen nbn

28/04/2017

135.       

NBN Co

Griff

Incorrect installations

28/04/2017

136.       

NBN Co

Ludlam

New HFC – Telstra network

28/04/2017

137.       

NBN Co

Ludlam

Greenfield fibre

28/04/2017

138.       

NBN Co

Ludlam

Satellites - Latency

28/04/2017

139.       

NBN Co

Chisholm

Fibre distribution point

28/04/2017

140.       

NBN Co

O’Neill

Reapportioning Money

28/04/2017

141.       

NBN Co

Duniam

Sky Muster service

28/04/2017

142.       

NBN Co

Bilyk

Failure to answer questions

28/04/2017

143.       

NBN Co

Bilyk

Correspondence about previous questions

28/04/2017

144.       

NBN Co

Bilyk

Functions

28/04/2017

145.       

NBN Co

Bilyk

Plants and gardens

28/04/2017

146.       

NBN Co

Bilyk

Subscriptions

28/04/2017

147.       

NBN Co

Bilyk

Gifts

28/04/2017

148.       

NBN Co

Bilyk

Water coolers

28/04/2017

149.       

NBN Co

Bilyk

Snacks

28/04/2017

150.       

NBN Co

Bilyk

Coffee machines

28/04/2017

151.       

NBN Co

Bilyk

Mobile devices

28/04/2017

152.       

NBN Co

Bilyk

Stationary and paper

28/04/2017

153.       

NBN Co

Bilyk

Executive office upgrades

28/04/2017

154.       

NBN Co

Bilyk

Facilities upgrades

28/04/2017

155.       

NBN Co

Bilyk

Media and public relations

28/04/2017

156.       

NBN Co

Bilyk

Advertising and information campaigns

28/04/2017

157.       

NBN Co

Bilyk

Market research

28/04/2017

158.       

NBN Co

Bilyk

Legal costs

28/04/2017

159.       

NBN Co

Bilyk

NBN Co send Police to raid Malcolm Turnbull’s political opponents

28/04/2017

160.       

NBN Co

Bilyk

Consultancies

28/04/2017

161.       

NBN Co

Bilyk

Redundancies

28/04/2017

162.       

NBN Co

Bilyk

iTunes/Android

28/04/2017

163.       

NBN Co

Bilyk

Websites

28/04/2017

164.       

NBN Co

Bilyk

Flights

28/04/2017

165.       

NBN Co

Bilyk

Ground transport

28/04/2017

166.       

NBN Co

Griff

Marketing and communications/Gen NBN

28/04/2017

167.       

NBN Co

Griff

Installation

28/04/2017

168.       

NBN Co

Griff

Customer experience

28/04/2017

169.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Copper – metres purchased by NBN

28/04/2017

170.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Signal tests

28/04/2017

171.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

CAPEX

28/04/2017

172.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

APRU in 2016 Corporate Plan

28/04/2017

173.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Operating cost growth

28/04/2017

174.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Revenue from new development charges

28/04/2017

175.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Relative cost of FTTN/B

28/04/2017

176.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

RFS cumulative figures underpinning 2016 Corporate Plan

28/04/2017

177.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Activation cumulative figures underpinning 2016 Corporate Plan

28/04/2017

178.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Distribution of HFC premises in the 2016 Corporate Plan

28/04/2017

179.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Distribution of HFC premises across states

28/04/2017

180.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Distribution of FTTN/B premises across states

28/04/2017

181.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Distribution of FTTC premises across states

28/04/2017

182.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Distribution of FTTH rollout premises across states

28/04/2017

183.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Distribution of FTTH premises across states

28/04/2017

184.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

NBN Chairman – Travel

28/04/2017

185.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Chairman — Office Chair

28/04/2017

186.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Advertising and information campaigns

28/04/2017

187.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

FTTN – Base Case

28/04/2017

188.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Reporting arrangements – Corporate Affairs

28/04/2017

189.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Greenfield premises

28/04/2017

190.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Authoring of materials

28/04/2017

191.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Fake social media accounts

28/04/2017

192.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Wikipedia

28/04/2017

193.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Free Cash Flow

28/04/2017

194.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

FTTH contracts

28/04/2017

195.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

HFC cost per premise

28/04/2017

196.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Expected range of HFC premises

28/04/2017

197.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

CPI

28/04/2017

198.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

ICT CAPEX

28/04/2017

199.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Media training this financial year

28/04/2017

200.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Flights paid for journalists by NBN Co

28/04/2017

201.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Australian Tennis Open advertisement

28/04/2017

202.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Shredders

28/04/2017

203.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Office Locations

28/04/2017

204.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

FTTN switch off

28/04/2017

205.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

FTTdp distribution

28/04/2017

206.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

FTTN CPP

28/04/2017

207.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Individual Premises Switch - Technology Choice – Applications

28/04/2017

208.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Technology Choice Program – Applications

28/04/2017

209.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Technology Choice – Quotes

28/04/2017

210.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Technology Choice – average quoted cost

28/04/2017

211.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Technology Choice – Individual premises Switch

28/04/2017

212.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Technology Choice – QON 140

28/04/2017

213.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Terminal value

28/04/2017

214.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Activation rates

28/04/2017

215.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Internal audit

28/04/2017

216.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

International Travel – CEO

28/04/2017

217.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

International Travel – Executive Manager of Corporate Affairs

28/04/2017

218.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Consultants

28/04/2017

219.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Stationary costs

28/04/2017

220.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Education Expenses

28/04/2017

221.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Coffee Machines

28/04/2017

222.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Costs of Corporate Plan

28/04/2017

223.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Accounting separation

28/04/2017

224.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Staff salaries

28/04/2017

225.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Redundancies

28/04/2017

226.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Kitchen appliances

28/04/2017

227.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Board Meetings - dates

28/04/2017

228.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Cumulative RFS 2020 by State and Territory

28/04/2017

229.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Cost per Premises

28/04/2017

230.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Cost per Premises – disaggregation of design and build

28/04/2017

231.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Cost per Premises – FTTdp

28/04/2017

232.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Capital intensity assumptions

28/04/2017

233.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Greenfield CPP

28/04/2017

234.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Executive Coaching and Leadership training

28/04/2017

235.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

State based rollouts – 2017 Corporate Plan

28/04/2017

236.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Wholesale speed tier mix – 2016 Corporate Plan

28/04/2017

237.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

State based rollouts – 2016 Corporate Plan

28/04/2017

238.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Business revenue

28/04/2017

239.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

2016 Corporate Plan – sensitivity analysis HFC

28/04/2017

240.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

2016 Corporate Plan – sensitivity analysis FTTN

28/04/2017

241.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

FTTN - Cost

28/04/2017

242.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Staff

28/04/2017

243.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

FOI Requests

28/04/2017

244.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

APRU

28/04/2017

245.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Design, construction and RFS table - aggregate

28/04/2017

246.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Design, construction and RFS table – by technology

28/04/2017

247.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Advertorial Content

28/04/2017

248.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

Fixed Wireless Towers

28/04/2017

249.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

FTTC - locations

28/04/2017

250.       

NBN Co

Urquhart

FTTC/FTTN breakdown in towns

28/04/2017

251.       

ACMA

Hanson-Young

BFR – program expenditure

28/04/2017

252.       

ACMA

Hanson-Young

Programming expenditure - Broadcasters

28/04/2017

253.       

ACMA

Kakoschke-Moore

Payday Lenders

28/04/2017

254.       

ACMA

Griff

Maintaining telephone communications during prolonged blackouts

28/04/2017

255.       

OCeSC

Kakoschke-Moore

Changes to OCeSC

28/04/2017

256.       

a) Department

b) ABC

c) SBS

d) ACMA

e) OCeSC

f) NBN Co

g) Australia Post

h) Australia Council

i) AFTRS

j) Bundanon Trust

k) CPA

l) National Collecting Institutions

m) Screen Australia

Urquhart

Social Media policy – Internal/External

28/04/2017

257.       

a) Department

b) ABC

c) SBS

d) ACMA

e) OCeSC

f) NBN Co

g) Australia Post

h) Australia Council

i) AFTRS

j) Bundanon Trust

k) CPA

l) National Collecting Institutions

m) Screen Australia

Urquhart

Reports Commissioned

28/04/2017

258.       

a) Department

b) ABC

c) SBS

d) ACMA

e) OCeSC

f) NBN Co

g) Australia Post

h) Australia Council

i) AFTRS

j) Bundanon Trust

k) CPA

l) National Collecting Institutions

m) Screen Australia

Urquhart

Reviews Commissioned

28/04/2017

For further information, contact:

Research/Estimates Officer
Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3526
Fax: +61 2 6277 5818
Email: ec.sen@aph.gov.au