Attorney-General's Portfolio

Additional Estimates 2008-2009 (February 2009)

Attorney-General's Portfolio

Question on notice index: (Excel 120KB)

No.

Senator

Agency/Output

Question

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1

Barnett

AHRC

Freedom of religion and belief project

(PDF 4KB)

2

Barnett

AHRC

Freedom of religion and belief project

(PDF 3KB)

3

Barnett

AHRC

Contract with the Australian Multicultural Foundation

(PDF 3KB)

4

Barnett

AHRC

Freedom of religion and belief project

(PDF 3KB)

5

Barnett

AHRC

Freedom of religion and belief project steering committee

(PDF 4KB)

6

Barnett

AHRC

Freedom of religion and belief project

(PDF 5KB)

7

Barnett

AHRC

Freedom of religion and belief project

(PDF 3KB)

8

Barnett

AHRC

Sex and gender diversity project

(PDF 4KB)

9

Barnett

AHRC

Sex and gender diversity project

(PDF 3KB)

10

Barnett

AHRC

Composite assessment of Australia’s overarching human rights record

(PDF 16KB)

11

Siewert

AHRC

Northern Territory intervention

(PDF 5KB)

12

Siewert

AHRC

Northern Territory intervention

(PDF 3KB)

13

Barnett

Family Court

Management of the Federal Magistrates Court’s case load systems.

(PDF 4KB)

14

Barnett

AGD

Transfer of functions from the Federal Magistrates Court to the Family Court

(PDF 3KB)

15

Fielding

Family Court

2007-08 statistical data relating to shared parental responsibility.

(PDF 34KB)

16

Fielding

AGD

Website that contains the Australian Institute of Family Studies’ evaluation framework used to evaluate the family law reforms.

(PDF 4KB)

17

Fielding

Family Court

statistics relating to shared parental responsibility

(PDF 6KB)

18

Barnett

Family Court

Details of ten hearings that have taken the longest length of time to be heard for this financial year.

(PDF 13KB)

19

Fielding

Family Court

Statistics on the number of complaints pertaining to delays in cases

(PDF 7KB)

20

Barnett

FMC

Average waiting time for cases to be heard

(PDF 7KB)

21

Brandis

Federal Court

Date Mr Ian Govey briefed a group of Federal Court judges concerning issues relating to the Semple report

(PDF 3KB)

22

Brandis

Federal Court

Publication of the submission of the Chief Justice of the Federal Court to the Semple review

(PDF 3KB)

23

Brandis

AUSTRAC

Investigations during the 2007-08 financial year

(PDF 5KB)

24

Barnett

AGD

Institutional changes to the operation of the native title system

(PDF 5KB)

25

Siewert

AFP

Alleged collision between the Kaiko Maru and the Robert Hunter

(PDF 4KB)

26

Siewert

AFP

Interaction under the provisions of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation regarding the 2008 whale meat scandal in Japan

(PDF 3KB)

27

Siewert

AGD

Case before the Federal Court brought by the Human Society International against the Japanese whaling company Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha

(PDF 3KB)

28

Siewert

AFP

Northern Territory Intervention

(PDF 3KB)

29

Ludlam

AFP

Counter-terrorism training exercises

(PDF 6KB)

30

Ludlam

AFP

Expenditure on community engagement activities as part of its counter-terrorism efforts

(PDF 3KB)

31

Ludlam

AFP

Expenditure on investigating and prosecuting the Jack Thomas case

(PDF 3KB)

32

Fielding

AFP

AFP review into the disappearance of Britt Lapthorne

(PDF 4KB)

33

Brandis

AFP

Lease for the new AFP headquarters

(PDF 7KB)
Attachment
(PDF 10167KB)

34

Brandis

AFP

Air security marshal program

(PDF 5KB)

35

Brandis

AFP

CSIRO risk assessment model

(PDF 3KB)

36

Barnett

AFP

AFP’s Robina office

(PDF 4KB)

37

Barnett

AGD

Executive Reference Committee for the Beale Review

(PDF 3KB)

38

Barnett

AGD

Terms and conditions of Mr Beale’s contract with the Government and the cost of the Review

(PDF 10KB)

39

Barnett

AFP

Figures relating to the number of AFP officers reporting their colleagues for engaging in criminal or improper behaviour

(PDF 3KB)

40

Barnett

AFP

Spectrum case management system

(PDF 4KB)

41

Barnett

ACC

Status of the Commission’s investigation into the five organisations that warranted further investigation in relation to the possession of pornography on publicly funded computers

(PDF 4KB)

42

Barnett

ACC

The movement of outlaw motorcycle gangs across states following the introduction of the South Australian legislation to outlaw motorcycle gangs

(PDF 3KB)

43

Barnett

ACC

Operation Wickenby

(PDF 5KB)

44

Brandis

ACC

Commission's participation in the South East Asian Collaborative Group on Precursors

(PDF 3KB)

45

Brandis

ACC

Commission’s participation in future meetings of the South East Asia Collaborative Group on Precursors

(PDF 4KB)

46

Brandis

ACC

Commission’s participation at the South East Asian Collaborative Group on Precursors

(PDF 2KB)

47

Brandis

ACC

Staff reductions

(PDF 3KB)

48

Brandis

ACC

15 funded seconded places that have been reduced

(PDF 3KB)

49

Brandis

ACC

Funding applied from the National Indigenous Violence and Child Abuse Intelligence Taskforce to Operation Borah

(PDF 4KB)

50

Siewert

ACC

National Indigenous Violence and Child Abuse Intelligence Taskforce

(PDF 4KB)

51

Siewert

ACC

National Indigenous Violence and Child Abuse Intelligence Taskforce

(PDF 7KB)

52

Siewert

ACC

National Indigenous Violence and Child Abuse Intelligence Taskforce

(PDF 3KB)

53

Siewert

ACC

National Indigenous Violence and Child Abuse Intelligence Taskforce

(PDF 3KB)

54

Siewert

ACC

National Indigenous Violence and Child Abuse Intelligence Taskforce

(PDF 3KB)

55

Barnett

Customs

Oceanic Viking’s monitoring of whaling in the Southern Ocean last year

(PDF 3KB)

56

Barnett

Customs

Oceanic Viking’s monitoring of whaling in the Southern Ocean last year

(PDF 3KB)

57

Barnett

AGD

Oceanic Viking’s monitoring of whaling in the Southern Ocean last year

(PDF 3KB)

58

Brandis

Customs

Staff numbers

(PDF 3KB)

59

Brandis

Customs

Staff numbers

(PDF 5KB)

60

Barnett

AGD

Staff numbers

(PDF 3KB)

61

Barnett

AGD

Staff numbers

(PDF 3KB)

62

Barnett

AGD

Consultancy expenditure

(PDF 3KB)

63

Barnett

AGD

Depreciation funding for recurrent expenditure

(PDF 3KB)

64

Barnett

AGD

Reviews and consultancies

(PDF 52KB)

65

Brandis

AGD

National Human Rights Consultation

(PDF 3KB)

66

Brandis

AGD

National Human Rights Consultation

(PDF 3KB)

67

Brandis

AGD

National Human Rights Consultation commissioners

(PDF 6KB)

68

Barnett

AGD

Government's position with respect to the statutory one per cent cap on the amount a radio broadcaster is required to pay to sound recording copyright owners, where the broadcaster chooses to play sound recordings for the commercial or other purposes of the broadcaster

(PDF 3KB)

69

Barnett

AGD

Implementation of the new personal property and securities legislative regime

(PDF 8KB)

70

Brandis

AGD

National Human Rights Consultation

(PDF 3KB)

71

Humphries

AGD

Timeframe for the completion of the National Catastrophic Disaster Plan.

(PDF 3KB)

72

Humphries

AGD

In camera briefing on the terms of the Review of Australia’s ability to respond to and recover from catastrophic disasters

(PDF 3KB)

73

Barnett

AGD

Gibson Quai-AAS Pty Ltd report delivered on 3 November 2008.

(PDF 4KB)
Attachment
(PDF 60KB)

74

Fielding

Family Court

Statistics

(PDF 10KB)

75

Hanson-Young

AGD

Government response to the Senate Legal & Constitutional Affairs report into the effectiveness of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984

(PDF 4KB)

76

Hanson-Young

AGD

Government response to the Senate Legal & Constitutional Affairs report into the effectiveness of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984

(PDF 3KB)

77

Hanson-Young

AGD

Government response to the Senate Legal & Constitutional Affairs report into the effectiveness of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984

(PDF 3KB)

78

Hanson-Young

AGD

Introduction of sexual orientation and gender identity anti-discrimination legislation into the parliament this term

(PDF 4KB)

79

Hanson-Young

AGD

Timeframe for a report from the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General into the harmonisation of anti-discrimination legislation

(PDF 3KB)

80

Hanson-Young

AGD

Recognition of relationships between same-sex couples

(PDF 4KB)

81

Hanson-Young

AGD

Introduction of state based civil unions schemes

(PDF 4KB)

82

Hanson-Young

AGD

Same-sex reforms

(PDF 4KB)

83

Hanson-Young

AGD

Same-sex reforms

(PDF 6KB)

84

Hanson-Young

AGD

Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture

(PDF 4KB)

85

Bernardi

AGD

Draft Disability Access to Premises Standards

(PDF 7KB)

86

Bernardi

AGD

Draft Disability Access to Premises Standards

(PDF 4KB)

87

Birmingham

AGD

Possible reviews of or changes to fees paid for broadcasting protected music by commercial or other radio broadcasters

(PDF 5KB)

88

Hanson-Young

AGD

Optional protocol to CEDAW

(PDF 6KB)

89

Hanson-Young

AGD

Optional protocol to CEDAW

(PDF 3KB)

90

Hanson-Young

AGD

Optional protocol to CEDAW

(PDF 4KB)

91

Hanson-Young

AGD

People Trafficking Visa Framework

(PDF 4KB)

92

Humphries

AGD

SES positions

(PDF 3KB)

93

Fielding

AFP

Review conducted by the Australian Federal Police into the Britt Lapthorne case

(PDF 3KB)

94

Barnett

AFP

Staffing levels

(PDF 3KB)

95

Barnett

AFP

Reliance on state police officers to perform duties

(PDF 3KB)

96

Barnett

AFP

Figures for cases being referred to the Commonwealth DPP

(PDF 3KB)

97

Barnett

AFP

AFP's $43.5 million operating loss for 2007/08

(PDF 3KB)

98

Barnett

AFP

AFP’s current involvement with the Britt Lapthorne case

(PDF 4KB)

99

Barnett

AFP

Redundancies

(PDF 6KB)

100

Barnett

AFP

Cuts to AFP overtime in the Sydney office

(PDF 5KB)

101

Barnett

AFP

Counter-terrorism intelligence vacancies

(PDF 7KB)

102

Barnett

AFP

Air marshals program

(PDF 4KB)

103

Barnett

AFP

Planned timeline for the response to the audit and white paper process

(PDF 3KB)

104

Barnett

AFP

Strategic planning

(PDF 10KB)

105

Barnett

AFP

Measures undertaken by AFP to position itself to respond to the security challenges facing Australia

(PDF 7KB)

106

Barnett

AGD

South East Asian Collaborative Group on Precursors

(PDF 5KB)

107

Barnett

ACC

Voluntary redundancy packages

(PDF 3KB)

108

Barnett

ACC

Number of full time investigators

(PDF 6KB)

109

Barnett

ACC

Officers seconded from State and Territory forces

(PDF 8KB)

110

Barnett

ACC

Status of investigations where seconded officers have been returned to their respective states

(PDF 3KB)

111

Barnett

CrimTrac

National criminal investigation database hub

(PDF 6KB)

112

Barnett

CrimTrac

Establishment of an Automated Number Plate Recognition system

(PDF 6KB)

113

Barnett

AGD

Community Cabinet

(PDF 5KB)

114

Barnett

AGD

Portfolio reviews

(PDF 18KB)

115

Barnett

AGD

Portfolio consultancies

(PDF 366KB)

115A Barnett AGD Portfolio consultancies (Revised answer provided 24 June 2009) (PDF 70KB)

116

Barnett

AGD

Portfolio media monitoring

(PDF 12KB)

117

Barnett

AGD

Minister/Parliamentary Secretary overseas travel on official business since Budget Estimates

(PDF 19KB)

118

Barnett

AGD

Government advertising

(PDF 21KB)

119

Barnett

AGD

Departmental hospitality expenditure

(PDF 42KB)

120

Barnett

AGD

Ministerial hospitality expenditure

(PDF 14KB)

121

Barnett

AGD

Freedom of information requests

(PDF 15KB)

122

Hanson-Young

AGD

Government response to the Senate Legal & Constitutional Affairs report into the effectiveness of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984

(PDF 4KB)

For further information, contact:

Estimates Officer
Senate Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3560
Fax: +61 2 6277 5794
Email: legcon.sen@aph.gov.au