Question
No. |
Senator |
Date of
Question |
Subject |
Date
Reply
Received |
Hansard
Date
of Reply |
Hansard
Page No.
of Reply |
Elapsed
Time
(days) |
|
17
|
Minchin
|
12/02/2008
|
Administration—Media-related staff
|
21/10/2008
|
10/11/2008
|
6468
|
252
|
|
37
|
Minchin
|
12/02/2008
|
Administration—Media-related staff
|
21/10/2008
|
10/11/2008
|
6468
|
252
|
|
45
|
Minchin
|
12/02/2008
|
Administration—Media-related staff
|
21/10/2008
|
10/11/2008
|
6468
|
252
|
|
86
|
Minchin
|
12/02/2008
|
Climate change—United Nations Climate Change Conference in
Bali, Indonesia—Australian Government delegation costs
|
14/05/2008
|
15/05/2008
|
2095
|
92
|
|
121
|
Minchin
|
12/02/2008
|
Administration—Provision of information to estimates
committees, including appointments to government agencies,
authorities and advisory boards
|
20/10/2008
|
10/11/2008
|
6472
|
251
|
|
141
|
Minchin
|
12/02/2008
|
Administration—Provision of information to estimates
committees, including appointments to government agencies,
authorities and advisory boards
|
20/10/2008
|
10/11/2008
|
6472
|
251
|
|
149
|
Minchin
|
12/02/2008
|
Administration—Provision of information to estimates
committees, including appointments to government agencies,
authorities and advisory boards
|
20/10/2008
|
10/11/2008
|
6472
|
251
|
|
229
|
Cormann
|
12/02/2008
|
Administration—Funding cuts—Programs and services
for Western Australia
|
21/10/2008
|
10/11/2008
|
6474
|
252
|
|
249
|
Cormann
|
12/02/2008
|
Administration—Funding cuts—Programs and services
for Western Australia
|
21/10/2008
|
10/11/2008
|
6474
|
252
|
|
257
|
Cormann
|
12/02/2008
|
Administration—Funding cuts—Programs and services
for Western Australia
|
21/10/2008
|
10/11/2008
|
6474
|
252
|
|
269
|
Siewert
|
12/02/2008
|
Same-sex entitlements—Medicare Levy surcharge
|
21/08/2008
|
28/09/2008
|
4118
|
191
|
|
270
|
Murray
|
12/02/2008
|
Census 2006—Roebourne and Wyndham East Kimberley
shires—Funding allocations based on census data
|
30/06/2008
|
26/08/2008
|
3758
|
139
|
|
281
|
Webber
|
13/02/2008
|
Banking industry—Australian banking
licenses—Permissions
|
30/06/2008
|
26/08/2008
|
3760
|
138
|
|
283
|
Webber
|
13/02/2008
|
Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority—Action against
Mr Murray Nugent
|
30/06/2008
|
26/08/2008
|
3760
|
138
|
|
388
|
Allison
|
02/04/2008
|
Australian Bureau of Statistics—Census of Population and
Housing—Questions on religion
|
21/04/2008
|
14/05/2008
|
1945
|
19
|
|
394
|
Siewert
|
03/04/2008
|
Retail sector—Number of grocery stores and
supermarkets
|
18/04/2008
|
14/05/2008
|
1947
|
15
|
|
424
|
Allison
|
30/04/2008
|
Refrigerant—Levies on the import and sale
of—Decision to increase
|
30/06/2008
|
26/08/2008
|
3768
|
61
|
|
445
|
Minchin
|
30/05/2008
|
Departmental engagements—Mr Christian and Ms Tara
Taubenschlag—Details
|
02/10/2008
|
13/10/2008
|
5858
|
125
|
|
453
|
Minchin
|
30/05/2008
|
Departmental engagements—Mr Christian and Ms Tara
Taubenschlag—Details
|
02/10/2008
|
13/10/2008
|
5858
|
125
|
|
464
|
Minchin
|
30/05/2008
|
Departmental engagements—Mr Christian and Ms Tara
Taubenschlag—Details
|
02/10/2008
|
13/10/2008
|
5858
|
125
|
|
504
|
Siewert
|
20/06/2008
|
Independent Committee of Inquiry into National Competition
Policy—Report recommendation—Implementation
|
19/08/2008
|
27/08/2008
|
3971
|
60
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
515
|
Siewert
|
10/07/2008
|
Tax expenditure—Capped exemptions—Utilisation of
exemptions D6 and D8
|
19/08/2008
|
27/08/2008
|
3971
|
40
|
|
523
|
Milne
|
14/07/2008
|
Recycling—Printer cartridges—Policy and practice
|
19/08/2008
|
27/08/2008
|
3973
|
36
|
|
583
|
Minchin
|
25/08/2008
|
Carbon offsets—Departmental air
travel—Guidelines
|
13/02/2009
|
10/03/2009
|
1168
|
172
|
|
603
|
Minchin
|
25/08/2008
|
Carbon offsets—Departmental air
travel—Guidelines
|
13/02/2009
|
10/03/2009
|
1168
|
172
|
|
604
|
Minchin
|
25/08/2008
|
Carbon offsets—Departmental air
travel—Guidelines
|
13/02/2009
|
10/03/2009
|
1168
|
172
|
|
611
|
Minchin
|
25/08/2008
|
Carbon offsets—Departmental air
travel—Guidelines
|
13/02/2009
|
10/03/2009
|
1168
|
172
|
|
619
|
Minchin
|
25/08/2008
|
Ministers/Parliamentary Secretaries office—Departmental
staff—Secondment
|
31/10/2008
|
10/11/2008
|
6480
|
67
|
|
655
|
Minchin
|
25/08/2008
|
Overseas travel—Beijing Olympic Games—Expenses
|
10/02/2009
|
10/02/2009
|
691
|
169
|
|
675
|
Minchin
|
25/08/2008
|
Overseas travel—Beijing Olympic Games—Expenses
|
10/02/2009
|
10/02/2009
|
691
|
169
|
|
676
|
Minchin
|
25/08/2008
|
Overseas travel—Beijing Olympic Games—Expenses
|
10/02/2009
|
10/02/2009
|
691
|
169
|
|
683
|
Minchin
|
25/08/2008
|
Overseas travel—Beijing Olympic Games—Expenses
|
10/02/2009
|
10/02/2009
|
691
|
169
|
|
691
|
Minchin
|
25/08/2008
|
Overseas travel—Ministers/Parliamentary Secretaries,
family and departmental staff—Between July and August
2008
|
31/03/2009
|
12/05/2009
|
2498
|
218
|
|
734
|
Ellison
|
12/09/2008
|
Horticulture industry Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot
Scheme—Departmental breakdown of costs
|
02/10/2008
|
13/10/2008
|
5870
|
20
|
|
744
|
B. Brown
|
25/09/2008
|
Economic volatility—Government action
|
12/02/2009
|
12/02/2009
|
983
|
140
|
|
761
|
Abetz
|
30/10/2008
|
Administration—Communications with various financial
bodies—Details
|
18/03/2009
|
18/03/2009
|
1987
|
139
|
|
762
|
Abetz
|
30/10/2008
|
Administration—Communications with various financial
bodies—Details
|
18/03/2009
|
18/03/2009
|
1987
|
139
|
|
763
|
Abetz
|
30/10/2008
|
Administration—Communications with various financial
bodies—Details
|
18/03/2009
|
18/03/2009
|
1987
|
139
|
|
789
|
Abetz
|
13/11/2008
|
Tax Laws Amendment (Luxury Car Tax) Bill 2008 and resulting
regulations—Australian Taxation
Office—Consultations
|
04/03/2009
|
10/03/2009
|
1193
|
111
|
|
794
|
Abetz
|
13/11/2008
|
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme—Treasury
modelling—Details
|
03/02/2009
|
09/02/2009
|
558
|
82
|
|
881
|
Ronaldson
|
24/11/2008
|
Administration—Program overspends and
underspends—Top 5
|
31/03/2009
|
12/05/2009
|
2513
|
127
|
|
884
|
Ronaldson
|
24/11/2008
|
Administration—Program overspends and
underspends—Top 5
|
31/03/2009
|
12/05/2009
|
2513
|
127
|
|
900
|
Ronaldson
|
24/11/2008
|
Administration—Media monitoring—Amount spent during
the 2008 calendar year
|
23/12/2008
|
03/02/2009
|
203
|
29
|
|
918
|
Ronaldson
|
24/11/2008
|
Administration—Media monitoring—Amount spent during
the 2008 calendar year
|
23/12/2008
|
03/02/2009
|
203
|
29
|
|
923
|
Ronaldson
|
24/11/2008
|
Administration—Tender contracts—Details
|
23/12/2008
|
|
|
29
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amended answer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/01/2009
|
03/02/2009
|
203
|
|
|
941
|
Ronaldson
|
24/11/2008
|
Administration—Tender contracts—Details
|
23/12/2008
|
|
|
29
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amended answer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/01/2009
|
03/02/2009
|
203
|
|
|
946
|
Ronaldson
|
24/11/2008
|
Administration—Reviews, inquiries and
committees—Staffing and costs
|
|
|
|
218
|
|
974
|
Ronaldson
|
25/11/2008
|
Commonwealth credit cards—Ministers, Parliamentary
Secretaries and ministerial, departmental and agency staff
|
31/03/2009
|
12/05/2009
|
2538
|
126
|
|
992
|
Ronaldson
|
25/11/2008
|
Commonwealth credit cards—Ministers, Parliamentary
Secretaries and ministerial, departmental and agency staff
|
31/03/2009
|
12/05/2009
|
2538
|
126
|
|
993
|
Ronaldson
|
25/11/2008
|
Commonwealth credit cards—Ministers, Parliamentary
Secretaries and ministerial, departmental and agency staff
|
31/03/2009
|
12/05/2009
|
2538
|
126
|
|
1000
|
Ronaldson
|
25/11/2008
|
Commonwealth credit cards—Ministers, Parliamentary
Secretaries and ministerial, departmental and agency staff
|
31/03/2009
|
12/05/2009
|
2538
|
126
|
|
1008
|
Ronaldson
|
25/11/2008
|
Overseas travel since 25 November 2007—Ministers,
Parliamentary Secretaries and staff—Details
|
23/03/2009
|
12/05/2009
|
2543
|
118
|
|
1056
|
Abetz
|
03/12/2008
|
Portfolio programs—Overspends and
underspends—Details
|
19/03/2009
|
13/05/2009
|
2725
|
106
|
|
1076
|
Abetz
|
03/12/2008
|
Portfolio programs—Overspends and
underspends—Details
|
19/03/2009
|
13/05/2009
|
2725
|
106
|
|
1077
|
Abetz
|
03/12/2008
|
Portfolio programs—Overspends and
underspends—Details
|
19/03/2009
|
13/05/2009
|
2725
|
106
|
|
1084
|
Abetz
|
03/12/2008
|
Portfolio programs—Overspends and
underspends—Details
|
19/03/2009
|
13/05/2009
|
2725
|
106
|
|
1092
|
Abetz
|
03/12/2008
|
Departments and agencies—Funding
|
31/03/2009
|
13/05/2009
|
2745
|
118
|
|
1112
|
Abetz
|
03/12/2008
|
Departments and agencies—Funding
|
31/03/2009
|
13/05/2009
|
2745
|
118
|
|
1113
|
Abetz
|
03/12/2008
|
Departments and agencies—Funding
|
31/03/2009
|
13/05/2009
|
2745
|
118
|
|
1120
|
Abetz
|
03/12/2008
|
Departments and agencies—Funding
|
31/03/2009
|
13/05/2009
|
2745
|
118
|
|
1165
|
Bushby
|
04/12/2008
|
Reserve Bank Amendment (Enhanced Independence) Bill 2008 and
Reserve Bank Act 1959—Amendments and comparison
|
31/03/2009
|
13/05/2009
|
2749
|
117
|
|
1202
|
Cormann
|
19/12/2008
|
Inpex Corporation—Ichthys project—Petroleum Resource
Rent Tax payments
|
04/03/2009
|
10/03/2009
|
1223
|
75
|
|
1203
|
Cormann
|
19/12/2008
|
Inpex Corporation—Ichthys project—Petroleum Resource
Rent Tax payments
|
04/03/2009
|
10/03/2009
|
1223
|
75
|
|
1213
|
Cormann
|
09/01/2009
|
Potable spirits—Final budget outcome
2007-08—Customs and excise duty
|
23/03/2009
|
13/05/2009
|
2759
|
73
|
|
1214
|
Cormann
|
09/01/2009
|
Potable spirits—Final budget outcome
2007-08—Customs and excise duty
|
23/03/2009
|
13/05/2009
|
2759
|
73
|
|
1296
|
Cormann
|
10/02/2009
|
Treasury modelling report—Australia’s low
pollution future: The economics of climate change
mitigation—Costs
|
31/03/2009
|
13/05/2009
|
2780
|
49
|
|
1395
|
Ronaldson
|
12/03/2009
|
External speechwriting services—Details of
tender—2008 calendar year
|
15/04/2009
|
14/05/2009
|
2984
|
34
|
|
1415
|
Ronaldson
|
12/03/2009
|
External speechwriting services—Details of
tender—2008 calendar year
|
15/04/2009
|
14/05/2009
|
2984
|
34
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1416
|
Ronaldson
|
12/03/2009
|
External speechwriting services—Details of
tender—2008 calendar year
|
15/04/2009
|
14/05/2009
|
2984
|
34
|
|
1423
|
Ronaldson
|
12/03/2009
|
External speechwriting services—Details of
tender—2008 calendar year
|
15/04/2009
|
14/05/2009
|
2984
|
34
|
|
1435
|
Scullion
|
17/03/2009
|
Tax bonus payment—Eligibility—Overseas residents
|
29/04/2009
|
14/05/2009
|
2993
|
43
|
|
1447
|
Ronaldson
|
19/03/2009
|
Ministerial and departmental travel—Costs
|
24/04/2009
|
14/05/2009
|
3005
|
36
|
|
1457
|
Cormann
|
25/03/2009
|
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme—Threshold
|
05/05/2009
|
16/06/2009
|
3450
|
41
|
|
1463
|
Cormann
|
31/03/2009
|
Crude oil excise—2008-09 Budget measure, ‘Crude oil
excise - condensate’—Revenue
|
01/06/2009
|
17/06/2009
|
3644
|
62
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1464
|
Cormann
|
31/03/2009
|
Gas, oil and mineral exploration industries—Promotion of
flow-through share schemes—Government commitment
|
05/05/2009
|
16/06/2009
|
3454
|
35
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1466
|
Cormann
|
31/03/2009
|
‘Mini-Cabinet’ meetings—Processes
|
22/04/2009
|
16/06/2009
|
3455
|
22
|
|
1467
|
Cormann
|
31/03/2009
|
‘Mini-Cabinet’ meetings—Processes
|
22/04/2009
|
16/06/2009
|
3455
|
22
|
|
1468
|
Cormann
|
31/03/2009
|
‘Mini-Cabinet’ meetings—Processes
|
22/04/2009
|
16/06/2009
|
3455
|
22
|
|
1472
|
Abetz
|
01/04/2009
|
www.economicstimulusplan.gov.au—Maintenance/updates
—Resources
|
24/04/2009
|
16/06/2009
|
3459
|
23
|
|
1499
|
B. Brown
|
12/05/2009
|
Fortescue Metals Group Limited—Insider
trading—February 2009
|
02/06/2009
|
17/06/2009
|
3652
|
21
|
|
1508
|
B. Brown
|
13/05/2009
|
Australian Taxation Office—Debt recovery
|
WITHDRAWN
|
|
|
|
|
1513
|
Minchin
|
18/05/2009
|
Legislation—Statutory reviews—Timelines
|
|
|
|
43
|
|
1605
|
Abetz
|
27/05/2009
|
Expenditure Review Committee—Meetings since 2008-09
Budget—Number and attendance
|
|
|
|
34
|
|
1614
|
Abetz
|
29/05/2009
|
Administration—Infrastructure and capital works
projects
|
|
|
|
32
|
|
1652
|
Minchin
|
03/06/2009
|
Government websites—Advertising on search engines
|
|
|
|
27
|
|
1694
|
Minchin
|
10/06/2009
|
Legislation—Redundant and potentially redundant
legislation —‘Clean-up’ coordinated by the
Department of Finance and Deregulation
|
|
|
|
20
|
|
1731
|
Ronaldson
|
10/06/2009
|
Administration—Contracts awarded to the Boston Consulting
Group and the Allen Consulting Group
|
|
|
|
20
|
|
1750
|
Ronaldson
|
10/06/2009
|
Administration—Contracts awarded to the Boston Consulting
Group and the Allen Consulting Group
|
|
|
|
20
|
|
1756
|
Ronaldson
|
10/06/2009
|
Administration—Contracts awarded to the Boston Consulting
Group and the Allen Consulting Group
|
|
|
|
20
|
|
1758
|
Ronaldson
|
10/06/2009
|
Administration—Contracts awarded to the Boston Consulting
Group and the Allen Consulting Group
|
|
|
|
20
|
|
1782
|
Abetz
|
16/06/2009
|
Economic Stimulus Plan—Development of the logo
|
|
|
|
14
|
|
1788
|
Abetz
|
16/06/2009
|
Administration—Hospitality—Spending since 24
November 2007
|
|
|
|
14
|