Additional estimates 2013-2014

Additional estimates 2013-2014

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Hearing Program 26 and 27 February 2014 (PDF 72KB)

Hansard Transcripts

26 February 2014 Defence Portfolio (PDF & HTML)
27 February 2014 Foreign Affairs and Trade Portfolio (PDF & HTML)

Tabled Documents

Item no Tabled by Topic View
1 Department of Defence
(26 February 2014)
Opening Statement by the Chief of the Defence Force,
General DJ Hurley AC, DSC
(PDF 1122KB)
2 Department of Veterans' Affairs
(26 February 2014)
Opening Statement by the Departmental Secretary, Mr Simon Lewis PSM (PDF 1641KB)
3 Department of Veterans' Affairs
(26 February 2014)
FMA Act (Anzac Centenary Public Fund Special Account) Determination 2013/02 (PDF 1043KB)
4 Senator Dastyari
(27 February 2014)

Trilateral Strategic Dialogue Joint Statement, US Department of State, dated 4 October 2013 

(PDF 258KB)
5 Senator Dastyari
(27 February 2014)
'China urges Australia to nurture, not to undermine mutual trust',  Xinhua, dated 7 December 2014 (PDF 549KB)
6 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
(27 February 2014)
Correspondence from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs to The Honourable Sam Kahamba Kutesa, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Republic of Uganda, dated 26 February 2014 (PDF 204KB)
7 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
(27 February 2014)
Details of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon Julie Bishop MP's overseas visits from 1 January to 6 February 2014 (PDF 515KB)

Clarifications and corrections to evidence

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, letter of clarification from Mr Peter Varghese AO, Secretary, clarifying evidence given at the Senate estimates hearing on 27 February 2014 in relation to Senator Heffernan's questions regarding the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (Royal Commission), dated 25 March 2014 (PDF 62KB).

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, letter of clarification from Mr Rob Tranter, First Assistant Secretary, Public Diplomacy and Communication Division, clarifying evidence given at the Senate estimates hearing on 27 February 2014  in relation Senator Brandis' response to questions on the Australian Government's representations to the Government of United Arabs Emirates (UAE) relating to Mr Marcus Lee, dated 27 March 2014 (PDF 29KB).

Department of Veterans' Affairs, letter of clarification from Mr Simon Lewis PSM, Secretary, clarifying evidence given at the Senate estimates hearing on 26 February 2014 in relation to the Australian War Memorial, dated 27 March 2014 (PDF 364KB).

Department of Defence, letter of clarification from Major General PD McLachlan AM CSC, Head Land Systems, Defence Materiel Organisation, clarifying evidence given at the Senate estimates hearing on 26 February 2014 concerning the manufacture of flatracks under Project LAND 121 Phase 3B, dated 2 April 2014 (PDF 922KB).

Department of Defence, letter of clarification from General David Hurley AC DSC, Chief of the Defence Force, clarifying evidence given at the Senate estimates hearing on 26 February 2014 concerning the nature of activities being conducted by Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel in Afghanistan, dated 7 April (PDF 441KB).

Questions on notice index and answers

Answers to questions on notice are due by close of business on Thursday, 24 April 2014.

Indexes and answers to questions on notice will be loaded to the respective department/agency pages, links below.

Defence Portfolio

Foreign Affairs and Trade Portfolio

For further information, contact:

Estimates Officer
Senate Standing Committees on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3535
Fax: +61 2 6277 5818
Email: fadt.sen@aph.gov.au