Additional Estimates 2016-17

Additional Estimates 2016-17

View report - (PDF 97KB)

Hearing Programs

Wednesday, 1 March 2017 and Thursday, 2 March 2017 (PDF 39KB)

Spillover Hearing with Department of Defence - Thursday, 30 March 2017 (PDF 313KB)

Hansard Transcripts

01/03/2017 (PDF & HTML) Department of Defence
Defence Housing Australia
Australian War Memorial
Department of Veterans' Affairs
02/03/2017 (PDF & HTML) Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Australian Trade and Investment Commission
Export Finance and Insurance Corporation
Tourism Australia
30/03/2017 (PDF & HTML) Spillover Hearing - Department of Defence

Tabled Documents

Item no Tabled by Details Date Tabled View
1 Air Chief Marshal Binskin, Chief of the Defence Force Opening Statement 1 March 2017 (PDF 39KB)
2 Department of Defence Coalition to Counter Daesh - List of Countries 1 March 2017 (PDF 25KB)
3 Department of Defence Combat Rations Components 1 March 2017 (PDF 681KB)
4 Ms Frances Adamson, Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Opening Statement 2 March 2017 (PDF 84KB)
5 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Country and Regional Programs 2 March 2017 (PDF 1486KB)
6 Senator Kimberley Kitching Portsea Polo Invitation 2 March 2017 (PDF 2909KB)
7 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade White Paper Taskforce Staff Profile 2 March 2017 (PDF 428KB)
8 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Indicative Budget - Humanitarian Relief 2 March 2017 (PDF 876KB)
9 Tourism Australia State of the Industry Report 2 March 2017 (PDF 15 879KB)

Questions on notice

The committee has set COB Friday, 21 April 2017 as the date for the return of responses to questions on notice.

Defence Portfolio

Foreign Affairs and Trade Portfolio

Corrections to Evidence

Australian Trade and Investment Commission, Mr Grame Barty, Executive Director, International Operations, correcting evidence given at the Senate Estimates hearing on 2 March 2017 in relation to Australia Week in China, correspondence dated 31 March 2017, received 31 March 2017 (PDF 2443KB).

Department of Defence, Major General DP Coghlan AM, Head Land Systems, Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group, correcting evidence given at the Senate Estimates hearing on 1 March 2017 in relation to ration packs, LAND400, and footwear, correspondence dated 21 March 2017, received 31 March 2017 (PDF 189KB).

Department of Veterans' Affairs, Mr Simon Lewis, Secretary, correcting evidence given at the Senate Estimates hearing on 1 March 2017 in relation to support for mental health conditions, correspondence dated 28 March 2017, received 4 April 2017 (PDF 129KB).

Australian War Memorial, Dr Brendan Nelson, Director, correcting evidence given at the Senate Estimates hearing on 1 March 2017 in relation to funding allocation, correspondence dated 7 April 2017, received 7 April 2017 (PDF 2973KB).

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, John Larkin, First Assistant Secretary, Banks and Infrastructure Finance Branch, correcting the response to QoN94 in relation to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, dated 23 May 2017, received 24 May 2017 (PDF 73KB).

Additional Information

Department of Defence, Mr Dennis Richardson, Departmental Secretary, providing a summary of progress made against recommendations of the First Principles Review and progress toward integration of Australian industry as a Fundamental Input to Capability, correspondence dated 24 February 2017, received 24 February 2017 (PDF 292KB).

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