Orders for the production of documents—2005

Number of orders for the production of documents agreed to: 18

Communications—Australian Competition and Consumer Commission—Telstra

  • Report by the ACCC relating to Telstra.
  • Order made: 10 March 2005 (moved by Senator Conroy)
  • For tabling: 10 May 2005
  • Document tabled: 11 May 2005

Communications—Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Report—Telstra

  • Report by the ACCC relating to Telstra to be provided to the Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts References Committee.
  • Order made: 10 March 2005 (moved by Senator Conroy)
  • For tabling: 17 March 2005
  • Document provided to committee: 17 March 2005

Education—Melbourne University Student Union

  • Documents relating to the former Melbourne University Student Union.
  • Order made: 14 June 2005 (moved by Senator Carr)
  • For tabling: 15 June 2005
  • Documents tabled: 15 June 2005

Education—National Priority Funding for Teacher Education

  • Document relating to the National Priority Funding for Teacher Education.
  • Order made: 17 March 2005 (moved by Senator Carr)
  • For tabling: 17 March 2005
  • Statement by leave: The Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, 17 March 2005, indicating that the order would be dealt with on 17 March 2005.
  • Document tabled: 17 March 2005

Employment—Breaching Review Taskforce

  • Final report of the Breaching Review Taskforce.
  • Order made: 11 May 2005 (moved by Senator Greig)
  • For tabling: 12 May 2005
  • Document tabled: 12 May 2005

Employment—Building on Success Community Development Employment Project

  • Documents relating to the Building on Success Community Development Employment Project Discussion Paper 2005.
  • Order made: 11 May 2005 (moved by Senator Carr)
  • For tabling: 12 May 2050
  • Statement by leave: The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 12 May 2005, claiming that it would not be in the public interest to table certain documents and indicating that consultations with the authors would take place to inform them of the order.
  • Documents presented: 30 May and 31 May 2005
  • Documents tabled: 14 June and 21 June 2005

Employment—Survey of new apprenticeship outcomes

  • Documents relating to new apprenticeship outcomes.
  • Order made: 17 March 2005 (moved by Senator Carr)
  • For tabling: 17 March 2005
  • Statement by leave: The Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, 17 March 2005, indicating that the order would be dealt with on 17 March 2005.
  • Documents tabled: 17 March 2005

Environment—Tasmania—Proposed pulp mill

  • Documents relating to the proposed pulp mill in Tasmania.
  • Order made: 12 May 2005 (moved by Senator Brown)
  • For tabling: 16 June 2005
  • Statement by leave: The Minister for Defence, 16 June 2005, claiming that it was an unwarranted diversion of resources to provide the documents.

Environment—Tasmania—Proposed pulp mill

  • Documents relating to the proposed pulp mill in Tasmania.
  • Order made: 14 June 2005 (moved by Senator Brown)
  • For tabling: 22 June 2005
  • Statement by leave: The Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, 23 June 2005, indicating that the Government was not prepared to divert resources to identify any potentially relevant documents.

Family and Community Services—Housing assistance agreements

  • Documents relating to housing assistance agreements.
  • Order made: 12 May 2005 (moved by Senator Bartlett)
  • For tabling: 12 May 2005
  • Statement by leave: The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 12 May 2005, indicating that the performance of the states and territories in relation to Commonwealth/state housing agreements would be summarised in the Housing Assistance Act annual report and would be tabled in each House of Parliament.

Family and Community Services—Pregnancy counselling and family planning

  • Documents relating to funding for pregnancy counselling and/or family planning activities.
  • Order made: 15 June 2005 (moved by Senator Allison)
  • For tabling: 21 June 2005
  • Statement by leave: The Special Minister of State, 21 June 2005, indicating that it would not be possible to comply by the required date and that the documents would not be provided by 22 July 2005.
  • Documents tabled: 12 September 2005

Foreign Affairs—Gallipoli—Road works

  • Documents relating to road works at Gallipoli.
  • Order made: 11 May 2005 (moved by Senator Bishop)
  • For tabling: 12 May 2005
  • Statement by leave: The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 12 May 2005, indicating that it would not be possible to comply by the required date.

Health—Abortion issue

  • Documents relating to the preparation of advice regarding the abortion issue.
  • Order made: 8 March 2005 (moved by Senator Stott Despoja)
  • For tabling: 17 March 2005
  • Statements by leave:
  • The Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, 17 March 2005, indicating that the order would be dealt with on 17 March 2005.
  • The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 17 March 2005, indicating that no documents fall within the terms of the order.

Health—Pregnancy support services

  • Documents of the Australian Federation of Pregnancy Support Services.
  • Order made: 12 May 2005 (moved by Senator Allison)
  • For tabling: 12 May 2005
  • Statement by leave: The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 12 May 2005, indicating that due to the large number of documents involved it had not been possible to comply by the required date, but the documents would be provided by 20 May 2005.
  • Documents presented: 24 May 2005
  • Documents tabled: 14 June 2005

Immigration—Ms Cornelia Rau

  • Final report by Mr Mick Palmer into the Ms Cornelia Rau matter.
  • Order made: 23 June 2005 (moved by Senator Nettle)
  • For tabling: No later than 3 calendar days after the minister receives the report
  • Report presented: 14 July 2005
  • Report tabled: 10 August 2005

Law and Justice—Airport security

  • Documents relating to airport security.
  • Order made: 20 June 2005 (moved by Senator Allison)
  • For tabling: 20 June 2005
  • Statement by leave: The Minister for Justice and Customs, 20 June 2005, claiming that it would not be in the public interest to provide the documents.

Science and Technology—Gene technology

  • Documents relating to gene technology.
  • Order made: 16 March 2005 (moved by Senator Bartlett)
  • For tabling: 11 May 2005
  • Documents tabled: 12 May 2005

Taxation—Deductible gift recipient status—Environment groups

  • Documents relating to the issue of deductible gift recipient status of environment groups.
  • Order made: 21 June 2005 (moved by Senator Brown)
  • For tabling: 22 June 2005
  • Statement by leave: The Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, 23 June 2005, claiming that it was an unwarranted diversion of resources to provide the documents.

Documents tabled pursuant to existing orders:

Departmental and agency contracts

  • List of departmental and agency contracts.
  • Order made: 20 June 2001 (Varied 27 September 2001, 18 and 26 June and 4 December 2003)
  • For tabling: not later than 30 September each year
  • Documents tabled: 7 and 8 March, 11 May, 14 June, 18 August, 5, 6, 7, 12 and 15 September, 10 October and 7 November 2005

Health Insurance—Anti-competitive health cover practices

  • Assessment reports by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on anti-competitive health cover practices.
  • Order made: 25 March 1999 (Varied 18 September 2002)
  • For tabling: at the end of each period of 12 months ending on or after June 2003
  • Document tabled: 7 December 2005

Health—Tobacco

  • Report by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission relating to Australian tobacco companies.
  • Order made: 27 June 2002
  • For tabling: No tabling date specified
  • Document tabled: 14 June and 30 November 2005

Indexed lists of departmental and agency files

  • Indexed lists of files of government departments and agencies.
  • Order made: 30 May 1996 (Varied 3 December 1998)
  • For tabling: by the tenth day of the autumn and spring sittings each year or statements of compliance that such indexed lists of files have been placed on the Internet.
  • Documents tabled: 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 16 and 17 March, 11 May, 16 August, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14 and 15 September, 5 October, 7 and 8 November, and 6 December 2005

Parliament—Telstra senior officers

  • Statement of measures taken by Telstra to ensure that its senior officers are appropriately trained in their obligations to Parliament.
  • Order made: 5 August 2004—Pursuant to recommendation in paragraph 1.30 of the Committee of Privileges 119th report
  • Document presented: 11 February 2005
  • Document tabled: 7 March 2005

Unproclaimed legislation—Document—Standing Order 139(2)

  • Documents providing details of all provisions of Acts which come into effect on proclamation and which have not yet been proclaimed, including statements of reasons for their non-proclamation and information relating to the timetable for their operation, as at 31 July 2003.
  • Document tabled: 18 August 2005