Outcome:	All				Question No: 47
Output:  	All
Division/Agency:	All
Topic: 	Non English speaking employees
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written question on notice

Senator Ludwig asked:
What efforts has the Department made to identify employees from a non-English Speaking background and what languages they are fluent in?

Answer/s:
Department of the Environment and Heritage
Staff are asked to identify if they are from a non-English speaking background when they commence with the Department.  This is provided voluntarily.  Data is not collected of languages spoken nor fluency.

Australian Greenhouse Office
Staff members complete optional form titled ‘Promoting Equity in APS Employment Statistics for Evaluating Performance’.

Bureau of Meteorology
1.	Workplace Diversity survey in 2000 – an internal survey sent to all Bureau of Meteorology employees to obtain current EEO and workplace diversity information.
2.	Periodic Staff Notices seeking those interested in volunteering their time for translation services. 

National Oceans Office
No specific programme to identify employees from a non-English speaking background has been implemented due to the nature of the work undertaken by NOO.

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
Through face to face interviews.  Employees are proficient in Amenian, Danish, Fijian, French, Greek, Hungarian, Mandarin and Russian.

Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
ORER staff can self-identify proficiency in languages other than English.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

On commencement of employment with the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, new employees are provided with a Data Collection Form and are asked to identify whether their first language is English or a non-English language. (Completion of this question is not compulsory).

Outcome:	All				Question No: 48
Output:  	All
Division/Agency:	All
Topic: 	Non English speaking employees
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written question on notice

Senator Ludwig asked:
What proportion of the Departments personnel have a non-English speaking background?

Answer/s:
Department of the Environment and Heritage
17 people have identified as being from a NESB (of 1595 staff)  = .011%.

Australian Greenhouse Office
2%.

Bureau of Meteorology
9.1%

National Oceans Office
4% of NOO staff have identified themselves as being from a non-English speaking background.

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
Around 20%.

Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
16.6% of ORER staff have a non-English speaking background.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Five percent (5%) of employees have identified themselves as having a non-English speaking background.  (Annual Report 2003-04).

Outcome:	All				Question No: 49
Output:  	All
Division/Agency:	All
Topic: 	Non English speaking employees
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written question on notice

Senator Ludwig asked:
For each language other than English that the Department has identified employees with fluency, can the Department provide how employees were fluent? For each language other than English, how many were identified as being fluent?

Answer/s:
Department of the Environment and Heritage
As per question 47, the department does not gather information on languages spoken nor fluency.

Australian Greenhouse Office
No.

Bureau of Meteorology
1.	Yes
2.	Thirty-six identified their fluency as ‘good’ in one or more aspects, that is, reading, writing or speaking. Languages involved, and staff numbers fluent in each, were:
Arabic	1
Auslan	1
Bahasa Indonesian	1
Bahasa Malaysian	1
Bosnian	1
Cantonese	3
Croatian	1
Czech	2
Dutch	1
French	2
German	2
Greek	1
Gujarathi	1
Hebrew	1
Hindi	1
Hungarian	1
Italian	1
Maltese	1
Mandarin	2
Polish	1
Russian	3
Serbian	1
Sinhala	1
Slovak	1
Spanish	1
Tamil	2
Ukranian	1

National Oceans Office
One employee identified as being proficient in a language other than English.  One employee is proficient in Italian.

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
11.

Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
ORER staff are fluent in the following non-English languages:
Hindi:  2
Punjabi:  2

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Fluency not identified.

Outcome:	All				Question No: 50
Output:  	All
Division/Agency:	All
Topic: 	Non English speaking employees
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written question on notice

Senator Ludwig asked:
Of these employees, what efforts has the department made to identify the language proficiency of these employees? For each language other than English, how many were identified as having proficiency?

Answer/s:
Department of the Environment and Heritage
As per question 47, the department does not gather information on languages spoken or fluency.

Australian Greenhouse Office
No.

Bureau of Meteorology
Language proficiency was self-identified.

National Oceans Office
NOO has not identified any programmes specifically designed to identify language proficiency.

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
Nil.

Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
The ORER has not tested the language proficiency of these employees.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Proficiency not identified.

Outcome:	All				Question No: 51
Output:  	All
Division/Agency:	All
Topic: 	Non English speaking employees
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written question on notice

Senator Ludwig asked:
Of these employees, how many has the Department identified as possessing accredited language skills to either translator or interpreter standard? For each language other than English, how many were identified as having accreditation at the a) translator and b) interpreter level?

Answer/s:
Department of the Environment and Heritage
As per question 47, the department does not gather information on languages spoken nor fluency.

Australian Greenhouse Office
No.

Bureau of Meteorology
(a) Nil (b) 1 (Auslan), one in total

National Oceans Office
Nil.

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
Nil.

Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
Nil.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Accreditation not identified.

Outcome:	All				Question No: 52
Output:  	All
Division/Agency:	All
Topic: 	Non English speaking employees
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written question on notice

Senator Ludwig asked:
Of these employees, how many has the Department funded in whole or in part accreditation of language skills to either a) translator and b) interpreter level?

Answer/s:
Department of the Environment and Heritage
This data is not available.

Australian Greenhouse Office
N/A.

Bureau of Meteorology
(a) Nil (b) 1 (Auslan), one in total.

National Oceans Office
Nil.

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
Nil.

Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
Nil.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Nil.

Outcome:	All				Question No: 53
Output:  	All
Division/Agency:	All
Topic: 	Engagement of translators/interpreters
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written question on notice

Senator Ludwig asked:
How much did the department spend engaging language a) translator and b) interpreter level in each of the financial years i) 2001-02, ii) 2002-03, iii) 2003-04?

Answer/s:
Department of the Environment and Heritage
2001-02	$1,440
2002-03	$2,244
2003-04	$1,000

Australian Greenhouse Office
Nil.

Bureau of Meteorology
2001-02:	(a) Nil	(b) $479
2002-03:	nil
2003-04:	(a) Nil	(b) $165

National Oceans Office
Nil.

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
Nil.

Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
Nil.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Nil.

Outcome:	All				Question No: 54
Output:  	All
Division/Agency:	All
Topic: 	Engagement of translators/interpreters
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written question on notice

Senator Ludwig asked:
How many times did the department engage an a) translator and b) interpreter in each of the following years i) 2001-02, ii) 2002-03, iii) 2003-04

Answer/s:
Department of the Environment and Heritage
a)	2001-02	1
	2002-03	2

Australian Greenhouse Office
Nil.

Bureau of Meteorology
2001-02:	(a) Nil	(b) 4
2002-03:	(a) Nil	(b) Nil
2003-04:	(a) Nil	(b) 2

National Oceans Office
Nil.

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
Nil

Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
Nil.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Nil.

Outcome:	All				Question No: 55
Output:  	All
Division/Agency:	All
Topic: 	Engagement of translators/interpreters
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written question on notice

Senator Ludwig asked:
For each language in which a) a translator and b) an interpreter was engaged, how many engagements occurred in each of the following years i) 2001-02, ii) 2002-03, iii) 2003-04?

Answer/s:
Department of the Environment and Heritage
Detailed information is not stored on this data however, the department has engaged translators for: Traditional Chinese languages;  and and interpreters for Pitjantjatjara.  Within National Parks the following languages are used in signage and pamphlets: French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, German.

Australian Greenhouse Office
Nil.

Bureau of Meteorology
Engagement occurred only for Auslan and the numbers were as follows:
2001-02:	(a) Nil	(b) 4
2002-03:	(a) Nil	(b) Nil
2003-04:	(a) Nil	(b) 2

National Oceans Office
Nil.

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
N/A

Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
Nil.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Nil.

Outcome:	All				Question No: 56
Output:  	All
Division/Agency:	All
Topic: 	Engagement of translators/interpreters
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written question on notice

Senator Ludwig asked:
What was the total cost of those engagements by language for a) translators and b) interpreters in each of the following years i) 2001-02, ii) 2002-03, iii) 2003-04?

Answer/s:
Department of the Environment and Heritage
Cost of engagements by language is not available.
Refer to question 53 for total cost.

Australian Greenhouse Office
Nil.

Bureau of Meteorology
2001-02:	(a) Nil	(b) $479 (Auslan)
2002-03:	(a) Nil	(b) Nil
2003-04:	(a) Nil	(b) $165 (Auslan)

National Oceans Office
Nil.

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
N/A.

Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
Nil.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Nil.

Outcome:	All				Question No: 59
Sub-outcome:	All
Output:  	All
Division/Agency:	All
Topic: 	Advertising expenditure
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written question on notice

Senator Ludwig asked:
For each of the financial years i) 1995-96, ii) 1996-97, iii) 1997-98, iv) 1998-99, v) 1999-00, vi) 2000-01, vii) 2001-02, viii) 2002-03, ix) 2003-04 how much was spent in advertising and or advertorials on ethnic radio? For each financial year, could the Department please specify which station, broadcast language and how much was spent on each language at each station?

Answer/s:
Department of the Environment and Heritage
See answer to question 57.

Australian Greenhouse Office
Nil.

Bureau of Meteorology
No expenditure on advertising on ethnic radio was identified for the years in question.

National Oceans Office
Nil.

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
Nil.

Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
Nil.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
i)	1995-96   Nil advertising on ethnic or indigenous radio.
ii)	1996-97   Nil advertising on ethnic or indigenous radio.
iii)	1997-98   Nil advertising on ethnic or indigenous radio.
iv)	1998-99   Nil advertising on ethnic or indigenous radio.
v) 	1999-00   Nil advertising on ethnic or indigenous radio.
vi)	2000-01   Nil advertising on ethnic or indigenous radio.
vii)	2001-02   Nil advertising on ethnic or indigenous radio.
viii) 	2002-03   Nil advertising on ethnic or indigenous radio.
ix)	2003-04   Nil advertising on ethnic radio.
	2003-04   Advertising on indigenous radio:
	Station 4CIM	English:	$1,880.00
	Station 4US	English:	$1,504.00
	Station 4KIG	English:	$1,654.50
	Total:		$5,038.50

Outcome:	All				Question No: 60
Output:  	All
Division/Agency:	All
Topic: 	Departmental break-ins
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written question on notice

Senator Ludwig asked:
How many break-ins were there on Departmental property in 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04? For each incident:
a)	what was the location and the cost of damage associated with each break in? 
b)	what was the cost of damage conducted during each break in? 
c)	what was the subject of theft in each break in? 
d)	what was the cost of any theft associated with each break in? 
e)	was anyone charged with the break in (specify if they were employed by the Department)? 
f)	was anyone convicted of the break in (specify if they were employed by the Department)?

Answer/s:
Department of the Environment and Heritage

YEAR	a)		b)		c)		d)		e)		f)		
2000-01							
2001-02							
2002-03	1) Darwin, NT

2) AAD Operations
	1)	$2,000

2) $8,000
	1)	Video conference equipment & lite pro projector

2) None

	1)	$30,000

2) None	1)	 No

2) No	1) No

2) No	
2003-04	AAD Mawson	$50	Nil	Nil	No.	No	

Australian Greenhouse Office
Nil.

Bureau of Meteorology
YEAR	a)	b)	c)	d)	e)	f)	
2000-01	Halls Creek Meteorological Office	$2500	No theft - damaged windows only	Nil	No	No	
2001-02	Bureau Adelaide car compound	$100	Technical equipment	$5904	No	No	
2002-03	Kiama NSW Automatic Weather Station	$5900	No theft - vandalism of equipment only	Nil	No	No	
2003-04	Nil reported	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	

National Oceans Office
2000-01	Nil
2001-02	Nil
2002-03	Nil
YEAR	a)	b)	c)	d)	e)	f)	
2003-04	80 Elizabeth St, Hobart	Less than $100	Petty cash	$1,346	No	No	
2003-04	80 Elizabeth St, Hobart	Less than $100	Laptops, computer screen & personal pocket computer	$15,976	Yes
(not an employee)	Yes	

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
2000-01	N/A
2001-02	Nil
2002-03	Nil
2003-04	Nil

Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
Nil.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
YEAR	a)	b)	c)	d)	e)	f)	
2001-02	Main office building, Townsville	$4,207	Cash	$150.80	No	No	

2001-02	Nil.
YEAR	a)	b)	c)	d)	e)	f)	
2003	Corporate Services building, Townsville	$400	Nil	Nil	No	No	
2003-04	Nil.

Outcome:	All				Question No: 61
Output:  	All
Division/Agency:	All
Topic: 	Theft of departmental property
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written question on notice

Senator Ludwig asked:
How many thefts of departmental property occurred in 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04? For each incident:
a)	what was stolen in each instance? 
b)	what was the value of the stolen item/s? 
c)	where was it stolen from? 
d)	was anyone charged with the theft (specify if they were employed by the Department)? 
e)	was anyone convicted of the theft (specify if they were employed by the Department)? 
f)	were any of the items recovered?

Answer/s:
Department of the Environment and Heritage
YEAR	a)		b)		c)		d)		e)		f)		
2000-01	1)	Blank unnumbered CITES permit forms
2)	Laptop

3)	Laptop

4)	Rock from Davies Station	1)	Nil

2) Approx $2000
3)Approx $2000
4) Unknown	1)	Parkes, ACT

2) AAD, Hobart

3) AAD, Overseas
4) AAD, Hobart	1)	No

2)	No

3)	No

4)	No
	1)	No

2)	No

3)	No

4)	No
	1)	No

2)	No

3)	No

4)	No
	
2001-02	1)	Display & GPS from moored workboat
2)	Laptop computer

3)	G3 Laptop computer
4)	Laptop computer	1)	$6,349l

2)	Unknown

3)	$4,441

4) $7,493	1) AAD, Hobart

2) AAD, Hobart

3) AAD, Hobart

4) AAD, Hobart	1)No

2)	No

3)	No

4)	No	1)No

2)No

3)No

4)No	1)No

5)	No

6)	No

7)	No	

2002-03	1)	Laptop & computer disks
2)	Medical drugs
3)	Caterpillar filter from Mawson Station
4)	Chain saw path blower, Eskie, Fish electrocution net & portable electrical fence
5)	Coloured print of NZ mountain
	1)	$1,521

2)	Negligible
3)	Nil

4)	$5,000

5) $300	1)	ANPWS Norfolk Island
2)	AAD, Mawson
3)	AAD Mawson

4)	Jabiru Field station, NT

5) Medical Un	1)	No

2)	No
3)	No

4)	 No

5)	 No	1)	No

2)	No
3)	No

4)	No

5) No
5) No	1)	No

2)	No
3)	No

4)	No

5) No
	
2003-04	1)	Sim card from mobile phone
2)	Part of sculpture
3)	Toilet cistern
4)	4 metres of specialised pipe
5)	Cash

6)	Oil barrel head
	1)	Negligible

2)	$5,000
3)	$800
4)	$750

5)	$2

6)	Unknown – heritage item
	1)	Launceston, Tas

2)	AAD, Tas
3)	AAD, Tas
4)	AAD, Tas

5)	AAD, Tas

6)	Macquarie Island	1) No

2) No
3) No
4) No

5) No

6) No

	1) No

2) No
3) No
4) No

5) No

6) No
	1) No

2) No
3) No
4) No

5) Chubb Security dismissed employee and reported the officer to the Security Licencing Authority

6) No

Australian Greenhouse Office
Nil.

Bureau of Meteorology

YEAR	a)	b)	c)	d)	e)	f)	
2000-01	Laptop PC	$4000	Collingwood workshops	No	No	No	
2000-01	Sunshine recorder	$5000	Head Office Public Ed area	No	No	No	
2000-01	Laptop PC	$6252	Head Office Climate Centre	No	No	No	
2000-01	Laptop PC, Modem, Barometer	$5000	Swansea Post Office	No	No	No	
2000-01	Data projector	$12000	Head Office Research Centre	No	No	No	
2000-01	Mobile phone	$665	Public transport	No	No	No	
2000-01	Notebook PC	$450	Head Office computing	No	No	No	
2000-01	PC monitor	$1980	Head Office Research Centre	No	No	No	
2000-01	Laptop PC	$8000	Private residence	No	No	No	
2000-01	Laptop PC	$5000	Private residence	No	No	No	
2000-01	Mobile phone	$300	Public transport	No	No	No	
2000-01	Mobile phone	$400	Public transport	No	No	No	
2000-01	Notebook PC	$1600	In flight baggage	No	No	No	
							
2001-02	Technical equipment	$5904	Car compound	No	No	No	
2001-02	PC camera	$160	Head Office computer centre	No	No	No	
2001-02	Digital camera	$1000	Head Office personnel	No	No	No	
2001-02	Auto Weather Station & tools	$15450	Taken from locked vehicle	No	No	No	
2001-02	Tools & equipment	$5900	Taken from car compound	No	No	No	
2001-02	Laptop PC	$9760	Stolen from private residence	No	No	No	
2001-02	Notebook PC	$3082	Donnybrook Post Office	No	No	No	
2001-02	Loss of public money	$125	In the street	No	No	No	
							
2002-03	Laptop PC	$7745	Stolen from car	No	No	No	
2002-03	Data projector	$7100	Head Office climate centre	No	No	No	
2002-03	Digital camera & GPS	$1924	Stolen from vehicle	No	No	No	
2002-03	Digital camera	$2000	Overseas flight	No	No	No	
2002-03	Mobile phone	$200	Lost in park	No	No	No	
2002-03	Digital camera	$300	Stolen from car	No	No	No	
2002-03	Laptop PC	$5584	Stolen from residence	No	No	No	
2002-03	PC case	$2800	NT Computing section	No	No	No	
2002-03	Laptop PC & Palm pilot	$1400	Stolen from hotel room	No	No	No	
2002-03	Shipping container	Unknown	Stolen from Capt. Flat NSW	No	No	No	
							
2003-04	Laptop PC	$4000	Stolen from Sydney office	No	No	No	
2003-04	Notebook PC	$2025	City of Gosnell shire office	No	No	No	
2003-04	Mobile phone	$500	Stolen from car	No	No	No	
2003-04	Mobile phone	$200	Stolen from car	No	No	No	
2003-04	Notebook PC	$2396	Sydney office	No	No	No	
2003-04	Mobile phone	$493	Lost while shopping	No	No	No	
2003-04	Laptop PC	$2860	Lost on public transport	No	No	No	
2000-01	Laptop PC	$4000	Collingwood workshops	No	No	No	
2000-01	Sunshine recorder	$5000	Head Office Public Ed area	No	No	No	
2000-01	Laptop PC	$6252	Head Office Climate Centre	No	No	No	
2000-01	Laptop PC, Modem, Barometer	$5000	Swansea Post Office	No	No	No	
2000-01	Data projector	$12000	Head Office Research Centre	No	No	No	

National Oceans Office
2000-01	Nil
2001-02	Nil
2002-03	Nil
YEAR	a)	b)	c)	d)	e)	f)	
2003-04	Cash	$346	National Oceans Office, 80 Elisabeth St, Hobart	No	No	No	
2003-04	Computer equipment	$15,976	National Oceans Office, 80 Elisabeth St, Hobart	Yes (not an employee)	Yes	No	

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
2000-01	N/A
2001-02	Nil
2002-03	Nil
2002-04	Nil

Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
Nil.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

2000-01:	Two incidents reported:
YEAR	a)	b)	c)	d)	e)	f)	
2000-01	Mobile phone	$149	Staff member’s handbag stolen	No	No	No	
2000-01	Palmtop computer	$687	Stolen from staff member’s residence	No	No	No	

YEAR	a)	b)	c)	d)	e)	f)	
2001-02	Small generator	$1,400	Stolen from temporary off-site storage	No	No	No	

2002-03:	No incidents reported
2003-04:	No incidents reported

Outcome:	All				Question No: 62
Output:  	All
Division/Agency:	All
Topic: 	Fraud
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written question on notice

Senator Ludwig asked:
How many incidents of fraud were detected against the department in 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04? For each incident: 
a)	what was the subject of the fraud in each instance? 
b)	what was the value of the fraud? 
c)	which administrative unit was the subject of the fraud? 
d)	was anyone charged with the fraud (specify if they were employed by the Department)? 
e)	was anyone convicted of the fraud (specify if they were employed by the Department)? 
f)	were any of the defrauded items or was any of the defrauded money recovered?

Answer/s:
Department of the Environment and Heritage
The following tables show the details requested.

Table 1	Year: 2000–01	Number of fraud incidents detected = 3
	(a) Subject	(b) Value	(c) Unit	(d) Charged?	(e) Convicted?	(f) Recovered?	
1	cabcharge from unknown source charged to department	$22,285.50	Environment Quality Division	no	no	n/a – department incurred no loss (invoice not paid)	
2	unauthorised release of information	n/a	Australian Antarctic Division	no	no	n/a	
3	unauthorised release of information	n/a	Australian Antarctic Division	no	no	n/a	

Table 2	Year: 2001–02	Number of fraud incidents detected = 4
	(a) Subject	(b) Value	(c) Unit	(d) Charged?	(e) Convicted?	(f) Recovered?	
1	forged certificates for sick leave	$835.85	Environment Quality Division	no	no	repaid 2/3 of total	
2	misuse of petty cash and credit card	petty cash: $8.526
credit card: $1,380.53	Strategic Development Division (as of 25.3.02)	yes (employee)	yes (employee)	ordered to repay $10,238.70 but whether this occurred is unknown	
3	supplier apparently did not receive cheques paid by department	$16,500	Supervising Scientist Division	no	no	n/a – department incurred no loss (cheques apparently drawn by supplier)	
4	anonymous allegation about misuse of departmental services	n/a	Australian Antarctic Division	no	no	n/a	

Table 3	Year: 2002–03	Number of fraud incidents detected = 3
	(a) Subject	(b) Value	(c) Unit	(d) Charged?	(e) Convicted?	(f) Recovered?	
1	department asked to pay for goods not supplied	n/a	Sustainable Industries and Atmosphere Division	no	no	n/a	
2	unauthorised use of email to circulate personal letter	n/a	Australian Antarctic Division	no	no	n/a	
3	alleged misuse of cabcharge	unknown	unknown	no	no	n/a	

Table 4	Year: 2003–04	Number of fraud incidents detected = 8
	(a) Subject	(b) Value	(c) Unit	(d) Charged?	(e) Convicted?	(f) Recovered?	
1	department billed for unauthorised work	$525.00	3 areas (specifics not known)	no	no	no – insufficient evidence	
2	department billed for unauthorised work	$1,644.50	unknown	no	no	n/a – department incurred no loss (invoice not paid)	
3	anonymous allegation to minister about budgetary issues	n/a	Australian Antarctic Division	no	no	n/a	
4	alleged misuse of grant funds by recipient	n/a	Natural Heritage Trust	no	no	n/a	
5	unauthorised release of information	n/a	unknown	no	no	n/a	
6	alleged misuse of grant funds by recipient	n/a	Natural Heritage Trust	no	no	n/a	
7	alleged misuse of petty cash	$717.00	Australian Antarctic Division	no	no	no – insufficient evidence	
8	missing cash from banking	$682.25	Australian Antarctic Division	no	no	no – insufficient evidence	

Australian Greenhouse Office
Nil.

Bureau of Meteorology
There were no reported incidents of fraud involving losses to the Commonwealth, individuals being charged or convicted through the courts, or defrauded items or monies.

National Oceans Office
Nil.

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
2000-01	N/A
2001-02	Nil
2002-03	Nil
2003-04	Nil

Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
2000-01	Nil
2001-02	Nil
2002-03	Nil
2003-04
	(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	
	Seven incidents where Renewable Energy Certificates were awarded when later analysis identified that the claims were invalid were identified.  There is no evidence to suggest that these events were the result of an intent to deceive the Commonwealth, but they were reported as fraud based on advice from the Department of the Attorney General.	$6,840	Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act and the Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator	No	No	No	

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

2000-02	Nil
2001-03	Nil
2002-04	Nil
2003-05	Nil

Outcome:	All				Question No: 63
Output:  	All
Division/Agency:	All
Topic: 	Loss of departmental property
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written question on notice

Senator Ludwig asked:
How many incidents of loss (excluding theft, accident, breakage and vandalism) of departmental property were reported to the department in 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04? For each incident:
a)	what was the loss in each instance? 
b)	what was the value of the loss? 
c)	which administrative unit lost the property? 
d)	were any of the lost item/s recovered? 
e)	was anyone disciplined over the loss?

Answer/s:
Department of the Environment and Heritage
2000-01	7 incidents reported
	a)	b)	c)	d)	e)	
1	Mobile phone	$200	Erin, DEH	No	No	
2	Missing radio modems and Palmtop	Unknown	AAD, Hobart	No	No	
3	Loss of posters	Unknown	AAD, Hobart	No	No	
4	Books	Unknown	AAD, Hobart	No	No	
5	Video & video case	Unknown	AAD, Hobart	No	No	
6	Sunscreen	$530.64	AAD, Hobart	No	No	
7	Ration Pack	$1,250	AAD, Hobart	No	No	

2001-02	1 incident reported
	a)	b)	c)	d)	e)	
1	Windows 2000 software	$210	AAD, Hobart	No	No	

2002-03	3 incidents reported
	a)	b)	c)	d)	e)	
1	Digital camera	Unknown	Parkes, ACT	No	No	
2	Projector	Unknown	AAD, Hobart	No	No	
3	Tarpolin	$180.65	AAD< Hobart	No	No	

2003-04	4 incidents reported
	a)	b)	c)	d)	e)	
1	Mobile phone	$562	AAD, Hobart	No	N3	
2	Weldmaster oxy/acet kit in case, Tool box and Midwinter Vest	$950	AAD, Hobart	No	No	
3	Mobile phone & laptop	$5,000 approx	AAD, Overseas	No	No	
4	Various computers for sale	Less than $1,000	AAD, Hobart	No	No	

Australian Greenhouse Office
No significant loss (mobile phone left in airport etc).

Bureau of Meteorology
No details reported.

National Oceans Office
2000-01	Nil
2001-02	Nil
2002-03	Nil
2003-04	one reported incident
	a)	b)	c)	d)	e)	
1	Data projector	$1,982	National Oceans Office, Hobart	No	No	

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
2000-01	N/A
2001-02	Nil
2002-03	Nil
2003-04	One incident
	a)	b)	c)	d)	e)	
1	Digital camera	$1,099	Project management	No	No	

Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
Nil.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
2000-01:	One incident reported
	a)	b)	c)	d)	e)	
1	Dive computer lost on dive trip	$995	Research & Monitoring Unit	No	No	

2001-02:  No incidents reported
2002-03:  No incidents reported
2003-04:  No incidents reported

Outcome:	All				Question No: 64
Output:  	All
Division/Agency:	All
Topic: 	Vehicle accidents
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written Question on notice

Senator Ludwig asked:
How many vehicular accidents in which departmental vehicles (including vehicles leased by the department) were involved were reported to the department in 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04? For each incident: 
a) What was the value of the damage? 
b) Which administrative unit was the vehicle attached to? 
c) Was anyone charged over the accident (specify charges)?
Answer/s:
Department of the Environment and Heritage
2000-2001

Number	What was the Value of the Damage?	Which administrative unit was the vehicle attached to?	
1	$80	Policy Coordination and Environment Protection Division (PCEPD)           	
2	$314	Corporate Strategies Division-Fleet (CSD)	
3	$1,122	CSD-Fleet	
4	$1,440	PCEPD	
5	$474	Australian Antarctic Division  (AAD)	
6	$6,942	Supervising Scientist Division (SSD)	
7	$4,706	Australian Greenhouse Office (AGO)	
8	$450	AAD	
9	$340	Parks Australia	
10	$430	AAD	
11	$396	SSD	
12	$635	PCEPD	
13	$513	Parks Australia	
14	$511	PCEPD	
15	$878	CSD	
16	$5,047	SSD	
17	$651	AAD	
18	$1,178	CSD	
19	$497	CSD	
20	$270	AAD	
21	$590	AAD	
22	$226	CSD	
23	$90	AGO	
24	$1,039	AAD	
25	$550	CSD-Fleet	
26	$609	Parks Australia	
27	$546	CSD-Fleet	
28	$4,660	Department of the Environment and Heritage - Executive	
29	$327	CSD-Fleet	
30	$638	AAD	
31	$2,668	Parks Australia	
32	$2,581	CSD-Fleet	
33	$649	Parks Australia	
34	$20,539	SSD	
35	$1,097	AGO	

2001-2002
Number	What was the Value of the Damage?	Which administrative unit was the vehicle attached to?	
1	$316	Parks Australia	
2	$679	AGO	
3	$438	Parks Australia	
4	$483	CSD	
5	$90	PCEPD	
6	$130	Natural Resource Management Programmes Division (NRMPD)	
7	$790	Parks Australia	
8	$1,864	NRMPD	
9	$585	CSD	
10	$863	Approvals and Wildlife Division (AWLD)	
11	$596	DEH-Executive	
12	$578	DEH-Executive	
13	$2,400	CSD	
14	$562	AWLD	
15	$741	AWLD	
16	$1,329	Parks Australia	
17	$455	Parks Australia	
18	$284	AWLD	
19	$90	AGO	
20	$455	CSD-Fleet	
21	$651	AAD	
22	$75	AAD	
23	$302	AAD	
24	$352	AAD	
25	$314	AAD	
26	$409	AAD	
27	$320	AAD	
28	$993	SSD	

2002-2003
Number	What was the Value of the Damage?	Which administrative unit was the vehicle attached to?	
1	$1,307	CSD-Fleet	
2	$707	AGO	
3	$1,924	AAD	
4	$678	AAD	
5	$1,025	AWLD	
6	$935	AAD	
7	$1,480	SSD	
8	$8,147	SSD	
9	$2,050	SSD	
10	$1,619	AGO	

2003-2004
Number	What was the Value of the Damage?	Which administrative unit was the vehicle attached to?	
1	$582	AWLD	
2	$5,196	Parks Australia	
3	$90	CSD-Fleet	
4	$1,451	CSD-Fleet	
5	$732	AAD	
6	$558	Parks Australia	
7	$272	AAD	
8	$320	AAD	
9	$90	CSD	
10	$366	CSD	
11	$2,782	SSD	
12	$713	AGO	
13	$1,285	Parks Australia	

c)	The Department is not informed by the Police if a driver is charged following a motor vehicle accident.
Note: Response includes all Departmental vehicles including vehicles leased under the SES Vehicle Scheme.
Australian Greenhouse Office
See Department’s response.

Bureau of Meteorology

Loss Date	Damage Value	Administrative Unit	Anyone Charged	
2000-01	$299.20	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2000-01	$837.90	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2000-01	$585.10	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2000-01	$90.00	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2000-01	$1,151.64	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2000-01	$1,009.95	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2000-01	$1,125.40	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2000-01	$1,033.35	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2000-01	$1,817.60	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2000-01	$450.60	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2000-01	$311.37	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2000-01	$2,553.73	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2000-01	$296.84	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
				
2001-02	$1,312.80	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2001-02	$1,009.45	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2001-02	$931.36	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2001-02	$393.05	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2001-02	$1,762.42	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2001-02	$989.63	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2001-02	$3,775.16	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2001-02	$1,020.50	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2001-02	$3,424.75	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2001-02	$983.80	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2001-02	$1,333.88	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2001-02	$2,117.36	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2001-02	$1,419.86	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2001-02	$1,590.37	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
				
2002-03	$1,434.42	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2002-03	$1,312.77	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2002-03	$2,914.35	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2002-03	$471.24	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2002-03	$0.00	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2002-03	$949.76	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2002-03	$1,327.77	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2002-03	$606.86	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2002-03	$4,260.41	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2002-03	$90.00	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2002-03	$0.00	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2002-03	$1,628.20	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2002-03	$496.45	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2002-03	$3,329.01	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
				
2003-04	1,504.79	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2003-04	551.56	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2003-04	856.94	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2003-04	847.40	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2003-04	1,464.37	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2003-04	1,128.66	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2003-04	2,179.08	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2003-04	515.51	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2003-04	85.00	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2003-04	417.39	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2003-04	660.26	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2003-04	766.50	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2003-04	375.00	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2003-04	577.94	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2003-04	250.00	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2003-04	28,105.50	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2003-04	2,399.70	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2003-04	1,200.00	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2003-04	922.64	Bureau of Meteorology	No	
2003-04	872.05	Bureau of Meteorology	No	

National Oceans Office
2000-01	Nil
2001-02	Nil
2002-03	Nil
2003-04	two accidents recorded
Loss Date	Damage Value	Administrative Unit	Anyone Charged	
2003-04	$924	National Oceans Office, Hobart	No	
2003-04	$803	National Oceans Office, Hobart	No	

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
2000-01	N/A
2001-02	one incident reported
Loss Date	Damage Value	Administrative Unit	Anyone Charged	
2001-02	Unknown – minor damage	SHFT, Sydney	No	

2002-03	one incident reported
Loss Date	Damage Value	Administrative Unit	Anyone Charged	
2002-03	Unknown – minor damage	SHFT, Sydney	No	

2003-04	one incident reported
Loss Date	Damage Value	Administrative Unit	Anyone Charged	
2001-02	$2,281	SHFT, Sydney	No	

Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
Nil.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
2000-01:	No accidents reported
2001-02:	No accidents reported
2002-03:	One accident reported
Loss Date	Damage Value	Administrative Unit	Anyone Charged	
2002-03	Value of the damage:	Minor, no repairs undertaken	Corporate Services	No	

2003-04:	Two accidents reported.
Loss Date	Damage Value	Administrative Unit	Anyone Charged	
2003-04	$464	Corporate Services	No	
2003-04	$547	Corporate Services	No	

Outcome:	All				Question No: 65
Output:  	All
Division/Agency:	All
Topic: 	Ministerial Staff
Hansard Page ECITA:	

Senator Ludwig asked:
How many Ministerial staff does the department provide?

Answer/s:
Department of the Environment and Heritage
None - ‘Ministerial’ staff are employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984.  However, the department assigns 3 staff to ministers’ offices in the role of departmental liaison officers.

Australian Greenhouse Office
Not applicable.

Bureau of Meteorology
Nil.
National Oceans Office
Nil.

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
Nil.

Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
Nil.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority does not provide Ministerial staff.

Outcome:	All				Question No: 66
Output:  	All
Division/Agency:	All
Topic: 	Ministerial staff
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written question on notice

Senator Ludwig asked:
To what Minister or Parliamentary Secretary are they assigned?

Answer/s:
Department of the Environment and Heritage
Minister	2
Parliamentary Secretary	1

Australian Greenhouse Office
Not applicable.

Bureau of Meteorology
Not applicable.

National Oceans Office
Nil.

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
Nil.

Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
Nil.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority does not provide Ministerial staff.

Outcome:	All				Question No: 67
Output:  	All
Division/Agency:	All
Topic: 	Ministerial staff
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written question on notice

Senator Ludwig asked:
What is the total cost of these staff?

Answer/s:
Department of the Environment and Heritage
Minister's office: $169,777
Parliamentary Secretary's office: $76,887

Australian Greenhouse Office
N/A.

Bureau of Meteorology
N/A.

National Oceans Office
N/A.

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
N/A.

Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
N/A.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
N/A.

Outcome:	All				Question No: 68
Output:  	All
Division/Agency:	All
Topic: 	Ministerial staff
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written question on notice

Senator Ludwig asked:
Can the Department provide data on how many staff are in each salary band?

Answer/s:
Department of the Environment and Heritage
2 x Executive Level 1 and 1 x APS 6.

Australian Greenhouse Office
N/A.

Bureau of Meteorology
N/A.

National Oceans Office
N/A.

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
N/A.

Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
N/A.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
N/A.