Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

The answer to the honourable senator's question is as follows:

Consistent with longstanding practice, the Department of Human Services (the Department) provides a range of briefings to me, including electorate data that may be used to support my attendance at events around Australia. Consideration of these briefs is a matter for the Australian Government.

The Department also makes available some electorate-by-electorate data on the programs it delivers across Australia on behalf of the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Department of Health and Ageing and the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education. This data is publicly available at the following website:

http://www.humanservices.gov.au/corporate/publications-and-resources/facts-and-figures/electorate-data/