Senate debates

Tuesday, 26 February 2013

  • Finance and Deregulation: Stakeholder Consultations (Question No. 2247) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, upon notice, on 3 October 2012: (1) Is information collected from stakeholders and the broader community; if so: (a) what forms or other methods...
  • Financial Management and Accountability (Question No. 2253) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Industry and Innovation, upon notice, on 9 October 2012: In regard to each department and agency under the Financial Management and Accountability...
  • Financial Management and Accountability (Question No. 2260) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Small Business, upon notice, on 9 October 2012: In regard to each department and agency under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997...
  • Veterans' Affairs: Stakeholders (Question No. 2266) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, upon notice, on 3 October 2012: In regard to each department and agency under the Financial Management and Accountability Act...
  • Financial Management and Accountabililty (Question No. 2270) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, upon notice, on 3 October 2012: In regard to each department and agency under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 and each...
  • Financial Management and Accountability (Question Nos 2336, 2365 and 2369) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, Minister representing the Minister for Defence Personnel and Science and Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon...
  • Financial Management and Accountability (Question No. 2338) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, upon notice, on 9 October 2012: For each department and agency under the Financial Management and Accountability Act...
  • Defence Materiel (Question No. 2606) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 26 November 2012: With reference to the major project Joint Command Support Environment JP 2030 Phase 8, can the...
  • Defence Materiel (Question No. 2607) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 26 November 2012: With reference to the major project High Frequency Modernisation JP 2043, can the following...
  • Defence Materiel (Question No. 2608) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 26 November 2012: With reference to the major project Amphibious Watercraft Replacement JP 2048 Phase 3, can the...
  • Defence Materiel (Question No. 2609) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 26 November 2012: With reference to the major project Amphibious Deployment and Sustainment JP 2048 Phase 4 A/B,...
  • Defence Materiel (Question No. 2610) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 26 November 2012: With reference to the major project Bulk Liquid Distribution JP 2059, can the following...
  • Defence Materiel (Question No. 2611) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 26 November 2012: With reference to the major project Geospatial Information Infrastructure and Services JP 2064...
  • Defence Materiel (Question No. 2612) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 26 November 2012: With reference to the major project Lightweight Torpedo Replacement Phase 3 JP 2070, can the...
  • Defence Materiel (Question No. 2613) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 26 November 2012: With reference to the major project Lightweight Torpedo Replacement Phase 2 JP 2070, can the...
  • Defence Materiel (Question No. 2614) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 26 November 2012: With reference to the major project Battlespace Communications Systems (LAND) JP 2072, can the...
  • Defence Materiel (Question No. 2615) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 26 November 2012: With reference to the major project Logistics for the Warfighter JP 2077, can the following...
  • Defence Materiel (Question No. 2616) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 26 November 2012: With reference to the major project ADF Deployable Logistics Systems JP 2077 Phase 2B.2, can...
  • Defence Materiel (Question No. 2617) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 26 November 2012: With reference to the major project Mulwala Redevelopment Project JP 2086, can the following...
  • Defence Materiel (Question No. 2618) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 26 November 2012: With reference to the major project Air Defence Target System JP 66 Phase 1, can the following...
  • Defence Materiel (Question No. 2619) (2 speeches)
    aske the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 26 November 2012: With reference to the major project Establishment of Tactical Assault Group (East) JP 2088...
  • Australian Submarine Corporation Pty Ltd (Question No. 2620) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, upon notice, on 26 November 2012: With reference to Collins Class submarine sustainment costs, which have doubled over the past few years, can...
  • Australian Submarine Corporation Pty Ltd (Question No. 2621) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, upon notice, on 26 November 2012: What is the current book value of the Australian Submarine Corporation Government Business Enterprise.
  • Finance and Deregulation (Question No. 2622) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, upon notice, on 26 November 2012: With reference to the statements made by Ms Stacie Hall during the 2012-13 Budget Supplementary estimates...
  • Finance and Deregulation (Question No. 2623) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, upon notice, on 26 November 2012: With reference to the statement made by Mr Stephen Ludlam during the 2012-13 Budget Supplementary estimates...
  • Australian Submarine Corporation Pty Ltd (Question No. 2624) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, upon notice, on 26 November 2012: On what date was HMAS Collins delivered to the Australian Submarine Corporation's Osborne site for full scale...
  • Australian Submarine Corporation Pty Ltd (Question No. 2625) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, upon notice, on 26 November 2012: For the period 2007 to 2012, what work orders or approvals have been given to the Australian Submarine...
  • Australian Submarine Corporation Pty Ltd (Question No. 2626) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, upon notice, on 26 November 2012: With reference to media coverage of union-related issues at the Australian Submarine Corporation, how much: (a)...
  • Australian Submarine Corporation Pty Ltd (Question No. 2627) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, upon notice, on 26 November 2012: Can copies be provided of any policies or contractual terms the Australian Submarine Corporation (ASC) has with...
  • Australian Submarine Corporation Pty Ltd (Question No. 2628) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, upon notice, on 26 November 2012: What plans does the Australian Submarine Corporation have in place to ensure it has the capacity to continue to...
  • Finance and Deregulation (Question No. 2629) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, upon notice, on 26 November 2012: With reference to the statement made by Mr Stephen Ludlam during the 2012-13 Budget Supplementary estimates...
  • Finance and Deregulation (Question No. 2630) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, upon notice, on 26 November 2012: With reference to the statement made by Mr Stephen Ludlam during the 2012-13 Budget Supplementary estimates...
  • National Native Title Tribunal (Question No. 2631) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Attorney-General, upon notice, on 27 November 2012: (1) Is the Attorney-General aware of allegations made in October 2012 media coverage relating to an...
  • National Culinary Herb and Spice Industry Levy Consultation (Question No. 2633) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, upon notice, on 28 November 2012: (1) What fees were provided by the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation to Mr Peter...
  • Treasury (Question No. 2637) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 29 November 2012: With reference to the announcement made by the Treasurer prior to the 2012-13 Budget, that relief would be granted...
  • Employment and Workplace Relations: Staffing (Question No. 2638) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister forEmployment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 29 November 2012 : (1) Given that the Department of Resources, Energy an d Tourism asserts...
  • Infrastructure and Transport (Question No. 2639) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, upon notice, on 29 November 2012: (1) With reference to the Office of Transport Security: (a) will the Enhanced...
  • Illegal Trade in Wildlife (Question No. 2641) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, upon notice, on 29 November 2012: With reference to the illegal trade in wildlife, in and out of Australia: (1) What is the process...
  • Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry: Greyhound Exports (Question No. 2649) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice: (1) For each year in the past 5 years, can details be provided of how many greyhounds have been exported from Australia and to which...
  • Fair Work Act 2009 (Question No. 2650) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 7 December 2012: In the development of the Fair Work Act 2009 , or since, has the Government...
  • Global Microcredit Summit (Question No. 2656) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice, on 12 December 2012: (1) Did any representatives from AusAID or the Minister's office attend the Global Microcredit Summit in Spain, in...
  • Myanmar: Development Assistance (Question No. 2657) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice, on 12 December 2012: (1) With reference to the official development assistance administered to Burma, can the Minister confirm that the total...
  • AusAID: Agent Orange (Question No. 2658) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice, on 12 December 2012: (1) How much money has AusAID spent on Agent Orange responses in Vietnam in the past 10 years, including land...
  • Manus Island (Question No. 2659) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice, on 12 December 2012: With reference to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by the Governments of Australia and Papua New Guinea...
  • Live Animal Exports (Question No. 2660) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, upon notice, on 12 December 2012: (1) With reference to the independent inquiry conducted by the Pakistan Ministry of National Food...
  • Medicare (Question No. 2662) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Health, upon notice, on 17 December 2012: For the 2009-10 and 2010-11 financial years, detailed separately, what was the total Medicare Benefits...
  • Franklin Electorate: North Bruny Community Centre (Question No. 2663) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, upon notice, on 18 December 2012: With reference to the funding allocated under the...
  • 2012-13 Budget (Question No. 2666) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 14 January 2013: With reference to the removal of the word 'surplus' from the online version of the Budget 2012-13, in particular,...
  • Biosecurity (Question No. 2669) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, upon notice, on 14 January 2013: What was the total cost of the engaging in Biosecurity project.
  • Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Question No. 2670) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, upon notice, on 14 January 2013: Can copies be provided of any reviews or assessments conducted by the department, or on the...
  • Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (Question No. 2671) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, upon notice, on 14 January 2013: (1) On how many occasions in the past 5 years have yellow crazy ants been intercepted at the...