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Hansard
- Start of Business
- HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 1996
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
- DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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Collins Class Submarines
(Mr ROCHER, Mr McLACHLAN) -
Vocational Education And Training
(Mrs SULLIVAN, Dr KEMP) -
Heroin
(Mrs CROSIO, Dr WOOLDRIDGE) -
United Kingdom
(Mr TONY SMITH, Mr DOWNER) -
Minister for Small Business and Consumer Affairs
(Mr MARTIN, Mr PROSSER) -
Compulsory Unionism
(Mr MUTCH, Mr REITH) -
Minister for Small Business and Consumer Affairs
(Mr MARTIN, Mr PROSSER) -
Cambodia: Pol Pot
(Mr SINCLAIR, Mr DOWNER)
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Collins Class Submarines
- DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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Minister for Small Business and Consumer Affairs
(Mr CREAN, Mr PROSSER) -
Mental Illness: Schizophrenia
(Mr EOIN CAMERON, Dr WOOLDRIDGE) -
Minister for Small Business and Consumer Affairs
(Mr MARTIN, Mr PROSSER) -
Comcare
(Mr RICHARD EVANS, Mr REITH) -
Minister for Small Business and Consumer Affairs
(Mr GARETH EVANS, Mr TIM FISCHER) -
Refugees
(Mr McDOUGALL, Mr RUDDOCK)
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Minister for Small Business and Consumer Affairs
- MINISTER FOR SMALL BUSINESS AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
- Questions on Notice
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Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
(Mr ALLAN MORRIS, Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mr Nehl)) - PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS
- PAPERS
- MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
- SYDNEY AIRPORT (REGULATION OF MOVEMENTS) BILL 1996
- MANAGER OF OPPOSITION BUSINESS
- APPROPRIATION BILL (No. 1) 1997-98
- APPROPRIATION BILL (No. 2) 1997-98
- APPROPRIATION (PARLIAMENTARY DEPARTMENTS) BILL 1997-98
- COMMITTEES
- ASSENT TO BILLS
- BILLS RETURNED FROM THE SENATE
- ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION AMENDMENT (TSRA) BILL 1997
- HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 1996
- COMMITTEES
- HEALTH INSURANCE AMENDMENT BILL (No. 1) 1997
- ADJOURNMENT
- Adjournment
- NOTICES
- PAPERS
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Main Committee
- Start of Business
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APPROPRIATION BILL (No. 1) 1997-98
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Consideration in Detail
- Mrs CROSIO
- Mr KELVIN THOMSON
- Mr MOSSFIELD
- Mr MARTIN FERGUSON
- Mr ANDREN
- Mr MARTIN FERGUSON
- Mr MOSSFIELD
- Mr ANDREN
- Mr MARTIN FERGUSON
- Mr MOSSFIELD
- Mr MARTIN FERGUSON
- Mr ABBOTT
- Mr MARTIN FERGUSON
- Mr ABBOTT
- Mr KERR
- Mr MELHAM
- Mr MARTIN FERGUSON, Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mr Hollis)
- Mr ABBOTT
- Mr KELVIN THOMSON
- Mr ABBOTT, Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mr Hollis)
- Mr KERR
- Mr MARTIN FERGUSON
- Mr ABBOTT
- Mr KERR
- Mr ABBOTT, Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mr Truss)
- Mr KERR
- Mr ABBOTT
- Mr MELHAM
- Mr JENKINS
- Mr ANDREN
- Mr MELHAM
- Mr KERR
- Mr WILLIAMS
- Mr MELHAM
- Mr McMULLAN
- Mr KERR
- Mr WILLIAMS
- Mr KERR
- Mr WILLIAMS, Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mr Nehl)
- Mr KERR
- Mr ROBERT BROWN
- Mr KELVIN THOMSON
- Mr McMULLAN
- Mr WARWICK SMITH, Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mr Nehl), Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER
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Consideration in Detail
- APPROPRIATION BILL (No. 2) 1997-98
- APPROPRIATION (PARLIAMENTARY DEPARTMENTS) BILL 1997-98
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QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
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Attorney-General's Department: Consultancies
(Mr Laurie Ferguson, Mr Williams) -
Australian Electoral Commission: Production of Street Lists
(Mr McClelland, Mr Jull) -
Dental Health and Private Health Insurance Concerns: Correspondence
(Mr Kelvin Thomson, Dr Wooldridge) -
Illegal Heroin Importation
(Mrs Crosio, Mr Prosser) -
Telstra
(Mr Campbell, Mr Warwick Smith) -
Radio Station 2CR: "Morning Extra" Program
(Mr Andren, Mr Warwick Smith) -
Shepherds Hill Cottage
(Mr Fitzgibbon, Mr Jull)
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Attorney-General's Department: Consultancies
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Thursday, 19 June 1997
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(Question No. 1329)
Mr Laurie Ferguson
asked the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, upon notice, on 13 February 1997:
(1) How many consultancies valued at $5,000 or more have been commissioned by the Minister's Department since 1 April 1996.
(2) Which firms were awarded individual consultancies.
(3) What was the (a) value and (b) broad nature of each consultancy.
(4) What was the duration of each consultancy which has been completed.
Mr Williams
—The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:
(1) I am advised that seventy-eight (78) consultancies valued at more than $5,000 have been commissioned by my Department from 1 April 1996 to 13 February 1997.
The attached table sets out the information relevant to questions 2—4.
| (2) Consultant | (3)(a) Value | (3)(b) Description | (4) Duration |
| Acumen Alliance | $5,000 | Review of operations of the Australian Security Vetting Service | 6 days |
| Allan Platcher and Associates | $90,060 | Accounting services | 11 months |
| Andersen Contracting (Michael Whiles) | $23,560 | Provision of communications network support services | 3 months |
| Andersen Contracting (Michael Whiles) | $23,408 | Provision of communications network support services | 3 months |
| Andersen Contracting (Daniel Smith) | $16,368 | Provision of IT Centre Technical support services | 3 months |
| Andersen Contracting (Daniel Smith) | $17,160 | Provision of IT Centre Technical support services | 3 months |
| Andersen Contracting (Daniel Smith) | $66,528 | Provision of IT Centre Technical support services | 12 months |
| Andersen Software Services | $17,160 | Provision of IT Centre Technical support services | 3 months |
| Augre Holdings P/L | $6,000 | Provision of user documentation for LOIS refurbishment | 5 weeks |
| Australian Quality Council (Warren Baines) | $19,384 | Implementing a quality management program | 1 month |
| Batchelor College | $116,054 | Preparation for interpreter accreditation at National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters | 3 months |
| Bimberi Systems P/L (Greg Healy) | $40,040 | Provision of communications network support services | 3 months |
| Bimberi Systems P/L (Greg Healy) | $40,300 | Provision of communications network support services | 3 months |
| Brambles Records Management | $7,171 | Provision of labour for the preparation of consignments to off-site storage on an ongoing basis | ongoing |
| Burson-Marsteller | to a maximum of $450,000 | Public relations for the Firearms Buyback Public Education Campaign | ongoing |
| Career People (Malcolm Hayes) | $12,932 | Provision of IT Centre Help Desk services | 3 months |
| Career People (Malcolm Hayes) | $12,932 | Provision of IT Centre Help Desk services | 3 months |
| Career People (Martin Jones, Wayne Nitschke, Malcolm Hayes, Ian Redpath) | $55,120 | Provision of IT Centre Help Desk services | 3 months |
| Career People (Martin Jones, Wayne Nitschke, Ian Redpath) | $160,272 | Provision of IT Centre Help Desk services | 12 months |
| Charlton, Anne | $50,000 | Provision of LOIS user training | 6 months |
| Charlton, Anne | $50,000 | Provision of LOIS user training | 6 months |
| Claymore Structured Finance Limited | $140,000 | Provision of advise on private sector funding options for the construction of a new law courts building in Melbourne | 1 month |
| Community Link Australia P/L | $715,000 | Development of a quality assurance strategy and national information systems for the Family Services Program | ongoing |
| Computer People (Alistair Howe) | $55,000 | Computer applications systems design and programming | 6 months |
| Computer People (Alistair Howe) | $35,510 | Computer applications systems design and programming | 4 months |
| Computer People (John Brady) | $9,200 | Provision of technical support for Library AS400 system | 3.5 months |
| Computer Plus Integrations (Ceasar Trujillo) | $4,800 | Provision of IT Centre Help Desk services | 1.5 months |
| Computer Plus Integrations (Ceasar Trujillo) | $4,800 | Provision of IT Centre Help Desk services | 1 month |
| Computer Plus Integrations (Linden Elliot) | $136,000 | Implementation of IT Centre Restructure—revise IT Centre processes | 12 months |
| Consultancy Services Group | $11,401 | Review of ITSA's Information Technology Strategy | 11.75 days |
| Davis Computer Consultants P/L | $91,200 | Computer applications systems design and programming services | 12 months |
| Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Centre | $255,577 | Conduct of a training program for services contracted under the family mediation and adolescent mediation and family therapy subprograms | ongoing |
| Dr David Neal and Associates P/L | $59,200 | Provision of assistance in continuing the development of the Model Criminal Code | 12 months |
| Elliott & Shanahan | $99,600 | Qualitative research for the Gun Amnesty public education program | 4 months |
| Elliott & Shanahan | $39,000 | Qualitative research on Phase 2 advertising for the Firearm Buyback | 1 month |
| Ellis, Richard | $17,500 | Provision of advice on the options to commercially lease floorspace in the proposed Law Courts building, Melbourne | 4 weeks |
| Equus People Pty Ltd | $12,082 | Supply of IT expertise and problem resolution services to computer users | ongoing |
| Ernst and Young | $50,000 | Provision of a financial review of the operations of the Australian Protective Services | ongoing |
| Ernst and Young | $70,000 | Provision of a business and performance review of the operations of the Legal Practice | 2 months |
| Financial Management Research Centre | $125,000 | Identification of information needs of managers and policy makers within the Commonwealth Legal Aid Program | ongoing |
| Human Development Consulting | $199,925 | Study of options for delivering Marriage/Relationship Education to rural/remote areas | ongoing |
| Ian Leader-Elliott and Associates P/L | $6,000 | Develop a discussion paper on the illicit drug trafficking chapter of the Model Criminal Code | 3 months |
| Ian Leader-Elliott and Associates P/L | $10,000 | Develop a discussion paper and final report on the illicit drug trafficking chapter of the Model Criminal Code | 6 months |
| Infolex | $87,337 | Litigation support services | ongoing |
| Keys Young Pty Ltd | $99,600 | Evaluation of Marriage/Relationship Education Program | ongoing |
| Kidd, Peter | $30,319 | Provision of legal services in the Office of Commercial Law | 3 months |
| Kilpatrick and Green | $59,000 | Provision of data and telephone cabling services | 12 months |
| Latcom P/L | $91,200 | Computer applications systems design and programming services and financial management systems advice | 12 months |
| Logical Solutions | $13,200 | Provision of FMP programming services for DPP statistics system | 3 weeks |
| Mahlab Costings | $16,595 | Provision of costings services for ITSA matters | ongoing |
| Marsali MacKinnon Media Consultant | $7,500 | Media consultancy assisting with the launch of the National Campaign Against Violence and Crime | ongoing |
| Melbourne Business School Ltd | $176,243 | Review of scales of legal professional fees in Federal Jurisdictions | 8 months |
| Menzies, Andrew | $19,100 | Provision of assistance to the development of the Model Criminal Code | 6 months |
| National Federation of Blind Citizens of Australia | $16,413 | Consultation with the disability community on the development of disability standards | 2 months |
| National Federation of Blind Citizens of Australia | $174,833 | Consultation with the disability community on the development of disability standards | 22 months |
| Newspoll Market Research | $92,100 | Gun Amnesty public education campaign study | 1 month |
| Newspoll Market Research | $26,073 | Quantitative research for Phase 1 of the advertising for Firearm Buyback | 2 weekends |
| Northern Territory Attorney-General's Department | $133,000 | Establishment of a trial Aboriginal languages technical interpreter service | 6 months |
| Office of Aboriginal Development | $30,000 | Production of a video on Aboriginal languages interpreters in legal and medical situations | 1 month |
| Olney, Lindsay | $14,067 | Edit the Departmental Annual Report | 3 months |
| Perception Psychological and Education Services | $55,000 | Provision of training in safety and legal issues | ongoing |
| Poulton, Robert | $52,924 | Assist with the implementation of a user pays system and legal practice management | 12 months |
| PRMR Enterprises Pty Ltd | $40,239 | Computer network support services | ongoing |
| Public Service and Merit Protection Commission | $6,210 | Conduct a review of the classification of support staff positions | 6 months |
| Richard Strategic Services | $28,469 | Marketing consultancy | ongoing |
| Rochfort Art & Design | $23,975 | Graphic design for corporate identity and launch of the National Campaign Against Violence and Crime | ongoing |
| Rogen Australia | $19,755 | Presentation skills training | 2 days |
| RPR Organisational Consultants | $23,000 | Development of a business planning resource manual for community legal services contracted under the Community Legal Centre Program | 6.5 weeks |
| Rush Social Research | $287,462 | Phase 1—Development of a preliminary model to establish an equitable basis for the distribution of funds for legal assistance Phase 2—Identification of needs in addition to expressed demand for legal assistance | ongoing |
| Sicore International | $34,542 | Conducted market analysis of Legal Practice clients for use in the Review of the Legal Practice | 2 months |
| Spirit Networks | $36,000 | Computer applications system design development and support | ongoing |
| Stanton Partners | $38,943 | An analysis of client perceptions regarding the quality of the Australian Protective Service | 8 weeks |
| TASARC Blyth Yeung | $32,000 | Architectural services for AGS office in Tasmania | 6 months |
| Total Communications and Media Consultants | $65,812 | Production of an integrated package for the Interpreter Awareness Program | 7 weeks |
| Typetalk | $13,500 | Development of a community awareness strategy on Marriage/Relationship Education as approved in the 1995/96 Budget | ongoing |
| Upton Martin Consulting | $14,950 | Quality Service Professional Development Program for Practice Development Group | ongoing |
| Waugh, John | $144,000 | Assist with development and implementation of a strategy for the provision of comprehensive legal information services | 18 months |
| Webtrax | $7,740 | LOIS refurbishment system software integration services | 2 months |