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- REGIONAL FOREST AGREEMENTS BILL 1998
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- MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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Telstra
(Beazley, Kim, MP, Fischer, Tim, MP) -
Aboriginals: Constitutional Referendum 1967
(Johnston, Ricky, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Telstra
(Beazley, Kim, MP, Fischer, Tim, MP) -
Telecommunications
(McDougall, Graeme, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Telstra
(Beazley, Kim, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Telstra
(Bartlett, Kerry, MP, Costello, Peter, MP) -
Howard Government: Economic Performance
(McLeay, Leo, MP, Beazley, Kim, MP) -
Company Returns
(Hardgrave, Gary, MP, Williams, Daryl, MP) -
Keating, Mr P.: Piggery
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Business Confidence
(Evans, Gareth, MP, Costello, Peter, MP) -
Taxation
(Evans, Richard, MP, Costello, Peter, MP)
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Telstra
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE: ADDITIONAL RESPONSES
- COCHRAN, MR I.: RETIREMENT
- DELEGATION REPORTS
- AUDITOR-GENERAL'S REPORTS
- PAPERS
- MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
- ASSENT TO BILLS
- BILLS RETURNED FROM THE SENATE
- NATIVE TITLE AMENDMENT BILL 1997 [No. 2]
- COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT BILL 1997
- COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT BILL (No. 2) 1997
- WHEAT MARKETING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 1998
- PRIMARY INDUSTRIES AND ENERGY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL (No. 3) 1997
- TRADE PRACTICES AMENDMENT (COUNTRY OF ORIGIN REPRESENTATIONS) BILL 1998
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS AMENDMENT BILL 1998
- TELEVISION BROADCASTING SERVICES (DIGITAL CONVERSION) BILL 1998
- COMMITTEES
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ADJOURNMENT
- Cochran, Mr I.: Retirement
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Cochran, Mr I.: Retirement
Job Network -
Cochran, Mr I.: Retirement
Regional Forest Agreements -
Tasmania: Election
Cochran, Mr I.: Retirement - Employment: Electorate of Macquarie
- Illawarra: Very Fast Train
- Keating, Mr P.: Piggery
- National Party of Australia
- Keating, Mr P.: Piggery
- TABLING OF DOCUMENTS
- Adjournment
- REQUESTS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION: RESPONSE
- PAPERS
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QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
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Goods and Services Tax
(Crosio, Janice, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Department of Health and Family Services: Consultants
(McClelland, Robert, MP, Wooldridge, Dr Michael, MP) -
Energy Research and Development Corporation: Funding
(Smith, Stephen, MP, Fahey, John, MP) -
Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Grants
(Ferguson, Martin, MP, Fahey, John, MP) -
Employment
(Ferguson, Martin, MP, Fischer, Tim, MP) -
Renovations, Restorations and Repairs to Kirribilli House and The Lodge
(Crosio, Janice, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Members of the Commonwealth Parliament: Expenses
(Campbell, Graeme, MP, Fahey, John, MP) -
Superannuation Complaints Tribunal
(Thomson, Kelvin, MP, Costello, Peter, MP) -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
(Lee, Michael, MP, Wooldridge, Dr Michael, MP) -
Enterprise Bargaining Conduct
(McClelland, Robert, MP, Reith, Peter, MP) -
Rio Tinto: Industrial Relations
(Brown, Bob, MP, Reith, Peter, MP) -
Rio Tinto: Union Meetings
(Brown, Bob, MP, Reith, Peter, MP) -
Program and Grants: Electorate of Oxley
(Hanson, Pauline, MP, Downer, Alexander, MP) -
Program and Grants: Electorate of Oxley
(Hanson, Pauline, MP, Fischer, Tim, MP) -
Department of Primary Industries and Energy: Funding and Grants to the Electoral Division of Oxley
(Hanson, Pauline, MP, Anderson, John, MP) -
Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories: Funding and Grants to the Electoral Division of Oxley
(Hanson, Pauline, MP, Anderson, John, MP) -
Department of Health and Family Services: Funding and Grants to the Electoral Division of Oxley
(Hanson, Pauline, MP, Wooldridge, Dr Michael, MP) -
Commonwealth Employment Office: Niddrie
(Thomson, Kelvin, MP, Kemp, Dr David, MP) -
Baume, Mr M., Australian Consul-General, New York
(Crosio, Janice, MP, Downer, Alexander, MP) -
Child Support Agency
(Smith, Tony, MP, Costello, Peter, MP) -
Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
(Ferguson, Laurie, MP, Scott, Bruce, MP) -
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission: Report
(Campbell, Graeme, MP, Williams, Daryl, MP) -
UNESCO: Meeting of Experts on the Revision of the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
(Jones, Barry, MP, Downer, Alexander, MP) -
Unemployment: Local Government Areas, New South Wales
(Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP, Kemp, Dr David, MP) -
Child Support Agency
(Ellis, Annette, MP, Costello, Peter, MP) -
Australian ICOMOS: Delegates
(Latham, Mark, MP, Downer, Alexander, MP) -
Australian National Training Authority
(Latham, Mark, MP, Kemp, Dr David, MP) -
International Labour Organisations: Representations
(McClelland, Robert, MP, Reith, Peter, MP) -
Campbelltown Sports Ground
(Latham, Mark, MP, Fahey, John, MP) -
Nicotinic Acid
(Lee, Michael, MP, Scott, Bruce, MP) -
Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture: Funding
(Ferguson, Martin, MP, Ruddock, Philip, MP) -
Private Health Insurance Companies: Reinsurance
(Andren, Peter, MP, Wooldridge, Dr Michael, MP) -
Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs: Labour Hire Firms
(McMullan, Bob, MP, Kemp, Dr David, MP) -
ABC Programs
(Jones, Barry, MP, Smith, Warwick, MP) -
P&C Stevedores
(Tanner, Lindsay, MP, Reith, Peter, MP) -
Mobile Telephone Coverage
(Cobb, Michael, MP, Smith, Warwick, MP) -
Patrick Stevedores
(Morris, Peter, MP, Reith, Peter, MP) -
Plane Safe Inquiry: Recommendations
(Morris, Peter, MP, Vaile, Mark, MP) -
Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport: Long Term Operating Plan
(McClelland, Robert, MP, Vaile, Mark, MP) -
Government Privatisations
(Cobb, Michael, MP, Fahey, John, MP) -
Department of Finance and Administration: Funding and Grants to the Electoral Division of Oxley
(Hanson, Pauline, MP, Fahey, John, MP) -
Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs: Funding and Grants to the Electoral Division of Oxley
(Hanson, Pauline, MP, Kemp, Dr David, MP) -
Department of Transport and Regional Development: Funding and Grants to Electoral Division of Oxley
(Hanson, Pauline, MP, Vaile, Mark, MP) -
Unfair Dismissal
(McClelland, Robert, MP, Reith, Peter, MP) -
Australian Industrial Relations Commission
(McClelland, Robert, MP, Reith, Peter, MP) -
Department of Workplace Relations and Small Business Staff: Drafting Legislation
(Ferguson, Martin, MP, Reith, Peter, MP) -
`One Link' Contract
(Thomson, Kelvin, MP, Williams, Daryl, MP) -
Department of Health and Family Service Contracts: Standard Requirements
(Lee, Michael, MP, Wooldridge, Dr Michael, MP) -
Department of Health and Family Services: Research
(Lee, Michael, MP, Wooldridge, Dr Michael, MP) -
St George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW
(McClelland, Robert, MP, Wooldridge, Dr Michael, MP) -
Rockdale Medical Customer Service Centre: Closure
(McClelland, Robert, MP, Wooldridge, Dr Michael, MP) -
Reciprocal Health Care Agreements
(Ferguson, Martin, MP, Wooldridge, Dr Michael, MP) -
Employment National
(Ferguson, Martin, MP, Kemp, Dr David, MP) -
Popple, Dr James
(Campbell, Graeme, MP, Williams, Daryl, MP) -
Employers
(Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP, Reith, Peter, MP) -
Medicare Services: Electoral Division of Port Adelaide
(Sawford, Rod, MP, Wooldridge, Dr Michael, MP) -
Cobar Mines
(Andren, Peter, MP, Reith, Peter, MP) -
Waterfront Reform: Expenditure
(Ferguson, Martin, MP, Reith, Peter, MP) -
Waterfront: Research and Opinion Polls
(Ferguson, Martin, MP, Reith, Peter, MP) -
Waterfront Dispute: Legal Costs
(McClelland, Robert, MP, Reith, Peter, MP) -
Webster, Dr Stephen
(McClelland, Robert, MP, Reith, Peter, MP) -
British Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan
(Ferguson, Laurie, MP, Scott, Bruce, MP) -
Former Australian Public Servants: Contractors
(McClelland, Robert, MP, Kemp, Dr David, MP) -
Mobile Telephone Technology
(Campbell, Graeme, MP, Smith, Warwick, MP) -
Job Placement, Employment and Training Projects
(Mossfield, Frank, MP, Kemp, Dr David, MP) -
UN Force, Cyprus
(Ferguson, Laurie, MP, Scott, Bruce, MP) -
Sydney Opera House World Heritage Listing
(Latham, Mark, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
CSIRO and Charter Pacific Corporation
(Evans, Martyn, MP, Moore, John, MP) -
Aboriginal Overseas Delegations: Funding
(Cobb, Michael, MP, Wooldridge, Dr Michael, MP) -
Commonwealth Dental Health Program
(McClelland, Robert, MP, Wooldridge, Dr Michael, MP) -
Safety House Programs
(Lee, Michael, MP, Smith, Warwick, MP) -
Essendon Airport: Flight Paths
(Thomson, Kelvin, MP, Vaile, Mark, MP) -
Annual Budget Statements: Treasury Review
(Latham, Mark, MP, Costello, Peter, MP) -
Human Rights
(Melham, Daryl, MP, Williams, Daryl, MP) -
Australian Youth Policy Action Coalition: Funding
(Andren, Peter, MP, Kemp, Dr David, MP) -
Sale of Steyr Rifles to Indonesia
(Campbell, Graeme, MP, Downer, Alexander, MP) -
HMAS Sydney : Defence Service Homes Entitlement
(Bevis, Arch, MP, Bishop, Bronwyn, MP) -
Ownership of Pastoral Leases
(Jones, Barry, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Veterans' Affairs: Disability Pensions
(Ferguson, Laurie, MP, Scott, Bruce, MP) -
Department of Veterans' Affairs: Mailing Services
(Ferguson, Laurie, MP, Scott, Bruce, MP) -
Anti-Racism Campaign
(Ferguson, Martin, MP, Ruddock, Philip, MP) -
Internet Providers
(Andren, Peter, MP, Smith, Warwick, MP) -
Australian National Aviation College
(Tanner, Lindsay, MP, Costello, Peter, MP) -
ILO Conventions: Ratification Plans
(McClelland, Robert, MP, Reith, Peter, MP) -
ILO Conventions: Consultants
(McClelland, Robert, MP, Reith, Peter, MP) -
ILO Conventions: Ratification Task Force
(McClelland, Robert, MP, Reith, Peter, MP) -
Nuclear Fuel Rods: Transportation
(McClelland, Robert, MP, Moore, John, MP) -
Nuclear Reprocessing
(McClelland, Robert, MP, Moore, John, MP) -
1998 World Expo, Lisbon, Portugal
(McClelland, Robert, MP, Moore, John, MP) -
Jobs Pathway Program: Funding
(Ferguson, Martin, MP, Kemp, Dr David, MP) -
Virus Resistant Transgenic Plants
(Evans, Martyn, MP, Moore, John, MP) -
Competitive Tendering and Contracting: Offers
(Bevis, Arch, MP, Fahey, John, MP) -
Disposal of Gona Barracks, Kelvin Grove
(Bevis, Arch, MP, McLachlan, Ian, MP) -
Prime Minister's 1997 Christmas function
(Ellis, Annette, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Tracor Flight Systems: Acquisition
(Andren, Peter, MP, McLachlan, Ian, MP) -
Catholic Education System: Funding Applications
(McClelland, Robert, MP, Kemp, Dr David, MP)
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Mr Cobb
asked the Minister for Finance and Administration, upon notice, on 12 May 1998:
Will he provide details of all privatisations conducted by the federal Government including (a) the name of each entity, (b) the percentage of each entity sold, (c) the Ministers responsible for each sale, (d) the date of each privatisation, (e) the purchasers in each case and (f) the returns raised from the sale of each entity and in total.
Mr Fahey (Finance and Administration)
—The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:
NB: The response in the table below is based on those sales conducted by the Office of Asset Sales and IT Outsourcing and its predecessor organisations since the election of the present Government in March 1996.
(a) Name | (b) % Sold | (c) * Minister Responsible | (d) Date Sold | (e) Purchaser | (f) Sale Proceeds $m |
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Commonwealth Bank Secondary Public Share Offer and share buy back. | 100 (Note 1) | Treasurer | July 1996 | Public Share Offer | 5,100 |
Commonwealth Funds Management (CFM) Ltd and Total Risk Management Pty Ltd (subsidiary of CFM) | 100 | Finance and Administration | December 1996 | Commonwealth Bank Towers Perrin Forster and Crosby Inc | 62.34 |
Avalon Airport Geelong Limited (AAG) | 100 | Defence | January 1997 | Foxerco Pty Ltd. | 1.5 (plus annual airfield lease payments) |
Lease of Melbourne Airport | 100 | Transport and Regional Development | May 1997 | Australian Pacific Airports Corporation | 1,307 |
Lease of Brisbane Airport | 100 | Transport and Regional Development | May 1997 | Brisbane Airport Corporation Ltd) | 1,387 |
Lease of Perth Airport | 100 | Transport and Regional Development | May 1997 | Airstralia Development Group | 643 |
DASFLEET | 100 | Administrative Services | September 1997 | Macquarie Fleet Leasing Pty Limited. | 408 |
Australian National Railways Corporation (AN): | Transport and Regional Development | ||||
AN's South Australian intrastate freight and maintenance | 100 | October 1997 | Genesee & Wyoming Inc (now Australia Southern Railroad) | 57.4 | |
AN's interstate passenger business | 100 | October 1997 | Great Southern Railway | 16 | |
AN's Tasmanian freight business | 100 | November 1997 | Australian Transport Network | 22 | |
AIDC Ltd | 100 | Industry, Science and Technology | September 1997 | Consortium comprising Babcock & Brown and UBS Australia Ltd (a subsidiary of Union Bank of Switzerland) | 155 plus defeasance of $3,200m of Commonwealth guaranteed debt |
Department of Administrative Service Business Units: | Administrative Services | 30 | |||
Asset Services | 100 | September 1997 | P&O Asset Services Pty Limited; | ||
Works Australia | 100 | August 1997 | Gutteridge Haskins Davey Pty Ltd | ||
DAS Interiors | 100 | September 1997 | Interiors Australia Pty Limited (Note 2) | ||
DAS Centre for Environmental Management | 100 | October 1997 | DASCEM Holdings Pty Limited (Note 2) | ||
DAS Distribution | 100 | September 1997 | DAS Operations Pty Limited (Note 3) | ||
Australian Operational Support Services | 100 | August 1997 | Kilpatrick Green Pty Ltd | ||
Australian Property Group | 100 | October 1997 | Knight Frank Price Waterhouse Property Managers Pty Ltd | ||
Telstra Corporation Public Share Offer | one third | Communication, the Information Economy and the Arts | November 1997 | Public Share Offer | 14,300 |
Housing Loans Insurance Corporation | 100 | Treasurer | December 1997 | GE Capital Services Australia | 7.49 |
Macleod Repatriation Hospital site | 100 | Veterans Affairs | February 1998 | Victorian Government | 1.75 |
Australian Multimedia Enterprise Ltd | 100 | Communication, the Information Economy and the Arts | April 1998 | Allen & Buckeridge Pty Ltd. | 29.3 |
Lease of Adelaide and Parafield (SA) Airports | 100 | Transport and Regional Development | April 1998 | Adelaide Airport Limited, Parafield Airport Limited | 363.5 |
Lease of Archerfield Airport (QLD) | 100 | Transport and Regional Development | April 1998 | Archerfield Airport Corporation | 3.1 |
Lease of Canberra Airport (ACT) | 100 | Transport and Regional Development | April 1998 | Capital Airports Group | 66.5 |
Lease of Coolangatta Airport (QLD) | 100 | Transport and Regional Development | April 1998 | Queensland Airport Limited | 103.6 |
Lease of Darwin, Alice Springs and Tennant Creek Airports (NT) | 100 | Transport and Regional Development | April 1998 | Airport Development Group | 110.15 |
Lease of Hobart Airport (TAS) | 100 | Transport and Regional Development | April 1998 | Hobart International Airports Corporation Ltd | 35.9 |
Lease of Jandakot Airport (WA) | Transport and Regional Development | April 1998 | Jandakot Airport Holdings | 6.7 | |
Lease of Launceston Airport (TAS) | 100 | Transport and Regional Development | April 1998 | Australian Pacific Airports Corporation | 17.2 |
Lease of Moorabbin Airport (VIC) | 100 | Transport and Regional Development | April 1998 | Metropolitan Airport Consortium | 8.2 |
Lease of Townsville and Mount Isa Airports (QLD) | 100 | Transport and Regional Development | April 1998 | Australian Airport Pty Ltd | 15.9 |
*—(c) indicates the Minister in whose portfolio the asset belonged prior to sale. The Minister for Finance and Administration is responsible for the sale in each case.
Note 1: Sale was 100% of the then remaining Commonwealth equity, which was 51% of the equity in the Bank.
Note 2: Employee owned company.
Note 3: 50 % employee owned company.