Mr Latham asked the Minister for Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry upon notice, on 21 June 1999:

Further to the answer to question No. 33 (Hansard , 10 December 1998, page 1998) in which he referred to positive discrimination measures within the internal management practices of his Department, for those measures which are available to and impact on the general public (a) what measures has the Department implemented which could be categorised as positive discrimination, that is, providing preference to certain citizens on the basis of their gender, sexuality, age, race, place of birth or some other personal characteristic, and (b) what are the details and funding commitments in each case.

Mr Vaile (Trade) —The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:

In providing the answer given to Question No. 33 of 11 November 1998, we advised the following:

. AFFA provides funding for a scholarship for a rural woman to participate in the Australian Rural Leadership Program. In 1997 the scholarship was awarded to a pork producer from Queensland, and in 1998 to a wool grower from Victoria.

We now add that the funding for these scholarships is $38 500 per year.

All other information provided in the answer to Question No. 33 of 11 November 1998 remains unchanged.