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Hansard
- Start of Business
- MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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Reserve Bank of Australia: Currency Fluctuations
(Beazley, Kim, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Indonesia: Tripartite Meeting
(Baird, Bruce, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Goods and Services Tax: Business Initiatives
(Thomson, Kelvin, MP, Hockey, Joe, MP) -
Families: Stronger Families and Communities Strategy
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Goods and Services Tax: Price Rises
(Thomson, Kelvin, MP, Hockey, Joe, MP) -
Workplace Agreements: Training Manual
(Cadman, Alan, MP, Reith, Peter, MP) -
Goods and Services Tax: Compliance Costs
(Thomson, Kelvin, MP, Hockey, Joe, MP) -
Roads: Funding
(Macfarlane, Ian, MP, Anderson, John, MP) -
Goods and Services Tax: Compliance Costs
(Thomson, Kelvin, MP, Hockey, Joe, MP) -
Zimbabwe: Government Response
(Washer, Dr Mal, MP, Downer, Alexander, MP) -
Goods and Services Tax: Compliance Costs
(Latham, Mark, MP, Hockey, Joe, MP) -
Trade: East Asia
(Wakelin, Barry, MP, Vaile, Mark, MP) -
Minister for Financial Services and Regulation: Staff
(Thomson, Kelvin, MP, Hockey, Joe, MP) -
Regional Forest Agreement: Southern New South Wales
(Gash, Joanna, MP, Tuckey, Wilson, MP) -
Employment National: Intensive Assistance Contracts
(Kernot, Cheryl, MP, Fahey, John, MP) -
Health: Diabetes Research
(Kelly, De-Anne, MP, Wooldridge, Dr Michael, MP) -
Car Industry: Public Service Executive Leasing Scheme
(Cox, David, MP, Kemp, Dr David, MP) -
Anzac Day
(Gambaro, Teresa, MP, Scott, Bruce, MP) -
Goods and Services Tax: Caravan Parks
(Albanese, Anthony, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
New Apprenticeships Scheme
(Gallus, Christine, MP, Kemp, Dr David, MP)
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Reserve Bank of Australia: Currency Fluctuations
- QUESTIONS TO MR SPEAKER
- PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS
- AUDITOR-GENERAL'S REPORTS
- PAPERS
- MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
- ASSENT TO BILLS
- MAIN COMMITTEE
- COMMITTEES
- COMMITTEES
- TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 11) 1999
- TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 8) 1999
- JURISDICTION OF COURTS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2000
- APPROPRIATION BILL (NO. 1) 2000-2001
- BUDGET PAPERS 2000-01
- MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS
- APPROPRIATION BILL (NO. 2) 2000-2001
- APPROPRIATION (PARLIAMENTARY DEPARTMENTS) BILL (NO. 1) 2000-2001
- Adjournment
- NOTICES
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QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
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Battle of Long Tan: Military Cross Recommendations
(Bevis, Arch, MP, Scott, Bruce, MP) -
Aviation: Perth Airport Safety Standards
(Wilkie, Kim, MP, Anderson, John, MP) -
Rural Transaction Centre Advisory Panel: Membership
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Civil Aviation Safety Authority: Safety and Maintenance
(Ferguson, Martin, MP, Anderson, John, MP) -
Roads: Hume Highway
(Ferguson, Martin, MP, Anderson, John, MP) -
Aviation: Adelaide Airport Noise Levels
(Ferguson, Martin, MP, Anderson, John, MP) -
Colston, Former Senator: Medical Reports
(Murphy, John, MP, Williams, Daryl, MP) -
Telstra: Share Allocations and Refunds
(Tanner, Lindsay, MP, Fahey, John, MP) -
Exports: Medical Goods and Services
(McMullan, Bob, MP, Vaile, Mark, MP) -
Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport: Long Term Operating Plan Mode 8
(McClelland, Robert, MP, Anderson, John, MP) -
Legal Aid: Consumer Price Index Increases
(McClelland, Robert, MP, Williams, Daryl, MP) -
Legal Aid: Veterans' Appeals
(McClelland, Robert, MP, Williams, Daryl, MP) -
Australian Defence Force: Age Restrictions
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Job Network: Intensive Assistance Contracts
(Tanner, Lindsay, MP, Fahey, John, MP) -
National Road Safety Strategy: Cycling
(Ferguson, Martin, MP, Anderson, John, MP) -
Public Transport: Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport
(Ferguson, Martin, MP, Anderson, John, MP) -
Regional Forest Agreement: Eden
(Ferguson, Laurie, MP, Tuckey, Wilson, MP) -
Regional Forest Agreement: Tasmania
(Ferguson, Laurie, MP, Tuckey, Wilson, MP) -
Australian Defence Force: Land Sale
(Roxon, Nicola, MP, Moore, John, MP) -
Western Sydney Orbital Road System
(Mossfield, Frank, MP, Anderson, John, MP) -
Australian Taxation Office: Problem Resolution Service
(McFarlane, Jann, MP, Costello, Peter, MP) -
Salt Ash Weapons Range: Environmental Impact Study
(Horne, Bob, MP, Moore, John, MP) -
Health: Dapsone Testing
(Edwards, Graham, MP, Scott, Bruce, MP) -
Immigration: Unauthorised Arrivals
(Ferguson, Martin, MP, Ruddock, Philip, MP) -
Australian Grand Prix: Royal Australian Airforce Fly Overs
(Danby, Michael, MP, Moore, John, MP) -
Australian Broadcasting Corporation News Radio
(Quick, Harry, MP, McGauran, Peter, MP) -
Federation Guard
(Price, Roger, MP, Moore, John, MP) -
Domestic Violence: Legislation
(O'Byrne, Michelle, MP, Fahey, John, MP) -
Domestic Violence: Legislation
(O'Byrne, Michelle, MP, Kemp, Dr David, MP) -
Legal Aid: Applications
(Lindsay, Peter, MP, Williams, Daryl, MP) -
HMAS Sydney: Harassment Allegations
(Ferguson, Laurie, MP, Scott, Bruce, MP) -
Minister for Defence: Meetings with United States Defence Force Personnel
(Danby, Michael, MP, Moore, John, MP) -
Australian Defence Force: Recruitment Targets
(Ferguson, Laurie, MP, Scott, Bruce, MP)
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Battle of Long Tan: Military Cross Recommendations
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Tuesday, 9 May 2000
Page: 16102
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Mr McClelland
asked the Attorney-General, upon notice, on 15 February 2000:
Do all veterans' appeals which have merit receive legal aid funding; if not, what criteria is applied in determining which veterans' appeals are funded.
Mr Williams (Attorney-General)
—The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:
Assistance may be granted to war veterans or their dependants in connection with appeals from decisions of the Veterans' Review Board in respect of war-caused disability pension entitlement or assessment claims under Part II of The Veterans' Entitlement Act 1986.
Such assistance is not subjected to the means test nor any contribution (except by way of costs recovered), but is subject to the merits test.
There are three elements to the merits test:
(i) a “reasonable prospect of success” test;(ii) the “ordinary prudent self funding litigant test”; and (iii) the test of “appropriate spending of limited public legal aid funds”.
Legal Aid Commissions are expected to fund all cases that meet these requirements.