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- Start of Business
- COMMITTEES
- PRIVATE MEMBERS BUSINESS
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STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS
- Goods and Services Tax: Beer
- Bracks Government: Scoresby Transport Corridor
- Olympic Games: Medals
- Boothby Electorate: Australian Students Prize
- Canning Electorate: Cecil Andrews Senior High School
- New England Electorate
- Banking Industry: Deregulation
- Queensland's 100-Plus Club
- Port Melbourne Colts
- Nextgen Fibre Optic Cable
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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Aboriginals: Stolen Generations
(Beazley, Kim, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Private Health Insurance: Reforms
(Vale, Danna, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Aboriginals: Stolen Generations
(Beazley, Kim, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Tax Reform: Implementation
(Charles, Bob, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Aboriginals: Stolen Generations
(Beazley, Kim, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Economy: Performance
(Andrews, Kevin, MP, Costello, Peter, MP) -
Goods and Services Tax: Savings Bonus
(Beazley, Kim, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Goods and Services Tax: Effect of Roll-back
(Cadman, Alan, MP, Costello, Peter, MP) -
Goods and Services Tax: Savings Bonus
(Crean, Simon, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Private Health Insurance: Alternative Policies
(Draper, Trish, MP, Wooldridge, Dr Michael, MP) -
Goods and Services Tax: Savings Bonus
(Swan, Wayne, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Unemployment: Figures
(Cameron, Ross, MP, Reith, Peter, MP) -
Goods and Services Tax: Savings Bonus
(Crean, Simon, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Education: Alternative Policies
(Georgiou, Petro, MP, Kemp, Dr David, MP) -
Goods and Services Tax: Caravan Parks and Boarding Houses
(Albanese, Anthony, MP, Anthony, Larry, MP) -
Employment Programs: Alternative Policies
(Kelly, De-Anne, MP, Abbott, Tony, MP) -
Universities: Entrance Standards
(Lee, Michael, MP, Kemp, Dr David, MP) -
South Pacific Forum: Foreign Ministers Meeting
(Nugent, Peter, MP, Downer, Alexander, MP) -
Universities: Entrance Standards
(Lee, Michael, MP, Kemp, Dr David, MP) -
Immigration: Temporary Entry of Skilled Migrants
(Lindsay, Peter, MP, Ruddock, Philip, MP)
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Aboriginals: Stolen Generations
- QUESTIONS TO MR SPEAKER
- USE OF LAPTOP COMPUTERS IN THE CHAMBER
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PETITIONS
- Konrad Kalejs
- Goods and Services Tax: Beer
- Goods and Services Tax: Receipts
- John Simpson Kirkpatrick
- John Simpson Kirkpatrick
- Goods and Services Tax: RSPCA
- Genetically Modified Food
- Mandatory Sentencing
- Environmental Contamination Across Borders
- Ellenborough Telephone Exchange
- Medical Services: Two Rocks
- Procedural Text
- BUSINESS
- GRIEVANCE DEBATE
- ASSENT TO BILLS
- BILLS RETURNED FROM THE SENATE
- A NEW TAX SYSTEM (TAX ADMINISTRATION) BILL (NO. 2) 2000
- NEW BUSINESS TAX SYSTEM (ALIENATION OF PERSONAL SERVICES INCOME) BILL 2000
- COMMITTEES
- HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 1) 2000
- ADJOURNMENT
- Adjournment
- NOTICES
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QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
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Centrelink Offices: Queensland
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Mandatory Sentencing: International Convention Compliance
(McClelland, Robert, MP, Williams, Daryl, MP) -
Petrol Prices: Competition
(Andren, Peter, MP, Costello, Peter, MP) -
Goods and Services Tax: Mobile and Manufactured Home Sales
(Horne, Bob, MP, Costello, Peter, MP) -
Rivers: Water Flows
(Thomson, Kelvin, MP, Truss, Warren, MP) -
Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport: Runway Operations
(McClelland, Robert, MP, Anderson, John, MP) -
Job Network: Intensive Assistance Contracts
(Tanner, Lindsay, MP, Fahey, John, MP) -
Department of Family and Community Services: Commonwealth Funded Programs, Tasmania
(O'Byrne, Michelle, MP, Anthony, Larry, MP) -
Job Network: Outcomes
(Kernot, Cheryl, MP, Abbott, Tony, MP) -
Dairy Industry Deregulation Community Assistance Package: Tasmanian Allocation
(O'Byrne, Michelle, MP, Truss, Warren, MP) -
Centrelink: Contracts with IBM
(Tanner, Lindsay, MP, Anthony, Larry, MP) -
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation: Research Facilities Closure
(Crosio, Janice, MP, Moore, John, MP) -
South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement: Garments from Fiji
(Gibbons, Steve, MP, Moore, John, MP) -
Visas: Visitors
(Sciacca, Con, MP, Ruddock, Philip, MP) -
Foreign Aid: Possible Fraud
(Danby, Michael, MP, Downer, Alexander, MP) -
Virgin Blue Airlines Pty Ltd: Services
(Ferguson, Martin, MP, Anderson, John, MP) -
UNESCO Convention on Technical and Vocational Education
(Latham, Mark, MP, Kemp, Dr David, MP) -
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry: Meeting
(Danby, Michael, MP, Truss, Warren, MP) -
Immigration Detention Centres: Detainees
(Theophanous, Dr Andrew, MP, Ruddock, Philip, MP) -
Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs: Staff Relocation
(Wilkie, Kim, MP, Ruddock, Philip, MP)
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Centrelink Offices: Queensland
Page: 18935
Mr Tanner
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Family and Community Services, upon notice, on 29 May 2000:
(1) Since 1 July 1999, what contracts have been signed between Centrelink and IBM.
(2) What products and services were included in those contracts.
(3) Which of those products and services are within the scope of Centrelink outsourcing as per the tender request.
(4) Were these contracts approved by the Office of Asset Sales and IT Outsourcing (OASITO) before Centrelink's commitment.
(5) Was OASITO involved in the negotiation of the contracts.
(6) Who signed the contracts on behalf of Centrelink and the Commonwealth.
Mr Anthony (Minister for Community Services)
—The Minister for Family and Community Services has provided the following answer to the honourable member's question:
(1) Four agreements have been signed since 1 July 1999. These are:
. Deed Number IBM/DSS/FEP1. The effective date of this deed was 5 August 1999 and is an amendment to upgrade hardware and extend the term of the then existing deed to 31 December 2000.
. Deed Number IBM/DSS/MF1. The effective date of this amendment was 26 December 1999. This amendment extended the hardware lease term to 31 December 2002, incorporated the then current monthly leased software and provided additional processors, software, services and maintenance.
. Deed Number IBM/DSS/MF1. The effective date of this amendment was 12 March 2000. This amendment upgraded certain items of hardware.
. Agreement dated 30 September 1999 for extraction and transformation tools.
(2) Deed Number IBM/DSS/FEP1
Included in this Deed was mainframe hardware and Vendor Support Services for an estimated two days. It also provided for IBM to assist Centrelink in the implementation, planning and migration of the hardware.
IBM/DSS/MF1 - Effective date 26 December 1999
Included in this Deed was network software, mainframe software and hardware. Also included under this contract amendment was the renewal of annual maintenance charges (software subscription renewals) for existing products.
Vendor Support Services were extended to 31 December 2002, and services in relation to the de-installation of chillers and associated condensor units and supporting framework from the Sydney Computer Centre were also included.
IBM/DSS/MF1 - Effective date 12 March 2000
Included in this Deed were hardware products.
Agreement dated 30 September 1999 for extraction and transformation tool
Included in this contract was software.
(3) All these products and services are within the scope of Centrelink's Request for Tender.
(4) Clearance was sought from the Office of Asset Sales and IT Outsourcing on significant acquisitions. Approval for contracts was not sought as this is not a requirement.
(5) OASITO was not involved in the negotiation of the contracts.
(6) The National Manager, Information and Technology Infrastructure Services, signed all four agreements on behalf of Centrelink and the Commonwealth.