(1) In answer to question No. 986 (Hansard, 9 May 1994, page 519), did his predecessor state that his Department had not made representations on the return of the Parthenon Marbles to either the Greek or British Governments, nor in Commonwealth or UN forums?

(2) In his answer to question No. 422 (Hansard, 11 May 1999, page 5100), did he state that the Australian Government has not made any representations on this issue?

(3) Is he able to say whether a petition with 30,000 signatures was handed to the Prime Minister on 25 June 2001 asking him and the Federal Government to urge and call on the British Government to return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece on the completion of the new Acropolis Museum?

(4) Has there been a response to the petition; if so, when and what was the response?

(5) Will the return of the Parthenon marbles be on the agenda of the 2001 (a) CHOGM, (b) General Conference of Unesco and (c) World Heritage Committee?

(1) This is a matter of record.

(2) This is a matter of record.

(3) The Australian Hellenic Association handed a petition to the Prime Minister on 25 June 2001 asking the Australian Government to support the campaign for the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece on the completion of the new Acropolis Museum.

(4) The Prime Minister advised the Australian Hellenic Association at the meeting of 25 June 2001 that he would raise the strong Australian community interest concerning the return to Athens of the Parthenon Marbles with Prime Minister Blair in the margins of the CHOGM to be held in Brisbane in October 2001.

(5) (a) No. (b) No. (c) No.