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COMMITTEES
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- ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL AMENDMENT (REVIEW OF DECISIONS) BILL 2004
- STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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Finance: Housing
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Intelligence: Weapons of Mass Destruction
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Economy: Interest Rates
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Independent Speaker and Public Service
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Trade: Exports
(Neville, Paul, MP, Anderson, John, MP)
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Finance: Housing
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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Herron, Senator the Hon. John: Appointment
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Workplace Relations: Policy
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Education: University Fees
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Small Business: Labour Market Reforms
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Trade: Free Trade Agreement
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Intelligence: Weapons of Mass Destruction
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Trade: Free Trade Agreement
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Trade: Free Trade Agreement
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Trade: Free Trade Agreement
(Latham, Mark, MP, Abbott, Tony, MP)
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Herron, Senator the Hon. John: Appointment
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- Education: Funding
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- CRIMES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (TELECOMMUNICATIONS OFFENCES AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL (NO. 2) 2004
- INDIGENOUS EDUCATION (TARGETED ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT BILL 2004
- ADJOURNMENT
- INDIGENOUS EDUCATION (TARGETED ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT BILL 2004
- ADJOURNMENT
- Adjournment
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QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
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Coastwatch
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Coastwatch
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Defence: Centenary of Federation Grant
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Defence: Centenary of Federation Grant
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Australian Federal Police: Drug Smuggling
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Defence: FA18 Aircraft
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Legal Aid: Funding
(Macklin, Jenny, MP, Ruddock, Philip, MP)
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Coastwatch
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Mr Price
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 15 June 2004:
(1) When were FA18 aircraft first brought into service in the RAAF.
(2) Has the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) been tasked to develop a program to combat corrosion for the aircraft; if so, when; if not why not.
(3) Has the DSTO been tasked to develop an ageing program for the FA18 similar to that for the F111; if so, when; if not, why not.
Fran Bailey (Minister for Employment Services and Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence)
—The Minister for Defence has provided the following answer to the honourable member's question:
(1) 4 May 1985.
(2) Yes. July 1993.
(3) Yes. The DSTO has provided science and technology support, including research on ageing issues, to the Tactical Fighter System Program Officer for the F/A-18 since 1984 and continues to do so.