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- Start of Business
- AVOIDING DANGEROUS CLIMATE CHANGE (KYOTO PROTOCOL RATIFICATION) BILL 2005
- FARM HOUSEHOLD SUPPORT AMENDMENT BILL 2005
- TARIFF PROPOSALS
- DEFENCE AMENDMENT BILL 2005
- AGED CARE AMENDMENT (TRANSITION CARE AND ASSETS TESTING) BILL 2005
- TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (2005 MEASURES NO. 1) BILL 2005
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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Environment: Climate Change
(Beazley, Kim, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Kyoto Protocol
(Broadbent, Russell, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Economy: Carbon Trading
(Albanese, Anthony, MP, Costello, Peter, MP) -
Rafik al-Hariri
(Baird, Bruce, MP, Downer, Alexander, MP) -
Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change (Kyoto Protocol Ratification) Legislation
(Beazley, Kim, MP, Albanese, Anthony, MP) -
Trade: Coal Exports
(Neville, Paul, MP, Costello, Peter, MP) -
Health: Cancer Screening
(Gillard, Julia, MP, Abbott, Tony, MP) -
Workplace Relations: Building Industry
(Henry, Stuart, MP, Andrews, Kevin, MP) -
Iraq
(Rudd, Kevin, MP, Downer, Alexander, MP) -
Trade: South-East Asia
(Panopoulos, Sophie, MP, Vaile, Mark, MP)
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Environment: Climate Change
- DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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Regional Services: Program Funding
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Health: Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
(Kelly, Jackie, MP, Abbott, Tony, MP) -
Regional Services: Program Funding
(Thomson, Kelvin, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Resources: Natural Resource Management
(Wakelin, Barry, MP, Macfarlane, Ian, MP) -
Regional Services: Program Funding
(Ripoll, Bernie, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Employment: Programs
(Vale, Danna, MP, Hockey, Joe, MP) -
Regional Services: Program Funding
(Burke, Anna, MP, Anderson, John, MP) -
Tourism: Domestic Market
(May, Margaret, MP, Bailey, Fran, MP) -
Regional Services: Program Funding
(Beazley, Kim, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Environment: Green Corps
(McArthur, Stewart, MP, Dutton, Peter, MP)
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Regional Services: Program Funding
- TRADE: COAL EXPORTS
- PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS
- QUESTIONS TO THE SPEAKER
- DOCUMENTS
- MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
- COMMITTEES
- TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (2005 MEASURES NO. 1) BILL 2005
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND SERVICE STANDARDS) AMENDMENT (NATIONAL RELAY SERVICE) BILL 2005
- NEW INTERNATIONAL TAX ARRANGEMENTS (MANAGED FUNDS AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2004
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APPROPRIATION BILL (NO. 3) 2004-2005
APPROPRIATION BILL (NO. 4) 2004-2005
APPROPRIATION (PARLIAMENTARY DEPARTMENTS) BILL (NO. 2) 2004-2005
APPROPRIATION BILL (NO. 4) 2004-2005 - ADJOURNMENT
- Adjournment
- NOTICES
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Main Committee
- Start of Business
- STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS
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GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S SPEECH
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Address-in-Reply
- Wakelin, Barry, MP
- Albanese, Anthony, MP
- Neville, Paul, MP
- Sercombe, Bob, MP
- Gambaro, Teresa, MP
- O'Connor, Gavan, MP
- Kelly, Jackie, MP
- Griffin, Alan, MP
- Thompson, Cameron, MP
- Thomson, Kelvin, MP
- Draper, Trish, MP
- Price, Roger, MP
- Ticehurst, Kenneth, MP
- Wilkie, Kim, MP
- Cobb, John, MP
- Kerr, Duncan, MP
- Bishop, Bronwyn, MP
- Rudd, Kevin, MP
- Nairn, Gary, MP
- Ferguson, Laurie, MP
- Tollner, David, MP
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Address-in-Reply
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QUESTIONS IN WRITING
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Former Parliamentarians: Paid Consultancies
(Murphy, John, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Veterans: Medical Treatment
(Murphy, John, MP, Kelly, De-Anne, MP) -
Kirribilli House: Wine Consultant
(Ferguson, Martin, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Ministers: Gifts, Sponsored Travel and Hospitality
(Ferguson, Martin, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Governors-General: Expenditure
(Ferguson, Martin, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Commonwealth: Administrator
(Melham, Daryl, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Commonwealth: Dormant Commissions
(Melham, Daryl, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Veterans' Affairs: Australian Workplace Agreements
(Bevis, Arch, MP, Kelly, De-Anne, MP) -
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts: Legal Services
(Roxon, Nicola, MP, McGauran, Peter, MP) -
Parliament: Quorums
(Melham, Daryl, MP, Howard, John, MP)
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Former Parliamentarians: Paid Consultancies
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Ms Roxon
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, in writing, on 2 December 2004:
(1) What sum did the Minister's department spend during 2003-2004 on outsourced (a) barristers, and (b) solicitors (including private firms, the Australian Government Solicitor and any others).
(2) What sum did the Minister's department spend on internal legal services.
(3) What is the projected expenditure on legal services for 2004-2005 for the Minister's department.
Mr McGauran (Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs)
—The Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts has provided the following answer to the honourable member's question:
(1) (a) and (b) $382,101.40 inclusive of GST and any disbursements. Financial records relating to legal services do not distinguish between payments in respect of barristers and solicitors.
(2) $1,752,613.64. This includes salaries of support staff and contracts officers and all other expenses met by the Department's Legal Group.
(3) The projected legal services expenditure could be as high $3,119,234.00. This figure incorporates the inclusions referred to in the previous answers.