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- Start of Business
- LONG SERVICE LEAVE (COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYEES) AMENDMENT BILL 2006
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BROADCASTING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (DIGITAL TELEVISION) BILL 2006
BROADCASTING SERVICES AMENDMENT (MEDIA OWNERSHIP) BILL 2006 - MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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Small Business Interest Rate Relief Program
(Beazley, Kim, MP, Vaile, Mark, MP) -
Workplace Relations
(Thompson, Cameron, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Oil for Food Program
(Rudd, Kevin, MP) -
Birthrate
(Keenan, Michael, MP, Costello, Peter, MP) -
Australian Wheat Board
(O’Connor, Gavan, MP, McGauran, Peter, MP) -
Farms
(Scott, Bruce, MP, Vaile, Mark, MP) -
Oil for Food Program
(Rudd, Kevin, MP, Vaile, Mark, MP) -
Drought
(Schultz, Alby, MP, McGauran, Peter, MP) -
Mining
(Windsor, Antony, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Iraq
(Slipper, Peter, MP, Downer, Alexander, MP) -
Iraq
(Beazley, Kim, MP, Downer, Alexander, MP) -
Workplace Relations
(Smith, Anthony, MP, Andrews, Kevin, MP) -
Terrorism
(Beazley, Kim, MP, Downer, Alexander, MP) - Washer, Dr Mal, MP, Downer, Alexander, MP
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Skills Shortage
(Macklin, Jenny, MP, Hardgrave, Gary, MP) -
Renewable Energy
(Vasta, Ross, MP, Macfarlane, Ian, MP) -
Skilled Migration
(Ripoll, Bernie, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
ADI Munitions Factory
(Mirabella, Sophie, MP, Nelson, Dr Brendan, MP) -
Skilled Migration
(Beazley, Kim, MP, Howard, John, MP)
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Small Business Interest Rate Relief Program
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE: ADDITIONAL ANSWERS
- QUESTIONS TO THE SPEAKER
- PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE COMMISSIONER
- AUDITOR-GENERAL’S REPORTS
- DOCUMENTS
- MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
- COMMITTEES
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CRIMES ACT AMENDMENT (FORENSIC PROCEDURES) BILL (NO. 1) 2006
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE AMENDMENT BILL 2006 - AGED CARE AMENDMENT (RESIDENTIAL CARE) BILL 2006
- BUSINESS
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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BROADCASTING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (DIGITAL TELEVISION) BILL 2006
BROADCASTING SERVICES AMENDMENT (MEDIA OWNERSHIP) BILL 2006 - ADJOURNMENT
- Adjournment
- NOTICES
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QUESTIONS IN WRITING
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Environment and Heritage: Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(Ferguson, Martin, MP, Truss, Warren, MP) -
Australian Taxation Office: Settlement Register
(Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP, Dutton, Peter, MP) -
Supported Accommodation Assistance Program
(Albanese, Anthony, MP, Brough, Mal, MP) -
Child Care
(Plibersek, Tanya, MP, Downer, Alexander, MP) -
Child Care
(Plibersek, Tanya, MP, Brough, Mal, MP) -
Assessment and Reporting Procedures
(Gibbons, Steve, MP, Bishop, Julie, MP) -
Abortion
(Murphy, John, MP, Abbott, Tony, MP) -
Medicare
(Adams, Dick, MP, Abbott, Tony, MP) -
Medicare Safety Net
(Snowdon, Warren, MP, Abbott, Tony, MP) -
Medicare
(Livermore, Kirsten, MP, Abbott, Tony, MP) -
Remuneration Tribunal
(Thomson, Kelvin, MP, Andrews, Kevin, MP) -
Herceptin
(Murphy, John, MP, Abbott, Tony, MP) -
Consultancy Services
(Bowen, Chris, MP, Ruddock, Philip, MP) -
Consultancy Services
(Bowen, Chris, MP, Macfarlane, Ian, MP) -
Medicare: Bulk-Billing
(Rudd, Kevin, MP, Abbott, Tony, MP) -
Organ Harvesting
(Danby, Michael, MP, Downer, Alexander, MP) -
Australia Post
(Danby, Michael, MP, McGauran, Peter, MP) -
Sudan
(Danby, Michael, MP, Downer, Alexander, MP) -
Convention on Biological Diversity
(Price, Roger, MP, Truss, Warren, MP) -
Commonwealth Seniors Health Card
(Hoare, Kelly, MP, Brough, Mal, MP) -
International Labour Office
(Ferguson, Martin, MP, Andrews, Kevin, MP) -
Commonwealth Trade Learning Scholarship
(Macklin, Jenny, MP, Hardgrave, Gary, MP) -
Media Monitoring and Clipping Services
(Bowen, Chris, MP, Brough, Mal, MP) -
China
(Danby, Michael, MP, Downer, Alexander, MP) -
Richmond Electorate: Programs and Grants
(Elliot, Justine, MP, Brough, Mal, MP) -
Child Care
(Plibersek, Tanya, MP, McGauran, Peter, MP)
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Environment and Heritage: Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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Tuesday, 17 October 2006
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Mr Murphy
asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 9 September 2006:
Further to his reply to part (5) of question No. 3194, why will he not act to amend the Medicare Item numbers so that it is possible, while preserving a woman’s privacy, to determine the exact number of Medicare-funded procedures occurring specifically for the purpose of procuring an abortion.
Mr Abbott (Minister for Health and Ageing)
—The answer to the honourable member’s question is as follows:
It is usual practice for items in the Medicare Benefits Schedule to describe the medical procedure rather than the reason for the procedure. As such there can often be more than one reason why a particular service is performed.
At this stage there is no consideration being given to amending the current arrangements for describing clinical services in the Medicare Benefits Schedule.