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NATIVE TITLE AMENDMENT BILL 2009
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QUESTIONS IN WRITING
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Blacktown Hospital Magnetic Resonance Imaging Machine
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Gold Coast: Point of Entry
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National Binge Drinking Strategy
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Small Business Payments
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Neqtar Australia Pty Ltd, SDS Beverages Pty Ltd and Neqtar Wines Pty Ltd
(Forrest, John, MP, Swan, Wayne, MP)
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Blacktown Hospital Magnetic Resonance Imaging Machine
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Mr Ciobo
asked the Prime Minister and other ministers, in writing, on 12 August 2009:
(1) From 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009:
(a) how many and what percentage of payments made by the Minister’s department to small businesses were not made within (i) 30, and (ii) 60 days of receipt of the goods or services invoice; and
(b) what was the average time lapsed between invoice received and payments made by the Minister’s department to small businesses.
(2) From 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009:
(a) how many and what percentage of small businesses claimed interest charges from the Minister’s department on accounts not paid within 30 days; and
(b) what was the total cost of interest paid to small businesses by the Minister’s department.
Mr Rudd (Prime Minister)
—On behalf of all ministers, the answer to the honourable member’s question is as follows:
As the information sought by the honorable member will not be available to departments in a consolidated form until November 2009, I consider it would be an unreasonable diversion of resources to provide the requested information at this time.