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Hansard
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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Members of Parliament: Travel Costs
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Tax Reform: Low and Middle Income Earners
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Tax Reform: Research
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Employment: Labour Market Reform
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National Museum of Australia: Council Appointment
(Lundy, Sen Kate, Hill, Sen Robert) -
Goods and Services Tax: Compensation
(Lees, Sen Meg, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Aviation: Airspace Trial
(Mackay, Sen Sue, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Nuclear Fuel: Reprocessing
(Margetts, Sen Dee, Minchin, Sen Nick) -
Aboriginal Reconciliation
(Murphy, Sen Shayne, Vanstone, Sen Amanda) -
Tax Reform: Rural Sector
(McGauran, Sen Julian, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Department of Finance and Administration: Missing Money
(Quirke, Sen John, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Goods and Services Tax: Compensation
(Bartlett, Sen Andrew, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Australian Cancer Society: Government Funding
(Evans, Sen Chris, Herron, Sen John) -
Drugs: Strategies
(Coonan, Sen Helen, Vanstone, Sen Amanda)
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Members of Parliament: Travel Costs
- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
- PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS
- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
- PETITIONS
- NOTICES
- COMMITTEES
- UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
- INTERNET
- MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS
- COMMITTEES
- WORKPLACE RELATIONS AMENDMENT REGULATIONS
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- ADJOURNMENT
- Adjournment
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QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
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Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts: Unauthorised Disclosures Investigations
(Ray, Sen Robert, Alston, Sen Richard) -
Kennedy Report: Deletions
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Literacy Programs: Government Funding
(Allison, Sen Lyn, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Australian Search and Rescue: Staff
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Dugongs
(Allison, Sen Lyn, Hill, Sen Robert) -
Emergency Management Australia: Millennium Bug Emergency Plans
(Brown, Sen Bob, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Mount McCall Road
(Brown, Sen Bob, Hill, Sen Robert) -
Remote Satellite Services
(Crossin, Sen Trish, Alston, Sen Richard) -
Department of Social Security: Youth Allowance Market Research Project
(Ray, Sen Robert, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Department of Industry, Science and Resources: Contracts to Worthington Di Marzio
(Ray, Sen Robert, Minchin, Sen Nick) -
Department of the Environment, Sport and Tourism: Contracts to Australasian Research Strategies
(Ray, Sen Robert, Hill, Sen Robert) -
Department of Industry, Science and Resources: Contracts to Australasian Research Strategies
(Ray, Sen Robert, Minchin, Sen Nick) -
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts: Contracts with Canberra Liaison
(Ray, Sen Robert, Alston, Sen Richard) -
Department of Finance and Administration: Contracts with Canberra Liaison
(Ray, Sen Robert, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs: Contracts with Canberra Liaison
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Department of Industry, Science and Resources: Contracts to Canberra Liaison
(Ray, Sen Robert, Minchin, Sen Nick) -
HMAS Stirling : Target Drones
(Margetts, Sen Dee, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet: Unauthorised Disclosures Investigations
(Ray, Sen Robert, Hill, Sen Robert) -
Department of Trade: Unauthorised Disclosures Investigations
(Ray, Sen Robert, Hill, Sen Robert) -
Department of the Environment and Heritage: Unauthorised Disclosures Investigations
(Ray, Sen Robert, Hill, Sen Robert) -
Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business: Authorised Disclosures Investigations
(Ray, Sen Robert, Alston, Sen Richard) -
Department of Foreign Affairs: Unauthorised Disclosures Investigations
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Department of Defence: Unauthorised Disclosures Investigations
(Ray, Sen Robert, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Department of Finance and Administration: Unauthorised Disclosures Investigations
(Ray, Sen Robert, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Attorney-General's Department: Unauthorised Disclosures Investigations
(Ray, Sen Robert, Vanstone, Sen Amanda) -
Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs: Unauthorised Disclosures Investigations
(Ray, Sen Robert, Vanstone, Sen Amanda) -
Refugee Review Tribunal: Somali Nationals
(Bourne, Sen Vicki, Vanstone, Sen Amanda)
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Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts: Unauthorised Disclosures Investigations
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Senator HILL (Environment and Heritage) (3:04 PM)
—Madam President, I have got an answer to a question that Senator Faulkner asked yesterday and I seek leave to have it incorporated in Hansard .
Leave granted.
The answer read as follows—
Yesterday during Question Time Senator Faulkner asked me two questions regarding Senator Ellison and a supplementary question regarding Mr McGauran.
With respect to the first question regarding Senator Ellison the premise of the question is wrong. There was no repayment. There was a payment on 29 September 1998. Following that payment the then Special Minister of State, Senator Minchin, wrote to Senator Ellison on the 1st of October 1998 acknowledging receipt of his letter and cheque and stating that the matter was now considered closed. Senator Minchin acted on the basis of proper departmental advice. The prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary advised him on Saturday, 17 October 1998 that the issue had been fully resolved to the satisfaction of Senator Minchin. This took place prior to the Prime Minister appointing Senator Ellison.
The premise of the second question asked by Senator Faulkner is also incorrect. No repayment was required. A payment was made by Senator Ellison. Senator Ellison explained his reasons for doing so to the Senate yesterday. The Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary advised him of Senator Ellison's payment on Saturday afternoon the 13th of February.
With respect to the question on Mr McGauran the question seems to be based on a premise that this was a matter separate to those which were the subject of a full and comprehensive review by the Department of Finance and Administration of Mr McGauran's claims against entitlements conducted in 1997. All these matters were dealt with at that time. It will be recalled that following a thorough review and consideration by the Federal Police and the DPP no further action was deemed warranted by those agencies.
The Department of Finance and Administration concluded this matter in December 1997. Mr McGauran was advised and this issue was dealt with in a Senate Estimates hearing on 25 February 1998.