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Hansard
- Start of Business
- DEFENCE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (AID TO CIVILIAN AUTHORITIES) BILL 2000
- MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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Goods and Services Tax: Petrol Prices
(Cook, Sen Peter, Kemp, Sen Rod) -
Tax Reform: Economy
(Chapman, Sen Grant, Kemp, Sen Rod) -
Goods and Services Tax: Petrol Prices
(Ludwig, Sen Joe, Kemp, Sen Rod) -
Computer Software: Prices
(Knowles, Sen Susan, Alston, Sen Richard) -
Goods and Services Tax: Petrol Prices
(Faulkner, Sen John, Kemp, Sen Rod) -
Public Transport: Fares
(Greig, Sen Brian, Herron, Sen John) -
Goods and Services Tax: State Revenue
(Sherry, Sen Nick, Kemp, Sen Rod) -
Medicare: Abortions
(Harradine, Sen Brian, Herron, Sen John) -
Goods and Services Tax: Petrol Prices
(Murphy, Sen Shayne, Kemp, Sen Rod) -
Newcastle: Job Creation
(Tierney, Sen John, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Goods and Services Tax: Petrol Prices
(Cook, Sen Peter, Kemp, Sen Rod) -
Australian Defence Force: Riot Gear
(Bourne, Sen Vicki, Ellison, Sen Chris)
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Goods and Services Tax: Petrol Prices
- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
- DOCUMENTS
- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
- PETITIONS
- NOTICES
- LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- NOTICES
- COMMITTEES
- NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM AND NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
- DOCUMENTS
- COMMITTEES
- BUDGET 2000-01
- COMMITTEES
- NOTICES
- COMMITTEES
- BILLS RETURNED FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 7) 2000
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES (2000 BUDGET AND RELATED MEASURES) BILL 2000 - DEFENCE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (AID TO CIVILIAN AUTHORITIES) BILL 2000
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RENEWABLE ENERGY (ELECTRICITY) BILL 2000
RENEWABLE ENERGY (ELECTRICITY) (CHARGE) BILL 2000 - EXCISE AMENDMENT (COMPLIANCE IMPROVEMENT) BILL 2000
- PETROLEUM EXCISE AMENDMENT (MEASURES TO ADDRESS EVASION) BILL 2000
- ADJOURNMENT
- Adjournment
- DOCUMENTS
- PROCLAMATIONS
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QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
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Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business Portfolio: Agency Boards
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Alston, Sen Richard) -
Department of Veterans' Affairs: Fringe Benefits Paid
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Department of Transport and Regional Services: New Tax System Consultants
(Faulkner, Sen John, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business: New Tax System Consultants
(Faulkner, Sen John, Alston, Sen Richard) -
Department of Industry, Science and Resources: New Tax System Consultants
(Faulkner, Sen John, Minchin, Sen Nick) -
Department of Defence: Programs and Grants to the Bass Electorate
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Department of Defence: Programs and Grants to the Kalgoorlie Electorate
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Department of Defence: Programs and Grants to the Eden-Monaro Electorate
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Department of Defence: Programs and Grants to the Gippsland Electorate
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Centenary of Federation Celebrations: Minister for Transport and Regional Services Staff
(Faulkner, Sen John, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs: Missing Laptop Computers
(Faulkner, Sen John, Vanstone, Sen Amanda) -
Foreign Aid: Cambodia
(Brown, Sen Bob, Hill, Sen Robert) -
Department of Industry, Science and Resources: Salaries
(Faulkner, Sen John, Minchin, Sen Nick)
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Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business Portfolio: Agency Boards
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Senator HERRON (Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs) (3:01 PM)
—Madam Deputy President, on 17 August you asked me a question in relation to the Public Health Association of Australia, and I have received an answer from the Minister for Health and Aged Care. I seek leave to incorporate it in Hansard.
Leave granted.
The answer read as follows—
Senator WEST—My question is directed to Senator Herron, the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Why did the Minister for Health and Aged Care order the scrapping of the $300,000 grant previously given to the Public Health Association of Australia for the provision of independent policy advice to the department on public health issues? Was this a political payback by Minister Wooldridge because the association is a very effective lobbyist for the public health system and, specifically, it supported the Friends of Medicare campaign?
Senator HERRON—The Minister for Health and Aged Care has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:
The Public Health Association of Australia is a well established organisation. The Department of health and Aged Care works with a wide cross-section of non-Government organisations and experts in various fields to ensure a variety of views and input to the Department's population health agenda.
The Department is committed to maintaining its relationship with the Public Health Association of Australia and will continue to work collaboratively with Public Health Association of Australia on issues of common interest. The Department recently sponsored the Public Health Association of Australia Conference on Immunisation, which was opened by the Minister, Dr Wooldridge, and will also sponsor the Public Health Association of Australia's forthcoming annual conference.