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- Start of Business
- MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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Business Tax Reform: Business Activity Statements
(Buckland, Sen Geoffrey, Kemp, Sen Rod) -
Roads: Funding Package
(McGauran, Sen Julian, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Tourism Council of Australia: Funding
(Schacht, Sen Chris, Kemp, Sen Rod) -
Electoral Funding
(Coonan, Sen Helen, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business: Telecard
(Faulkner, Sen John, Vanstone, Sen Amanda) -
Immigration: Detention of Children
(Bartlett, Sen Andrew, Vanstone, Sen Amanda) -
Aged Care: Commissioner for Complaints
(Evans, Sen Chris, Herron, Sen John) -
Forests: Tax Concessions for Plantations
(Brown, Sen Bob, Kemp, Sen Rod) -
Information Technology: Outsourcing
(Lundy, Sen Kate, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Car Industry: Mitsubishi
(Ferris, Sen Jeannie, Minchin, Sen Nick) -
Executive Salaries
(West, Sen Sue, Alston, Sen Richard) -
Welfare Reform: Work for the Dole
(Stott Despoja, Sen Natasha, Newman, Sen Jocelyn)
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Business Tax Reform: Business Activity Statements
- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
- PETITIONS
- NOTICES
- COMMITTEES
- NOTICES
- BUSINESS
- PARLIAMENTARY ZONE
- COMMITTEES
- INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
- COMMITTEES
- BUDGET 2000-01
- COMMITTEES
- NOTICES
- COMMITTEES
- FAMILY LAW LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (SUPERANNUATION) BILL 2000
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EDUCATION SERVICES FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS BILL 2000
EDUCATION SERVICES FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS (ASSURANCE FUND CONTRIBUTIONS) BILL 2000
EDUCATION SERVICES FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS (REGISTRATION CHARGES) AMENDMENT BILL 2000
EDUCATION SERVICES FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS (CONSEQUENTIAL AND TRANSITIONAL) BILL 2000
MIGRATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (OVERSEAS STUDENTS) BILL 2000 -
AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL BILL 2000
AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL (CONSEQUENTIAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) BILL 2000 - ASSENT TO LAWS
- PRIVACY AMENDMENT (PRIVATE SECTOR) BILL 2000
- COMMITTEES
- STATES GRANTS (PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) BILL 2000
- INDIGENOUS EDUCATION (TARGETED ASSISTANCE) BILL 2000
- DAIRY STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM SCHEME AMENDMENT 2000 (NO. 3)
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AGED CARE AMENDMENT BILL 2000
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In Committee
- O'Brien, Sen Kerry
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Allison, Sen Lyn
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Allison, Sen Lyn
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Herron, Sen John
- Allison, Sen Lyn
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Herron, Sen John
- Allison, Sen Lyn
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Herron, Sen John
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Herron, Sen John
- Allison, Sen Lyn
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Allison, Sen Lyn
- Herron, Sen John
- Allison, Sen Lyn
- Allison, Sen Lyn
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Herron, Sen John
- Third Reading
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In Committee
- ACIS ADMINISTRATION AMENDMENT BILL 2000
- FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (DEBT RECOVERY) BILL 2000
- BROADCASTING SERVICES AMENDMENT BILL 2000
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2000
- DOCUMENTS
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QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
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Transport and Regional Services Portfolio: Agency Boards
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
2002: The Year of the Outback
(Greig, Sen Brian, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Networking the Nation: South Australia
(Schacht, Sen Chris, Alston, Sen Richard) -
Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business: Salaries
(Faulkner, Sen John, Alston, Sen Richard) -
Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs: Salaries
(Faulkner, Sen John, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
National Crime Authority: Matters Referred
(Murray, Sen Andrew, Vanstone, Sen Amanda) -
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Public Opinion Research
(Faulkner, Sen John, Hill, Sen Robert) -
Department of Family and Community Services: Public Opinion Research
(Faulkner, Sen John, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Aviation: Kendall Airlines Incident
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Civil Aviation Safety Authority Board: Pilot Licences
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Analogue Telephone Network: Alarm Security Systems
(West, Sen Sue, Vanstone, Sen Amanda) -
Civil Aviation Safety Authority: Legal Advice
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Department of Transport and Regional Services: Grants to Employer Organisations
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Department of the Environment and Heritage: Grants to Employer Organisations
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Hill, Sen Robert) -
Department of Transport and Regional Services: Grants to Employer Organisations
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Department of the Environment and Heritage: Grants to Employer Organisations
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Hill, Sen Robert) -
Department of Transport and Regional Services: Grants to Employer Organisations
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Department of the Environment and Heritage: Grants to Employer Organisations
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Hill, Sen Robert) -
Department of Transport and Regional Services: Grants to Employer Organisations
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Department of the Environment and Heritage: Grants to Employer Organisations
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Hill, Sen Robert) -
Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs: Grants to Employer Organisations
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry: Grants to Employer Organisations
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Alston, Sen Richard) -
East Timor: Airservices Australia Tender
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Australian Maritime Safety Authority: Coronial Inquiry Submission
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Telstra: Adult Telephone Services
(Greig, Sen Brian, Alston, Sen Richard) -
People with Disabilities: Case Based Funding Trials
(Evans, Sen Chris, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Aboriginal Corporations: Winding Up
(Crossin, Sen Trish, Herron, Sen John) -
Office of the Employment Advocate: Advertisements
(Crossin, Sen Trish, Alston, Sen Richard) -
National Electricity Market
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Education: Vision College Students
(Carr, Sen Kim, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Agriculture: Importation of New Zealand Apples
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Alston, Sen Richard) -
Roads: Sandfly Road, Margate, Tasmania
(Brown, Sen Bob, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Children's Garden Rudolf Steiner School: Land Sale
(Bourne, Sen Vicki, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Child Support: Parenting Orders
(Brown, Sen Bob, Vanstone, Sen Amanda) -
Shipping: Barge Sinking Incident
(Brown, Sen Bob, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Shipping: Sulteng 1 Sinking
(Brown, Sen Bob, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Springbrook National Park: Development
(Brown, Sen Bob, Hill, Sen Robert) -
Department of Defence: Toxic Chemicals
(Brown, Sen Bob, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Department of the Environment and Heritage: Unauthorised Computer Access
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Hill, Sen Robert) -
Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs: Unauthorised Computer Access
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs: Unauthorised Computer Access
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Vanstone, Sen Amanda) -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission: Unauthorised Computer Access
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Herron, Sen John) -
Department of Family and Community Services: Programs and Grants to the Richmond Electorate
(Mackay, Sen Sue, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Department of Family and Community Services: Programs and Grants to the Cowper Electorate
(Mackay, Sen Sue, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Department of Family and Community Services: Programs and Grants to the Page Electorate
(Mackay, Sen Sue, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Department of Family and Community Services: Programs and Grants to the Bass Electorate
(Mackay, Sen Sue, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Department of Family and Community Services: Programs and Grants to the Gwydir Electorate
(Mackay, Sen Sue, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Department of Family and Community Services: Programs and Grants to the Eden-Monaro Electorate
(Mackay, Sen Sue, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Department of Family and Community Services: Motor Vehicle Fuel Expenditure
(Cook, Sen Peter, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Action Plan for Australian Birds: Funding
(Bartlett, Sen Andrew, Hill, Sen Robert)
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Transport and Regional Services Portfolio: Agency Boards
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Senator Mackay
asked the Minister for Family and Community Services, upon notice, on 5 October 2000:
(1) What programs and/or grants administered by the department provide assistance to people living in the electorate of Richmond.
(2) What was the level of funding provided through these programs and grants for the 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99 financial years.
(3) What is the level of funding provided through programs and grants that has been appropriated for the 1999-2000 financial year.
Senator Newman (Minster for Family and Community Services and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women)
—The answer to the honourable senator's question is as follows:
(1) Programs and grants administered by FaCS
- Emergency Relief Program
- Child Support Agency (CSA) - services provided from Ballina
- Youth Programs - including pilot Reconnect programs
- Family Relationship Services Program (FRSP)
- Family and Community Networks Initiative (FCNI)
- Employment Assistance for people with a disability
- Advocacy for people with a disability
- Carer Respite
- Commonwealth Childcare Programs
- CRS Australia - vocational rehabilitation and injury management programs
- Commonwealth funds for the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program and Housing Programs under the Commonwealth State Housing Agreement (CSHA) are administered with state funding by the NSW State Government
- Income Support Payments (Centrelink)
(2) and (3) Please refer to the table below.
Program | Funding 96/97 | Funding 97/98 | Funding 98/99 | Funding 99/00 |
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Emergency Relief Program | $157,631 | $208,228 | $164,895 | $247,698 |
CSA | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
Youth Programs | $50,179 | $94,263 | $85,693 | $104,262 |
FRSP | Not available | Not available | Not available | $1,306,022 |
FCNI | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Employment Assistance for people with a disability | $1,305,911 | $1,300,132 | $1,410,133 | $1,498,224 |
Advocacy for people with a disability | $176,642 plus$1,000,370total for all 6 state wide services | $175,861 plus$1,015,848total for all 6 state wide services | 178,130 plus$1,028,952total for all 6 state wide services | $183,688 plus$1,363,385total for all 7 state wide services |
Carer Respite | Nil | Nil | Nil | $59,741funding covers more than Richmond |
Childcare Programs | $7,450,162 | $7,494,558 | $7,170,33 | $7,398,021 |
CRS Australia | Data unable to be disaggregated | Data unable to be disaggregated | Data unable to be disaggregated | Data unable to be disaggregated |
Supported Accommodation Assistance Program | Data unable to be disaggregated | Data unable to be disaggregated | Data unable to be disaggregated | Data unable to be disaggregated |
CSHA | Data unable to be disaggregated | Data unable to be disaggregated | Data unable to be disaggregated | Data unable to be disaggregated |
The Government has increased the level of funding to the above programs since 1996-97.
The detailed information on income support payments required to answer the honourable senator's question is not readily available in consolidated form. I do not consider appropriate the expenditure of resources and effort that would be involved in collecting and assembling information for the sole purpose of answering questions of this nature.