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- ABSENCE OF THE PRESIDENT
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- FAMILY LAW AMENDMENT BILL 2005
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- SENATOR ROSS LIGHTFOOT
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- ANZAC COVE
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BORDER PROTECTION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (DETERRENCE OF ILLEGAL FOREIGN FISHING) BILL 2005
TELECOMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (REGULAR REVIEWS AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2005
MIGRATION LITIGATION REFORM BILL 2005 - DOCUMENTS
- ADJOURNMENT
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QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
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National Competition Policy
(Allison, Sen Lyn, Minchin, Sen Nick) -
Sports Grants
(Denman, Sen Kay, Kemp, Sen Rod) -
Sports Grants
(Denman, Sen Kay, Kemp, Sen Rod) -
Transport and Regional Services: Advertising Campaign
(Faulkner, Sen John, Campbell, Sen Ian) -
Transport and Regional Services: Advertising Campaign
(Faulkner, Sen John, Campbell, Sen Ian) -
Treasury: Advertising Campaign
(Faulkner, Sen John, Minchin, Sen Nick) -
Regional Partnerships
(O’Brien, Sen Kerry, Campbell, Sen Ian) -
Regional Partnerships
(O’Brien, Sen Kerry, Minchin, Sen Nick) -
Commonwealth Regional Information Service
(O’Brien, Sen Kerry, Campbell, Sen Ian) -
Trafigura Fuels Australia Pty Ltd
(O’Brien, Sen Kerry, Hill, Sen Robert) -
Australian Maritime Safety Authority
(Bishop, Sen Mark, Campbell, Sen Ian) -
Pharaceutical Benefits Scheme
(Allison, Sen Lyn, Patterson, Sen Kay) -
Australian Technical Colleges
(Allison, Sen Lyn, Vanstone, Sen Amanda) -
Detention Centres
(Brown, Sen Bob, Vanstone, Sen Amanda) -
Taxation Administration
(Webber, Sen Ruth, Coonan, Sen Helen) -
Child Support Agency and Centrelink: Employee Entitlements
(Mason, Sen Brett, Patterson, Sen Kay) -
Veterans’ Affairs: Employee Entitlements
(Mason, Sen Brett, Hill, Sen Robert) -
Partnerships Against Domestic Violence
(Stott Despoja, Sen Natasha, Patterson, Sen Kay) -
National Domestic Violence Hotline
(Stott Despoja, Sen Natasha, Patterson, Sen Kay) -
Supported Accommodation Assistance Program
(Stott Despoja, Sen Natasha, Patterson, Sen Kay) -
Anti-Domestic-Violence Advertising Campaign
(Stott Despoja, Sen Natasha, Patterson, Sen Kay) -
Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault
(Stott Despoja, Sen Natasha, Patterson, Sen Kay) -
Women’s Programs
(Stott Despoja, Sen Natasha, Patterson, Sen Kay) -
Women in Detention
(Bartlett, Sen Andrew, Vanstone, Sen Amanda) -
Tasmania: Proposed Pulp Mill
(Brown, Sen Bob, Campbell, Sen Ian) -
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Complaints
(Santoro, Sen Santo, Coonan, Sen Helen) -
Recherche Bay
(Brown, Sen Bob, Campbell, Sen Ian) -
Therapeutic Drugs
(Allison, Sen Lyn, Patterson, Sen Kay) -
Gambling
(Allison, Sen Lyn, Patterson, Sen Kay) -
Gambling
(Allison, Sen Lyn, Patterson, Sen Kay) -
Phishing
(Ludwig, Sen Joe, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
(Ludwig, Sen Joe, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Treasury: Fraud
(Ludwig, Sen Joe, Minchin, Sen Nick) -
Finance and Administration: Fraud
(Ludwig, Sen Joe, Minchin, Sen Nick) -
Environment and Heritage: Travel
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Finance and Administration: Goods and Services
(Sherry, Sen Nick, Minchin, Sen Nick)
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National Competition Policy
Page: 215
Senator Ludwig
asked the Minister for Justice and Customs, upon notice, on 11 April 2005:
With reference to the trial by the Australian Customs Service of the unmanned aerial vehicle:
(1) At what stage is the trial.
(2) Have any reports of the trial been produced; if so, can copies be provided: if not, when will a report be produced. (3) (a) How much of the $660,000 trial budget has been expended; and (b) can a breakdown be provided of the budget, including the areas under which money has so far been expended.
(3) (a) How much of the $660,000 trial budget has been expended; and (b) can a breakdown be provided of the budget, including the areas under which money has so far been expended.
(4) Under what project does the trial fall.
Senator Ellison (Minister for Justice and Customs)
—The answer to the honourable senator’s question is as follows:
(1) The trial has not yet commenced. An Evaluation Team is assessing the responses to the Request for Tender which closed on 14 April 2005.
(2) No. A report will be produced after the trial is concluded by the successful tenderer. (3) (a) None of the $660,000 has been expended to date. (b) The $660,000 will be expended solely on the trial.
(3) (a) None of the $660,000 has been expended to date. (b) The $660,000 will be expended solely on the trial.
(4) The trial is a stand-alone project. The evaluation of the trial will be used to validate target data from the High Frequency Surface Wave Radar, and other sources, and inform Customs as to how a UAV could be integrated into future concepts of operations.