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Senator Ludwig
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing, upon notice, on 11 April 2005:
In each of the financial years 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2004-05 to date, how many cases of fraud against the department have been a result of forged documentation including any of the following: (a) forged drivers’ licences; (b) forged birth certificates; (c) forged Australian citizenship papers; (d) forged passports, either Australian or other nationalities (please specify); and (e) forged marriage certificates, either Australian or other nationalities (please specify).
Senator Patterson (Minister for Family and Community Services and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women’s Issues)
—The Minister for Health and Ageing has provided the following answer to the honourable senator’s question:
The number of cases of fraud against the Department that have been the result of forged documentation is:
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2000-01: |
4 |
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2001-02: |
3 |
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2002-03: |
1 |
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2003-04: |
1 |
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2004-05 to date: |
1 |
None of these cases involved (a) forged drivers’ licences, (b) forged birth certificates, (c) forged Australian citizenship papers, (d) forged passports, either Australian or other nationalities, or (e) forged marriage certificates, either Australian or other nationalities.
None of these cases involved (a) forged drivers’ licences, (b) forged birth certificates, (c) forged Australian citizenship papers, (d) forged passports, either Australian or other nationalities, or (e) forged marriage certificates, either Australian or other nationalities.