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Monday, 26 October 2009
Page: 7174


Senator Abetz asked the Minister representing the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Minister for Social Inclusion, Minister for Employment Participation and Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth, upon notice, on 29 May 2009:

(1)   Can a list be provided, by agency, of all infrastructure and/or capital works projects that fall under the responsibility of an agency within the Minister’s portfolio.

(2)   For each of the projects in (1) above:

(a)   when was it first announced, by whom, and by what method;

(b)   if applicable, what program is it funded through;

(c)   what is its total expected cost;

(d)   what was its original budget;

(e)   what is its current budget;

(f)   what is the total Federal Government contribution to its cost;

(g)   what is the total state government contribution to its cost;

(h)   if applicable, what other funding sources are involved and what is their contribution to the project cost;

(i)   what was the expected start date of construction;

(j)   what is the expected completion date;

(k) (i)   who is responsible for delivering the project, and (ii) if a state government is responsible for delivering the project, when will the funding be released to the relevant state government;

(l)   is the project to be completed in stages/phases; if so, what is the timing and cost of each stage/phase;

(m)   why was the project funded; and

(n)   what cost benefit or other modelling was done before the project was approved.


Senator Carr (Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) —The Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Minister for Social Inclusion, Minister for Employment Participation and Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth have provided the following answer to the honourable senator’s question:

Information on infrastructure and/or capital works projects is to be found on the website of the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, www.deewr.gov.au. The provision of further information, beyond what is already publicly available, would represent an unreasonable diversion of resources.