

- Title
QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government
- Database
Senate Hansard
- Date
28-02-2011
- Source
Senate
- Parl No.
43
- Electorate
Australian Capital Territory
- Interjector
- Page
784
- Party
LP
- Presenter
- Status
Final
- Question No.
272
- Questioner
Humphries, Sen Gary
- Responder
Sherry, Sen Nick
- Speaker
- Stage
Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government
- Type
- Context
Answers to Questions on Notice
- System Id
chamber/hansards/2011-02-28/0190
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TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (TEMPORARY FLOOD AND CYCLONE RECONSTRUCTION LEVY) BILL 2011
INCOME TAX RATES AMENDMENT (TEMPORARY FLOOD AND CYCLONE RECONSTRUCTION LEVY) BILL 2011 - MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS
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CRIMES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2010
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TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (TEMPORARY FLOOD AND CYCLONE RECONSTRUCTION LEVY) BILL 2011
INCOME TAX RATES AMENDMENT (TEMPORARY FLOOD AND CYCLONE RECONSTRUCTION LEVY) BILL 2011 - ADJOURNMENT
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QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
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Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs: Accommodtion
(Humphries, Sen Gary, Arbib, Sen Mark) -
Status of Women: Accommodation
(Humphries, Sen Gary, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Social Housing and Homelessness: Accommodation
(Humphries, Sen Gary, Arbib, Sen Mark) -
Defence: Staffing
(Johnston, Sen David, Evans, Sen Chris) -
Defence: Staffing
(Johnston, Sen David, Evans, Sen Chris) -
Defence: Staffing
(Johnston, Sen David, Evans, Sen Chris) -
Defence: Staffing
(Johnston, Sen David, Evans, Sen Chris) -
Defence: Staffing
(Johnston, Sen David, Evans, Sen Chris) -
Defence: Staffing
(Johnston, Sen David, Evans, Sen Chris) -
Defence: Staffing
(Johnston, Sen David, Evans, Sen Chris) -
Defence: Staffing
(Johnston, Sen David, Evans, Sen Chris) -
Australian Taxation Office: Trusts
(Cormann, Sen Mathias, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Australian Taxation Office
(Cormann, Sen Mathias, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Australian Heritage Council
(Brown, Sen Bob, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Bledisloe Boulevard and Harbourlights Way
(Siewert, Sen Rachel, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Sustainable Rural Water Use and Infrastructure Program
(Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Coal Seam Gas Industry
(Siewert, Sen Rachel, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Tillegra Dam
(Siewert, Sen Rachel, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Australian War Memorial: Program Funding
(Humphries, Sen Gary, Evans, Sen Chris) -
Treasury: Stationery
(Humphries, Sen Gary, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government: Stationery
(Humphries, Sen Gary, Sherry, Sen Nick) -
Immigration and Citizenship: Stationery
(Humphries, Sen Gary, Carr, Sen Kim) -
Health and Ageing: Stationery
(Humphries, Sen Gary, Ludwig, Sen Joe) -
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs: Stationery
(Humphries, Sen Gary, Arbib, Sen Mark) -
Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities: Stationery
(Humphries, Sen Gary, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Innovation, Industry, Science and Research: Stationery
(Humphries, Sen Gary, Carr, Sen Kim) -
Human Services: Stationery
(Humphries, Sen Gary, Arbib, Sen Mark) -
Small Business: Stationery
(Humphries, Sen Gary, Sherry, Sen Nick) -
Treasury
(Humphries, Sen Gary, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government
(Humphries, Sen Gary, Sherry, Sen Nick) -
Immigration and Citizenship: Staffing
(Humphries, Sen Gary, Carr, Sen Kim) -
Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
(Humphries, Sen Gary, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
(Humphries, Sen Gary, Carr, Sen Kim) -
Human Services
(Humphries, Sen Gary, Arbib, Sen Mark) -
Small Business
(Humphries, Sen Gary, Sherry, Sen Nick) -
Tyre Retailers
(Ludlam, Sen Scott, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Office of the Supervising Scientist
(Ludlam, Sen Scott, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
National Waste Policy
(Ludlam, Sen Scott, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Uranium Mining
(Ludlam, Sen Scott, Conroy, Sen Stephen)
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Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs: Accommodtion
Page: 784
Senator Humphries
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, upon notice, on 29 November 2010:
Since 14 September 2010, for each Minister and any Parliamentary Secretaries within their portfolio:
(1) Do the Minister and Parliamentary Secretaries have access to a departmental credit card; if so, can a copy be provided of all bank statements.
(2) (a) How many mobile devices are provided to the Minister’s office; and (b) what is the total spend on mobile devices for each office to date.
(3) At what level is each staff member employed in the office.
(4) What has been the total cost of travel for the Minister and Parliamentary Secretaries.
(5) What has been the total travel for all staff, by office.
Senator Sherry (Minister for Small Business, Minister Assisting on Deregulation and Public Sector Superannuation and Minister Assisting the Minister for Tourism)
—The Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government has provided the following answer to the honourable senator’s question:
(1) No.
(2) (a) 33, (b) $9,308 as at 31 December 2010.
(3) The employment of staff under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 is administered by the Department of Finance and Deregulation. On 19 October 2010, the Department of Finance and Deregulation tabled with the Senate Finance and Public Administration Committee, Government Personal Positions as at 1 October 2010.
(4) The cost of official travel by Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries and accompanying staff employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 are largely paid by the Department of Finance and Deregulation. As such, the information sought will be tabled by the Special Minister of State in the last sitting week of June 2011 in his six-monthly report on Parliamentarians Travel Paid by the Department of Finance and Deregulation. As at 29 November 2010 there was no expenditure on short-term transport (cars or taxis).
(5) The Special Minister of State will respond on my behalf in relation to this question.