17 August 2011

* 502  MR BALDWIN: To ask the Prime Minister—Was the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s report the sole factor in her decision to introduce the Clean Energy Plan; if so, (a) which part; (b) what peer reviews support the evidence in the report (including citations and authors); and (c) what dissenting reports are annexed to the report (including citations and authors); if not, will she provide a list of references for the scientific evidence on which her decision to introduce the Clean Energy Plan was based, including any peer reviews and dissenting reports (with citations and authors).

* 503  MR BALDWIN: To ask the Prime Minister—

(1) What number of G overnment advisors is providing supporting documentation for the Clean Energy Plan, what departments do they work for, and what are their salaries.

(2) What sum is allocated for the establishment and/or expansion of the bureaucracy to develop and implement the Clean Energy Plan.

(3) What expenditure has the Government incurred to date for the development of the Clean Energy Plan.

* 504  MR BALDWIN: To ask the Prime Minister—In respect of a statement she made that the Clean Energy Plan is needed to ‘save the Great Barrier Reef’, was the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s report the sole factor in her decision to introduce the Clean Energy Plan to save the Great Barrier Reef; if so, (a) which part; (b) what peer reviews support the evidence in the report (including citations and authors); and (c) what dissenting reports are annexed to the report (including citations and authors); if not, will she provide a list of references for the scientific evidence on which her decision to introduce the Clean Energy Plan to save the Great Barrier Reef was based, including any peer reviews and dissenting reports (with citations and authors).

* 505  MR BALDWIN: To ask the Prime Minister—

(1) What number of G overnment advisors is providing supporting documentation for the Clean Energy Plan to save the Great Barrier Reef, what departments do they work for, and what are their salaries.

(2) What sum is allocated for the establishment and/or expansion of the bureaucracy to develop and implement the Clean Energy Plan to save the Great Barrier Reef.

(3) What expenditure has the Government incurred to date for the development of the Clean Energy Plan to save the Great Barrier Reef.

* 506  MR TRUSS: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport—For each premises owned or occupied by his department, indicate (a) the address, (b) the (i) division(s) of the department operating, and (ii) number of staff working, within it, (c) its size, and (d) whether it is leased or owned, and if (i) leased, indicate the rent per square metre, and (ii) owned, indicate the depreciation of the building.

* 507  MR TRUSS: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport—

(1) What was the portfolio expenditure for his department in 2010-11 for (a) advertising, (b) travel, including (i) business, (ii) economy, (iii) first class, (iv) international, and (v) domestic, (c) hospitality and entertainment, (d) information and communications technology, (e) consultants, (f) education and training of staff, (g) external (i) accounting, (ii) auditing, and (iii) legal, services, and (h) memberships or grants paid to affiliate organisations.

(2) For (a) to (h) above, what is the breakdown of expenditure for the following programs identified in the 2010-11 Portfolio Budget Statement: (a) infrastructure investment; (b) transport security; (c) surface transport; (d) road safety; and (e) air transport.

* 508  DR SOUTHCOTT: To ask the Minister for Health and Ageing—

(1) For each of the first 19 successful applications to become Medicare Locals, how many (a) directors, (b) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners, (c) chiropractors, (d) dentists, (e) medical practitioners, (f) nurses, (g) occupational therapists, (h) optometrists, (i) osteopaths, (j) pharmacists, (k) physiotherapists, (l) podiatrists, and (m) psychologists, are proposed to be on the Board.

(2) What health profession is proposed to be the Chair of the Board.

B. C. WRIGHT

Clerk of the House of Representatives