Notice given 15 March 2012

1721 Senator Ludlam: To ask the Minister representing the Assistant Treasurer—With reference to question on notice no. 1322 (Senate Hansard, 27 February 2012, proof p. 120), and given that the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences provides statistics about Australian forest and wood products in cubic metres, not tonnes, in relation to the export of sawn native forest timbers from Western Australia, for each of the following financial years: 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11:

(a) how many cubic metres of sawn jarrah and karri were exported from Western Australia on a per species basis;

(b) what was the total volume exported; and

(c) which ports received the timber (for each port, provide details of the quantity of each species received and the total volume exported).

1722 Senator Macdonald: To ask the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research—In regard to all agencies within the department or within the responsibility of the Minister, including the Australian Institute of Marine Science, for the period 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2011, what flights were taken by agency staff between: (a) Townsville and Canberra; and (b) Canberra and Townsville, including details on whether they were direct or indirect flights.