Department of the Parliamentary Reporting Staff In Attendance Senator the Hon. Margaret Reid, President of the Senate Mr John Templeton, Secretary Mr Peter Ward, Group Manager, Technical Services Ms Val Barrett, Group Manager, Client Services Mr John Walsh, Group Manager, Strategic Development Mr Bernie Harris, Centenary of Federation Ms Judy
CHAIR —I welcome officers of the Department of the Parliamentary Reporting Staff. Do we have any general questions? Senator FAULKNER —I do not really have any questions that fall into the general category for DPRS. I do have some questions, first of all, on the new telephone system. Mr Templeton,
DEPARTMENT OF THE PARLIAMENTARY REPORTING STAFF In Attendance Senator Reid, President of the Senate Mr John Templeton, Secretary Ms Val Barrett, Group Manager, Client Services Mr Peter Ward, Group Manager, Technical Services Mr Bruce Sharp, Group Manager, Strategic Development Mr John Walsh, Group Manager, Corporate Support Mr Bernie Harris, Executive
CHAIR —Mr Templeton, officers of the department, good morning. I call upon general questions for the Department of the Parliamentary Reporting Staff. Senator FAULKNER —I have noticed, Mr Templeton, a few surprising errors creeping in with some of the Daily Hansards . I wanted to ask you whether this was
department of the parliamentary reporting staff In Attendance Mr John Templeton, Secretary Ms Val Barrett, Group Manager, Client Services Mr Peter Ward, Group Manger, Technical Services Mr Bruce Sharp, Group Manager, Strategic Development Mr John Walsh, Group Manager, Corporate Support Mr Bernie Harris, Executive Coordinator, Centenary of Parliament
CHAIR —I welcome officers of the Department of the Parliamentary Reporting Staff. Are there any questions? Senator ROBERT RAY —My question relates to the fact that I think now all senators are being provided with a laptop computer, one of the more interesting uses of which for a senator is
DEPARTMENT OF THE PARLIAMENTARY REPORTING STAFF Proposed expenditure, $500,000 (Document C). In Attendance Senator the Honourable Margaret Reid, President of the Senate Department of the Parliamentary Reporting Staff— Mr John Templeton, Secretary Mr Bernie Harris, Chief Hansard Reporter, Hansard Mr Peter Ward, General Manager, Parliamentary Information Systems Office Mr Bruce
CHAIR —I welcome the Department of the Parliamentary Reporting Staff. Are there general questions for the department? Senator FAULKNER —Yes, I have got a couple of questions I would like to ask. I was wondering whether someone from the Department of the Parliamentary Reporting Staff could let me now how
CHAIRMAN --I welcome staff from the Department of the
Parliamentary Reporting Staff. Are they any general questions? Senator FAULKNER --One of the issues we have heard quite a deal
about is the Sound and Vision Office and the need for significant asset
replacement. I wondered if we could get an understanding, in the
CHAIR --I welcome the officers of the Department of the
Parliamentary Reporting Staff. I ask whether senators, starting with the
official members of the committee, have any questions. Senator ROBERT RAY --The 17.4 per cent reduction in
appropriations--would I be right in suggesting this is probably the highest
cut of any department right across
Senator McGAURAN --As you would know, there was
controversy--even anonymous letters were sent around to senators--in
relation to when the Department of the Parliamentary Reporting Staff was, I
think, combined with the Parliamentary Library. Is that working well now?
Has the controversy settled down? Mr Templeton --Mr Chairman, the background to that is that
