The Senate QUESTIONS ON NOTICE SUMMARY 28 September 2010 to 5 August 2013 Copies may be obtained from the Senate Table Office, Telephone: 02 6277 3010 Fax: 02 6277 3448 Email: [email protected] Questions on Notice Summary is available online at: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/statsnet/questions This summary includes information for the 43rd Parliament from 28 September 2010, when notice of the first question was given, to the prorogation of the Parliament on 5 August 2013. The answers to questions on notice ceased being published in Hansard from 28 February 2013; questions and answers can now be found online in the Questions database: www.aph.gov.au/SenateQON QUESTIONS ON NOTICE CONTENTS STATISTICS RELATING TO QUESTIONS ON NOTICE PAGE NO. Total number and breakdown by senator………………………………………………………………5 Breakdown by minister/title Summary .................................................................................................................................... 6 Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry ............................................................................................ 9 Arts ........................................................................................................................................... 12 Assistant Treasurer ................................................................................................................... 13 Attorney-General ...................................................................................................................... 14 Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy........................................................... 17 Cabinet Secretary ...................................................................................................................... 24 Climate Change and Energy Efficiency .................................................................................... 25 Climate Change, Industry and Innovation ................................................................................ 28 Community Services ................................................................................................................. 29 Defence ..................................................................................................................................... 30 Defence Materiel ...................................................................................................................... 53 Defence Science and Personnel ................................................................................................ 60 Disability Reform ..................................................................................................................... 61 Emergency Management .......................................................................................................... 62 Employment and Workplace Relations .................................................................................... 63 Employment Participation ........................................................................................................ 69 Employment Participation and Childcare ................................................................................. 70 Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs ........................................................... 71 Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs ............................................ 72 Finance and Deregulation ......................................................................................................... 74 Financial Services and Superannuation .................................................................................... 79 Foreign Affairs .......................................................................................................................... 81 Health ........................................................................................................................................ 88 Health and Ageing .................................................................................................................... 91 Higher Education and Skills ..................................................................................................... 93 Home Affairs ............................................................................................................................ 94 Homelessness ............................................................................................................................ 96 Housing ..................................................................................................................................... 97 Housing and Homelessness ...................................................................................................... 98 Human Services ........................................................................................................................ 99 Immigration and Citizenship................................................................................................... 101 Indigenous Employment and Economic Development ........................................................... 106 Indigenous Health ................................................................................................................... 107 Industry and Innovation .......................................................................................................... 108 Infrastructure and Transport ................................................................................................... 109 Innovation, Industry, Science and Research ........................................................................... 111 Justice ..................................................................................................................................... 113 Mental Health and Ageing ...................................................................................................... 114 Minister Assisting on Queensland Floods Recovery .............................................................. 115 Multicultural Affairs ............................................................................................................... 116 President of the Senate ........................................................................................................... 117 Prime Minister ........................................................................................................................ 118 Privacy and Freedom of Information ...................................................................................... 121 Public Service and Integrity .................................................................................................... 122 Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government ..................................... 123 Regional Development and Local Government ...................................................................... 125 Regional Services, Local Communities and Territories ......................................................... 126 Resources and Energy ............................................................................................................. 127 Road Safety ............................................................................................................................. 130 CONTENTS School Education, Early Childhood and Youth ...................................................................... 131 Science and Research ............................................................................................................. 134 Small Business ........................................................................................................................ 135 Social Housing and Homelessness ......................................................................................... 136 Social Inclusion ...................................................................................................................... 137 Special Minister of State......................................................................................................... 138 Special Minister of State for the Public Service and Integrity ............................................... 141 Sport ........................................................................................................................................ 142 Status of Women ..................................................................................................................... 143 Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities ....................................... 144 Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations .................................................... 152 Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research .................................................................. 155 Tourism ................................................................................................................................... 157 Trade ....................................................................................................................................... 158 Trade and Competitiveness ..................................................................................................... 160 Treasurer ................................................................................................................................. 161 Veterans’ Affairs ....................................................................................................................