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2013

Finance FOI Reference Number	Summary of FOI Request	Date Released to Applicant
13/25	Documents relating to Senator the Hon Bob Carr's electorate office	12 April 2013
13/05	Reports prepared by or for the Department since 2007 in relation to establishing Australia Post as a banking entity	7 March 2013
13/16	List of breaches of security at the Department of Finance and Deregulation from 1 January 2009 to 23 January 2013	4 March 2013
12/114	Documents relating to government-funded vehicle / vehicles that were allocated to Ms Julia Gillard in 2006 and 2007 in her capacity as the Member for Lalor	8 February 2013
12/116	Monthly Management Reports (MMR's) for the Member for Gilmore, Ms Joanna Gash MP	1 February 2013
12/108	Authorisations in effect from 4 October 2011 to 4 October 2012 in offices of Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries	31 January 2013
12/107	Documents relating to the Moorebank Intermodal Terminal Project	2 January 2013

2012

Finance FOI Reference Number	Summary of FOI Request	Date Released to Applicant
12/125	Schedule of Cover provided by Comcover to CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) for the 2011/12 and 2012/13 financial years	21 December 2012
12/111	Procedures relating to Comcover Insurance Policy, specifically general liability and professional indemnity and procedures relating to clause 2.5 of the Insurance policy	18 December 2012
12/119	Tenderer Evaluation	6 December 2012
12/103	Government Communications Unit 2002 seminar titled 'Government Case Histories and the Media Brief'	4 December 2012
12/113	Annual Comcover premium invoices for CSIRO from 1 July 2008 to 31 October 2012	29 November 2012
12/84	Briefing materials provided to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation regarding Greens policies since September 14 September 2010	21 November 2012
12/48	Hon. Peter Slipper's land transport, 30 June 2011 to 15 March 2012	9 November 2012
12/43	Hon. Peter Slipper's land transport, 30 June 2011 to 15 March 2012	9 November 2012
12/90	Advice provided to the Government since August 21, 2010 relating to investigations, inquiries or other forms of examination undertaken by the Department in relation to the Hon Peter Slipper MP since he became a Member of Parliament in 1984	23 October 2012
12/56	Documents relating to Mr Craig Thomson’s Overseas Study Travel Report submitted in October 2011	12 October 2012
12/96	GovDex IRAP security audit report for the 2010 ISM Compliance Assessment	9 October 2012
12/88	The agenda and minutes of the Government's Cloud Information Community from its inception [late 2010] to 1 August 2012	4 October 2012
12/62	Drafts of responses to Parliamentary Questions on notice 1860, 1690 and 1305	2 October 2012
12/71	COMCAR records of the Hon. Tony Abbott from 16–22 April 2012	13 September 2012
12/32	Travel costs for the Hon. Tony Abbott and his staff, for 1 January to 31 December 2011 and 24 February to 8 November 2011.	24 August 2012
12/67	Documents including correspondence and emails associated with an earlier FOI request (12/57) for '…documents produced in the last two years showing incidences and circumstances where (a) members of parliament and (b) senators have paid false or wrongful expense claims.'	21 August 2012
12/76	Advice to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, her office, and senior management officials of the Department of Finance and Deregulation between 1 March 2012 and 27 June 2012 relating to the government's policy to cut the company tax rate	20 August 2012
11/52	Accounting treatment of funds provided to the National Broadband Network and NBN Co in the 2011-2012 Budget	13 August 2012
12/61	A copy of the final costings, as provided to the Greens and Independent members of Parliament, in response to their requests to the Department of Finance and Deregulation for costing of policy proposals	3 August 2012
12/55	Documentation relating to The Hon. Harry Jenkins' overseas travel, December 2009	3 July 2012
12/58	Correspondence to and from The Office of Best Practice Regulation (Finance) concerning confirmation that a Regulation Impact Statement is not required regarding the National Interest Analysis on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement	13 June 2012
12/50	Summary of MOP(S) Act employees in receipt of worker’s compensation incapacity payments since 2007	12 June 2012
12/29	Certification of monthly management reports for Hon. John Hogg, Hon. Tony Burke, Hon. Peter Slipper and Hon. Harry Jenkins, for the period November 2007 – current; and the asset register of furniture for various MPs	7 May 2012
12/10	Booked and cancelled air travel for the Hon. Joe Hockey MP, for the period 1 January - 31 December 2011	7 May 2012
12/09	Booked and cancelled air travel for the Hon. Tony Abbott MP, for the period 1 January - 31 December 2011	7 May 2012
11/107	Expense details relating to a six week overseas study trip by the Hon. Peter Slipper, Member for Fisher	1 May 2012
11/110	Cabcharge dockets and correspondence relating to the Hon. Peter Slipper's travel fare for January 2011	1 May 2012
11/109	Ministerial briefing material and correspondence on issues related to the Hon. Peter Slipper MP and his expenses or entitlements	1 May 2012
11/113	The Department of Finance and Deregulations’ requirement of Mr Peter Slipper to repay $5079 of wrongly claimed family travel entitlements, for the period between July 2002 and March 2003	24 April 2012
11/112	Documents relating to the reason that the Department of Finance required Mr Peter Slipper to repay $3,311.12 in Electorate staff travel budget entitlements for the 12 months to June 2009	23 April 2012
12/08	Correspondence in relation to the Post Implementation Review of the Fair Work Act held by the Office of Best Practice Regulation	16 April 2012
12/12	Correspondence received by or sent by the office of Special Minister of State Gary Gray during 2011, which mentions the ‘Independent Review of Implementation of the ICT Reform Program’ Report by Dr Ian Reinecke	18 April 2012
12/34	Future Fund Board of Guardians' Appointment	16 April 2012
12/16	The Hon Peter Slipper MP, Flags Expenditure for 1 January 2006 to 30 January 2012	10 April 2012
11/103	Land transport travel records for Hon. Peter Slipper, Member for Fisher, for period 1 January 2010 – 30 June 2011	5 April 2012
12/14	Correspondence between The Department of Finance and Deregulation (DOFD) and The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) in relation to the Australian Government Implementation Guidelines for the National Code of Practice for the construction industry	27 March 2012
12/17	Consideration to advertise on radio networks featuring Kyle Sandilands	19 March 2012
12/07	Birth dates of staff who have commenced employment in the period 1 October 2009 – 1 October 2011	2 March 2012
12/20	Discussions between the Office of Best Practice Regulation (OBPR) and the National Transport Commission (NTC) regarding the adjustment to heavy vehicle charges	5 March 2012
11/104	COMCAR Schedule for Minster for Foreign Affairs: 18 November 2011	9 February 2012
11/118	Summary of infringement notices and accidents relating to Parliamentarians’ vehicles for the period 22 August 2010 – 8 December 2011	9 February 2012
11/106	Requests by the Hon Peter Slipper MP since 21 August 2010 to draw upon the entitlement available for overseas study purposes	27 January 2012

2011

Finance FOI Reference Number	Summary of FOI Request	Date Released to Applicant
11/91	Act of Grace Payments Approved from 1 January 2011 to 13 December 2011	21 December 2011
11/89	Correspondence since the beginning of 2011 relating to nuclear weapons	19 December 2011
11/90	Data Mining and Analysis of Austender Data: 2009-10	7 December 2011
11/96	Review of procurement processes under $80 000	30 November 2011
11/75	Compensation claims made by immigration detainees	8 November 2011
11/86	Credit Card usage – number of card holders, transactions and total expenditure for the period 1 June 2010 – 30 September 2011	8 November 2011
11/62	Australia Network documents	20 September 2011
11/61	Mr Mathieson's travel costs and nominated drivers of the Prime Minister's private plated vehicle	9 September 2011
11/02	Communication between Finance and Ms Belinda Neal, former Member for Robertson, and the office of the Federal Member for Robertson regarding use of the printing and communications entitlement	14 July 2011
11/38	Internal Audit Reports	10 August 2011
10/27	Strategic Review Reports	4 August 2011
11/53	Direct Sourcing since December 2007	4 August 2011
11/43	Summary Report of severance payments made between 21 August 2010 and 30 November 2010	1 August 2011
11/45	Costs for staff travelling to Gallipoli as part of 2011 Dawn Service Ceremony	28 July 2011
11/44	Parsons Brinckerhoff Reports relating to Anzac Rifle Range, Malabar NSW	18 July 2011
11/26	Draft Regulatory Impact Statement for the Tobacco Control Act and related documents	7 June 2011
11/33	Mr Patrick Secker MP, Member for Barker: Printer cartridge toner ordered between 1 September 2008 – 1 September 2009	26 May 2011
11/14	Travel for staff employed by the Leader of the Opposition for the period 25 October to 5 November 2010	16 May 2011
11/08	Details of all travel for the Hon Peter Slipper MP for the period 10 October to 17 October 2010	16 May 2011
11/20	Private Plated Motor Vehicles used by Senators and Members as at 1 March 2011	13 May 2011
11/29	Staff of the Hon Wayne Swan MP - Termination payments made to staff who ceased in the period 21 May 2010 to 30 March 2011	9 May 2011
11/13	Review of Parliamentary Entitlements (Belcher Report) – Briefs and Recipients of Report	2 May 2011
11/07	The cost of damage to Senators', Members' and Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 (MOP(S) Act) employees' private-plated vehicles from 1 July 2005 to 31 January 2011	15 April 2011
11/04	Total usage costs of mobile telephones and MPDAs (BlackBerrys) provided by Finance to Senators and Members for the 2009-10 financial year	21 February 2011
10/61	Taxi and COMCAR use by the Hon Peter Slipper, MP, Member for Fisher, for the period 1 July to 31 December 2009	9 February 2011
10/65	Federal MPs and Senators use of printer cartridge toners for the period September 8, 2009 to October 1, 2009	3 February 2011
10/70	Australian War Memorial Funding – Funding Arrangements – Released 31 January 2011	31 January 2011

2010

Finance FOI Reference Number	Summary of FOI Request	Date Released to Applicant
10/46	Senators and Members: Family Travel Entitlements repaid since 2005 to 2010	23 December 2010

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