Stuart Robert (Fadden, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Defence Science, Technology and Personnel) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Attorney-General, in writing, on 23 March 2011:

(1) How many think tanks or policy institutes are funded by the Minister's department, and (a) what are (i) their names, and (ii) key areas of research, and (b) in what office/agency within the department do they fall.

(2) What sum of funding was provided to each of the think tanks or policy institutes in part (1) in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09, (c) 2009-10, and (d) 2010-11.

(3) For each think tank or policy institute in part (1), on what date (a) was an announcement made that it would be formed, and (b) did it commence operating.

Robert McClelland (Barton, Australian Labor Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:

The Attorney General's Department has provided funding to the Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse website during the relevant financial years. The Clearinghouse aims to promote the discussion and dissemination of relevant Indigenous justice information to government policy makers and those working in the Indigenous justice field. The Clearinghouse is a collaborative partnership between the Australian Institute of Criminology, a portfolio agency of the Department, and the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General.

The Department provided $9,782.52 in funding to the Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse during the financial year 2010-11, and $10,179.04 in 2009-10. The Department did not provide any funding during the two financial years 2007-08 and 2008-09.

The Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse was launched by Commonwealth, State and Territory justice Ministers at the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General meeting in Fremantle on 9-10 November 2006. It commenced operating at the same time.