Gary Humphries (ACT, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Materiel) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, upon notice, on 29 November 2010:

(1) Has the Minister received any correspondence on funding issues surrounding the Australian War Memorial; if so:

(a) from whom;

(b) on what date was each piece of correspondence received; and

(c) can a copy of the correspondence be provided.

(2) Has the Minister written to the Prime Minister, the Minister for Finance and Deregulation or the Minister for Defence on the issue of the Australian War Memorial; if so,

(a) when and what was the subject matter; and

(b) can a copy of the correspondence and any response received be provided.

Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Minister for Veterans' Affairs has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

(1) (a) and (b) The request has been taken to be for correspondence concerning the issue of the overall funding for the Memorial and not individuals' or organisations' requests for funding from the Memorial to support their activities.

The following table outlines the date each piece of correspondence was received:

(c) Yes. A copy of the correspondence* is provided with redactions relating to personal information of third parties or where the correspondence included other information not relevant to the question.

(2) (a) Two pieces of correspondence that the Minister has written to the Prime Minister and the Minister for Finance and Deregulation on the issue of funding for the Australian War Memorial have been identified. The following table outlines the dates when this correspondence was sent and the subject matter:

(b) One piece of correspondence is provided with redactions of sensitive information or information not relevant to the question or is Cabinet-in-confidence. The second item of correspondence has not been provided as it Cabinet-in-Confidence.

*Copies of available correspondence is available from the Senate Table Office.