Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, on notice, on 6 August 2012:

With reference to the Budget estimates hearings of the Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Committee in May 2012 and the answers to questions nos EW0045 13 and EW0042 13 taken on notice during the hearings:

(1) Did the Minister or the Minister's office approve each answer.

(2)    Did the Minister or the Minister's office make any amendments to either of the answers as drafted.

(3)    When was each answer first provided to the Minister's office.

(4)    When did the Minister approve each answer.

(5)    Can a copy of the signed briefs be provided; if not, why not.

Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

(1) Yes

(2) No

(3) EW0045_13 was provided to the Minister's Office 6 July 2012 and EW0042_13 was provided to the Minister's Office 4 July 2012.

(4) 16 July 2012

(5) There is no brief attached to the answers to Questions on Notice as they are approved electronically through the Department's Parliamentary Document Management System.