Scott Ryan (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Small Business and Fair Competition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, Minister representing the Minister for Defence Personnel and Science and Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 9 October 2012:

For each department and agency under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 and each Commonwealth authority under the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 within the Minister's portfolio: For each of the following items: (a) licences; (b) registrations; (c) fee for services; and (d) permits (and all other permission structures):

(1) How many are administered to the non-government sector?

(2) What are the associated fees with each item, and which sectors of the community are required to hold each?

(3) How often does each item require renewal?

(4) What fees have been paid for each item for the following financial years (or since the item was introduced since 2007-08): (a) 2007-08; (b) 2008-09; (c) 2009-10; (d) 2010-11; (e) 2011-12; and (f) 2012-13?

(5) How much total revenue is collected annually from each of the listed items?

Bob Carr (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Minister for Defence has provided the following answer to the Honourable Senator's question:

(1) to (5) The Department holds various licences, such as, software licences, licences to run bars in messes and licences to operate a cafeteria on a base. Registrations and permits are generally issued by State or Territory bodies.

Due to the broad nature of the question, Defence is unable to provide a response in relation to this question. To develop a response would require an unreasonable amount of departmental resources.