Perhaps UITA you should change your name to
Nutrigrain & carry on your
Cereal Wars with Creamy elsewhere...
Interesting AQON (in part) to the former Miniscule for Ag Senator Ludwig (who you will remember right royally buggered up the live Cattle export trade to Indonesia..
) which
is relevant to the thread..
:
Senator Ludwig asked:
1. Since 7 September 2013, how many new reviews have been commenced? Please list them including:
a. the date they were ordered;
b. the date they commenced;
c. the Minister responsible;
d. the department responsible;
e. the nature of the review;
f. their terms of reference;
g. the scope of the review;
h. whom is conducting the review;
i. the number of officers, and their classification level, involved in conducting the review;
j. the expected report date; and
k. if the report will be tabled in parliament or made public.
2. For any review commenced or ordered since 7 September 2013, have any external people, companies or contractors been engaged to assist or conduct the review?
a. If so, please list them, including their name and/or trading name/s and any known alias or other trading names.
b. If so, please list their managing director and the board of directors or equivalent.
c. If yes, for each what are the costs associated with their involvement, broken down to each cost item.
d. If yes, for each, what is the nature of their involvement?
e. If yes, for each, are they on the lobbyist register? Provide details.
f. If yes, for each, what contact has the Minister or their office had with them?
g. If yes, for each, who selected them?
h. If yes, for each, did the Minister or their office have any involvement in selecting them?
i. If yes, please detail what involvement it was.
ii. If yes, did they see or provided input to a short list.
iii. If yes, on what dates did this involvement occur.
iv. If yes, did this involve any verbal discussions with
the department.
v. If yes, on what dates did this involvement occur.
Answer:
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development
Aviation Safety Regulation Review
1. Yes, Aviation Safety Regulation Review
a. The review results from a 2013 election commitment.
b. 14 November 2013.
c. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development.
d. Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development.
e. External review of aviation safety regulation in Australia.
f. See Attachment A.
g. See Attachment A.
h. Mr David Forsyth AM, Mr Don Spruston and Mr Roger Whitefield.
i. SES1 x 1, EL2 x 1, EL1 x 1, APS6 x 1, APS4 x 1.
j. May 2014.
k. This is a matter for Government.
2. Yes
a. Mr David Forsyth AM, Mr Don Spruston, Mr Roger Whitefield, Mr Phillip Reiss (trading as Reiss Aviation).
b. Each person listed at 2.a. above is engaged as an individual or sole-trader.
c. Each person listed at 2.a. above is engaged at a rate of $1,500.00 per day ex GST plus reasonable expenses incurred.
d. Each person listed at 2.a. above is engaged to provide advisory services.
e. None of the people listed at 2.a above are on the lobbyist register.
f. The Minister met all four people listed at 2.a. above on 9 December 2013.
g. The Minister approved the selection of all four listed at 2.a. above on the basis of advice from the Department.
h. Yes.
i. The Minister approved the engagement of all four people on the basis of advice from the Department.
ii. Yes.
iii. Various dates in October/November 2013
iv. Yes.
v. Various dates in October/November 2013
Hmm AQON at 2(c)...
..not bad coin if you can get it...