Senate Order 12 and 13

The Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Regulator is required to prepare a report in response to Senate Order 12, known as the Harradine Report, every 6 months. 

The motion by Senator Harradine was agreed by the Senate on 14 November 1994.

The original Senate Order was amended in 1998 and now requires the Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Regulator to also publish the indexed list of all relevant corporate file titles with the following exclusions:  

• files transferred to the National Archives of Australia
• case related files
• files related to the internal administration of Defence.

In accordance with the Order, some information in file titles have been excluded such as:

• commercially confidential information
• identifiable personal information
• security classified information.

Reports

The lists are required to be tabled twice a year, once in the Spring sitting (file titles created in the preceding January to June) and once in the Autumn sitting (file titles created in the preceding July to December).

Related links:

Australian Parliament Senate Order 12

The Senate Order on Entity Contracts requires non-corporate Commonwealth entities to publish information in relation to contracts and their use of confidentiality provisions.

The contract listing includes all non-procurement contracts to the value of $100k or more (GST inclusive) which:

• have been entered into during the reporting period
• have not been fully performed as at the end of the reporting period.

Most of the contracts listed contain confidentiality provisions of a general nature that are designed to protect the confidential information of the parties that may be obtained or generated in carrying out the contract. The reasons for including such clauses include:

• ordinary commercial prudence that requires protection of trade secrets, propriety information and the like
• protection of other Commonwealth material and personal information.

The contract listing excludes contracts that have been exempted from being reported on the basis that they would disclose exempt matters under the Freedom of Information Act.

Reports

Please note - procurement contracts are not included in this contract listing. They can be accessed via AusTender's contract notices listing.

Related links:

Australian Parliament Senate Order 13

Meeting the Senate Order for Entity Contracts guide