Chris Bowen (Prospect, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I am sure there is. If I read and interpret the reports correctly, these new surveillance officers will be employed in house rather than be contracted out. That would seem to involve a significant degree of skill, training and equipment. I wonder whether the department or Centrelink has engaged in a cost-benefit analysis of conducting this sort of surveillance in house or of contracting it out to private investigation firms.

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