Adam Bandt (Melbourne, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Treasurer regarding the Reserve Bank bribery scandal. The former Treasurer Peter Costello has said today that any government agency that becomes aware of evidence of criminal activity has a duty to inform the relevant minister and to take the evidence to the law enforcement authorities. Does the Treasurer agree with this statement? Given the latest evidence that the Reserve Bank knew about allegations of criminal activity for two years before going to the police, will the government now put in place a full inquiry—an inquiry that will not cut across the criminal prosecutions currently on foot but will deal with the growing cloud over governance within the RBA?

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