Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment Participation, Apprenticeships and Training) Share this | Hansard source

I, and also on behalf of Senator Birmingham, move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes:

(i)

the persistent and continuing refusal of the Prime Minister and several other ministers to clarify when they were first told about inadequate training and safety issues for workers involved in the home insulation program,

(ii)

reports that direct advice was provided to the Prime Minister and other ministers involved in Labor’s home insulation fiasco about fraud, safety risks and training inadequacies in relation to the ill-fated program, and

(iii)

reports that the home insulation program implemented was redesigned from that initially recommended by the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts so as to spend the funds allocated faster as part of the stimulus package;

(b)

considers that public release of all information about what the Government knew about inadequate training and safety issues for workers is in the public interest; and

(c)

orders that there be laid on the table by 12 pm on Thursday, 18 March 2010, any information, including, but not limited to, letters, emails, spreadsheets, minutes of meetings, reports, and briefing notes, held by the Prime Minister, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, the Minister for Climate Change, the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Government Service Delivery, the Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change, and their respective offices and departments, concerning:

(i)

safety warnings in relation to the home insulation program,

(ii)

training issues in relation to the home insulation program,

(iii)

fraud in the home insulation program,

(iv)

the design of the home insulation program initially proposed by the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, and

(v)

changes made to the design of the home insulation program initially proposed by the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.

Question agreed to.