Anne Urquhart (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Watt, I move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, by no later than 3.30 pm on 14 November 2019, the following documents referred to in Auditor-General's report no. 12 2019-20, Award of Funding Under the Regional Jobs and Investment Packages (RJIP):

(a) all written briefings provided to Ministerial Panels to inform the award of grant funding in each of the 10 regions;

(b) all written responses from Ministerial Panels to the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development (the Department) following consideration of advice provided in relating to paragraph (a) above, including:

  (i) all records of requests by Panels to award funding to applications that had not been recommended by the Department, and all reasons for Panels awarding funding to applications that had not been recommended by the Department,

  (ii) all records of requests by Panels to not award funding to applications that had been recommended by the Department, and all records of reasons for Panels not awarding funding to applications that had been recommended by the Department,

  (iii) any documents identifying projects identified as ineligible, including any that received funding under the RJIP,

  (iv) any documents identifying late applications, including any projects that received funding under the RJIP, and

  (v) any documents identifying projects where there was a request for a co-funding exemption, including all records related to the decisions on whether to grant an exemption;

(c) a copy of the assurance review contracted by the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development; and

(d) all documents provided to Ministers/Ministerial Panels containing the scoring/assessment of all grant applications under the RJIP, and all responses by Ministers/Ministerial Panels to this advice.