Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

As senators know, anyone can make a referral to the National Anti-Corruption Commission. The commission makes its own decisions about what matters it will investigate. I can say that the government is appalled by the behaviour of PwC in this situation. It has compromised our ability to work with third parties around developing up policy and legislation. The Treasurer and I have taken the matter very seriously, and we are currently looking at what further steps are available in my area, around the procurement framework, around panels, around future work, around all of those things, to make sure that not only are we putting in place tighter processes for those that are awarded contracts but that we have a very significant deterrent to this kind of behaviour occurring again.