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

Well, I will have to come back on anything further I can in relation to the specific question that Senator Pocock asks. I am not aware of any more but I will come back. In relation to the last part of your question—conflicts of interest—a piece of work assessing it and examining it is underway, about how we manage conflict-of-interest issues across the Public Service in relation to external labour.

There was a number of issues raised at estimates that raised flags with me about arrangements that were in place for some of these companies and other clients they might have but there are also issues we have to look at across the APS. This is something that Finance and I will be working on. But as Senator Pocock will see, we have a comprehensive response to many of those issues as outlined yesterday but there is more work to be done. (Time expired)