Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 August 2012:

With reference to the Australian Financial Review article, ‘Push to free up greenfields work deals’ (25 June 2012):

(1) Given the article references recommendations within the Fair Work Act 2009 Review Panel report, did the Minister, the Minister’s office or the department provide details, background information or excerpts from the report:

(a) if so:

  (i) who was the source of the information,

  (ii) who authorised the provision of this information, and

  (iii) why was the information provided; and

(b) if not, is the Minister concerned that parts of the report found its way into the media.

(2) As at 25 June 2012:

(a) what was the status of the report; and

(b) was the report classified; if so, what was the report’s classification.

Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations has provided the following answer to the honourable senator’s question:

(1) The Fair Work Act Review report was provided to the Minister on 15 June 2012 and publicly released on 2 August 2012. Neither the Minister, his office or the Department provided any background or excerpts from the report to the author of the article. The Minister is not concerned about the media article. The Minister notes no recommendations from the Review Panel’s report are extracted in the article.

(2) On 25 June 2012 the report was unclassified and awaiting public release.