David Pocock (ACT, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 435 standing in my name relating to an order for the production of documents.

Leave granted.

I move the motion as amended:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister for Finance, by no later than 1 pm on 7 December 2023, the following:

a. the names of the 22 service providers on the Management Advisory Services (MAS) Panel that were sent a commercial-in-confidence document, being the MAS Supplier Matrix with Pricing, on or around 9 November 2023, wherein the rates of all 413 service providers on the MAS Panel were revealed;

b. any correspondence within and between the Department of Finance and the Department of Health and Aged Care regarding the above breach, including but not limited to, correspondence considering the commercial consequences of said breach and any discussion of compensation for the 413 organisations whose rates were revealed through the release;

c. any correspondence between the Department of Finance and the Minister for Finance regarding the above matter;

d. written confirmation of which organisations among Deloitte, EY, KPMG and Scyne Advisory, or any of their subsidiaries, received the MAS Supplier Matrix; and

e. any evidence demonstrating that the breached information was not circulated beyond the initial group of recipients by any of the 22 organisations who received the MAS Supplier Matrix in the 8 day period between when the Department of Finance became aware of the breach, on 9 November 2023, and when, on 17 November 2023, it requested that the 22 organisations sign deeds of confidentiality and statutory declarations.

Question agreed to.