Chris Bowen (Prospect, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I take the minister to the form of employment of these new investigators. The minister has told me before in answers to questions on notice in relation to Centrelink that Centrelink surveillance is primarily contracted out. There are a range of private investigation firms that are used for that purpose. I do not have a problem with that at all, but if I read this announcement correctly—and I have only read the media reports; I am not on the minister’s email list for his press release, if there was one issued—

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