Warren Snowdon (Lingiari, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern Australia and Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. I refer the minister to his claim yesterday that the protection of whistleblowers is paramount. Can he confirm that an Indigenous whistleblower in his department, Tjanara Goreng Goreng, has been suspended and had her home raided by the Australian Federal Police? Can the minister confirm that one of the grounds for suspension included the officer’s alleged connection with the Mutitjulu community? Why has Ms Goreng Goreng not enjoyed the same protection as Mr Andrews, a man with a demonstrated connection to Mutitjulu?

Mal Brough (Longman, Liberal Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for his question. As he pointed out, this is a matter of investigation by the Federal Police. I do not discuss such matters in this forum or anywhere else.