House debates Questions without Notice

Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction

Wednesday, 4 December 2019 House of Representatives

Mark Butler

Mark Butler Hindmarsh, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy

3:01 pm

My question is again to the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. Have the minister and his office provided data, data logs and metadata to the detectives conducting Strike Force Garrad to substantiate his claim that he downloaded the document directly from the City of Sydney website? If not, why not?

Angus Taylor

Angus Taylor Hume, Liberal Party, Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction

3:02 pm

As I said, I will always cooperate on matters of this sort. My office has established an administrative point of contact with the New South Wales police, and I don't propose to say more while police inquiries are continuing. I don't propose to say more while police inquiries are beginning, coming from a referral that came from those opposite.