House debates Questions without Notice

Members of Parliament: Staff

Monday, 22 March 2021 House of Representatives

Clare O'Neil

Clare O'Neil Hotham, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services

2:27 pm

My question is to the Prime Minister and is regarding the Gaetjens review. Last Thursday journalist Laura Tingle reported:

… there are suggestions that there are quite a lot of lawyers involved now with staff wanting to make sure that their positions are protected in whatever they say to the Gaetjens review …

Can the Prime Minister confirm that his staff have now engaged lawyers in response to the Gaetjens inquiry?

Tony Smith

Tony Smith Speaker

I'm going to rule on that. That's not something that any minister or Prime Minister would have knowledge of. It's not within the knowledge and, in this case, not the responsibility of the Prime Minister. I will go to the next question.