Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Leader in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Evans, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship and the Minister representing the Prime Minister. I refer to the minister’s answer to questions yesterday from Senator Ryan. In estimates on 28 May 2009, I asked questions about the composition of the border protection committee of cabinet, and was told by the secretary of the minister’s department that:

… a number of officials would routinely attend the Border Protection Committee meeting: National Security Adviser Duncan Lewis, the head of the Customs and Border Protection Service, the secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the secretary of the Attorney-General’s Department, the head of the Office of National Assessments, the commissioner or deputy commissioner of the AFP and I.

There was no mention here of ministerial staff, so when did the Prime Minister’s staff start attending meetings of the border protection committee of cabinet, and what are their names?