asked the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, upon notice, on 17 August 2011:

Did the Minister or any of his ministerial staff receive a briefing, written or verbal, from his department, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade or a member of the selection panel regarding any of the information provided by tenderers in their tender submissions in relation to the Australia Network tender; if so, when and what was the nature of the information provided.