Page 1939 - Week 06 - Thursday, 9 June 2022
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MR BARR: It is borderline asking me to express an opinion on what another minister’s opinion might have been. I will take the question in the spirit in which it was brought forward and will respond in accordance with the other questions.
Canberra Institute of Technology—procurement
MS LEE: Chief Minister, I refer to the correspondence from the CIT board chair dated 5 March 2021, tabled yesterday. The minister noted he had written to the board chair because he received a media inquiry. Other than that media inquiry, did the minister receive any representations suggesting there was questionable contracting going on at CIT? If yes, what actions were taken by the minister or his office?
MR BARR: Again I will need to confirm with the minister’s office whether any other representations were received. Can I confirm: outside media?
Ms Lee: Yes.
MR BARR: I will take that on notice.
MS LEE: In line with that, were any representations received by the minister about this matter from people who worked at CIT? If so, what actions did he or his office take?
MR BARR: That is a secondary question. There are two categories, just to be clear—that there were other representations from people who were not the media and did not work at CIT, and the second question is about any representations from anyone who worked at CIT.
Ms Lee: Yes.
MR BARR: I will take those on notice, on behalf of the minister.
MR MILLIGAN: Chief Minister, has Minister Steel ever received any representations suggesting there is systemic bullying and a culture of cover-up at CIT? If yes, what actions were taken by the minister or his office?
MR BARR: Again, perhaps a not unfamiliar response to this supplementary, similar to the others: I will take it on notice.
Canberra Institute of Technology—procurement
MS LEE: Yesterday, the minister tabled the correspondence from the CIT board chair, dated 5 March 2021. Page 5 of that advice refers to two off-site CEO professional development sessions. Can you confirm that they were one-on-one sessions between the CIT CEO and a consultant?
MR BARR: I presume the question was to me; it did not come with an introduction. I will take that on notice.
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