Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Inquiry into the Lobbying Code of Conduct

[1]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Lobbying Code of Conduct, May 2008, p. 1.

[2]        http://lobbyists.pmc.gov.au/lobbyistsregister/index.cfm?event=whoIsOnRegister (accessed 4 August 2008).

[3]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Lobbying Code of Conduct, May 2008, p. 3.

[4]        See for example Senator the Hon. John Faulkner, Cabinet Secretary, Senate Hansard, 13 May 2008, p. 1510.

 

Chapter 2 - Issues

[1]        See for example Mr Tim Grau, Managing Director, Springboard Australia, Submission 1, p. 1 and Mr Greg Sam, Joint Managing Director, Parker and Partners, Submission 3, p. 1.

[2]        Mr John O'Callaghan, Submission 10, p. 1.

[3]        Professor John Warhurst, Submission 4, p. 3.

[4]        Senator the Hon John Faulkner, Special Minister of State and Cabinet Secretary, Senate Hansard, 13 May 2008, p. 1511.

[5]        Journals of the Senate, 14 May 2008, p. 389.

[6]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Lobbying Code of Conduct, May 2008, p. 2.

[7]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Lobbying Code of Conduct, May 2008, p. 2.

[8]        Senator the Hon. John Faulkner, Cabinet Secretary, Senate Hansard, 13 May 2008, p. 1510.

[9]        Mr David Moore, Proprietor, The Next Level Consulting Services, Committee Hansard, 16 June 2008, p. 3.

[10]      Mr David Moore, Proprietor, The Next Level Consulting Services, Committee Hansard, 16 June 2008, p. 3.

[11]      Mr Tim Grau, Managing Director, Springboard Australia, Committee Hansard, 16 June 2008, p. 5.

[12]      Mr Stephen Jones, National Secretary, Community and Public Sector Union, Committee Hansard, 16 June 2008, p. 16.

[13]      Mr Daniel Mammone, Senior Advisor, Legal and Industrial, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Committee Hansard, 16 June 2008, p. 18.

[14]      Mr Scott Barklamb, Director, Workplace Policy, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Committee Hansard, 16 June 2008, pp 18–19.

[15]      CPA Australia, Submission 5, p. 1.

[16]      Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Lobbying Register – Questions and Answers, 23 June 2008, p. 4, www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/fapa_ctte/lobbying_code/additional_info/PMC_Updated_Lobbyists_Register_Questions_Answers.pdf (accessed 5 August 2008).

[17]      Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Lobbying Code of Conduct, May 2008, p. 1.

[18]      Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Lobbying Code of Conduct, May 2008, pp 5–6. See clauses 9 to 10.5.

[19]      Parker and Partners, Submission 6, p. 2.

[20]      Ms Barbara Belcher, First Assistant Secretary, Government Division, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Committee Hansard, 23 June 2008, pp 2–4.

[21]      Ms Barbara Belcher, First Assistant Secretary, Government Division, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Committee Hansard, 23 June 2008, pp 2–3.

[22]      Mr David Macgill, Assistant Secretary, Parliamentary and Government Branch, Government Division, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Committee Hansard, 23 June 2008, p. 13.

[23]      Ms Barbara Belcher, First Assistant Secretary, Government Division, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Committee Hansard, 23 June 2008, p. 5.

[24]      Ms Barbara Belcher, First Assistant Secretary, Government Division, and Mr David Macgill, Assistant Secretary, Parliamentary and Government Branch, Government Division, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Committee Hansard, 23 June 2008, pp 3–4.

[25]      Mr John O'Callaghan, Director, John O'Callaghan and Associates, Committee Hansard, 16 June 2008, p. 2.

[26]      Mr Craig Shannon, Secretary, ACT Clerical and Administrative Employees Branch, United Services Union, Committee Hansard, 16 June 2008, p. 25.

[27]      Mr John O'Callaghan, Director, John O'Callaghan & Associates, Submission 10, p. 1.

[28]      Ms Barbara Belcher, First Assistant Secretary, Government Division, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Committee Hansard, 23 June 2008, pp 6–7.

[29]      Springboard Australia, Submission 1, p. 6. See also the views of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Submission 6, p. 3.

[30]      Mr Harry Evans, Clerk of the Senate, Submission 2, pp 2–3.

[31]      Mr Tim Grau, Managing Director, Springboard Australia, Committee Hansard, 16 June 2008, p. 7.

[32]      Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Submission 6, p. 9.

[33]      Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Lobbying Code of Conduct, May 2008, p.1.

[34]      Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Submission 6, pp 6–7.

[35]      Mr David More, Proprietor, The Next Level Consulting Services, Committee Hansard, 16 June 2008, p. 3.

[36]      The Next Level Consulting Services, Submission 11, pp 5–6.

[37]      Journals of the Senate, 14 May 2008, p. 389.

[38]      Springboard Australia, Submission 1, p. 3.

[39]      Senator Andrew Murray, Committee Hansard, 16 June 2008, p. 7.

[40]      Mr Harry Evans, Clerk of the Senate, Submission 2, p. 1.

[41]      Mr Harry Evans, Clerk of the Senate, Submission 2, p. 1.

[42]      Mr Harry Evans, Clerk of the Senate, Submission 2, pp 1–2.

[43]      Mr Harry Evans, Clerk of the Senate, Submission 2, p. 2.

[44]      The Standards of Ministerial Ethics, which apply concurrently with the Code, prohibit, for a period of 18 months, former ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries having business dealings with government representatives on matters with which they had official dealings as minister.

[45]      Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Lobbying Code of Conduct, May 2008, p. 4.

[46]      United Services Union, Submission 7, p. 1.

[47]      Community and Public Sector Union, Submission 9, pp 3–4.

[48]      Community and Public Sector Union, Submission 9, p. 5.

[49]      Community and Public Sector Union, Submission 9, p. 5.

[50]      Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Submission 8, p. 11.

[51]      Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Submission 8, p. 12.

 

Coalition Senators’ Minority Report

[1]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Lobbying Code of Conduct, May 2008, clause 10.4.

[2]        Mr David Macgill, Assistant Secretary, Parliamentary and Government Branch, Government Division, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Committee Hansard, 23 June 2008, p. 13.

[3]        See for example: Committee Hansard, 23 June 2008, pp 10–12 and 14–15.

[4]        Ms Barbara Belcher, First Assistant Secretary, Government Division, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Committee Hansard, 23 June 2008, p. 5.

[5]        Ms Barbara Belcher, First Assistant Secretary, Government Division, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Committee Hansard, 23 June 2008, p. 4.

[6]        Mr David Macgill, Assistant Secretary, Parliamentary and Government Branch, Government Division, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Committee Hansard, 23 June 2008, p. 5

[7]        Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Committee Hansard, 23 June 2008, p 10.

[8]        Senator Mitch Fifield and Ms Barbara Belcher, First Assistant Secretary, Government Division, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Committee Hansard, 23 June 2008, p 5.

[9]        Community and Public Sector Union, Submission 9, p 5.

[10]      Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Australian Government Lobbyists Register: Questions and Answers, May 2008. http://lobbyists.pmc.gov.au/lobbyistsregister/index.cfm?event=faq (accessed 3 September 2008.).

[11]      Senator Mitch Fifield, Senator Claire Moore and Ms Barbara Belcher, First Assistant Secretary, Government Division, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Committee Hansard, 23 June 2008, p. 15.

[12]      Mr Harry Evans, Clerk of the Senate, Submission 2, p. 1.

[13]      Mr Harry Evans, Clerk of the Senate, Submission 2, p. 2.

[14]      Mr Harry Evans, Clerk of the Senate, Submission 2, p. 3.

[15]      Mr Harry Evans, Clerk of the Senate, Submission 2, p. 3.

[16]      Mr Harry Evans, Clerk of the Senate, Submission 2, p. 3.