142nd Report: Matters arising from the Economics Legislation Committee Hearing on 19 June 2009 (referred 24 June and 12 August 2009)

25 November 2009

© Commonwealth of Australia 2009
ISBN 978-1-74229-223-6

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Members of the Committee	(PDF 77KB)
Chapter 1 - Introduction	(PDF 182KB)
Matters covered by this report Background to the inquiries Conduct of the inquiries Role of the committee Structure of the report
Chapter 2 - Chronology of relevant events	(PDF 216KB)
February–May 2009 June 2009 July–August 2009
Chapter 3 - Possible adverse actions taken against Mr Godwin Grech	(PDF 2327KB)
Scope of the inquiry Harassment by the media at the conclusion of the hearing The AFP inquiry, including the execution of a search warrant Disciplinary action initiated by the Department of the Treasury 'Backgrounding' of the media Conclusions
Chapter 4 - Possible false or misleading evidence to, or improper interference with, a committee hearing	(PDF 259KB)
Scope of the inquiry False or misleading evidence by reference to a document later admitted to be false Was there any other false or misleading evidence? Collusive pre-arrangement of questions and answers for an undisclosed purpose Possible interference with Mr Grech in relation to his evidence Was Mr Grech in a fit state to give evidence? Conclusions
Chapter 5 - Procedural issues	(PDF 179KB)
The status of members of other Houses Natural justice Unauthorised disclosure of submissions and committee proceedings Publication of certain material submitted to the committee
Chapter 6 - Conclusions	(PDF 139KB)
Possible adverse actions taken against Mr Godwin Grech in consequence of his evidence to a committee Possible false or misleading evidence to, or improper interference with, a committee hearing
Additional Comments by Senator Collins	(PDF 216KB)
Appendix One - List of Submissions	(PDF 85KB)
Appendix Two - Response from Mr Grech's Legal Representative to extracts from the draft report*	(PDF 1236KB)

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