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Footnotes

Chapter 2 Administration of the Australia Network Tender Process

[1]       Australian Government, Budget Measures: Budget Paper No. 2 2011–12, p. 202.

[2]       Australia Network, ABC, ‘About Us’, < http://australianetwork.com/about/> viewed 18 July 2012.

[3]       Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) Audit Report No.29 2011–12, Administration of the Australia Network Tender Process, pp. 33, 35.

[4]       ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, pp. 37–41.

[5]       ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 36.

[6]       ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 40.

[7]       ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, pp. 40–41.

[8]       ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 53.

[9]       ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, pp. 14–15.

[10]     ANC, ‘About Sky News’, <http://www.skynews.com.au/common/corporate/anc.aspx> viewed 18 July 2012.

[11]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, pp. 43–44.

[12]     Mark Day and Dennis Shanahan, ‘Sky backed for Australia Network: Second tender process calls for move away from Aunty’, The Australian, 17 October 2011, p. 32.

[13]     Daniel Flitton, ‘Rudd forced tender on Asia service: Ruling overdue on $223m TV deal’, The Age, 24 October 2011, p. 4.

[14]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, pp. 104–105.

[15]     Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, ‘Government terminates Australia Network tender process’, Media Release, 7 November 2011; ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 109.

[16]     Senator Conroy, ‘Government terminates Australia Network tender process’, Media Release, 7 November 2011.

[17]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 113; Senator Conroy, ‘Government decides future for Australia Network’, Media Release, 5 December 2011.

[18]     Extracted from ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 45.

[19]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 41.

[20]     FMA Regulations 1997, Regulation 9.

[21]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 42. See FMA Regulations 1997, Regulation 7.

[22]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 50.

[23]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 16.

[24]     ANAO, Submission 2, p. [1].

[25]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 16.

[26]     Andrew Colvin, Deputy Commissioner, Operations, Australian Federal Police, Committee Hansard, Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Estimates, 24 May 2012, p. 54.

[27]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 16.

[28]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, pp. 16–17.

[29]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 17.

[30]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 17.

[31]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 17.

[32]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, pp. 19, 56, 60, 102, 112.

[33]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 24.

[34]     These key points were identified by the Auditor-General in his opening statement to the Committee, which was tabled at the public hearing and accepted by the Committee as Submission 2.

[35]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 29.

[36]     These issues are discussed at ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, pp. 20–21.

[37]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 21.

[38]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, pp. 19, 24.

[39]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 23.

[40]     ANAO, Submission 2, p. [3].

[41]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 24. Bullet points added.

[42]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 24.

[43]     The Hon Kevin Rudd MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, ‘Australia Network for the Future’, Media Release, 23 November 2010.

[44]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, pp. 35–41.

[45]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 38.

[46]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 40.

[47]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 113.

[48]     Mr Dennis Richardson, Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 10.

[49]     Mr Dennis Richardson, Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 10.

[50]     Mr Richardson, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 10.

[51]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 19.

[52]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 23–24.

[53]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 28.

[54]     Ms Renée Leon, Deputy Secretary, Governance, PM&C, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 8.

[55]     Mr Richardson, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 8.

[56]     Ms Leon, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 13.

[57]     ANAO, Submission 3.

[58]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 24.

[59]     Mr McPhee, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 8.

[60]     Mr McPhee, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 13.

[61]     Mr Richardson, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 8.

[62]     Ms Leon, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 13.

[63]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 63.

[64]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 62.

[65]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 65.

[66]     Mr Ian McPhee, Auditor-General, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 10.

[67]     Mr Ian McPhee, Auditor-General, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 10.

[68]     Senator Conroy, ‘Government terminates Australia Network tender process’, Media Release, 7 November 2011.

[69]     Andrew Colvin, Deputy Commissioner, Operations, Australian Federal Police, Committee Hansard, Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee – Estimates, 24 May 2012, p. 54.

[70]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 17.

[71]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 88.

[72]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 77. This point was reiterated by DFAT at the public hearing—see Mr Richardson, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 11.

[73]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, pp. 78–79.

[74]     Mr McPhee, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 8.

[75]     Mr McPhee, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 11.

[76]     Ms Leon, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 6.

[77]     Ms Leon, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 6.

[78]     Ms Leon, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 12.

[79]     Mr Richardson, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 6.

[80]     Mr Richardson, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 11.

[81]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 27.

[82]     Mr McPhee, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 8.

[83]     Mr McPhee, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, pp. 13–14.

[84]     The Hon Julia Gillard, Prime Minister; The Hon Kevin Rudd, Minister for Foreign Affairs; The Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Communications, ‘Amendment to the Australia Network tender’, Media Release, 24 June 2011.

[85]     The audit report notes that the Communications Minister was first identified as the nominated approver in a newspaper article published on 27 June 2011. This was confirmed by Ministers in later media statements and in the Addendum to the RFT published on 5 July 2011. See ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 87.

[86]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, pp. 84–86.

[87]     Mr Peter Harris, Secretary, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Committee Hansard, 27 June 2012, pp. 8–9.

[88]     Mr Harris, Committee Hansard, 27 June 2012, pp. 8–9.

[89]     Ms Leon, Committee Hansard, 27 June 2012, p. 9.

[90]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 85.

[91]     Ms Leon, Committee Hansard, 27 June 2012, p. 9.

[92]     Mr McPhee, Committee Hansard, 27 June 2012, p. 10.

[93]     Mr McPhee, Committee Hansard, 27 June 2012, p. 9.

[94]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 103.

[95]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 57.

[96]     Mr Richardson, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, pp. 6–7.

[97]     Senator Conroy, ‘Government decides future for Australia Network’, Media Release, 5 December 2011.

[98]     Senator Conroy, ‘Government terminates Australia Network tender process’, Media Release, 7 November 2011.

[99]     ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 115.

[100]   Ms Leon, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 12.

[101]   ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 115. See also p. 57 of the audit report for a brief background to this potential issue.

[102]   Mr Peter Harris, Secretary, DBCDE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 12.

[103]   ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 59.

[104]   ANAO Audit Report No.29 2011–12, p. 88.

[105]   Mr Richardson, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 11; Ms Leon, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 12.

Chapter 3 Establishment and Use of Procurement Panels

[1]       ANAO Audit Report No.31 2011–12, p. 33.

[2]       ANAO Audit Report No.31 2011–12, pp. 33–34.

[3]       FMA Regulation 7

[4]       Finance, Quick guide to the Commonwealth Procurement Rules, 2012.

[5]       ANAO Audit Report No.31 2011–12, p. 36.

[6]       ANAO Audit Report No.31 2011–12, p. 36.

[7]       ANAO Audit Report No.31 2011–12, p. 18.

[8]       ANAO Audit Report No.31 2011–12, p. 20.

[9]       ANAO Audit Report No.31 2011–12, p. 21.

[10]     ANAO Audit Report No.31 2011–12, p. 21.

[11]     ANAO Audit Report No.31 2011–12, p. 22.

[12]     Mr John Grant, First Assistant Secretary, Procurement Division, Finance, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 5.

[13]     Mr Grant, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 5.

[14]     Department of Finance and Deregulation, Submission 4, Answers to Questions on Notice, p. 5.

[15]     Mr Grant, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 5.

[16]     Mr Grant, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 5.

[17]     Finance, Submission 4, Answers to Questions on Notice, pp. 3–4.

[18]     ANAO Audit Report No.31 2011–12, p. 36.

[19]     ANAO Audit Report No.31 2011–12, pp. 82–83.

[20]     Mr McPhee, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 2.

[21]     Mr Iglesias, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 3.

[22]     Ms Thorpe, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 1.

[23]     Mr Turnbull, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 4.

[24]     Mr Iglesias, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 4.

[25]     Ms Thorpe, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 2.

[26]     ANAO Audit Report No.31 2011–12, p. 97.

[27]     Mr Turnbull, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 2.

[28]     Mr McPhee, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 3.

[29]     Mr Iglesias, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 4.

[30]     Mr Iglesias, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 4.

[31]     ANAO Audit Report No.31 2011–12, pp. 47-48.

[32]     Mr McPhee, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 3.

[33]     Mr Ash, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 3.

[34]     Mr Ash, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 3.

[35]     ANAO Audit Report No.31 2011–12, p. 46.

[36]     ANAO Audit Report No.31 2011–12, p. 78.

[37]     ANAO Audit Report No.31 2011–12, p. 49.

[38]     ANAO Audit Report No.31 2011–12, pp. 68–69.

[39]     ANAO Audit Report No.31 2011–12, p. 85.

[40]     ANAO Audit Report No.31 2011–12, pp. 69–70.

[41]     Department of Finance and Deregulation, Submission 4, Answers to Questions on Notice, p. 6.

[42]     ANAO Audit Report No.31 2011–12, pp. 69–70.

[43]     Ms Thorpe, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 2.

[44]     Department of Finance and Deregulation, Submission 4, Answers to Questions on Notice, p. 3.

[45]     Mr Grant, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 1.

[46]     Ms Thorpe, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 1.

[47]     Mr Ash, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 2.

[48]     ANAO Audit Report No.31 2011–12, pp. 34–35.

[49]     ANAO Audit Report No.31 2011–12, p. 59.

[50]     ANAO Audit Report No.31 2011–12, p. 62.

[51]     Mr Ash, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 4.

[52]     Mr Harris, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 5.

[53]     Mr Harris, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 4.

[54]     Mr Ash, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 4.

[55]     ANAO Audit Report No.31 2011–12, pp. 94–95.

[56]     Department of Finance and Deregulation, Submission 4, Answers to Questions on Notice,  p. 6.

[57]     Mr Ash, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 3.

[58]     Mr Iglesias, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 4.

[59]     ANAO Audit Report No.31 2011–12, p. 85.

[60]     ANAO Audit Report No.31 2011–12, p. 85.

[61]     Ms Thorpe, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 June 2012, p. 1.

Appendix C - Decision-making arrangements for the Australia Network tender process[1]

[1]       Extracted from ANAO, Submission 3. Full report references for the events listed in the table are provided in the submission.

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