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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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