Mr ALBANESE (Grayndler—Prime Minister) (15:03): I thank the member for Goldstein for the question, and I refer to my previous answer to the member for Melbourne, in which I outlined the government's position on this. The breaches in confidentiality by PwC are indeed extraordinary, outrageous and deserving of complete condemnation, not just by the government but by all Australians, I believe. To have a brief that is then turned into an opportunity is what occurred here, and, of course, the Treasury has referred the matter to the Australian Federal Police. The PwC breach did not arise, I repeat, as a result of an active procurement or Commonwealth contract, which we have. I'm very concerned about it. I repeat: prior to the election, one of the things which we spoke about and which there has been some criticism of is an increase in the use of the Public Service, but one of the things I want to do as Prime Minister is restore the Public Service to the primacy that it should be in. The Public Service should be the body that provides the primary advice to government, not the private sector and not any other interest, be it industrial or community groups. Everyone can have input into government policy through the political process and that's important, but the fact that— The SPEAKER: Order! The Prime Minister will pause for a moment, and I will hear from the member for Goldstein on a point of order. Ms Daniel: It's on relevance. The question went to an integrity review of all private companies consulting to the government. The SPEAKER: The Prime Minister is answering the question. He has a minute to continue with his answer. Mr ALBANESE: One of the things I said before was that secretaries have been reminded that ethical behaviour must be taken into account as part of the value-for-money assessments which underpin any decisions under the procurement framework. What we've been about is restoring the Public Service through the work that Gordon de Brouwer did and the work that we've done in reassessing the Public Service and how important it is— Honourable members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Moncrieff, the member for New England and the Minister for Social Services will cease having a conversation across the chamber. The Prime Minister, in continuation, will be heard in silence. Mr ALBANESE: Thanks, Mr Speaker. I take these issues very seriously indeed. Anything that we do, though, will not interfere with AFP investigations, as is appropriate. It is important that people be held to account, and sometimes you need to take a step back and allow those processes to occur. That is what the government is doing here. This is, rightly, troubling, but the government has taken very swift action— (Time expired)