QUESTIONS ON NOTICE › Foreign Affairs and Trade: Code of Conduct Investigations (Question Nos 1049 and 1063)
Senator Abetz asked the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Trade, upon notice, on 29 August 2011: (1) How many Code of Conduct investigations have there been within the Minister's portfolio for the financial years: (a) 2010-11; and (b) 2011-to date. (2) How many investigations established: (a) a breach; or (b) no breach, of the Code of Conduct. (3) In each case, what provisions of the Code of Conduct were thought to have been breached. (4) What penalties were applied where the Code of Conduct was broken. (5) How many investigations are ongoing.