Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee [Part 2], , 3:08:53 to 3:11:05
The Special Minister of State declines to discuss the details of a meeting with Minister Wells, citing the need for privacy and confidentiality in his role.
Topics: Integrity, Parliamentary privilege
Speakers: Senator The Hon Don Farrell, Senator The Hon James McGrath, Unknown Speaker
can you confirm that Minister Wells had a meeting scheduled with your with you or your office in Adelaide on the 7th of June, 2025?
Yes, I can confirm that.
what was the purpose of that meeting? Who requested it? And when was it
the nature of the special minister of state um requires some confidentiality and some privacy. uh where members of parliament come to me with particular problems, I respect that privacy and I um you know respect the fact that they often raise issues of a a delicate nature. And so, as I think to the best of my knowledge, every special minister of state um who I've worked with in this place, um you know, we don't discuss the nature of the issues. Um there are many people on your side of the chamber, Senator McGrath, who come to me with particular problems. I have never once um in the 5 years I've been in this job um broken the privacy uh of their uh of their issues and uh I don't intend to start now.
meeting ran over time and what time it was scheduled for. If if you have have
that >> I I couldn't I couldn't tell you that.
>> If you take that on on notice would be great. Um, I might just go back to the department. Can I go to the staffing classification review, please?