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FootnotesChapter 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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