GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS —
HUAWEI
664. Hon PETER COLLIER to
the Leader of the House representing the Premier:
I refer to the telecommunications
contract awarded to Huawei.
(1) On what date
did the Minister for Transport first notify the Premier of any national
security issues associated with the radio system replacement contract?
(2) On what date
did the Minister for Transport first notify the Premier of any national
security issues associated with the radio system replacement contract's
impact on the automatic train control system?
(3) On what date
did the Minister for Transport first notify the Premier of any national
security issues associated with the radio system replacement contract's
impact on the public safety mobile broadband capacity?
(4) On what date
did the Minister for Transport first notify the Premier that the radio system
replacement contract would not be taken to cabinet?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(3) As
the government has repeatedly said, the commonwealth Department of Home Affairs
has advised us that it has not identified any issues that would prevent the
project from proceeding.
(4) The financial
decision to fund the radio system replacement project was considered by
cabinet.