TIMELINE OF STUART ROBERT CLAIMS
2022
November
– 9 newspapers studies allegations of connection between consultants Synergy 360, former Liberal minister Stuart Robert and contracts within the Nationwide Incapacity Insurance coverage Company and Companies Australia.
– Mr Robert denies any involvement in serving to or advising Synergy 360 and says his departments correctly utilized probity guidelines.
December
– Labor authorities launches an impartial overview led by former high bureaucrat Ian Watt into the procurement processes.
2023
March
– Watt report flags 19 out of 95 procurements for additional investigation because of “inconsistencies with the foundations or good follow”. The worth of the 19 procurements was $374m. 5 of the procurements had been for the NDIA and 14 for Companies Australia.
– Mr Shorten writes to the parliamentary audit committee to think about points raised by the Watt overview.
Could
– Stuart Robert formally resigns from his seat of Fadden, standing by his earlier statements.
– Audit committee begins its work per week later and releases a trove of emails which fuelled the Watt overview.
June
– Audit committee inquiry hears from Infosys, detailing a collection of 11 conferences with the minister and funds to Synergy 360 totalling $16m. Infosys says it has severed hyperlinks with Synergy 360.
– Committee releases a signed assertion, underneath parliamentary privilege, from Anthony Daly, one of many founders of Synergy 360, alleging a monetary association was put in place to safe Mr Robert’s involvement and assist in buying federal authorities contracts.
– Mr Shorten asks Companies Australia for recommendation on additional motion. He says it’s as much as the impartial Nationwide Anti-Corruption Fee to think about whether or not it ought to look at the matter.
