Page 438 - Week 02 - Tuesday, 21 March 2023
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . . Video
MS DAVIDSON: The patient disclosure process needed to happen before this became a topic of public conversation. It is really important that, when you are someone who is receiving health care, your needs are put first, and that is what we have done here.
MS CASTLEY: Minister, for how long had these breaches been occurring before you became aware of the situation?
MS DAVIDSON: The details of the extent of the breach will be the subject of the police investigation which is currently underway, and I will not be discussing those details.
Canberra Health Services—data security
MS CASTLEY: My question is to the Minister for Mental Health. I refer to the serious breaches of privacy. Minister, why did staff send these records to an external industrial partner?
MS DAVIDSON: I believe that that is the same question that Mr Cocks asked earlier, to which my answer was that this is the kind of detail that is part of the police investigation that is currently underway, and I cannot discuss those detail now. I will provide an update when I am able to.
MS CASTLEY: Minister, did any of the staff who sent this information receive money or other benefit for providing this information?
MS DAVIDSON: As I was saying earlier, there is a police investigation ongoing at the moment and I cannot discuss the details of what occurred while that investigation is ongoing. It is really important, when police are doing an investigation, that they are able to do their work without interference and speculation from politics. I would expect the opposition to understand that.
MR COCKS: Minister, how then were staff, at a systemic level, able to access and distribute this sort of information without detection over a period of years?
MS DAVIDSON: As I was saying earlier, there is a police investigation underway at the moment and the details of the extent of the breach and the nature of what happened are the subject of that investigation. I cannot talk about the details while that investigation is happening.
Mr Cocks: Point of order. I did my best to be very clear that this is about the systemic level and how the system was able to permit something like this occurring, not the specific instances in this case.
MR ACTING SPEAKER: Given the police investigation, I think the minister has answered the question sufficiently.
Transport—ticketing
MS ORR: My question is to the Minister for Transport and City Services. Minister, can you provide us with an update on procurement of a new public transport
ticketing system?
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . . Video