Mr. Joe Hackett:

Again, I restate that as Secretary General I do not have the authority to impose fines, as such. That would be a matter for law enforcement authorities. I am not aware of a precedent in this situation. The level of scrutiny in response to this has been somewhat unprecedented so I believe it was legitimate to take measures like this in response to an unusual situation.

The Senator had two questions there, one of which was how long was the breach. As we indicated in the review, from all accounts of people who were there, it lasted approximately one minute. The Senator’s first question was on the outline of the report and the review. The structure of it was focused around four pillars: the workplace arrangements; public health advice and rules in place at the time; the circumstances whereby staff were present that day, and the nature of the work that was being done and was anticipated would be done; and finally, the circumstances in which the staff gathered following the result. There were then six conclusions and I have gone into some detail on these in the review but also in the opening statement.