The Public Accounts Committee, charged with investigating the last year’s state energy crisis, has prepared a report on alleged leaks to the media during the inquiry.
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Committee chairman Ivan Dean said the report would be tabled in both houses of Parliament in the next sitting week, beginning April 4.
“The committee has made the unanimous decision given the seriousness of the issue,” he said.
So far, information and documents held by the committee has been leaked on three occasions.
The first was public disclosure of a non-confidential letter from Hydro Tasmania to Treasury, and a month later, of an internal 10-year asset management document.
The final leak came this week when it was revealed that the committee was considering issuing Treasurer Peter Gutwein with a summons to release in full Treasury advice on the possible sale of the Tamar Valley Power Station.
Mr Gutwein said he was taking advice on whether he needed to supply the committee with an unredacted copy of that advice.
He welcomed the committee’s acknowledgement of the leaks.
“Unfortunately, these leaks have tainted the committee’s deliberations and throw into doubt any findings it might make,” Mr Gutwein said.
“There are serious questions that need to be asked within that committee about the conduct of what’s going on.
“How can you have leaks occurring on a regular basis from a committee that is dealing with commercial and sensitive information?”