Tourism Australia has asked the National Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate three staff sacked for charging taxpayers for personal travel.
The staff have since been sacked from the agency, which is responsible for promoting Australia's tourism industry abroad. "The three employees undertook personal travel that was booked through Tourism Australia's corporate travel agent, and was invoiced to Tourism Australia," she told the committee. New South Wales Nationals senator Ross Cadell wanted more information about who the sacked staff were, and used his questions in the committee to ask whether the agency's chief financial officer was among those involved.
"The legislation enacted by parliament intends to avoid that by requiring that investigations, generally, be conducted in private and that information concerning them is not to be disclosed."Ms Harrison did commit to providing Senator Cadell with details on how many trips were booked by the staff, and the destinations for the travel.The committee hearing was briefly suspended, to allow senators to discuss the concerns about Tourism Australia staff not answering questions.
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