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What legal proceedings, if any, are currently being defended by any department or entity for which the Minister is responsible where the total claimed or estimated liability exceeds $1 million, listed by department or entity, the nature of the proceedings, the approximate value of the claim, and the current status?

Answered Question 9462 (2026)
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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  • What legal proceedings, if any, are currently being defended by any department or entity for which the Minister is responsible where the total claimed or estimated liability exceeds $1 million, listed by department or entity, the nature of the proceedings, the approximate value of the claim, and the current status?

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Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister for Media and Communications

Answer

As the Minister for Media and Communications, I am not responsible for any departments. As for the entities, per Speaker’s Ruling 199/6, I do not consider it to be in the public interest to undertake an exercise to identify and collate the material requested for any entities I am responsible for, as it will require a significant diversion of resource. The Member may wish to consider asking a more specific question.