Using ‘leaked” files, presumably from within Synergy 360, the article paints a damning picture of the relationship between the Minister and company actively involved in advising and assisting clients in their relationships with government departments.
In an article that details, in considerable detail, the contact between the Minister and an external consulting company, Nick McKenzie and David Crowe, expose the relationship between Minister Robert and Synergy 360, whose client Infosys won government contracts worth more than $135 million.
Federal Liberal MP Stuart Robert.CREDIT:ALEX ELLINGHAUSEN
Singing from the same hymn book entitled “Never apologise or resign” as ex-Prime Minister and fellow Hillsong member, Robert said: “Of course not. What a load of rubbish. There’s no way a minister could do it. It’s just nonsense.”
From THE AGE: “A consulting company owned by good friends of federal Liberal MP Stuart Robert claimed in leaked internal documents that the politician attended meetings to discuss potentially lucrative government projects after becoming a minister.
A new tranche of leaked files shows that Robert kept in regular contact with Milo and Synergy 360, as well as its clients, after he was appointed assistant treasurer in August 2018 and then minister for the NDIS and government services on May 29, 2019.”
In business, and in particular in stockbroking, this is called insider-trading and is punishable by dismissal and considerable jail time.
It is disgraceful as continues to sit in Parliament if what is in the article is true.
He must demonstrate that the meetings which he is alleged to have he attended, which are detailed in the files, never took place or that he is not the Minister referred to.