.r,11 ~~ Premier NSW GOVERNMENT & Cabinet Reference: A4614741 Mr David Blunt Clerk of the Parliaments Legislative Council Parliament House Macquarie Street SYDNEY NSW 2000 Order for Papers - Monaro Farming Systems - Supplementary Return Dear Mr Blunt I refer to the above resolution of the Legislative Council under Standing Order 52 made on 17 March 2021 and the letter from the Secretary of the Department of Premier and Cabinet to you dated 7 April 2021 in relation to that resolution. In his letter, the Secretary noted that responses from the Office of the Deputy Premier, the Office of the Minister for Agriculture and Western New South Wales and Regional NSW were being finalised and that it was anticipated that they would be returned as soon as possible. I am now delivering to you documents in response to the resolution obtained from those offices and Regional NSW. Enclosed at Annexure 1 are certification letters from the: • Chief of Staff, Office of the Deputy Premier, Minister for Regional New South Wales, Industry and Trade; • Chief of Staff, Office of the Minister for Agriculture and Western New South Wales; and • Secretary, Regional NSW, certifying that, to the best of their knowledge, all documents held and covered by the terms of the resolution and that are lawfully required to be provided have been provided. I note that the letter from the Secretary of Regional NSW states that, due to the extended time frame (1 O years' worth of information) covered by the resolution, it has not been possible to provide a complete response to date, and that remaining documents will be provided as soon as possible. In accordance with item 5(a) of Standing Order 52, the documents for which a claim for privilege has been made have been separately indexed and the case for privilege has been noted. Enclosed at Annexure 2 is an index of all privileged documents and submissions in support of the case for privilege. I note that submissions in support of a claim of privilege may sometimes reveal information that is privileged. To the extent that they do, such submissions should be considered to be subject to the same confidentiality as the documents over which the privilege claim is made. 52 Martin Place Sydney • GPO Box 5341 Sydney NSW 2001 • P: (02) 9228 5555 • F: (02) 9228 3935 • dpc.nsw.gov.au Should you require any clarification or further assistance, please contact Sarah Johnson, A/Executive Director, Legal, on telephone (02) 9228 3133. Yours sincerely Mark Hare A/General Counsel 9/04/2021 The Hon. John Barilaro MP ~,tk Deputy Premier I NSW Minister for Regional New South Wales GOVERNMENT Minister for Industry and Trade 6 April 2021 Mr Matt Richards A/Executive Director, Legal Office of General Counsel Department of Premier and Cabinet Level 14, 52 Martin Place SYDNEY NSW 2000 Order for papers - Monaro Farming Systems Dear Mr Richards, I write in response to the memorandum received from Kate Boyd, General Counsel on 19 March 2021 relating to Standing Order 52 - Order for Papers - Monaro Farming Systems. I certify to the best of my knowledge all documents held by the Office of the Deputy Premier, Minister for Regional New South Wales, Industry and Trade that are covered by the terms of the resolution and are lawfully required to be provided have been provided. Yours sincerely s~~~ Siobhan Hamblin Chief of Staff Office of John Barilaro MP Deputy Premier Minister for Regional NSW Minister for Trade and Industry GPO Box 5341 Sydney NSW 2007 • P: (02) 8574 5150 • F: (02) 9339 5530 • W: nsw.gov.au/deputypremier ~,1k The Hon. Adam Marshall MP NSW Minister for Agriculture GOVERNMENT Minister for Western New South Wales Mr Matt Richards A/Executive Director, Legal Branch Department of Premier and Cabinet Level 14, 52 Martin Place SYDNEY NSW 2000 Dear Mr Richards I write with regard to the order for papers under Standing Order 52 relating to Monaro Farming Systems. I certify to the best of my knowledge that all documents held by the office of The Hon. Adam Marshall MP that are covered by the terms of the resolution and are lawfully required lo be provided have been provided. If you require any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me on 0447 949 718. Yours sincerely Jackson Busse Chief of Staff Office of the Hon. Adam Marshall MP GPO Box 5341 Sydney NSW 2001 • P: (02) 8574 5450 • F: (02) 9339 5574 • W: nsw.gov.au/ministcrmarshall .t,1k Regional NSW GOVERNMENT NSW A4597670/BN21/1674 Mr Mark Hare A/Executive Director, Legal Office of General Counsel Department of Premier and Cabinet Level 14, 52 Martin Place SYDNEY NSW 2000 07 April 2021 Dear Mr Hare Standing Order 52 Resolution - Order for Papers - Monaro Farming Systems I refer to the letter of 18 March 2021 from Ms Kate Boyd regarding the above resolution passed by the Legislative Council on Thursday, 17 March 2021. Due to the extended time frame (10 years' worth of information) captured by the scope of the Order and the need for Information and Technology assistance to recover relevant documents, it has not been possible to provide a complete response within the time frame (21 days) stipulated by the Order. Consequently, a partial response has been prepared in response to the Order and being delivered by the due date. The remaining documents, which covers mainly emails falling within clause (i) of the Order, will be provided as soon as possible. The Department will continue, as a priority, to prepare a further response containing the remaining documents that have been captured by this Order. I certify to the best of my knowledge that documents currently being provided are those held by the Department of Regional New South Wales that are covered by the terms of the resolution and are lawfully required to be provided. As noted above, further documents will be provided as soon as possible. If you have any queries about this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me or have your officers contact Mr Tim Holden, General Counsel on 0411 275 264. Yours sincerely, Gary Barnes Secretary Encl: Index of non-privileged documents Index of Privileged documents Claim for privilege Copy of documents returned 11 Farrer Place, Queanbeyan NSW 2620 I www.regional.nsw.gov.au Office of the NSW Deputy Premier ORDER FOR PAPERS - SO52 - Monaro Farming Systems NON-PRIVILEGED DOCUMENTS Privilege Claim Document No. Document Date of Creation Author Y/N? (f) 1 email: letter re: funding for MFS 30/11/2020 Office of the Minister for Agriculture N (f) 2 email - re: lines 16/02/2021 Office of the Minister for Agriculture N Letter to the Hon. Katrina Hodgkinson (f) 3 18/11/2013 The Hon. John Barilaro MP N MP Office of the Minister for Mental (f) 4 email - media inquiry 2/03/2021 N Health, Regional Youth and Women (f) 5 email - media inquiry 2/03/2021 Office of the Deputy Premier N (f) 6 Letter from Monaro Farming Systems 10/12/2012 Office of the Hon Katrina Hodgkinson N (f) 7 email - Monaro Farming Systems 17/08/2020 Office of the Deputy Premier N (f) 8 Email - Questions from the Guardian 25/02/2021 Department of Regional NSW N Monaro visit - Monaro Farming (f) 9 12/08/2020 Office of the Member for Monaro N systems and local farmers Letter from the Hon Dr Mike Kelly AM (g) 10 28/08/2019 The Hon Dr Mike Kelly AM MP N MP (i) 11 email - draft response 25/02/2021 Office of the Deputy Premier N (i) 12 email - preliminary response 2/03/2021 Office of the Deputy Premier N OFFICE OF THE MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE & WESTERN NSW ORDER FOR PAPERS - MONARO FARMING SYSTEMS NON-PRIVILEGED DOCUMENTS Document No. Document Date of Creation Author Privilege Claim Y/N? 1 Letter from Hon Dr Mike Kelly 03/09/2019 Hon Dr Mike Kelly MP N MP 2 Letter from John Barilaro MP 06/09/2019 John Barilaro MP N 3 Letter from Minister Marshall to 30/10/2019 Minister Marshall N Hon Dr Mike Kellv MP 4 Email exchange between 29/11/2019 Caroline Lumley & Jackson N Caroline Lumley and Jackson Busse Busse 5 Email exchange between Amy 02/12/2019 Amy Minahan & Minister N Minahan and Minister Marshall Marshall 6 Letter from John Barilaro MP 31/03/2020 John Barilaro MP N 7 Email exchange between Amy 31/03/2020 Amy Minahan & Katherine N Minahan and Katherine Oberq Oberq 8 Letter from Minister Marshall to 01/05/2020 Minister Marshall N John Barilaro MP 9 Letter from John Barilaro MP 05/05/2020 John Barilaro MP N 10 Email from Jackson Busse to 11/07/2020 Jackson Busse N Scott Hansen 11 Email from Jackson Busse 11/07/2020 Jackson Busse N 12 Text message from Sarah 10/08/2020 Sarah Bannerman N Bannerman (Monaro EO) to Connor McGoverne (Marshall MO) 13 Text message from Sarah 31/08/2020 Sarah Bannerman N Bannerman (Monaro EO) to Connor McGoverne (Marshall MO) 14 Email from Siobhan Hamblin to 17/08/2020 Siobhan Hamblin N Jackson Busse 15 Email from David Witherdin to 02/09/2020 David Witherdin N Jackson Busse 16 Letter from John Murdoch 29/09/2020 John Murdoch N (Monaro Farming Systems) to office of Minister Marshall 17 Email from Amy Minahan to 29/09/2020 Amy Minahan N Linda Black 18 Email from Linda Black to Amy 02/11/2020 Linda Black N Minahan reaardina missed call 19 Email from Linda Black to Amy 19/11/2020 Linda Black N Minahan reaardina missed call 20 Email from Linda Black to Amy 24/11/2020 Linda Black N Minahan rei:iardini:i missed call 21 Brief in relation to Monaro 15/10/2020 Local Land Services N Farming Systems funding reauest 22 Letter from Minister Marshall to 30/11/2020 Minister Marshall N Monaro FarminQ Systems 23 Email from Sarah Bird to Amy 30/11/2020 Sarah Bird N Minahan 24 Email from Amy Minahan to 30/11/2020 Amy Minahan N James Jooste