Senator BOLKUS —I give notice that, on the next day of sitting, I shall move:

That the Senate—

(a)   notes:

   (i)   the awarding of an advertising contract to DDB Needham, Adelaide, in spite of its being rated fifth on the qualitative polling done for the Government by Elliott and Shanahan,

   (ii)   that Mr Ted Horton, Mr John King and Mr Toby Ralph, principals of DDB Needham, were key advertising advisers to the Liberal Party during the 1996 federal election campaign,

   (iii)   that the ministerial committee to determine these matters included the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister (Senator Minchin), Mr Grahame Morris and Mr Petro Georgiou, all of whom, in their previous capacities as State Directors of the Liberal Party in either South Australia or Victoria, had contracted with DDB Needham for that firm to perform work on behalf of the Liberal Party, and

   (iv)   that none of the above declared that there was a conflict of interest in awarding the contract; and

(b)   calls on the Government to set up an independent judicial inquiry into the tendering process and related matters.