A Senate committee report looking into whether former ministers Christopher Pyne and Julie Bishop breached rules dealing with post-politics jobs is set to be released on Thursday.
Mr Pyne, the former defence minister, has joined a lobbying consultancy set up by his former chief of staff, which includes a role with services giant EY.
The former foreign minister Ms Bishop has joined the board of aid contractor Palladium.
Both have denied breaching the ministerial standards.
The inquiry heard earlier this month neither of the ex-ministers spoke with the prime minister about how the ministerial standards applied to their new jobs.
The standards prevent ex-ministers from lobbying government for 18 months or revealing secret information they learned while in cabinet.
Ms Bishop told the inquiry she regarded the ministerial standards as voluntary because they were not legislated.
Mr Pyne said new ministers had to sign financial documents that included a copy of the standards.
He likened that to a “contract” with the prime minister at the time.
But he said he had not discussed the code of conduct with Mr Morrison, nor how it might apply to any employment he took after retiring from parliament.
“There was no exit interview,” Mr Pyne said.
Palladium said it had been agreed at the start of Ms Bishop’s appointment to the board that she would not be put in a position that breached her obligations as a former minister.
EY told the inquiry Mr Pyne’s role was providing professional services to private sector clients, and he would never be expected to divulge information that was not publicly available.
AAP
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