Yeah doubt Deboss got anything of substance besides standard words. I work for Treasury and whilst not in the Foreign Investment Division that deals with these matters I have scoped out the parliamentary service platform Tsy uses. Nothing on AVZ comes up but I only did a general title search. It would most likely be one of the many that have a title redacted on the system though.Government decided to act tough then put it in the too hard basket. Tag them, email and question them.
Deboss only one with a response....15 minute phone call and his favourite government agency. Too bad he won't discuss details.
I have worked with FID in a previous role as an advisor for another department and the information that they request and utilise is quite robust. Home Affairs would be the appropriate department to hassle regarding the security of Australian assets in particular with regards to the dodgy dealings of MMGA stooges. DFAT as well for obvious reasons. So hassle these guys and with good info it could influence the decision makers in those departments.
The way these FIRBs are worked is with input from other government agencies which FID within TSY generally take on face value. At least that was my experience working with FID a few years ago.
No doubt the AVZ case would be a high priority for FIRB and discussions would have been had across portfolios at least at the SES level and probably the ministerial level.
Need the yanks to start making more fuss publicly.