"I'm not satisfied with it,"Mr Robert told the National Press Club on Thursday.
Mr Robert said he had ordered a review by law firm Ashurst last month of the use of non-official email accounts. The request came just days after aSenate estimates committee heard Dr Nugent,who has been chair since 2017,had conducted NDIA meetings out of a privately leased office at Macquarie Group headquarters in Sydney and used her personal email,connected to the bank's server,for NDIS matters.
The review had made"no conclusion around any clear breach of the Privacy Act"but said the use of private emails might be a"privacy risk",Department of Social Services secretary Kathryn Campbell told a Senate hearing on Monday.
Mr Robert said he was otherwise"very satisfied"with the governance of the NDIS,adding he had"absolute confidence"in new NDIA chief executive Martin Hoffman. His assurances come after Mr Hoffman deleted his Twitter account following criticism from Labor over tweets (from before he took up the role) involving US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
"I actually believe in freedom of speech,"Mr Robert said."We shouldn't be judging people on what they put on social media prior to joining an organisation."
Labor's NDIS spokesperson,Bill Shorten,on Thursday criticised Dr Nugent's use of email as well as a recent decision by the Remuneration Tribunal to give Mr Hoffman an extra $166,260 on top of his $554,220 pay packet.