❓ A member of parliament questions the Minister for Education and Training regarding contracts awarded to Huntly Consulting Group, alleging irregularities and raising concerns about the department's lack of cooperation with an inquiry. The Minister deflects, accusing the questioner of attacking women and referencing a previous ministerial statement.
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HUNTLY CONSULTING GROUP - CONTRACTS
The State Supply Commission recently completed a report into the awarding of contracts by the Department for Education and Training to the Huntly Consulting Group, a company owned by Mr Greg Huntly Philip, a friend and previous work colleague of the failed former Minister for Education and Training. (1) What actions has the minister taken to further investigate serious irregularities in the awarding of contracts to the Huntly Consulting Group? (2) What actions has the minister taken to understand why the department refused to provide, and still refuses to provide, adequate information to the State Supply Commission to assist with its inquiries? (3) Can the minister guarantee that Mr Huntly’s wife, senior Department for Education and Training bureaucrat Ms Siobhan Mulvey, played no role in withholding information either directly or indirectly from the State Supply Commission? Mr M. McGOWAN
The State Supply Commission recently completed a report into the awarding of contracts by the Department for Education and Training to the Huntly Consulting Group, a company owned by Mr Greg Huntly Philip, a friend and previous work colleague of the failed former Minister for Education and Training. (1) What actions has the minister taken to further investigate serious irregularities in the awarding of contracts to the Huntly Consulting Group? (2) What actions has the minister taken to understand why the department refused to provide, and still refuses to provide, adequate information to the State Supply Commission to assist with its inquiries? (3) Can the minister guarantee that Mr Huntly’s wife, senior Department for Education and Training bureaucrat Ms Siobhan Mulvey, played no role in withholding information either directly or indirectly from the State Supply Commission? Mr M. McGOWAN
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(1)-(3) Here we have the prince of probity making comments on these issues. Here is the bloke whose own levels of probity and sense of propriety in public office are beneath the floor. He comes in here once again attacking a female, as he always does in this place. All the women here know that, and the women opposite know it too. He loves coming into the chamber and using parliamentary privilege to attack women. That is his modus operandi. Maybe he learnt it from his mentor out in the car park: “You’ve got to be hard on women, son.” That is no doubt one of the bits of advice he received. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Does the member for Nedlands disagree? I think we know that she is an outsider. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The State Supply Commission has undertaken an inquiry into this matter. It presented a report to me, which I tabled in Parliament at the first available opportunity. As I said in my ministerial statement at the time, the department has indicated that the recommendations of the State Supply Commission will be implemented, and I support that. If members opposite ask what we intend to do about it, that is the answer. They obviously did not listen to the short ministerial statement I gave a number of weeks ago.
(1) What actions has the minister taken to further investigate serious irregularities in the awarding of contracts to the Huntly Consulting Group? (2) What actions has the minister taken to understand why the department refused to provide, and still refuses to provide, adequate information to the State Supply Commission to assist with its inquiries? (3) Can the minister guarantee that Mr Huntly’s wife, senior Department for Education and Training bureaucrat Ms Siobhan Mulvey, played no role in withholding information either directly or indirectly from the State Supply Commission? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) Here we have the prince of probity making comments on these issues. Here is the bloke whose own levels of probity and sense of propriety in public office are beneath the floor. He comes in here once again attacking a female, as he always does in this place. All the women here know that, and the women opposite know it too. He loves coming into the chamber and using parliamentary privilege to attack women. That is his modus operandi. Maybe he learnt it from his mentor out in the car park: “You’ve got to be hard on women, son.” That is no doubt one of the bits of advice he received. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Does the member for Nedlands disagree? I think we know that she is an outsider. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The State Supply Commission has undertaken an inquiry into this matter. It presented a report to me, which I tabled in Parliament at the first available opportunity. As I said in my ministerial statement at the time, the department has indicated that the recommendations of the State Supply Commission will be implemented, and I support that. If members opposite ask what we intend to do about it, that is the answer. They obviously did not listen to the short ministerial statement I gave a number of weeks ago.
(2) What actions has the minister taken to understand why the department refused to provide, and still refuses to provide, adequate information to the State Supply Commission to assist with its inquiries? (3) Can the minister guarantee that Mr Huntly’s wife, senior Department for Education and Training bureaucrat Ms Siobhan Mulvey, played no role in withholding information either directly or indirectly from the State Supply Commission? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) Here we have the prince of probity making comments on these issues. Here is the bloke whose own levels of probity and sense of propriety in public office are beneath the floor. He comes in here once again attacking a female, as he always does in this place. All the women here know that, and the women opposite know it too. He loves coming into the chamber and using parliamentary privilege to attack women. That is his modus operandi. Maybe he learnt it from his mentor out in the car park: “You’ve got to be hard on women, son.” That is no doubt one of the bits of advice he received. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Does the member for Nedlands disagree? I think we know that she is an outsider. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The State Supply Commission has undertaken an inquiry into this matter. It presented a report to me, which I tabled in Parliament at the first available opportunity. As I said in my ministerial statement at the time, the department has indicated that the recommendations of the State Supply Commission will be implemented, and I support that. If members opposite ask what we intend to do about it, that is the answer. They obviously did not listen to the short ministerial statement I gave a number of weeks ago.
(3) Can the minister guarantee that Mr Huntly’s wife, senior Department for Education and Training bureaucrat Ms Siobhan Mulvey, played no role in withholding information either directly or indirectly from the State Supply Commission? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) Here we have the prince of probity making comments on these issues. Here is the bloke whose own levels of probity and sense of propriety in public office are beneath the floor. He comes in here once again attacking a female, as he always does in this place. All the women here know that, and the women opposite know it too. He loves coming into the chamber and using parliamentary privilege to attack women. That is his modus operandi. Maybe he learnt it from his mentor out in the car park: “You’ve got to be hard on women, son.” That is no doubt one of the bits of advice he received. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Does the member for Nedlands disagree? I think we know that she is an outsider. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The State Supply Commission has undertaken an inquiry into this matter. It presented a report to me, which I tabled in Parliament at the first available opportunity. As I said in my ministerial statement at the time, the department has indicated that the recommendations of the State Supply Commission will be implemented, and I support that. If members opposite ask what we intend to do about it, that is the answer. They obviously did not listen to the short ministerial statement I gave a number of weeks ago.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) Here we have the prince of probity making comments on these issues. Here is the bloke whose own levels of probity and sense of propriety in public office are beneath the floor. He comes in here once again attacking a female, as he always does in this place. All the women here know that, and the women opposite know it too. He loves coming into the chamber and using parliamentary privilege to attack women. That is his modus operandi. Maybe he learnt it from his mentor out in the car park: “You’ve got to be hard on women, son.” That is no doubt one of the bits of advice he received. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Does the member for Nedlands disagree? I think we know that she is an outsider. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The State Supply Commission has undertaken an inquiry into this matter. It presented a report to me, which I tabled in Parliament at the first available opportunity. As I said in my ministerial statement at the time, the department has indicated that the recommendations of the State Supply Commission will be implemented, and I support that. If members opposite ask what we intend to do about it, that is the answer. They obviously did not listen to the short ministerial statement I gave a number of weeks ago.
(1)-(3) Here we have the prince of probity making comments on these issues. Here is the bloke whose own levels of probity and sense of propriety in public office are beneath the floor. He comes in here once again attacking a female, as he always does in this place. All the women here know that, and the women opposite know it too. He loves coming into the chamber and using parliamentary privilege to attack women. That is his modus operandi. Maybe he learnt it from his mentor out in the car park: “You’ve got to be hard on women, son.” That is no doubt one of the bits of advice he received. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Does the member for Nedlands disagree? I think we know that she is an outsider. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The State Supply Commission has undertaken an inquiry into this matter. It presented a report to me, which I tabled in Parliament at the first available opportunity. As I said in my ministerial statement at the time, the department has indicated that the recommendations of the State Supply Commission will be implemented, and I support that. If members opposite ask what we intend to do about it, that is the answer. They obviously did not listen to the short ministerial statement I gave a number of weeks ago.
Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Does the member for Nedlands disagree? I think we know that she is an outsider. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The State Supply Commission has undertaken an inquiry into this matter. It presented a report to me, which I tabled in Parliament at the first available opportunity. As I said in my ministerial statement at the time, the department has indicated that the recommendations of the State Supply Commission will be implemented, and I support that. If members opposite ask what we intend to do about it, that is the answer. They obviously did not listen to the short ministerial statement I gave a number of weeks ago.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Does the member for Nedlands disagree? I think we know that she is an outsider. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The State Supply Commission has undertaken an inquiry into this matter. It presented a report to me, which I tabled in Parliament at the first available opportunity. As I said in my ministerial statement at the time, the department has indicated that the recommendations of the State Supply Commission will be implemented, and I support that. If members opposite ask what we intend to do about it, that is the answer. They obviously did not listen to the short ministerial statement I gave a number of weeks ago.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The State Supply Commission has undertaken an inquiry into this matter. It presented a report to me, which I tabled in Parliament at the first available opportunity. As I said in my ministerial statement at the time, the department has indicated that the recommendations of the State Supply Commission will be implemented, and I support that. If members opposite ask what we intend to do about it, that is the answer. They obviously did not listen to the short ministerial statement I gave a number of weeks ago.
The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The State Supply Commission has undertaken an inquiry into this matter. It presented a report to me, which I tabled in Parliament at the first available opportunity. As I said in my ministerial statement at the time, the department has indicated that the recommendations of the State Supply Commission will be implemented, and I support that. If members opposite ask what we intend to do about it, that is the answer. They obviously did not listen to the short ministerial statement I gave a number of weeks ago.
Mr M. McGOWAN : The State Supply Commission has undertaken an inquiry into this matter. It presented a report to me, which I tabled in Parliament at the first available opportunity. As I said in my ministerial statement at the time, the department has indicated that the recommendations of the State Supply Commission will be implemented, and I support that. If members opposite ask what we intend to do about it, that is the answer. They obviously did not listen to the short ministerial statement I gave a number of weeks ago.
(1) What actions has the minister taken to further investigate serious irregularities in the awarding of contracts to the Huntly Consulting Group? (2) What actions has the minister taken to understand why the department refused to provide, and still refuses to provide, adequate information to the State Supply Commission to assist with its inquiries? (3) Can the minister guarantee that Mr Huntly’s wife, senior Department for Education and Training bureaucrat Ms Siobhan Mulvey, played no role in withholding information either directly or indirectly from the State Supply Commission? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) Here we have the prince of probity making comments on these issues. Here is the bloke whose own levels of probity and sense of propriety in public office are beneath the floor. He comes in here once again attacking a female, as he always does in this place. All the women here know that, and the women opposite know it too. He loves coming into the chamber and using parliamentary privilege to attack women. That is his modus operandi. Maybe he learnt it from his mentor out in the car park: “You’ve got to be hard on women, son.” That is no doubt one of the bits of advice he received. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Does the member for Nedlands disagree? I think we know that she is an outsider. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The State Supply Commission has undertaken an inquiry into this matter. It presented a report to me, which I tabled in Parliament at the first available opportunity. As I said in my ministerial statement at the time, the department has indicated that the recommendations of the State Supply Commission will be implemented, and I support that. If members opposite ask what we intend to do about it, that is the answer. They obviously did not listen to the short ministerial statement I gave a number of weeks ago.
(2) What actions has the minister taken to understand why the department refused to provide, and still refuses to provide, adequate information to the State Supply Commission to assist with its inquiries? (3) Can the minister guarantee that Mr Huntly’s wife, senior Department for Education and Training bureaucrat Ms Siobhan Mulvey, played no role in withholding information either directly or indirectly from the State Supply Commission? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) Here we have the prince of probity making comments on these issues. Here is the bloke whose own levels of probity and sense of propriety in public office are beneath the floor. He comes in here once again attacking a female, as he always does in this place. All the women here know that, and the women opposite know it too. He loves coming into the chamber and using parliamentary privilege to attack women. That is his modus operandi. Maybe he learnt it from his mentor out in the car park: “You’ve got to be hard on women, son.” That is no doubt one of the bits of advice he received. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Does the member for Nedlands disagree? I think we know that she is an outsider. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The State Supply Commission has undertaken an inquiry into this matter. It presented a report to me, which I tabled in Parliament at the first available opportunity. As I said in my ministerial statement at the time, the department has indicated that the recommendations of the State Supply Commission will be implemented, and I support that. If members opposite ask what we intend to do about it, that is the answer. They obviously did not listen to the short ministerial statement I gave a number of weeks ago.
(3) Can the minister guarantee that Mr Huntly’s wife, senior Department for Education and Training bureaucrat Ms Siobhan Mulvey, played no role in withholding information either directly or indirectly from the State Supply Commission? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) Here we have the prince of probity making comments on these issues. Here is the bloke whose own levels of probity and sense of propriety in public office are beneath the floor. He comes in here once again attacking a female, as he always does in this place. All the women here know that, and the women opposite know it too. He loves coming into the chamber and using parliamentary privilege to attack women. That is his modus operandi. Maybe he learnt it from his mentor out in the car park: “You’ve got to be hard on women, son.” That is no doubt one of the bits of advice he received. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Does the member for Nedlands disagree? I think we know that she is an outsider. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The State Supply Commission has undertaken an inquiry into this matter. It presented a report to me, which I tabled in Parliament at the first available opportunity. As I said in my ministerial statement at the time, the department has indicated that the recommendations of the State Supply Commission will be implemented, and I support that. If members opposite ask what we intend to do about it, that is the answer. They obviously did not listen to the short ministerial statement I gave a number of weeks ago.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) Here we have the prince of probity making comments on these issues. Here is the bloke whose own levels of probity and sense of propriety in public office are beneath the floor. He comes in here once again attacking a female, as he always does in this place. All the women here know that, and the women opposite know it too. He loves coming into the chamber and using parliamentary privilege to attack women. That is his modus operandi. Maybe he learnt it from his mentor out in the car park: “You’ve got to be hard on women, son.” That is no doubt one of the bits of advice he received. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Does the member for Nedlands disagree? I think we know that she is an outsider. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The State Supply Commission has undertaken an inquiry into this matter. It presented a report to me, which I tabled in Parliament at the first available opportunity. As I said in my ministerial statement at the time, the department has indicated that the recommendations of the State Supply Commission will be implemented, and I support that. If members opposite ask what we intend to do about it, that is the answer. They obviously did not listen to the short ministerial statement I gave a number of weeks ago.
(1)-(3) Here we have the prince of probity making comments on these issues. Here is the bloke whose own levels of probity and sense of propriety in public office are beneath the floor. He comes in here once again attacking a female, as he always does in this place. All the women here know that, and the women opposite know it too. He loves coming into the chamber and using parliamentary privilege to attack women. That is his modus operandi. Maybe he learnt it from his mentor out in the car park: “You’ve got to be hard on women, son.” That is no doubt one of the bits of advice he received. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Does the member for Nedlands disagree? I think we know that she is an outsider. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The State Supply Commission has undertaken an inquiry into this matter. It presented a report to me, which I tabled in Parliament at the first available opportunity. As I said in my ministerial statement at the time, the department has indicated that the recommendations of the State Supply Commission will be implemented, and I support that. If members opposite ask what we intend to do about it, that is the answer. They obviously did not listen to the short ministerial statement I gave a number of weeks ago.
Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Does the member for Nedlands disagree? I think we know that she is an outsider. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The State Supply Commission has undertaken an inquiry into this matter. It presented a report to me, which I tabled in Parliament at the first available opportunity. As I said in my ministerial statement at the time, the department has indicated that the recommendations of the State Supply Commission will be implemented, and I support that. If members opposite ask what we intend to do about it, that is the answer. They obviously did not listen to the short ministerial statement I gave a number of weeks ago.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Does the member for Nedlands disagree? I think we know that she is an outsider. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The State Supply Commission has undertaken an inquiry into this matter. It presented a report to me, which I tabled in Parliament at the first available opportunity. As I said in my ministerial statement at the time, the department has indicated that the recommendations of the State Supply Commission will be implemented, and I support that. If members opposite ask what we intend to do about it, that is the answer. They obviously did not listen to the short ministerial statement I gave a number of weeks ago.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The State Supply Commission has undertaken an inquiry into this matter. It presented a report to me, which I tabled in Parliament at the first available opportunity. As I said in my ministerial statement at the time, the department has indicated that the recommendations of the State Supply Commission will be implemented, and I support that. If members opposite ask what we intend to do about it, that is the answer. They obviously did not listen to the short ministerial statement I gave a number of weeks ago.
The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The State Supply Commission has undertaken an inquiry into this matter. It presented a report to me, which I tabled in Parliament at the first available opportunity. As I said in my ministerial statement at the time, the department has indicated that the recommendations of the State Supply Commission will be implemented, and I support that. If members opposite ask what we intend to do about it, that is the answer. They obviously did not listen to the short ministerial statement I gave a number of weeks ago.
Mr M. McGOWAN : The State Supply Commission has undertaken an inquiry into this matter. It presented a report to me, which I tabled in Parliament at the first available opportunity. As I said in my ministerial statement at the time, the department has indicated that the recommendations of the State Supply Commission will be implemented, and I support that. If members opposite ask what we intend to do about it, that is the answer. They obviously did not listen to the short ministerial statement I gave a number of weeks ago.
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