❓ Opposition questions the Minister for Mental Health regarding the cost of the Mental Health Commission's new premises and the availability of cheaper government-owned alternatives. The Minister defends the relocation, citing an approved business case and negotiated lease.
AnsweredQoN 259Legislative Assembly
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MENTAL HEALTH COMMISSION — RELOCATION
259. Mr M. McGOWAN to the Minister
for Mental Health:
I have a supplementary question. Is
it not the case that according to the question the minister answered in the
other place yesterday, the rent for the new premises is $1.85 million per
annum, which the minister ignored in her earlier answer, and is it not also the case that plenty of
government office space or long-term-lease government office space is available
for the Mental Health Commission?
259. Mr M. McGOWAN to the Minister
for Mental Health:
I have a supplementary question. Is
it not the case that according to the question the minister answered in the
other place yesterday, the rent for the new premises is $1.85 million per
annum, which the minister ignored in her earlier answer, and is it not also the case that plenty of
government office space or long-term-lease government office space is available
for the Mental Health Commission?
AnswerView source ↗
The Mental Health Commission received
approval in 2014 to relocate the amalgamated Mental Health Commission and the
Drug and Alcohol Office and other components associated with the Mental Health
Commission to the one location, and it was always subject to a business case,
as is the way it happens. Very much so that has been met and dealt with, and
that is the negotiated lease that has occurred.
approval in 2014 to relocate the amalgamated Mental Health Commission and the
Drug and Alcohol Office and other components associated with the Mental Health
Commission to the one location, and it was always subject to a business case,
as is the way it happens. Very much so that has been met and dealt with, and
that is the negotiated lease that has occurred.
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