❓ Hon. Ken Travers questions the Attorney General regarding contractual commitments made by the Department of the Attorney General (DOTAG) without prior funding approval, as identified in the Government Mid-year Financial Projections Statement. The Attorney General responds that no new contracts were entered into without approval, clarifying that existing resources funded routine operational contracts.
AnsweredQoN 95Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
DEPARTMENT
OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL — CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENTS
95. Hon
KEN TRAVERS to the Attorney General:
I hope the Minister for Transport is not offended by the fact
that I am asking a question today of the Attorney General! But I still love the
parliamentary secretary; it is all right.
I refer to page 42 of the 2013–14 Government Mid-year Financial Projections Statement that identified that the
Department of the Attorney General faces pressure due to several contractual
commitments that have been made without prior funding approval.
(1) What
contracts did DOTAG enter into without prior funding approval?
(2) What is the
value of each contract?
(3) For each
contract, who is the other party to the contract?
(4) Prior to
DOTAG entering into the contract, did the Attorney General approve the
department entering into it without funding approval?
(5) If yes to
(4), why did the Attorney General approve it?
OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL — CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENTS
95. Hon
KEN TRAVERS to the Attorney General:
I hope the Minister for Transport is not offended by the fact
that I am asking a question today of the Attorney General! But I still love the
parliamentary secretary; it is all right.
I refer to page 42 of the 2013–14 Government Mid-year Financial Projections Statement that identified that the
Department of the Attorney General faces pressure due to several contractual
commitments that have been made without prior funding approval.
(1) What
contracts did DOTAG enter into without prior funding approval?
(2) What is the
value of each contract?
(3) For each
contract, who is the other party to the contract?
(4) Prior to
DOTAG entering into the contract, did the Attorney General approve the
department entering into it without funding approval?
(5) If yes to
(4), why did the Attorney General approve it?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question; indeed, I thank him for the question because I was feeling neglected
and I was wondering: where was the love?
Hon Ken Travers : There's lots of love for you. I
hope the Minister for Transport gets well soon.
The
PRESIDENT : Order! It is 26 February,
not 14 February.
Hon Ken Travers : That's why you're the
boss!
Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN : Bruce Springsteen of the Council!
(1)–(2)
The Department of the Attorney General has not entered into any new contracts
for which it does not have approval. DOTAG has funded the following routine
operational contracts from within existing resources —
(a) court
security and prisoner transport services at the temporary Kununurra court,
valued at $2.3 million, made up of $1.5 million in 2013–14 and $0.8 million
in 2014–15;
(b) additional
lease space at Westralia Square valued at $882 680 a year; and
(c) additional
accommodation for the legal profession complaints committee valued at $145 000
a year.
(3)
(a) though funded
by DOTAG, the contract was entered into by the Department of Corrective
Services;
(b) the owner of
Westralia Square; and
(c) the owner of
the Colonial building.
(4)–(5) I
do not approve routine operational contracts for services.
question; indeed, I thank him for the question because I was feeling neglected
and I was wondering: where was the love?
Hon Ken Travers : There's lots of love for you. I
hope the Minister for Transport gets well soon.
The
PRESIDENT : Order! It is 26 February,
not 14 February.
Hon Ken Travers : That's why you're the
boss!
Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN : Bruce Springsteen of the Council!
(1)–(2)
The Department of the Attorney General has not entered into any new contracts
for which it does not have approval. DOTAG has funded the following routine
operational contracts from within existing resources —
(a) court
security and prisoner transport services at the temporary Kununurra court,
valued at $2.3 million, made up of $1.5 million in 2013–14 and $0.8 million
in 2014–15;
(b) additional
lease space at Westralia Square valued at $882 680 a year; and
(c) additional
accommodation for the legal profession complaints committee valued at $145 000
a year.
(3)
(a) though funded
by DOTAG, the contract was entered into by the Department of Corrective
Services;
(b) the owner of
Westralia Square; and
(c) the owner of
the Colonial building.
(4)–(5) I
do not approve routine operational contracts for services.
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.