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❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice requests detailed information on boards, reviews, committees, inquiries, and taskforces established within the Minister's portfolio since the election of the State Labor Government, including costs, chairpersons, and timelines. The Minister provides a detailed response.

AnsweredQoN 1905Legislative Assembly

Asked

9 September 2003

Member

Mrs C.L. Edwardes

Portfolio

Consumer and Employment Protection; Indigenous Affairs; Minister Assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management

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(1) Since the election of the State Labor Government, how many boards, reviews, committees, inquiries and taskforces have been established within the Minister’s portfolio?
(2) Will the Minister list all the boards, reviews, committees, inquiries and taskforces that have been established?
(3) What is the name and qualification of each person who chairs each board, review, committee, inquiry and taskforce that has been established within the Minister’s portfolio since the election of the State Labor Government?
(4) Will the Minister list the commencement date and the completion date for all boards, reviews, committees, inquiries and taskforces that have been established?
(5) Will the Minister list the total cost of sitting fees and the total cost for each of the boards, reviews, committees, inquiries and taskforces that have been established?
(6) What payments, fees and sitting fees are paid to the chairperson of each board, review, committee, inquiry and taskforce that has been established within the Minister’s portfolio?

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Answered

4 December 2003

Responded by

Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection; Indigenous Affairs; Minister Assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management

Response time

86 days

Department of Consumer and Employment Protection (1) 17 (2) Yes. (2) - (6) Please refer to information provided below. (2) – Name of boards, review, committees, inquiries, taskforces (3) – Name and qualification for each person who chairs (4) – Commencement date (4) – Completion Date (5) Sitting fees and total cost (6) Payments to chairperson Review of Consumer Protection Boards and Committees No committee established for this review November 2001 June 2002 No sitting fees paid Not Applicable Review of Auction Sales Act 1973 No committee established for this review July 2001 In progress No sitting fees paid Not Applicable Review of the Fair Trading Act 1987 and Consumer Protection Act 1971 No committee established for this review January 2002 In progress No sitting fees paid Not Applicable Committee established to review Fair Trading Amendment Bill – Unconscionable Conduct Mr Nick Catania – former Executive Director - WA Council of Retailer’s Associations June 2001 August 2001 No sitting fees paid NIL Committee established to review Fitness Industry (Reference Working Group) Policy Officer – Policy and Education Directorate, Consumer Protection Division, DOCEP July 2001 In progress No sitting fees paid NIL Committee established to review Motor Vehicle Dealers Amendment Bill 2001 and Regulations (Reference Working Group) Manager – Motor Vehicles and Travel Industries Branch, Consumer Protection Division, DOCEP June 2001 August 2002 No sitting fees paid NIL Review of Residential Tenancies Act 1987 No committee established for this review June 2001 In progress No sitting fees paid Not Applicable Committee/review established following collapse of HIH Insurance and developments in the Home Indemnity Insurance market (Reference/Stakeholder Group) Director – Policy and Education, Consumer Protection Division, DOCEP March 2001 In progress No sitting fees paid NIL Review of Consumer Protection Services through Zero Based Assessment No committee established for this review January 2002 30 June 2002 No sitting fees paid Not Applicable Consumer Affairs Council Yet to be appointed November 2003 (1st meeting yet to be held) Ongoing NIL to date NIL to date Petroleum Products Prices Advisory Committee Ms Roberta Mead BBus, MBA November 2001 Ongoing Total sitting fees – $1,050 per meeting $240 per meeting Statutory Review of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 Mr Gavin Fielding – Senior Commissioner Mr Robert Laing – former Commissioner of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (appointed May 2001 on retirement of Mr Fielding) November 2000 November 2002 $61,064.10 Not Applicable Review of the Construction Industry Long Service Leave Payments Board Mr Noel Whitehead – former CEO of the then Department of Productivity and Labour Relations March 2002 June 2002 $ 3,500 $ 3,500 Taskforce to Review the Code of Practice for the WA Building and Construction Industry Mr Norman Marlborough MLA – Member for Peel and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection May 2001 November 2001 NIL NIL Code Monitoring Committee for the Code of Practice for the WA Building and Construction Industry Mr Robert Laing – former Commissioner of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission October 2002 Ongoing $ 4,039 $ 4,039 Review of the Industrial Relations Act 1979 and the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission Ms Sally Cawley – former Commissioner of the WA Industrial Relations Commission September 2002 February 2003 $ 7,200 $ 7,200 Review of the Public Sector Management Act Mr Noel Whitehead – lawyer and former public sector CEO September 2003 November 2003 NIL to date Not Applicable Department of Indigenous Affairs (1) Two. (2) Yes. (2)-(6) Please refer to information provided below. (2) – Name of boards, review, committees, inquiries, taskforces (3) – Name and qualification for each person who chairs (4) – Commencement date (4) – Completion Date (5) Sitting fees and total cost (6) Payments to chairperson Indigenous Affairs Advisory Committee (IAAC) Hon John Kobelke MLA - Minister for Indigenous Affairs BSc DipEd JP December 2001 Ongoing Approximately $6 000 per annum. No sitting fees are paid NIL Review of the Aboriginal Lands Trust (ALT) Mr Murray Chapman - Murray Chapman Consulting December 2002 April 2003 Total cost – $27 280 NIL WorkCover WA (1) Two reviews and one committee. (2) Yes. (2)-(6) Please refer to information provided below. (2) – Name of boards, review, committees, inquiries, taskforces (3) – Name and qualification for each person who chairs (4) – Commencement date (4) – Completion Date (5) Sitting fees and total cost (6) Payments to chairperson Cooke Review Tony Cooke - Associate Professor, School of Social Work & Social Policy, Curtin University of Technology February 2002 August 2002 $7 969 Not Applicable Guthrie Review Dr Robert Guthrie B Juris LLB LLM (a) May 2001 (b) September 2001 (c) June 2002 (d) September 2002 (a) June 2001 (b) December 2001 (c) June 2002 (d) November 2002 $21 936 Not Applicable Expert Medical Committee (appointed by the Hon Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection to provide advice on recommendations relating to medical issues contained in the Government’s Reform Package on Workers’ Compensation) Dr Robert J Gillett MBBS, FRACGP, FRACMA, Grad. Dip OHS, FAFOM, CIME 16 July 2003 Due for completion on approximately 24 September 2003 Approximate costs $15 900 $300 per meeting (including tasks undertaken outside of Committee meetings) WA Industrial Relations Commission (1) None. (2)-(6) Not Applicable. Construction Industry Long Service Leave Payments Board (1) None. (2)-(6) Not Applicable.
(Reference Working Group)
(Reference Working Group)
(1st meeting yet to be held)
Mr Robert Laing – former Commissioner of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (appointed May 2001 on retirement of Mr Fielding)

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