❓ The question seeks to determine the number of former Ministerial staffers appointed to government boards and executive roles, and whether these appointments presented conflicts of interest. The answer states that the requested data is not centrally tracked and would require extensive manual review to compile.
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I refer to Government agencies, trading entities and boards, and I ask: (a) how many former Ministerial staffers were appointed by the Government to boards or executive roles on Government trading entities and agencies in the years: (i) 2018-19; (ii) 2019-20; (iii) 2020-21; and (iv) 2021-22 to date; and (b) how many of the appointments in (a)(i) to (iv) identified actual, perceived, or potential conflicts of interest as a result of holding their previous positions in Ministerial offices?
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Answered
16 December 2021
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Public Sector Management
Response time
11 days
(a – b) The Department of the Premier and Cabinet advise that their systems do not capture whether individuals have ever been in a Ministerial office, either under the current term or previous terms of Governments.
To prepare the information requested by the Member would require the Department to manually review CVs and documentation on a case-by-case basis and individually check all former employee records, noting that employee records may not be readily available for historical terms.
In addition, the Department does not maintain records of executive roles for GTEs. Conflicts of interests are declared separately to each board, committee or body, and are not held by the Department.
To prepare the information requested by the Member would require the Department to manually review CVs and documentation on a case-by-case basis and individually check all former employee records, noting that employee records may not be readily available for historical terms.
In addition, the Department does not maintain records of executive roles for GTEs. Conflicts of interests are declared separately to each board, committee or body, and are not held by the Department.
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