❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details on gifts received by Ministerial staff and the Premier, revealing no gifts reported by staff but 23 gifts received by the Premier, some of which were surrendered, donated, or returned.
AnsweredQoN 1023Legislative Assembly
Asked
22 June 2017
Member
Portfolio
Premier; Minister for Public Sector Management; State Development, Jobs and Trade; Federal-State Relations
QuestionView source ↗
(1) As at 20 June 2017 have any "Conflict of Interest - Gift" forms been submitted by Ministerial staff: (a) Have these forms been submitted to the DPC Integrity Unit: (i) If not, why not; (b) How many gifts have been recieved; (c) What is the total estimated overall value of those gifts; and (d) Who provided the gifts? (2) As at 20 June 2017 how many gifts have been received by the Premier: (a) How many gifts have been received; (b) What is the total estimated overall value of those gifts; and (c) Who provided the gifts?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
8 August 2017
Response time
4 days
(1) No Conflict of Interest – Gift forms have been submitted to the DPC Integrity Unit for Ministerial staff in the Office of the Hon Mark McGowan MLA.
(a) Not applicable.
(i) No gifts have been received
(b) Nil.
(c) Nil.
(d) Not applicable.
(2)
(a) 23. Please note that a proportion of these gifts have been either surrendered to DPC, donated to charity or returned to those who gave them.
(b) $3895
(c)
Rio Tinto
Minister for Tourism
Pastors Mark and Jemima Varughese and Kingdomcity
Perth Hindu Temple
Chinese Consul
Governor of Hyogo
City of Wanneroo
Peter Lurssen
The Politis Family
Alan Joyce of Qantas
APPEA
Minister for the Environment
Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation
Bruce Cheung, Pardoo Beef
His Excellency, Mr Sumio Kusaka, Ambassador of Japan in Canberra
Shire of Denmark
Shire of Jerramungup
West Coast Fever
Julia Redwood, Managing Director, Prospero Productions
Rear Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta YSM VSM
(a) Not applicable.
(i) No gifts have been received
(b) Nil.
(c) Nil.
(d) Not applicable.
(2)
(a) 23. Please note that a proportion of these gifts have been either surrendered to DPC, donated to charity or returned to those who gave them.
(b) $3895
(c)
Rio Tinto
Minister for Tourism
Pastors Mark and Jemima Varughese and Kingdomcity
Perth Hindu Temple
Chinese Consul
Governor of Hyogo
City of Wanneroo
Peter Lurssen
The Politis Family
Alan Joyce of Qantas
APPEA
Minister for the Environment
Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation
Bruce Cheung, Pardoo Beef
His Excellency, Mr Sumio Kusaka, Ambassador of Japan in Canberra
Shire of Denmark
Shire of Jerramungup
West Coast Fever
Julia Redwood, Managing Director, Prospero Productions
Rear Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta YSM VSM
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