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❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details on hospitality and ticket arrangements between government entities and external organisations within the Water; Sport and Recreation; Forestry portfolios. The response reveals varying practices across different agencies, with some engaging in such arrangements and others not.

AnsweredQoN 3779Legislative Assembly

Asked

17 March 2015

Member

Ms R. Saffioti

Portfolio

Water; Sport and Recreation; Forestry

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For each department, agency, Commission or Government Trading Enterprise within the Minister’s portfolio of responsibilities: (a) does the organisation hold a contract, sponsorship or any other financial arrangement with any outside body which specifies the provision of hospitality, VIP or corporate box access or general admission tickets to an event as part of that contract, sponsorship or financial arrangement; and (b) if yes to (a), what is the name of the outside body for which the provision of hospitality, VIP or corporate box access or general admission tickets to an events is part of any contract, sponsorship or any other financial arrangement?

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Answered

5 May 2015

Responded by

Minister for Water; Sport and Recreation; Forestry

Response time

49 days

Aqwest
(a) No
(b) Not applicable
Busselton Water
(a) Yes
(b) Busselton Jetty Swim (Busselton Allsports Inc)
Combat Sports Commission
(a) No
(b) Not applicable
Department of Sport and Rec
(a) No
(b) Not applicable
Department of Water
(a) Yes
(b) Committee for Economic Development of Australia
Australian Water Association Ltd
Whiteman Park - Children's Groundwater Festival
WA Wetland Conference
Urban Development Institute of Australia
Forest Products Commission
(a) No
(b) Not applicable
VenuesWest
(a) Yes
(b) VenuesWest core business is Venue Management. Ticketing events across the suite of venues at Perth Arena, nib Stadium, HBF Stadium, HBF Arena, WA basketball Centre, WA Athletics Stadium, Midvale SpeedDome and Champion Lakes occurs on a regular basis. Having contracts in place which specify the provision of hospitality, VIP or corporate box access or general admission tickets is part of the process of Venue Management. For instance a Venue Manager will retain the right to utilise a very small part of the ticket inventory to facilitate relocation of patrons who for operational reasons are required to move from their allocated seats.
Rather than attempting to detail all of the contracts that are in place to facilitate attendance at ticketed events I am happy to provide the member with some background and context to this activity.
Water Corp
(a) Yes
(b) Australian Water Association (WA)
Black Swan State Theatre Company
Caravan Industry Association of WA
Community Cinemas
Engineers Australia
Facility Management Association of Australia
Industry Foundation for Accident Prevention
Keep Australia Beautiful Council
Landscape Industry Association of WA
Irrigation Association Ltd WA Region
Leisure Institute of WA Aquatics
Master Builders Association of WA
Master Plumbers & Gasfitters Association of WA
National Trust of Australia (WA)
Nursery & Garden Industry Association
Perth Garden Festival (Corporate Sports Australia)
Perth International Arts Festival
Perth Zoo
Scitech
Urban Development Institute of Australia - WA Division
University of WA Centenary Trust
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company
WAIS
(a) No
(b) Not applicable

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