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❓ Mr. Huston requests detailed information on land transfers by Development WA and the Department of Lands from FY 20/21 to 24/25, including conflict of interest declarations and internal investigations. The government declined to provide the information, citing resource constraints.

AnsweredQoN 228Legislative Assembly

Asked

18 June 2025

Member

Mr Jonathan Huston

Portfolio

Planning and Lands

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(1) For all Development WA or Department of Lands land transfers in FY 20/21 please provide: (a) Description of Land; (b) Property Street Address; (c) Suburb or LGA applicable; (d) Status Order/Interest Notated (Notate as 'BLANK' if not provided); (e) Primary Interest Holder details (Notate as 'BLANK' if not provided); (f) Previous title (if applicable) (Notate as 'BLANK' if not provided); (g) Register Number Code; (h) Transferor Name; (i) Transferor Position if provided; (j) Consideration ($); (k) Witness Names for Transferor; (l) Witness Address for Transferor; (m) Most recent Valuation in AUD$ as provided by Dept of Lands or Dev WA or other WA Government entity; (n) Where no valuation is provided, provide reasons why no valuation was provided; (o) Transferee or Applicant Name(s) - List if more than one; (p) Transferee or applicant Address(s) - List if more than one; (q) If Transferee shares of ownership are notated in Form 2, show the fraction of ownership ( Noting the guide states "Shares should be stated as fractions, such as 1/3 and 2/3" - if there are no fractions data as 'BLANK'); (r) Date of Attestation; (s) Date of Transaction; (t) From Certificate of Duty, show amount of Duty paid.; (u) From Certificate of Duty, show date of Duty paid; (v) From Certificate of Duty, show the entity that paid the duty; (w) Confirm that the Duty paid conforms with the Duties Act formula, if not why not; (x) First Transferor Signatory name (As appear in Form 2); (y) Notate transferee ACN if applicable - (otherwise leave BLANK); (z) First Transferee Signatory Address ( (As appear in Form 2); (aa) Second Transferor Signatory Name ( if applicable) - (As appear in Form 2); (bb) Second Transfer Signatory Address ( if applicable) - (As appear in Form 2); (cc) Witness Name for Transferee (As appear in Form 2); and (dd) Witness Address for Transferee ((As appear in Form 2)? (2) For all Development WA or Department of Lands land transfers in FY 21/22 please provide as per 1 (a-dd)? (3) For all Development WA or Department of Lands land transfers in FY 22/23 please provide as per 1 (a-dd)? (4) For all Development WA or Department of Lands land transfers in FY 23/24 please provide as per 1 (a-dd)? (5) For all Development WA or Department of Lands land transfers in FY 24/25 please provide data as per 1 (a-dd)? (6) Please provide any conflicts of interest declared by responsible Development WA or Department of Lands officers pursuant to any transaction above? (7) Please provide details of any internal investigations undertaken during the period pertaining to probity concerns pursuant to the transactions above?

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Answered

12 August 2025

Responded by

Minister for Planning and Lands

Response time

5 days

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The Member is requesting a significant amount of information and detail. The information requested is not readily available and collecting it would divert staff away from their normal duties, and is not considered to be a reasonable or appropriate use of government resources.

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