❓ Question regarding the suitability assessment of Consolidated Constructions Pty Ltd for government civil construction work by Main Roads WA and the Public Transport Authority, followed by a lengthy and somewhat evasive answer from the Minister.
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Will the visionary Minister for Planning and Infrastructure explain what steps were taken by Main Roads Western Australia and the Public Transport Authority to determine the suitability of Consolidated Constructions Pty Ltd to undertake civil construction work for the Government? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN
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I thank the member for the question. I also take this opportunity to outline the measures that the Government is implementing to do what it can to help the subcontractors affected by the demise of Consolidated Constructions. We also want to get on record our great sympathy for those subcontractors involved across this State and interstate. We should all recognise that Consolidated Constructions is a Western Australian home-grown company that has been in business now for some 37 years. It is a tragedy that a company of this standing and stature has gone to the wall. That sort of thing happens from time to time in the civil construction industry. I hope that the legislation that is being dealt with in Parliament will assist us to ensure there are fewer of these collapses in the future and that subcontractors are left in a better position. There is always a question when these matters arise as to whether the company should have been awarded various contracts at the time. Mr M.F. Board: Have you asked the State Supply Commission to look at the awarding of this contract? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this with the member because it is important to understand that - I am not sure how familiar the member for Murdoch is with this - both Main Roads Western Australia and the Public Transport Authority - Mrs C.L. Edwardes: Patronising. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is a genuine question. I do not know how much the member knows; it is not evident from the questions he asks. This is an important issue. Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I can understand the Opposition not being interested in the answer to this question. However, I know that the member for Kimberley is interested, as are many other members in this place. Many members on this side of the House represent subcontractors who have been burnt through the collapse of Consolidated Constructions. Both Main Roads and the PTA have established practices for the assessment of the suitability of a principal to take on government contracts. In both cases, they went through those standard procedures. Before issuing the Marble Bar contract, Main Roads Western Australia obtained an independent financial report on the last set of audited accounts from Consolidated Constructions. Mr M.W. Trenorden: What about Dun and Bradstreet? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am very keen to get to Dun and Bradstreet. I know the member for Avon missed me yesterday. He was complaining because I was in the Kimberley doing business. One thing we notice about National Party members is that they get upset when we go into country districts because they know how well we do. I know that the member for Avon in particular is a glutton for punishment and he misses it when I am not here. Some people pay to be punished, but the member for Avon is lucky; he can get it for nothing. Mr R.C. Kucera interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I do want to get to that because the last set of audited accounts were examined by an independent consultant who advised that Consolidated Constructions was in reasonable shape and appropriate for the awarding of the contract. The question has been raised by some media gurus, who I understand used to be attached to the member for Avon’s office. Can we give Mr Taylor an atlas? He was talking about the Marble Bar road being in the Kimberley. His geography is a bit out. I would like to assist Mr Taylor in the reading of the Dun and Bradstreet report, because it has two parts, one of which gives the dynamic risk score, which is what we tend to focus on because it predicts the likelihood of a company getting into distress over the next 12 months, and the other of which gives the dynamic delinquency score. Mrs C.L. Edwardes interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for the question. I also take this opportunity to outline the measures that the Government is implementing to do what it can to help the subcontractors affected by the demise of Consolidated Constructions. We also want to get on record our great sympathy for those subcontractors involved across this State and interstate. We should all recognise that Consolidated Constructions is a Western Australian home-grown company that has been in business now for some 37 years. It is a tragedy that a company of this standing and stature has gone to the wall. That sort of thing happens from time to time in the civil construction industry. I hope that the legislation that is being dealt with in Parliament will assist us to ensure there are fewer of these collapses in the future and that subcontractors are left in a better position. There is always a question when these matters arise as to whether the company should have been awarded various contracts at the time. Mr M.F. Board: Have you asked the State Supply Commission to look at the awarding of this contract? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this with the member because it is important to understand that - I am not sure how familiar the member for Murdoch is with this - both Main Roads Western Australia and the Public Transport Authority - Mrs C.L. Edwardes: Patronising. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is a genuine question. I do not know how much the member knows; it is not evident from the questions he asks. This is an important issue. Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I can understand the Opposition not being interested in the answer to this question. However, I know that the member for Kimberley is interested, as are many other members in this place. Many members on this side of the House represent subcontractors who have been burnt through the collapse of Consolidated Constructions. Both Main Roads and the PTA have established practices for the assessment of the suitability of a principal to take on government contracts. In both cases, they went through those standard procedures. Before issuing the Marble Bar contract, Main Roads Western Australia obtained an independent financial report on the last set of audited accounts from Consolidated Constructions. Mr M.W. Trenorden: What about Dun and Bradstreet? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am very keen to get to Dun and Bradstreet. I know the member for Avon missed me yesterday. He was complaining because I was in the Kimberley doing business. One thing we notice about National Party members is that they get upset when we go into country districts because they know how well we do. I know that the member for Avon in particular is a glutton for punishment and he misses it when I am not here. Some people pay to be punished, but the member for Avon is lucky; he can get it for nothing. Mr R.C. Kucera interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I do want to get to that because the last set of audited accounts were examined by an independent consultant who advised that Consolidated Constructions was in reasonable shape and appropriate for the awarding of the contract. The question has been raised by some media gurus, who I understand used to be attached to the member for Avon’s office. Can we give Mr Taylor an atlas? He was talking about the Marble Bar road being in the Kimberley. His geography is a bit out. I would like to assist Mr Taylor in the reading of the Dun and Bradstreet report, because it has two parts, one of which gives the dynamic risk score, which is what we tend to focus on because it predicts the likelihood of a company getting into distress over the next 12 months, and the other of which gives the dynamic delinquency score. Mrs C.L. Edwardes interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
I thank the member for the question. I also take this opportunity to outline the measures that the Government is implementing to do what it can to help the subcontractors affected by the demise of Consolidated Constructions. We also want to get on record our great sympathy for those subcontractors involved across this State and interstate. We should all recognise that Consolidated Constructions is a Western Australian home-grown company that has been in business now for some 37 years. It is a tragedy that a company of this standing and stature has gone to the wall. That sort of thing happens from time to time in the civil construction industry. I hope that the legislation that is being dealt with in Parliament will assist us to ensure there are fewer of these collapses in the future and that subcontractors are left in a better position. There is always a question when these matters arise as to whether the company should have been awarded various contracts at the time. Mr M.F. Board: Have you asked the State Supply Commission to look at the awarding of this contract? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this with the member because it is important to understand that - I am not sure how familiar the member for Murdoch is with this - both Main Roads Western Australia and the Public Transport Authority - Mrs C.L. Edwardes: Patronising. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is a genuine question. I do not know how much the member knows; it is not evident from the questions he asks. This is an important issue. Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I can understand the Opposition not being interested in the answer to this question. However, I know that the member for Kimberley is interested, as are many other members in this place. Many members on this side of the House represent subcontractors who have been burnt through the collapse of Consolidated Constructions. Both Main Roads and the PTA have established practices for the assessment of the suitability of a principal to take on government contracts. In both cases, they went through those standard procedures. Before issuing the Marble Bar contract, Main Roads Western Australia obtained an independent financial report on the last set of audited accounts from Consolidated Constructions. Mr M.W. Trenorden: What about Dun and Bradstreet? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am very keen to get to Dun and Bradstreet. I know the member for Avon missed me yesterday. He was complaining because I was in the Kimberley doing business. One thing we notice about National Party members is that they get upset when we go into country districts because they know how well we do. I know that the member for Avon in particular is a glutton for punishment and he misses it when I am not here. Some people pay to be punished, but the member for Avon is lucky; he can get it for nothing. Mr R.C. Kucera interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I do want to get to that because the last set of audited accounts were examined by an independent consultant who advised that Consolidated Constructions was in reasonable shape and appropriate for the awarding of the contract. The question has been raised by some media gurus, who I understand used to be attached to the member for Avon’s office. Can we give Mr Taylor an atlas? He was talking about the Marble Bar road being in the Kimberley. His geography is a bit out. I would like to assist Mr Taylor in the reading of the Dun and Bradstreet report, because it has two parts, one of which gives the dynamic risk score, which is what we tend to focus on because it predicts the likelihood of a company getting into distress over the next 12 months, and the other of which gives the dynamic delinquency score. Mrs C.L. Edwardes interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Mr M.F. Board: Have you asked the State Supply Commission to look at the awarding of this contract? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this with the member because it is important to understand that - I am not sure how familiar the member for Murdoch is with this - both Main Roads Western Australia and the Public Transport Authority - Mrs C.L. Edwardes: Patronising. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is a genuine question. I do not know how much the member knows; it is not evident from the questions he asks. This is an important issue. Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I can understand the Opposition not being interested in the answer to this question. However, I know that the member for Kimberley is interested, as are many other members in this place. Many members on this side of the House represent subcontractors who have been burnt through the collapse of Consolidated Constructions. Both Main Roads and the PTA have established practices for the assessment of the suitability of a principal to take on government contracts. In both cases, they went through those standard procedures. Before issuing the Marble Bar contract, Main Roads Western Australia obtained an independent financial report on the last set of audited accounts from Consolidated Constructions. Mr M.W. Trenorden: What about Dun and Bradstreet? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am very keen to get to Dun and Bradstreet. I know the member for Avon missed me yesterday. He was complaining because I was in the Kimberley doing business. One thing we notice about National Party members is that they get upset when we go into country districts because they know how well we do. I know that the member for Avon in particular is a glutton for punishment and he misses it when I am not here. Some people pay to be punished, but the member for Avon is lucky; he can get it for nothing. Mr R.C. Kucera interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I do want to get to that because the last set of audited accounts were examined by an independent consultant who advised that Consolidated Constructions was in reasonable shape and appropriate for the awarding of the contract. The question has been raised by some media gurus, who I understand used to be attached to the member for Avon’s office. Can we give Mr Taylor an atlas? He was talking about the Marble Bar road being in the Kimberley. His geography is a bit out. I would like to assist Mr Taylor in the reading of the Dun and Bradstreet report, because it has two parts, one of which gives the dynamic risk score, which is what we tend to focus on because it predicts the likelihood of a company getting into distress over the next 12 months, and the other of which gives the dynamic delinquency score. Mrs C.L. Edwardes interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this with the member because it is important to understand that - I am not sure how familiar the member for Murdoch is with this - both Main Roads Western Australia and the Public Transport Authority - Mrs C.L. Edwardes: Patronising. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is a genuine question. I do not know how much the member knows; it is not evident from the questions he asks. This is an important issue. Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I can understand the Opposition not being interested in the answer to this question. However, I know that the member for Kimberley is interested, as are many other members in this place. Many members on this side of the House represent subcontractors who have been burnt through the collapse of Consolidated Constructions. Both Main Roads and the PTA have established practices for the assessment of the suitability of a principal to take on government contracts. In both cases, they went through those standard procedures. Before issuing the Marble Bar contract, Main Roads Western Australia obtained an independent financial report on the last set of audited accounts from Consolidated Constructions. Mr M.W. Trenorden: What about Dun and Bradstreet? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am very keen to get to Dun and Bradstreet. I know the member for Avon missed me yesterday. He was complaining because I was in the Kimberley doing business. One thing we notice about National Party members is that they get upset when we go into country districts because they know how well we do. I know that the member for Avon in particular is a glutton for punishment and he misses it when I am not here. Some people pay to be punished, but the member for Avon is lucky; he can get it for nothing. Mr R.C. Kucera interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I do want to get to that because the last set of audited accounts were examined by an independent consultant who advised that Consolidated Constructions was in reasonable shape and appropriate for the awarding of the contract. The question has been raised by some media gurus, who I understand used to be attached to the member for Avon’s office. Can we give Mr Taylor an atlas? He was talking about the Marble Bar road being in the Kimberley. His geography is a bit out. I would like to assist Mr Taylor in the reading of the Dun and Bradstreet report, because it has two parts, one of which gives the dynamic risk score, which is what we tend to focus on because it predicts the likelihood of a company getting into distress over the next 12 months, and the other of which gives the dynamic delinquency score. Mrs C.L. Edwardes interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Mrs C.L. Edwardes: Patronising. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is a genuine question. I do not know how much the member knows; it is not evident from the questions he asks. This is an important issue. Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I can understand the Opposition not being interested in the answer to this question. However, I know that the member for Kimberley is interested, as are many other members in this place. Many members on this side of the House represent subcontractors who have been burnt through the collapse of Consolidated Constructions. Both Main Roads and the PTA have established practices for the assessment of the suitability of a principal to take on government contracts. In both cases, they went through those standard procedures. Before issuing the Marble Bar contract, Main Roads Western Australia obtained an independent financial report on the last set of audited accounts from Consolidated Constructions. Mr M.W. Trenorden: What about Dun and Bradstreet? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am very keen to get to Dun and Bradstreet. I know the member for Avon missed me yesterday. He was complaining because I was in the Kimberley doing business. One thing we notice about National Party members is that they get upset when we go into country districts because they know how well we do. I know that the member for Avon in particular is a glutton for punishment and he misses it when I am not here. Some people pay to be punished, but the member for Avon is lucky; he can get it for nothing. Mr R.C. Kucera interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I do want to get to that because the last set of audited accounts were examined by an independent consultant who advised that Consolidated Constructions was in reasonable shape and appropriate for the awarding of the contract. The question has been raised by some media gurus, who I understand used to be attached to the member for Avon’s office. Can we give Mr Taylor an atlas? He was talking about the Marble Bar road being in the Kimberley. His geography is a bit out. I would like to assist Mr Taylor in the reading of the Dun and Bradstreet report, because it has two parts, one of which gives the dynamic risk score, which is what we tend to focus on because it predicts the likelihood of a company getting into distress over the next 12 months, and the other of which gives the dynamic delinquency score. Mrs C.L. Edwardes interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is a genuine question. I do not know how much the member knows; it is not evident from the questions he asks. This is an important issue. Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I can understand the Opposition not being interested in the answer to this question. However, I know that the member for Kimberley is interested, as are many other members in this place. Many members on this side of the House represent subcontractors who have been burnt through the collapse of Consolidated Constructions. Both Main Roads and the PTA have established practices for the assessment of the suitability of a principal to take on government contracts. In both cases, they went through those standard procedures. Before issuing the Marble Bar contract, Main Roads Western Australia obtained an independent financial report on the last set of audited accounts from Consolidated Constructions. Mr M.W. Trenorden: What about Dun and Bradstreet? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am very keen to get to Dun and Bradstreet. I know the member for Avon missed me yesterday. He was complaining because I was in the Kimberley doing business. One thing we notice about National Party members is that they get upset when we go into country districts because they know how well we do. I know that the member for Avon in particular is a glutton for punishment and he misses it when I am not here. Some people pay to be punished, but the member for Avon is lucky; he can get it for nothing. Mr R.C. Kucera interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I do want to get to that because the last set of audited accounts were examined by an independent consultant who advised that Consolidated Constructions was in reasonable shape and appropriate for the awarding of the contract. The question has been raised by some media gurus, who I understand used to be attached to the member for Avon’s office. Can we give Mr Taylor an atlas? He was talking about the Marble Bar road being in the Kimberley. His geography is a bit out. I would like to assist Mr Taylor in the reading of the Dun and Bradstreet report, because it has two parts, one of which gives the dynamic risk score, which is what we tend to focus on because it predicts the likelihood of a company getting into distress over the next 12 months, and the other of which gives the dynamic delinquency score. Mrs C.L. Edwardes interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I can understand the Opposition not being interested in the answer to this question. However, I know that the member for Kimberley is interested, as are many other members in this place. Many members on this side of the House represent subcontractors who have been burnt through the collapse of Consolidated Constructions. Both Main Roads and the PTA have established practices for the assessment of the suitability of a principal to take on government contracts. In both cases, they went through those standard procedures. Before issuing the Marble Bar contract, Main Roads Western Australia obtained an independent financial report on the last set of audited accounts from Consolidated Constructions. Mr M.W. Trenorden: What about Dun and Bradstreet? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am very keen to get to Dun and Bradstreet. I know the member for Avon missed me yesterday. He was complaining because I was in the Kimberley doing business. One thing we notice about National Party members is that they get upset when we go into country districts because they know how well we do. I know that the member for Avon in particular is a glutton for punishment and he misses it when I am not here. Some people pay to be punished, but the member for Avon is lucky; he can get it for nothing. Mr R.C. Kucera interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I do want to get to that because the last set of audited accounts were examined by an independent consultant who advised that Consolidated Constructions was in reasonable shape and appropriate for the awarding of the contract. The question has been raised by some media gurus, who I understand used to be attached to the member for Avon’s office. Can we give Mr Taylor an atlas? He was talking about the Marble Bar road being in the Kimberley. His geography is a bit out. I would like to assist Mr Taylor in the reading of the Dun and Bradstreet report, because it has two parts, one of which gives the dynamic risk score, which is what we tend to focus on because it predicts the likelihood of a company getting into distress over the next 12 months, and the other of which gives the dynamic delinquency score. Mrs C.L. Edwardes interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I can understand the Opposition not being interested in the answer to this question. However, I know that the member for Kimberley is interested, as are many other members in this place. Many members on this side of the House represent subcontractors who have been burnt through the collapse of Consolidated Constructions. Both Main Roads and the PTA have established practices for the assessment of the suitability of a principal to take on government contracts. In both cases, they went through those standard procedures. Before issuing the Marble Bar contract, Main Roads Western Australia obtained an independent financial report on the last set of audited accounts from Consolidated Constructions. Mr M.W. Trenorden: What about Dun and Bradstreet? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am very keen to get to Dun and Bradstreet. I know the member for Avon missed me yesterday. He was complaining because I was in the Kimberley doing business. One thing we notice about National Party members is that they get upset when we go into country districts because they know how well we do. I know that the member for Avon in particular is a glutton for punishment and he misses it when I am not here. Some people pay to be punished, but the member for Avon is lucky; he can get it for nothing. Mr R.C. Kucera interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I do want to get to that because the last set of audited accounts were examined by an independent consultant who advised that Consolidated Constructions was in reasonable shape and appropriate for the awarding of the contract. The question has been raised by some media gurus, who I understand used to be attached to the member for Avon’s office. Can we give Mr Taylor an atlas? He was talking about the Marble Bar road being in the Kimberley. His geography is a bit out. I would like to assist Mr Taylor in the reading of the Dun and Bradstreet report, because it has two parts, one of which gives the dynamic risk score, which is what we tend to focus on because it predicts the likelihood of a company getting into distress over the next 12 months, and the other of which gives the dynamic delinquency score. Mrs C.L. Edwardes interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Mr M.W. Trenorden: What about Dun and Bradstreet? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am very keen to get to Dun and Bradstreet. I know the member for Avon missed me yesterday. He was complaining because I was in the Kimberley doing business. One thing we notice about National Party members is that they get upset when we go into country districts because they know how well we do. I know that the member for Avon in particular is a glutton for punishment and he misses it when I am not here. Some people pay to be punished, but the member for Avon is lucky; he can get it for nothing. Mr R.C. Kucera interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I do want to get to that because the last set of audited accounts were examined by an independent consultant who advised that Consolidated Constructions was in reasonable shape and appropriate for the awarding of the contract. The question has been raised by some media gurus, who I understand used to be attached to the member for Avon’s office. Can we give Mr Taylor an atlas? He was talking about the Marble Bar road being in the Kimberley. His geography is a bit out. I would like to assist Mr Taylor in the reading of the Dun and Bradstreet report, because it has two parts, one of which gives the dynamic risk score, which is what we tend to focus on because it predicts the likelihood of a company getting into distress over the next 12 months, and the other of which gives the dynamic delinquency score. Mrs C.L. Edwardes interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am very keen to get to Dun and Bradstreet. I know the member for Avon missed me yesterday. He was complaining because I was in the Kimberley doing business. One thing we notice about National Party members is that they get upset when we go into country districts because they know how well we do. I know that the member for Avon in particular is a glutton for punishment and he misses it when I am not here. Some people pay to be punished, but the member for Avon is lucky; he can get it for nothing. Mr R.C. Kucera interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I do want to get to that because the last set of audited accounts were examined by an independent consultant who advised that Consolidated Constructions was in reasonable shape and appropriate for the awarding of the contract. The question has been raised by some media gurus, who I understand used to be attached to the member for Avon’s office. Can we give Mr Taylor an atlas? He was talking about the Marble Bar road being in the Kimberley. His geography is a bit out. I would like to assist Mr Taylor in the reading of the Dun and Bradstreet report, because it has two parts, one of which gives the dynamic risk score, which is what we tend to focus on because it predicts the likelihood of a company getting into distress over the next 12 months, and the other of which gives the dynamic delinquency score. Mrs C.L. Edwardes interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Mr R.C. Kucera interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I do want to get to that because the last set of audited accounts were examined by an independent consultant who advised that Consolidated Constructions was in reasonable shape and appropriate for the awarding of the contract. The question has been raised by some media gurus, who I understand used to be attached to the member for Avon’s office. Can we give Mr Taylor an atlas? He was talking about the Marble Bar road being in the Kimberley. His geography is a bit out. I would like to assist Mr Taylor in the reading of the Dun and Bradstreet report, because it has two parts, one of which gives the dynamic risk score, which is what we tend to focus on because it predicts the likelihood of a company getting into distress over the next 12 months, and the other of which gives the dynamic delinquency score. Mrs C.L. Edwardes interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I do want to get to that because the last set of audited accounts were examined by an independent consultant who advised that Consolidated Constructions was in reasonable shape and appropriate for the awarding of the contract. The question has been raised by some media gurus, who I understand used to be attached to the member for Avon’s office. Can we give Mr Taylor an atlas? He was talking about the Marble Bar road being in the Kimberley. His geography is a bit out. I would like to assist Mr Taylor in the reading of the Dun and Bradstreet report, because it has two parts, one of which gives the dynamic risk score, which is what we tend to focus on because it predicts the likelihood of a company getting into distress over the next 12 months, and the other of which gives the dynamic delinquency score. Mrs C.L. Edwardes interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Mrs C.L. Edwardes interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for the question. I also take this opportunity to outline the measures that the Government is implementing to do what it can to help the subcontractors affected by the demise of Consolidated Constructions. We also want to get on record our great sympathy for those subcontractors involved across this State and interstate. We should all recognise that Consolidated Constructions is a Western Australian home-grown company that has been in business now for some 37 years. It is a tragedy that a company of this standing and stature has gone to the wall. That sort of thing happens from time to time in the civil construction industry. I hope that the legislation that is being dealt with in Parliament will assist us to ensure there are fewer of these collapses in the future and that subcontractors are left in a better position. There is always a question when these matters arise as to whether the company should have been awarded various contracts at the time. Mr M.F. Board: Have you asked the State Supply Commission to look at the awarding of this contract? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this with the member because it is important to understand that - I am not sure how familiar the member for Murdoch is with this - both Main Roads Western Australia and the Public Transport Authority - Mrs C.L. Edwardes: Patronising. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is a genuine question. I do not know how much the member knows; it is not evident from the questions he asks. This is an important issue. Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I can understand the Opposition not being interested in the answer to this question. However, I know that the member for Kimberley is interested, as are many other members in this place. Many members on this side of the House represent subcontractors who have been burnt through the collapse of Consolidated Constructions. Both Main Roads and the PTA have established practices for the assessment of the suitability of a principal to take on government contracts. In both cases, they went through those standard procedures. Before issuing the Marble Bar contract, Main Roads Western Australia obtained an independent financial report on the last set of audited accounts from Consolidated Constructions. Mr M.W. Trenorden: What about Dun and Bradstreet? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am very keen to get to Dun and Bradstreet. I know the member for Avon missed me yesterday. He was complaining because I was in the Kimberley doing business. One thing we notice about National Party members is that they get upset when we go into country districts because they know how well we do. I know that the member for Avon in particular is a glutton for punishment and he misses it when I am not here. Some people pay to be punished, but the member for Avon is lucky; he can get it for nothing. Mr R.C. Kucera interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I do want to get to that because the last set of audited accounts were examined by an independent consultant who advised that Consolidated Constructions was in reasonable shape and appropriate for the awarding of the contract. The question has been raised by some media gurus, who I understand used to be attached to the member for Avon’s office. Can we give Mr Taylor an atlas? He was talking about the Marble Bar road being in the Kimberley. His geography is a bit out. I would like to assist Mr Taylor in the reading of the Dun and Bradstreet report, because it has two parts, one of which gives the dynamic risk score, which is what we tend to focus on because it predicts the likelihood of a company getting into distress over the next 12 months, and the other of which gives the dynamic delinquency score. Mrs C.L. Edwardes interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
I thank the member for the question. I also take this opportunity to outline the measures that the Government is implementing to do what it can to help the subcontractors affected by the demise of Consolidated Constructions. We also want to get on record our great sympathy for those subcontractors involved across this State and interstate. We should all recognise that Consolidated Constructions is a Western Australian home-grown company that has been in business now for some 37 years. It is a tragedy that a company of this standing and stature has gone to the wall. That sort of thing happens from time to time in the civil construction industry. I hope that the legislation that is being dealt with in Parliament will assist us to ensure there are fewer of these collapses in the future and that subcontractors are left in a better position. There is always a question when these matters arise as to whether the company should have been awarded various contracts at the time. Mr M.F. Board: Have you asked the State Supply Commission to look at the awarding of this contract? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this with the member because it is important to understand that - I am not sure how familiar the member for Murdoch is with this - both Main Roads Western Australia and the Public Transport Authority - Mrs C.L. Edwardes: Patronising. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is a genuine question. I do not know how much the member knows; it is not evident from the questions he asks. This is an important issue. Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I can understand the Opposition not being interested in the answer to this question. However, I know that the member for Kimberley is interested, as are many other members in this place. Many members on this side of the House represent subcontractors who have been burnt through the collapse of Consolidated Constructions. Both Main Roads and the PTA have established practices for the assessment of the suitability of a principal to take on government contracts. In both cases, they went through those standard procedures. Before issuing the Marble Bar contract, Main Roads Western Australia obtained an independent financial report on the last set of audited accounts from Consolidated Constructions. Mr M.W. Trenorden: What about Dun and Bradstreet? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am very keen to get to Dun and Bradstreet. I know the member for Avon missed me yesterday. He was complaining because I was in the Kimberley doing business. One thing we notice about National Party members is that they get upset when we go into country districts because they know how well we do. I know that the member for Avon in particular is a glutton for punishment and he misses it when I am not here. Some people pay to be punished, but the member for Avon is lucky; he can get it for nothing. Mr R.C. Kucera interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I do want to get to that because the last set of audited accounts were examined by an independent consultant who advised that Consolidated Constructions was in reasonable shape and appropriate for the awarding of the contract. The question has been raised by some media gurus, who I understand used to be attached to the member for Avon’s office. Can we give Mr Taylor an atlas? He was talking about the Marble Bar road being in the Kimberley. His geography is a bit out. I would like to assist Mr Taylor in the reading of the Dun and Bradstreet report, because it has two parts, one of which gives the dynamic risk score, which is what we tend to focus on because it predicts the likelihood of a company getting into distress over the next 12 months, and the other of which gives the dynamic delinquency score. Mrs C.L. Edwardes interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Mr M.F. Board: Have you asked the State Supply Commission to look at the awarding of this contract? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this with the member because it is important to understand that - I am not sure how familiar the member for Murdoch is with this - both Main Roads Western Australia and the Public Transport Authority - Mrs C.L. Edwardes: Patronising. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is a genuine question. I do not know how much the member knows; it is not evident from the questions he asks. This is an important issue. Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I can understand the Opposition not being interested in the answer to this question. However, I know that the member for Kimberley is interested, as are many other members in this place. Many members on this side of the House represent subcontractors who have been burnt through the collapse of Consolidated Constructions. Both Main Roads and the PTA have established practices for the assessment of the suitability of a principal to take on government contracts. In both cases, they went through those standard procedures. Before issuing the Marble Bar contract, Main Roads Western Australia obtained an independent financial report on the last set of audited accounts from Consolidated Constructions. Mr M.W. Trenorden: What about Dun and Bradstreet? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am very keen to get to Dun and Bradstreet. I know the member for Avon missed me yesterday. He was complaining because I was in the Kimberley doing business. One thing we notice about National Party members is that they get upset when we go into country districts because they know how well we do. I know that the member for Avon in particular is a glutton for punishment and he misses it when I am not here. Some people pay to be punished, but the member for Avon is lucky; he can get it for nothing. Mr R.C. Kucera interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I do want to get to that because the last set of audited accounts were examined by an independent consultant who advised that Consolidated Constructions was in reasonable shape and appropriate for the awarding of the contract. The question has been raised by some media gurus, who I understand used to be attached to the member for Avon’s office. Can we give Mr Taylor an atlas? He was talking about the Marble Bar road being in the Kimberley. His geography is a bit out. I would like to assist Mr Taylor in the reading of the Dun and Bradstreet report, because it has two parts, one of which gives the dynamic risk score, which is what we tend to focus on because it predicts the likelihood of a company getting into distress over the next 12 months, and the other of which gives the dynamic delinquency score. Mrs C.L. Edwardes interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this with the member because it is important to understand that - I am not sure how familiar the member for Murdoch is with this - both Main Roads Western Australia and the Public Transport Authority - Mrs C.L. Edwardes: Patronising. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is a genuine question. I do not know how much the member knows; it is not evident from the questions he asks. This is an important issue. Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I can understand the Opposition not being interested in the answer to this question. However, I know that the member for Kimberley is interested, as are many other members in this place. Many members on this side of the House represent subcontractors who have been burnt through the collapse of Consolidated Constructions. Both Main Roads and the PTA have established practices for the assessment of the suitability of a principal to take on government contracts. In both cases, they went through those standard procedures. Before issuing the Marble Bar contract, Main Roads Western Australia obtained an independent financial report on the last set of audited accounts from Consolidated Constructions. Mr M.W. Trenorden: What about Dun and Bradstreet? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am very keen to get to Dun and Bradstreet. I know the member for Avon missed me yesterday. He was complaining because I was in the Kimberley doing business. One thing we notice about National Party members is that they get upset when we go into country districts because they know how well we do. I know that the member for Avon in particular is a glutton for punishment and he misses it when I am not here. Some people pay to be punished, but the member for Avon is lucky; he can get it for nothing. Mr R.C. Kucera interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I do want to get to that because the last set of audited accounts were examined by an independent consultant who advised that Consolidated Constructions was in reasonable shape and appropriate for the awarding of the contract. The question has been raised by some media gurus, who I understand used to be attached to the member for Avon’s office. Can we give Mr Taylor an atlas? He was talking about the Marble Bar road being in the Kimberley. His geography is a bit out. I would like to assist Mr Taylor in the reading of the Dun and Bradstreet report, because it has two parts, one of which gives the dynamic risk score, which is what we tend to focus on because it predicts the likelihood of a company getting into distress over the next 12 months, and the other of which gives the dynamic delinquency score. Mrs C.L. Edwardes interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Mrs C.L. Edwardes: Patronising. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is a genuine question. I do not know how much the member knows; it is not evident from the questions he asks. This is an important issue. Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I can understand the Opposition not being interested in the answer to this question. However, I know that the member for Kimberley is interested, as are many other members in this place. Many members on this side of the House represent subcontractors who have been burnt through the collapse of Consolidated Constructions. Both Main Roads and the PTA have established practices for the assessment of the suitability of a principal to take on government contracts. In both cases, they went through those standard procedures. Before issuing the Marble Bar contract, Main Roads Western Australia obtained an independent financial report on the last set of audited accounts from Consolidated Constructions. Mr M.W. Trenorden: What about Dun and Bradstreet? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am very keen to get to Dun and Bradstreet. I know the member for Avon missed me yesterday. He was complaining because I was in the Kimberley doing business. One thing we notice about National Party members is that they get upset when we go into country districts because they know how well we do. I know that the member for Avon in particular is a glutton for punishment and he misses it when I am not here. Some people pay to be punished, but the member for Avon is lucky; he can get it for nothing. Mr R.C. Kucera interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I do want to get to that because the last set of audited accounts were examined by an independent consultant who advised that Consolidated Constructions was in reasonable shape and appropriate for the awarding of the contract. The question has been raised by some media gurus, who I understand used to be attached to the member for Avon’s office. Can we give Mr Taylor an atlas? He was talking about the Marble Bar road being in the Kimberley. His geography is a bit out. I would like to assist Mr Taylor in the reading of the Dun and Bradstreet report, because it has two parts, one of which gives the dynamic risk score, which is what we tend to focus on because it predicts the likelihood of a company getting into distress over the next 12 months, and the other of which gives the dynamic delinquency score. Mrs C.L. Edwardes interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is a genuine question. I do not know how much the member knows; it is not evident from the questions he asks. This is an important issue. Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I can understand the Opposition not being interested in the answer to this question. However, I know that the member for Kimberley is interested, as are many other members in this place. Many members on this side of the House represent subcontractors who have been burnt through the collapse of Consolidated Constructions. Both Main Roads and the PTA have established practices for the assessment of the suitability of a principal to take on government contracts. In both cases, they went through those standard procedures. Before issuing the Marble Bar contract, Main Roads Western Australia obtained an independent financial report on the last set of audited accounts from Consolidated Constructions. Mr M.W. Trenorden: What about Dun and Bradstreet? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am very keen to get to Dun and Bradstreet. I know the member for Avon missed me yesterday. He was complaining because I was in the Kimberley doing business. One thing we notice about National Party members is that they get upset when we go into country districts because they know how well we do. I know that the member for Avon in particular is a glutton for punishment and he misses it when I am not here. Some people pay to be punished, but the member for Avon is lucky; he can get it for nothing. Mr R.C. Kucera interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I do want to get to that because the last set of audited accounts were examined by an independent consultant who advised that Consolidated Constructions was in reasonable shape and appropriate for the awarding of the contract. The question has been raised by some media gurus, who I understand used to be attached to the member for Avon’s office. Can we give Mr Taylor an atlas? He was talking about the Marble Bar road being in the Kimberley. His geography is a bit out. I would like to assist Mr Taylor in the reading of the Dun and Bradstreet report, because it has two parts, one of which gives the dynamic risk score, which is what we tend to focus on because it predicts the likelihood of a company getting into distress over the next 12 months, and the other of which gives the dynamic delinquency score. Mrs C.L. Edwardes interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I can understand the Opposition not being interested in the answer to this question. However, I know that the member for Kimberley is interested, as are many other members in this place. Many members on this side of the House represent subcontractors who have been burnt through the collapse of Consolidated Constructions. Both Main Roads and the PTA have established practices for the assessment of the suitability of a principal to take on government contracts. In both cases, they went through those standard procedures. Before issuing the Marble Bar contract, Main Roads Western Australia obtained an independent financial report on the last set of audited accounts from Consolidated Constructions. Mr M.W. Trenorden: What about Dun and Bradstreet? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am very keen to get to Dun and Bradstreet. I know the member for Avon missed me yesterday. He was complaining because I was in the Kimberley doing business. One thing we notice about National Party members is that they get upset when we go into country districts because they know how well we do. I know that the member for Avon in particular is a glutton for punishment and he misses it when I am not here. Some people pay to be punished, but the member for Avon is lucky; he can get it for nothing. Mr R.C. Kucera interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I do want to get to that because the last set of audited accounts were examined by an independent consultant who advised that Consolidated Constructions was in reasonable shape and appropriate for the awarding of the contract. The question has been raised by some media gurus, who I understand used to be attached to the member for Avon’s office. Can we give Mr Taylor an atlas? He was talking about the Marble Bar road being in the Kimberley. His geography is a bit out. I would like to assist Mr Taylor in the reading of the Dun and Bradstreet report, because it has two parts, one of which gives the dynamic risk score, which is what we tend to focus on because it predicts the likelihood of a company getting into distress over the next 12 months, and the other of which gives the dynamic delinquency score. Mrs C.L. Edwardes interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I can understand the Opposition not being interested in the answer to this question. However, I know that the member for Kimberley is interested, as are many other members in this place. Many members on this side of the House represent subcontractors who have been burnt through the collapse of Consolidated Constructions. Both Main Roads and the PTA have established practices for the assessment of the suitability of a principal to take on government contracts. In both cases, they went through those standard procedures. Before issuing the Marble Bar contract, Main Roads Western Australia obtained an independent financial report on the last set of audited accounts from Consolidated Constructions. Mr M.W. Trenorden: What about Dun and Bradstreet? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am very keen to get to Dun and Bradstreet. I know the member for Avon missed me yesterday. He was complaining because I was in the Kimberley doing business. One thing we notice about National Party members is that they get upset when we go into country districts because they know how well we do. I know that the member for Avon in particular is a glutton for punishment and he misses it when I am not here. Some people pay to be punished, but the member for Avon is lucky; he can get it for nothing. Mr R.C. Kucera interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I do want to get to that because the last set of audited accounts were examined by an independent consultant who advised that Consolidated Constructions was in reasonable shape and appropriate for the awarding of the contract. The question has been raised by some media gurus, who I understand used to be attached to the member for Avon’s office. Can we give Mr Taylor an atlas? He was talking about the Marble Bar road being in the Kimberley. His geography is a bit out. I would like to assist Mr Taylor in the reading of the Dun and Bradstreet report, because it has two parts, one of which gives the dynamic risk score, which is what we tend to focus on because it predicts the likelihood of a company getting into distress over the next 12 months, and the other of which gives the dynamic delinquency score. Mrs C.L. Edwardes interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Mr M.W. Trenorden: What about Dun and Bradstreet? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am very keen to get to Dun and Bradstreet. I know the member for Avon missed me yesterday. He was complaining because I was in the Kimberley doing business. One thing we notice about National Party members is that they get upset when we go into country districts because they know how well we do. I know that the member for Avon in particular is a glutton for punishment and he misses it when I am not here. Some people pay to be punished, but the member for Avon is lucky; he can get it for nothing. Mr R.C. Kucera interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I do want to get to that because the last set of audited accounts were examined by an independent consultant who advised that Consolidated Constructions was in reasonable shape and appropriate for the awarding of the contract. The question has been raised by some media gurus, who I understand used to be attached to the member for Avon’s office. Can we give Mr Taylor an atlas? He was talking about the Marble Bar road being in the Kimberley. His geography is a bit out. I would like to assist Mr Taylor in the reading of the Dun and Bradstreet report, because it has two parts, one of which gives the dynamic risk score, which is what we tend to focus on because it predicts the likelihood of a company getting into distress over the next 12 months, and the other of which gives the dynamic delinquency score. Mrs C.L. Edwardes interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am very keen to get to Dun and Bradstreet. I know the member for Avon missed me yesterday. He was complaining because I was in the Kimberley doing business. One thing we notice about National Party members is that they get upset when we go into country districts because they know how well we do. I know that the member for Avon in particular is a glutton for punishment and he misses it when I am not here. Some people pay to be punished, but the member for Avon is lucky; he can get it for nothing. Mr R.C. Kucera interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I do want to get to that because the last set of audited accounts were examined by an independent consultant who advised that Consolidated Constructions was in reasonable shape and appropriate for the awarding of the contract. The question has been raised by some media gurus, who I understand used to be attached to the member for Avon’s office. Can we give Mr Taylor an atlas? He was talking about the Marble Bar road being in the Kimberley. His geography is a bit out. I would like to assist Mr Taylor in the reading of the Dun and Bradstreet report, because it has two parts, one of which gives the dynamic risk score, which is what we tend to focus on because it predicts the likelihood of a company getting into distress over the next 12 months, and the other of which gives the dynamic delinquency score. Mrs C.L. Edwardes interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Mr R.C. Kucera interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I do want to get to that because the last set of audited accounts were examined by an independent consultant who advised that Consolidated Constructions was in reasonable shape and appropriate for the awarding of the contract. The question has been raised by some media gurus, who I understand used to be attached to the member for Avon’s office. Can we give Mr Taylor an atlas? He was talking about the Marble Bar road being in the Kimberley. His geography is a bit out. I would like to assist Mr Taylor in the reading of the Dun and Bradstreet report, because it has two parts, one of which gives the dynamic risk score, which is what we tend to focus on because it predicts the likelihood of a company getting into distress over the next 12 months, and the other of which gives the dynamic delinquency score. Mrs C.L. Edwardes interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I do want to get to that because the last set of audited accounts were examined by an independent consultant who advised that Consolidated Constructions was in reasonable shape and appropriate for the awarding of the contract. The question has been raised by some media gurus, who I understand used to be attached to the member for Avon’s office. Can we give Mr Taylor an atlas? He was talking about the Marble Bar road being in the Kimberley. His geography is a bit out. I would like to assist Mr Taylor in the reading of the Dun and Bradstreet report, because it has two parts, one of which gives the dynamic risk score, which is what we tend to focus on because it predicts the likelihood of a company getting into distress over the next 12 months, and the other of which gives the dynamic delinquency score. Mrs C.L. Edwardes interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Mrs C.L. Edwardes interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The member for Avon has asked about Dun and Bradstreet, so I will tell him about it. The dynamic delinquency score refers to the likelihood of a contractor taking more than 90 days to pay subcontractors. We did the assessment in July 2003 when we were about to award the contract for Marble Bar. We carried out an analysis of all contractors. The dynamic risk score for Consolidated Constructions was average; its dynamic delinquency score was high. Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd is a major national company. Its dynamic risk score was very high; its dynamic delinquency score was also high. The local company, Brierty Contractors, had a very low dynamic risk score. Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd is another major interstate company. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Highway Construction Pty Ltd’s dynamic risk score was also very high. Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Let me move on to the Dun and Bradstreet report. If we looked at some of the biggest companies that are around today, we would find that we would not be awarding many contracts at all if we did not award contracts to companies that had a modest, average or even high risk score. We did a search on Multiplex. Its dynamic risk score was very high. Macmahon Contractor’s dynamic risk score was very high. Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd’s dynamic risk score was very high. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We need to understand the nature of the Dun and Bradstreet report and its consequences. The report shows that of all the companies that tendered, Consolidated Constructions had the second lowest level of risk. It had a standard of risk that was far lower than that of any other of the general companies operating in the civil construction industry. The reality of its operation is that the civil construction industry in this State sails close to the wind and extends payments out. I am hopeful that this legislation that we are moving through this House will indeed do something to address that.
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