❓ In 2000, the WA Parliament inquired into funding allocations from Labour Relations portfolios to various industry and union groups between 1993 and 1999. Funding was primarily directed towards occupational health and safety initiatives.
AnsweredQoN 131Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
131. Hon Tom Stephens to the Attorney General representing the Minister for Labour Relations:
What funds have been allocated from any department or agency within the Minister for Labour Relations' portfolios, and for what programs, to each of -
(a) Chamber of Commerce and Industry;
(b) Pastoralists and Graziers Association;
(c) WA Farmers Federation;
(d) Unions WA;
(e) Chamber of Minerals and Energy; and
(f) Association of Minerals and Exploration Companies,
for the period February 1993 to June 1999?
What funds have been allocated from any department or agency within the Minister for Labour Relations' portfolios, and for what programs, to each of -
(a) Chamber of Commerce and Industry;
(b) Pastoralists and Graziers Association;
(c) WA Farmers Federation;
(d) Unions WA;
(e) Chamber of Minerals and Energy; and
(f) Association of Minerals and Exploration Companies,
for the period February 1993 to June 1999?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
23 November 2000
Response time
107 days
The Minister Replied:
Department of the Registrar, Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission:
(a-f) Nil
Department of Productivity and Labour Relations:
(a-f) Nil
Commissioner of Workplace Agreements:
(a-f) Nil
WorkSafe Western Australia:
(a) $324 375 to support participation in tripartite occupational safety and health processes
(b) Nil
(c) $255 000 to promote occupational safety and health in farming in regional Western Australia
(d) $262 625 to support participation in tripartite occupational safety and health processes
$61 750 to assist in the implementation of "new-style" occupational health and safety legislation in mining
$744 000 subsidy for safety and health representative training (paid per representative trained)
(e-f) Nil
WorkCover Western Australia:
(a) Sitting fees for the accreditation and monitoring of vocational rehabilitation providers
$2 847; training/seminar attendance fees $2 462; and advertising in the Business Report $3 180.
(b-c) Nil
(d) Sitting fees for attending Board and Premium Rates Committee meetings $2 117; and Occupational health and safety training for staff $4 200.
(e) Training/seminar attendance fees for Rehabilitation program $250.
(f) Nil.
Department of the Registrar, Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission:
(a-f) Nil
Department of Productivity and Labour Relations:
(a-f) Nil
Commissioner of Workplace Agreements:
(a-f) Nil
WorkSafe Western Australia:
(a) $324 375 to support participation in tripartite occupational safety and health processes
(b) Nil
(c) $255 000 to promote occupational safety and health in farming in regional Western Australia
(d) $262 625 to support participation in tripartite occupational safety and health processes
$61 750 to assist in the implementation of "new-style" occupational health and safety legislation in mining
$744 000 subsidy for safety and health representative training (paid per representative trained)
(e-f) Nil
WorkCover Western Australia:
(a) Sitting fees for the accreditation and monitoring of vocational rehabilitation providers
$2 847; training/seminar attendance fees $2 462; and advertising in the Business Report $3 180.
(b-c) Nil
(d) Sitting fees for attending Board and Premium Rates Committee meetings $2 117; and Occupational health and safety training for staff $4 200.
(e) Training/seminar attendance fees for Rehabilitation program $250.
(f) Nil.
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