A WA parliamentary question seeks information on briefings received by the Minister for Mines and Petroleum from Gold Corporation, specifically regarding the AUSTRAC investigation into the Perth Mint and code of conduct briefings. The Minister provides dates of briefings received.

AnsweredQoN 336Legislative Council
Asked
28 March 2023
Portfolio
Mines and Petroleum

QuestionView source ↗

GOLD CORPORATION — BRIEFING NOTES
336. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Mines and Petroleum:
(1) On what dates
has the Minister for Mines and Petroleum received briefing notes from Gold
Corporation in 2022 and 2023 to date?
(2) Did any of those briefing notes refer to the
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre investigation into
the Perth Mint?
(3) If yes to (2), on what dates did
the minister receive those briefings?
(4) Has the minister received a code of conduct
briefing or report from Gold Corporation in the last two years ; and, if
so, when?

AnswerView source ↗

On behalf of the parliamentary
secretary representing the Minister for Mines and Petroleum, I thank the
honourable member for some notice of the question. The following answer has
been provided to me by the Minister for Mines and Petroleum.
(1) The answer to part (1) is in
tabular form and I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
27
June 2022
24
August 2022
28
September 2022
23
November 2022
7
February 2023
20
February 2023
22
February 2023
8
March 2023
9
March 2023
22
March 2023
28
March 2023
(2)–(3) The
minister received briefing notes on AUSTRAC's assessment of the Perth
Mint and the decision to order the appointment of an external auditor on the
following dates within the period specified by the minister. This is also in
tabular form and I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
27
June 2022
28
September 2022
23
November 2022
7
February 2023
22
February 2023
8
March 2023
9
March 2023
(4) Gold Corporation has a code of conduct that
applies to its own staff. The minister has not received a specific briefing on the code of conduct.

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