❓ Hon Robin Chapple questions the Minister for State Development regarding an investigation into misinformation provided by the Department of Industry and Resources in response to Parliamentary questions, following the Cooke Review. The Minister's response refers to the Skinner Report and suggests further action if deliberate misleading is suspected.
AnsweredQoN 2470Legislative Council
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I refer to the Government’s response to the Final Report of the Cooke Review tabled in Parliament on August 24 2004, in particular recommendation 15 -
(1) Can the Minister specifically state who conducted the investigation, on what specific dates it was conducted in relation to misinformation and accuracy of information generated by the Department of Industry and Resources in relation to Parliamentary questions?
(2) If no to (2), why not?
(3) Can the Minister explain and justify how the Department has now wasted further taxpayers money on an investigation (separate to that of Mr Tony Cooke) of misinformation given by the Department of Industry and Resources in which the specific evidence is not in the Cooke Review, nor in the possession of the Minister or the Department, but rather in the possession of various persons, some of which are by name mentioned in the Cooke review?
(4) If no to (3), why not?
(5) Can the Minister state how many hours, the total cost in dollars of the investigation, what specific evidentiary material the person investigated to identify inconsistencies in advice in Parliamentary questions, and also a failure to check back to source documents identified?
(6) If no to (5), why not?
(7) Can the Minister explain why he has allowed the Department to conduct or engage a flawed investigation of misinformation given by the Department of Industry and Resources as the specific evidence which is not on Departmental files cannot have been possibly investigated in its entirety given the evidence is specifically held by various persons named in the case studies and others, and most certainly to my knowledge these people were never contacted by the person conducting the investigation?
(8) If no to (7), why not?
(9) Can the Minister state and identify by number which specific Parliamentary questions were discovered with inconsistencies?
(10) If no to (9), why not?
(11) Can the Minister explain, referring to the specific text of each Parliamentary question, how the inconsistencies in advice were also discovered and there was a failure to check back to source documents identified?
(12) If no to (11), why not?
(13) Will the Minister table a complete copy of the investigation report in relation to misinformation and accuracy of information generated by the Department of Industry and Resources in relation to Parliamentary questions?
(14) If no to (13), why not?
(1) Can the Minister specifically state who conducted the investigation, on what specific dates it was conducted in relation to misinformation and accuracy of information generated by the Department of Industry and Resources in relation to Parliamentary questions?
(2) If no to (2), why not?
(3) Can the Minister explain and justify how the Department has now wasted further taxpayers money on an investigation (separate to that of Mr Tony Cooke) of misinformation given by the Department of Industry and Resources in which the specific evidence is not in the Cooke Review, nor in the possession of the Minister or the Department, but rather in the possession of various persons, some of which are by name mentioned in the Cooke review?
(4) If no to (3), why not?
(5) Can the Minister state how many hours, the total cost in dollars of the investigation, what specific evidentiary material the person investigated to identify inconsistencies in advice in Parliamentary questions, and also a failure to check back to source documents identified?
(6) If no to (5), why not?
(7) Can the Minister explain why he has allowed the Department to conduct or engage a flawed investigation of misinformation given by the Department of Industry and Resources as the specific evidence which is not on Departmental files cannot have been possibly investigated in its entirety given the evidence is specifically held by various persons named in the case studies and others, and most certainly to my knowledge these people were never contacted by the person conducting the investigation?
(8) If no to (7), why not?
(9) Can the Minister state and identify by number which specific Parliamentary questions were discovered with inconsistencies?
(10) If no to (9), why not?
(11) Can the Minister explain, referring to the specific text of each Parliamentary question, how the inconsistencies in advice were also discovered and there was a failure to check back to source documents identified?
(12) If no to (11), why not?
(13) Will the Minister table a complete copy of the investigation report in relation to misinformation and accuracy of information generated by the Department of Industry and Resources in relation to Parliamentary questions?
(14) If no to (13), why not?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
10 November 2004
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for State Development
Response time
42 days
(1) - (14) The Skinner Report has now been released to the public. If after reading the report the Member believes that there has been a deliberate intention to mislead Parliament he should consider the mechanism provided by the Legislative Council to address such matters. The consultancy fee to complete the Skinner Report was $15,600.
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