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❓ Mr. Redman questions the Minister's decision to bring Perth Region Alliance activities in-house at Watercorp, seeking transparency on the review process and potential savings. The Minister provides a redacted review, denies direct involvement in the decision-making process, and asserts Watercorp's independence.

AnsweredQoN 5438Legislative Assembly

Asked

5 September 2019

Member

Mr D.T. Redman

Portfolio

Water; Fisheries; Forestry; Innovation and ICT; Science

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I refer to the Minister's decision to bring “in-house” the activities of the Perth Region Alliance (PRA) into Watercorp, and ask: (a) Will the Minister table the review completed by Watercorp into its operation and maintenance services in the Perth and Mandurah region as described in the Minister's media release of 24 August 2019: (i) If not why not; (b) Will the Minister table the data, review and/or objective basis for stating the change will yield a $2-3m a year saving; (c) Did the Minister highlight to the Watercorp board his desire to bring “in-house” the activities of the PRA; (d) Did the Minister instruct Watercorp to complete a review into the activities of the PRA; and (e) Did Watercorp come to the decision independent of the Minister: (i) If not, what was the nature of the instruction from the Minister in this regard?

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Answered

12 November 2019

Responded by

Minister for Water; Fisheries; Forestry; Innovation and ICT; Science

Response time

16 days

(a) - (b) The review contains sensitive commercial-in-confidence information related to the existing contract with Programmed and it is not appropriate to disclose this information. I therefore table a redacted version of the review.
[See tabled paper no.]
(c) No
(d) No
(e) Yes
(i) Not applicable

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