❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details on reviews, committees, inquiries, and taskforces established within the Tourism portfolio since March 2001, including costs, personnel, and timelines. The Minister provides a detailed response outlining specific initiatives and associated expenses.
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For all portfolios, Departments and Agencies over which the Minister holds responsibility -
(1) How many reviews, committees, inquiries and taskforces have been established since March 2001?
(2) Will the Minister list all the reviews, committees, inquiries and taskforces that have been established since March 2001?
(3) What is the name and qualification of each person who heads each review, committee, inquiry and taskforce that has been established?
(4) Will the Minister list the commencement date and the completion date for all reviews, committees, inquiries and taskforces that have been established?
(5) Will the Minister list the total cost of sitting fees and the total cost for each of the reviews, committees, inquiries and taskforces that have been established?
(6) Will the Minister list the cost of sitting fees to date and estimated total final cost of each review, committee, inquiry and taskforce that is still current?
(1) How many reviews, committees, inquiries and taskforces have been established since March 2001?
(2) Will the Minister list all the reviews, committees, inquiries and taskforces that have been established since March 2001?
(3) What is the name and qualification of each person who heads each review, committee, inquiry and taskforce that has been established?
(4) Will the Minister list the commencement date and the completion date for all reviews, committees, inquiries and taskforces that have been established?
(5) Will the Minister list the total cost of sitting fees and the total cost for each of the reviews, committees, inquiries and taskforces that have been established?
(6) Will the Minister list the cost of sitting fees to date and estimated total final cost of each review, committee, inquiry and taskforce that is still current?
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Answered
16 August 2005
Responded by
Minister for Education and Training representing the Minister for Tourism
Response time
109 days
(1) Five in total, one review and four committees. (2) Reviews - Partnership 21; Committees - The Tourism Western Australia (Tourism WA) Board disbanded its seven advisory councils, which were formed in 1995, and replaced them with four committees in 2003. The committees are: ? WA Tourism Marketing Committee (revised and renamed the Strategic Marketing Committee in 2004) ? EventsCorp Committee ? Nature Based Tourism Advisory Committee ? Rally Australia Board (3) ? Chairperson of the Partnership 21 Review: Ross Hughes, former Tourism WA Commissioner, former Chairman of LandCorp Board, Rottnest Island Authority and Senator of Murdoch University. ? Chairperson of the Strategic Marketing Committee: Laurie O'Meara, Tourism WA Deputy Chairman, past President of Tourism Council Western Australia, current President of the Australian Tourism Accreditation Association and Acting Chair of the Rottnest Island Authority Board. ? Chairperson of the EventsCorp Committee: Michael Monaghan, Tourism WA Commissioner and former National President of the Australian Hotels Association, State President of the WA Branch of the Australian Hotels Association, Board member of Tourism Council Australia and Tourism Council Western Australia. ? Chairperson of the Nature Based Tourism Advisory Committee: Helen Creed, Tourism WA Commissioner, Vice-President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and Chair of the ACTU's women's committee. Current National President of the Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Worker's Union. ? Chairperson of the Rally Australia Board: There is no current Chair of the Rally Australia Board. Tourism WA and Confederation of Australian Motor Sport are in discussion regarding the future of the Rally Australia Board, bearing in mind the State Government's decision to seek to end its contract with the motor sport event Rally Australia. (4) Partnership 21 Review: Commencement date - April 2002 Completion date - September 2002 Committees: The committees commenced on the following dates: ? Strategic Marketing Committee - 20 March 2003 (renamed 2004) ? EventsCorp Committee - 15 April 2003 ? Nature Based Tourism Advisory Committee - 9 June 2003 ? Rally Australia Board - 13 May 2003 The committees operate at the Tourism WA Board's discretion. No completion dates have been set. (5) Sitting fees on reviews and committees established - $nil Total cost of Partnership 21 Review - $81,157 Total cost of Tourism WA Committees - apart from the normal public service salaries of officers involved in these committees, there are only minor additional costs to Tourism WA. (6) Total cost of Tourism WA Committees - apart from the normal public service salaries of officers involved in these committees, there are only minor additional costs to Tourism WA. Rottnest Island Authority 1) One 2) Rottnest Island Taskforce 3) Alex Allen (immediate past British High Commissioner and a former Principal Private Secretary to British Prime Ministers John Major and Tony Blair. Before that he was also Under Secretaty in International Finance and in General Expenditure in HM Treasury). 4) The Taskforce commencement date: 30 December 2003, Completion Date: 30 May 2004 (endorsed by Cabinet) 5) Of the Taskforce members, only the Chairperson of the Taskforce received payment of $357.14 per day ($50,000 in total salary). All other members of the Taskforce donated their time pro bono. The total cost of the Rottnest Island Taskforce was $273,800 6) Not applicable.
Rottnest Island Authority 1) One 2) Rottnest Island Taskforce 3) Alex Allen (immediate past British High Commissioner and a former Principal Private Secretary to British Prime Ministers John Major and Tony Blair. Before that he was also Under Secretaty in International Finance and in General Expenditure in HM Treasury). 4) The Taskforce commencement date: 30 December 2003, Completion Date: 30 May 2004 (endorsed by Cabinet) 5) Of the Taskforce members, only the Chairperson of the Taskforce received payment of $357.14 per day ($50,000 in total salary). All other members of the Taskforce donated their time pro bono. The total cost of the Rottnest Island Taskforce was $273,800 6) Not applicable.
1) One 2) Rottnest Island Taskforce 3) Alex Allen (immediate past British High Commissioner and a former Principal Private Secretary to British Prime Ministers John Major and Tony Blair. Before that he was also Under Secretaty in International Finance and in General Expenditure in HM Treasury). 4) The Taskforce commencement date: 30 December 2003, Completion Date: 30 May 2004 (endorsed by Cabinet) 5) Of the Taskforce members, only the Chairperson of the Taskforce received payment of $357.14 per day ($50,000 in total salary). All other members of the Taskforce donated their time pro bono. The total cost of the Rottnest Island Taskforce was $273,800 6) Not applicable.
2) Rottnest Island Taskforce 3) Alex Allen (immediate past British High Commissioner and a former Principal Private Secretary to British Prime Ministers John Major and Tony Blair. Before that he was also Under Secretaty in International Finance and in General Expenditure in HM Treasury). 4) The Taskforce commencement date: 30 December 2003, Completion Date: 30 May 2004 (endorsed by Cabinet) 5) Of the Taskforce members, only the Chairperson of the Taskforce received payment of $357.14 per day ($50,000 in total salary). All other members of the Taskforce donated their time pro bono. The total cost of the Rottnest Island Taskforce was $273,800 6) Not applicable.
3) Alex Allen (immediate past British High Commissioner and a former Principal Private Secretary to British Prime Ministers John Major and Tony Blair. Before that he was also Under Secretaty in International Finance and in General Expenditure in HM Treasury). 4) The Taskforce commencement date: 30 December 2003, Completion Date: 30 May 2004 (endorsed by Cabinet) 5) Of the Taskforce members, only the Chairperson of the Taskforce received payment of $357.14 per day ($50,000 in total salary). All other members of the Taskforce donated their time pro bono. The total cost of the Rottnest Island Taskforce was $273,800 6) Not applicable.
4) The Taskforce commencement date: 30 December 2003, Completion Date: 30 May 2004 (endorsed by Cabinet) 5) Of the Taskforce members, only the Chairperson of the Taskforce received payment of $357.14 per day ($50,000 in total salary). All other members of the Taskforce donated their time pro bono. The total cost of the Rottnest Island Taskforce was $273,800 6) Not applicable.
5) Of the Taskforce members, only the Chairperson of the Taskforce received payment of $357.14 per day ($50,000 in total salary). All other members of the Taskforce donated their time pro bono. The total cost of the Rottnest Island Taskforce was $273,800 6) Not applicable.
6) Not applicable.
Rottnest Island Authority 1) One 2) Rottnest Island Taskforce 3) Alex Allen (immediate past British High Commissioner and a former Principal Private Secretary to British Prime Ministers John Major and Tony Blair. Before that he was also Under Secretaty in International Finance and in General Expenditure in HM Treasury). 4) The Taskforce commencement date: 30 December 2003, Completion Date: 30 May 2004 (endorsed by Cabinet) 5) Of the Taskforce members, only the Chairperson of the Taskforce received payment of $357.14 per day ($50,000 in total salary). All other members of the Taskforce donated their time pro bono. The total cost of the Rottnest Island Taskforce was $273,800 6) Not applicable.
1) One 2) Rottnest Island Taskforce 3) Alex Allen (immediate past British High Commissioner and a former Principal Private Secretary to British Prime Ministers John Major and Tony Blair. Before that he was also Under Secretaty in International Finance and in General Expenditure in HM Treasury). 4) The Taskforce commencement date: 30 December 2003, Completion Date: 30 May 2004 (endorsed by Cabinet) 5) Of the Taskforce members, only the Chairperson of the Taskforce received payment of $357.14 per day ($50,000 in total salary). All other members of the Taskforce donated their time pro bono. The total cost of the Rottnest Island Taskforce was $273,800 6) Not applicable.
2) Rottnest Island Taskforce 3) Alex Allen (immediate past British High Commissioner and a former Principal Private Secretary to British Prime Ministers John Major and Tony Blair. Before that he was also Under Secretaty in International Finance and in General Expenditure in HM Treasury). 4) The Taskforce commencement date: 30 December 2003, Completion Date: 30 May 2004 (endorsed by Cabinet) 5) Of the Taskforce members, only the Chairperson of the Taskforce received payment of $357.14 per day ($50,000 in total salary). All other members of the Taskforce donated their time pro bono. The total cost of the Rottnest Island Taskforce was $273,800 6) Not applicable.
3) Alex Allen (immediate past British High Commissioner and a former Principal Private Secretary to British Prime Ministers John Major and Tony Blair. Before that he was also Under Secretaty in International Finance and in General Expenditure in HM Treasury). 4) The Taskforce commencement date: 30 December 2003, Completion Date: 30 May 2004 (endorsed by Cabinet) 5) Of the Taskforce members, only the Chairperson of the Taskforce received payment of $357.14 per day ($50,000 in total salary). All other members of the Taskforce donated their time pro bono. The total cost of the Rottnest Island Taskforce was $273,800 6) Not applicable.
4) The Taskforce commencement date: 30 December 2003, Completion Date: 30 May 2004 (endorsed by Cabinet) 5) Of the Taskforce members, only the Chairperson of the Taskforce received payment of $357.14 per day ($50,000 in total salary). All other members of the Taskforce donated their time pro bono. The total cost of the Rottnest Island Taskforce was $273,800 6) Not applicable.
5) Of the Taskforce members, only the Chairperson of the Taskforce received payment of $357.14 per day ($50,000 in total salary). All other members of the Taskforce donated their time pro bono. The total cost of the Rottnest Island Taskforce was $273,800 6) Not applicable.
6) Not applicable.
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