❓ Mr. Templeman questions the Minister for Local Government regarding the CCC report on the Lord Mayor of Perth, specifically about undisclosed gifts and travel contributions, calling for her resignation and questioning the length of the investigation. The Minister defends the department's handling of the report and refers the matter to the State Administrative Tribunal.
AnsweredQoN 242Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
CORRUPTION AND CRIME COMMISSION REPORT —
LORD MAYOR
242. Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN to the Minister
for Local Government:
I refer to the minister's
statement to Parliament today regarding the inquiry into matters arising from
the Corruption and Crime Commission's report concerning the Lord Mayor
of Perth.
(1) Given that
the report alleges that the Lord Mayor on multiple occasions failed to disclose
gifts and contributions to travel in annual reports between 1 January 2008 and
12 October 2015, will the minister call on the Lord Mayor to resign her
position?
(2) If no to (1),
why not?
(3) Why has this
process taken so long to resolve?
LORD MAYOR
242. Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN to the Minister
for Local Government:
I refer to the minister's
statement to Parliament today regarding the inquiry into matters arising from
the Corruption and Crime Commission's report concerning the Lord Mayor
of Perth.
(1) Given that
the report alleges that the Lord Mayor on multiple occasions failed to disclose
gifts and contributions to travel in annual reports between 1 January 2008 and
12 October 2015, will the minister call on the Lord Mayor to resign her
position?
(2) If no to (1),
why not?
(3) Why has this
process taken so long to resolve?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(3) I
thank the member for Mandurah for his question. To start off with question (3),
in May 2015 the CCC kicked off an inquiry into the Lord Mayor. The department
received that report in November, just over six months later. It has taken just
over six months again to get to where we are now. With regard to the
submissions taking too long, I think the department has done a fantastic job to
get to where we are today, considering the amount of work that is in this
report. As I read in the statement this afternoon regarding the next step of
this process, and as I quite clearly pointed out, the director general of the
Department of Local Government and Communities is now going off to the State
Administrative Tribunal to work through the process of dealing with the serious
allegations in this report. As the Minister for Local Government, I make sure
we implement the Local Government Act as it stands. It is my job as minister to
do that. It quite clearly states that for any breaches to do with the act, the
director general will take part in the process. She has put this part of the
process off to the State Administrative Tribunal to work through that —
Mr D.A. Templeman interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! I call
you to order for the first time.
Mr
A.J. SIMPSON : As I pointed out, the State Administrative Tribunal then
takes it to the next level to work out the inquiry from there. The report has
been released in very good time; I think the department has done a fantastic
job of putting this together.
Mr
D.A. Templeman interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I call you to order for the second time. You
asked the question; let the minister answer the —
Mr
D.A. Templeman : He's not answering it!
The
SPEAKER : Do not debate with me, please! Minister, address the matters that
were raised by the member for Mandurah.
Mr
A.J. SIMPSON : This is quite a serious report. There has been a lot of
community input into this and scrutiny of it. I think the community should have
a read of it and form its own opinion with regard to how it goes forward. But
what is more important from my perspective as the minister is to make sure that
we follow this correctly. It has now passed from the director general to the
State Administrative Tribunal to work through the process. I have full
confidence in the department and SAT to deal with those inquiries from there.
thank the member for Mandurah for his question. To start off with question (3),
in May 2015 the CCC kicked off an inquiry into the Lord Mayor. The department
received that report in November, just over six months later. It has taken just
over six months again to get to where we are now. With regard to the
submissions taking too long, I think the department has done a fantastic job to
get to where we are today, considering the amount of work that is in this
report. As I read in the statement this afternoon regarding the next step of
this process, and as I quite clearly pointed out, the director general of the
Department of Local Government and Communities is now going off to the State
Administrative Tribunal to work through the process of dealing with the serious
allegations in this report. As the Minister for Local Government, I make sure
we implement the Local Government Act as it stands. It is my job as minister to
do that. It quite clearly states that for any breaches to do with the act, the
director general will take part in the process. She has put this part of the
process off to the State Administrative Tribunal to work through that —
Mr D.A. Templeman interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! I call
you to order for the first time.
Mr
A.J. SIMPSON : As I pointed out, the State Administrative Tribunal then
takes it to the next level to work out the inquiry from there. The report has
been released in very good time; I think the department has done a fantastic
job of putting this together.
Mr
D.A. Templeman interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I call you to order for the second time. You
asked the question; let the minister answer the —
Mr
D.A. Templeman : He's not answering it!
The
SPEAKER : Do not debate with me, please! Minister, address the matters that
were raised by the member for Mandurah.
Mr
A.J. SIMPSON : This is quite a serious report. There has been a lot of
community input into this and scrutiny of it. I think the community should have
a read of it and form its own opinion with regard to how it goes forward. But
what is more important from my perspective as the minister is to make sure that
we follow this correctly. It has now passed from the director general to the
State Administrative Tribunal to work through the process. I have full
confidence in the department and SAT to deal with those inquiries from there.
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