❓ A parliamentary question regarding the recovery of funds from Carnegie after a government payment, and the Minister's response clarifying the basis for the returned amount and the spending of the initial funds.
AnsweredQoN 5875Legislative Assembly
Asked
10 December 2019
Member
Portfolio
Regional Development; Agriculture and Food; Ports; Minister Assisting the Minister for State Development, Jobs and Trade
QuestionView source ↗
I refer to the Minster for Regional Development's recent statement highlighting that government was returned $1.3m from Carnegie following the payment of $2.6m against the advice of the agency, and ask: (a) What was the basis for settling on $1.3m to be returned to government; and (b) Given advice to the Minister at the time the decision was made to give
Carnegie $2.6m of taxpayer funds was that Carnegie had indicated they
had no intention of spending any more funds until they had confidence
they could fund the project, why isn’t Carnegie returning all $2.6m to
government?
Carnegie $2.6m of taxpayer funds was that Carnegie had indicated they
had no intention of spending any more funds until they had confidence
they could fund the project, why isn’t Carnegie returning all $2.6m to
government?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
11 February 2020
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Regional Development; Agriculture and Food; Ports; Minister Assisting the Minister for State Development, Jobs and Trade
Response time
1 days
The premise of your preamble is wrong. No action was taken against departmental advice.
(a) The funds returned to the State Government were sums which remained unspent and uncommitted against the first revised milestone payment and, as the State funds were held in a trust account, included accrued interest.
(b)At the time the payment was made, the remainder of the funds had already been spent on research consistent with the grant agreement. Details of these project activities were provided by the Premier in response to Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 4945.
(a) The funds returned to the State Government were sums which remained unspent and uncommitted against the first revised milestone payment and, as the State funds were held in a trust account, included accrued interest.
(b)At the time the payment was made, the remainder of the funds had already been spent on research consistent with the grant agreement. Details of these project activities were provided by the Premier in response to Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 4945.
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