❓ A WA parliamentary Question on Notice regarding the state government's involvement with Connect South West, its sustainability, staffing, and financial milestones. The Minister's response indicates a lack of readily available information.
AnsweredQoN 680Legislative Council
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CONNECT SOUTH WEST
(1) Has the state government finalised its involvement, financial or otherwise, with Connect South West; and, if not, why not? (2) Is the Connect South West web portal sustainable? (3) Will the Connect South West operation be scaled down and moved to smaller offices? (4) What changes in staffing and operations have taken place within the past 12 months at Connect South West? (a) What additional sales staff were employed? (b) What additional revenue can be directly attributed to these appointments? (5) What agreed milestones were achieved for the payment of $82 000 in 2006-07 and $243 000 in 2007-08 to Connect South West? Hon KIM CHANCE
(1) Has the state government finalised its involvement, financial or otherwise, with Connect South West; and, if not, why not? (2) Is the Connect South West web portal sustainable? (3) Will the Connect South West operation be scaled down and moved to smaller offices? (4) What changes in staffing and operations have taken place within the past 12 months at Connect South West? (a) What additional sales staff were employed? (b) What additional revenue can be directly attributed to these appointments? (5) What agreed milestones were achieved for the payment of $82 000 in 2006-07 and $243 000 in 2007-08 to Connect South West? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for providing some notice of the question. I regret that I cannot find the answer to that question in my file, although I do recall seeing it. Perhaps it has been mislaid. I will keep looking. I will try to provide the answer today.
(2) Is the Connect South West web portal sustainable? (3) Will the Connect South West operation be scaled down and moved to smaller offices? (4) What changes in staffing and operations have taken place within the past 12 months at Connect South West? (a) What additional sales staff were employed? (b) What additional revenue can be directly attributed to these appointments? (5) What agreed milestones were achieved for the payment of $82 000 in 2006-07 and $243 000 in 2007-08 to Connect South West? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for providing some notice of the question. I regret that I cannot find the answer to that question in my file, although I do recall seeing it. Perhaps it has been mislaid. I will keep looking. I will try to provide the answer today.
(3) Will the Connect South West operation be scaled down and moved to smaller offices? (4) What changes in staffing and operations have taken place within the past 12 months at Connect South West? (a) What additional sales staff were employed? (b) What additional revenue can be directly attributed to these appointments? (5) What agreed milestones were achieved for the payment of $82 000 in 2006-07 and $243 000 in 2007-08 to Connect South West? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for providing some notice of the question. I regret that I cannot find the answer to that question in my file, although I do recall seeing it. Perhaps it has been mislaid. I will keep looking. I will try to provide the answer today.
(4) What changes in staffing and operations have taken place within the past 12 months at Connect South West? (a) What additional sales staff were employed? (b) What additional revenue can be directly attributed to these appointments? (5) What agreed milestones were achieved for the payment of $82 000 in 2006-07 and $243 000 in 2007-08 to Connect South West? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for providing some notice of the question. I regret that I cannot find the answer to that question in my file, although I do recall seeing it. Perhaps it has been mislaid. I will keep looking. I will try to provide the answer today.
(b) What additional revenue can be directly attributed to these appointments?
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for providing some notice of the question. I regret that I cannot find the answer to that question in my file, although I do recall seeing it. Perhaps it has been mislaid. I will keep looking. I will try to provide the answer today.
I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for providing some notice of the question. I regret that I cannot find the answer to that question in my file, although I do recall seeing it. Perhaps it has been mislaid. I will keep looking. I will try to provide the answer today.
(2) Is the Connect South West web portal sustainable? (3) Will the Connect South West operation be scaled down and moved to smaller offices? (4) What changes in staffing and operations have taken place within the past 12 months at Connect South West? (a) What additional sales staff were employed? (b) What additional revenue can be directly attributed to these appointments? (5) What agreed milestones were achieved for the payment of $82 000 in 2006-07 and $243 000 in 2007-08 to Connect South West? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for providing some notice of the question. I regret that I cannot find the answer to that question in my file, although I do recall seeing it. Perhaps it has been mislaid. I will keep looking. I will try to provide the answer today.
(3) Will the Connect South West operation be scaled down and moved to smaller offices? (4) What changes in staffing and operations have taken place within the past 12 months at Connect South West? (a) What additional sales staff were employed? (b) What additional revenue can be directly attributed to these appointments? (5) What agreed milestones were achieved for the payment of $82 000 in 2006-07 and $243 000 in 2007-08 to Connect South West? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for providing some notice of the question. I regret that I cannot find the answer to that question in my file, although I do recall seeing it. Perhaps it has been mislaid. I will keep looking. I will try to provide the answer today.
(4) What changes in staffing and operations have taken place within the past 12 months at Connect South West? (a) What additional sales staff were employed? (b) What additional revenue can be directly attributed to these appointments? (5) What agreed milestones were achieved for the payment of $82 000 in 2006-07 and $243 000 in 2007-08 to Connect South West? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for providing some notice of the question. I regret that I cannot find the answer to that question in my file, although I do recall seeing it. Perhaps it has been mislaid. I will keep looking. I will try to provide the answer today.
(b) What additional revenue can be directly attributed to these appointments?
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for providing some notice of the question. I regret that I cannot find the answer to that question in my file, although I do recall seeing it. Perhaps it has been mislaid. I will keep looking. I will try to provide the answer today.
I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for providing some notice of the question. I regret that I cannot find the answer to that question in my file, although I do recall seeing it. Perhaps it has been mislaid. I will keep looking. I will try to provide the answer today.
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