❓ Mr. Tallentire questions the Minister for Environment regarding alleged misleading statements about fixing governance issues within the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). The Minister denies misleading Parliament and accuses the opposition of smear tactics.
AnsweredQoN 646Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AUTHORITY —
GOVERNANCE PRACTICES CHANGE
646. Mr C.J. TALLENTIRE to the
Minister for Environment:
I have a supplementary question. I refer to the minister's
comments in September last year when he said that he had fixed the problem. Why
did the minister mislead the Parliament, when he clearly had not fixed the
problem?
GOVERNANCE PRACTICES CHANGE
646. Mr C.J. TALLENTIRE to the
Minister for Environment:
I have a supplementary question. I refer to the minister's
comments in September last year when he said that he had fixed the problem. Why
did the minister mislead the Parliament, when he clearly had not fixed the
problem?
AnswerView source ↗
There are two points to that. A substantial question is: will
you find a single conflict of interest matter since September last year? No.
Has the code of conduct been further tightened up to ensure that is so? Yes.
That is precautionary work and I expect that it will have regular reviews. That
is a complete non-issue. The issue here is that the member for Gosnells ran
straight out and sought to besmirch and sought to smear the Public Sector
Commissioner, who is one of the most respected senior public servants in this
state. Members opposite are muckrakers, they go straight to the gutter every
single time, and we will not play that game on this matter.
you find a single conflict of interest matter since September last year? No.
Has the code of conduct been further tightened up to ensure that is so? Yes.
That is precautionary work and I expect that it will have regular reviews. That
is a complete non-issue. The issue here is that the member for Gosnells ran
straight out and sought to besmirch and sought to smear the Public Sector
Commissioner, who is one of the most respected senior public servants in this
state. Members opposite are muckrakers, they go straight to the gutter every
single time, and we will not play that game on this matter.
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