❓ A member of parliament questions the Minister for Corrective Services regarding the appointment of Ms. Jo Harrison-Ward, specifically inquiring about the timing of the minister's awareness, discussions with the director-general, and the legitimacy of the position.
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DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIVE SERVICES — JO HARRISON-WARD — APPOINTMENT
I note the announcement yesterday by the Premier of the appointment of Ms Jo Harrison-Ward to an executive position in the Department of Corrective Services. (1) Exactly when and how did the minister find out about the appointment of Ms Harrison-Ward to his department? (2) Did the minister discuss the appointment of Ms Harrison-Ward with his director general; and, if so, when? (3) Was there a legitimate vacancy in the minister’s department or was a position created for Ms Harrison-Ward? Mr D.T. REDMAN
I note the announcement yesterday by the Premier of the appointment of Ms Jo Harrison-Ward to an executive position in the Department of Corrective Services. (1) Exactly when and how did the minister find out about the appointment of Ms Harrison-Ward to his department? (2) Did the minister discuss the appointment of Ms Harrison-Ward with his director general; and, if so, when? (3) Was there a legitimate vacancy in the minister’s department or was a position created for Ms Harrison-Ward? Mr D.T. REDMAN
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I thank the member for Cockburn for his question. He might have to pick me up on a couple of little points in terms of the questions in case I missed them. (1)–(3) In the first instance, did I talk to the Commissioner of Corrective Services — Mr F.M. Logan : When did you find out about the appointment? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I cannot give the member the date, but I am happy to give him the day about that matter. The commissioner approached me to see whether I was comfortable with Jo Harrison-Ward — Mr F.M. Logan : When? Mr D.T. REDMAN : — coming to work. I cannot give the member a date, but I said I am happy to give him that. I am not going to try to even pick that day now. But he certainly raised it with me, and I had no issues with that. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I made that point to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and then there was clearly engagement with the Public Sector Commissioner, because that is the employer, as I understand it, of Jo Harrison-Ward. Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
(1) Exactly when and how did the minister find out about the appointment of Ms Harrison-Ward to his department? (2) Did the minister discuss the appointment of Ms Harrison-Ward with his director general; and, if so, when? (3) Was there a legitimate vacancy in the minister’s department or was a position created for Ms Harrison-Ward? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Cockburn for his question. He might have to pick me up on a couple of little points in terms of the questions in case I missed them. (1)–(3) In the first instance, did I talk to the Commissioner of Corrective Services — Mr F.M. Logan : When did you find out about the appointment? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I cannot give the member the date, but I am happy to give him the day about that matter. The commissioner approached me to see whether I was comfortable with Jo Harrison-Ward — Mr F.M. Logan : When? Mr D.T. REDMAN : — coming to work. I cannot give the member a date, but I said I am happy to give him that. I am not going to try to even pick that day now. But he certainly raised it with me, and I had no issues with that. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I made that point to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and then there was clearly engagement with the Public Sector Commissioner, because that is the employer, as I understand it, of Jo Harrison-Ward. Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
(2) Did the minister discuss the appointment of Ms Harrison-Ward with his director general; and, if so, when? (3) Was there a legitimate vacancy in the minister’s department or was a position created for Ms Harrison-Ward? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Cockburn for his question. He might have to pick me up on a couple of little points in terms of the questions in case I missed them. (1)–(3) In the first instance, did I talk to the Commissioner of Corrective Services — Mr F.M. Logan : When did you find out about the appointment? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I cannot give the member the date, but I am happy to give him the day about that matter. The commissioner approached me to see whether I was comfortable with Jo Harrison-Ward — Mr F.M. Logan : When? Mr D.T. REDMAN : — coming to work. I cannot give the member a date, but I said I am happy to give him that. I am not going to try to even pick that day now. But he certainly raised it with me, and I had no issues with that. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I made that point to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and then there was clearly engagement with the Public Sector Commissioner, because that is the employer, as I understand it, of Jo Harrison-Ward. Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
(3) Was there a legitimate vacancy in the minister’s department or was a position created for Ms Harrison-Ward? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Cockburn for his question. He might have to pick me up on a couple of little points in terms of the questions in case I missed them. (1)–(3) In the first instance, did I talk to the Commissioner of Corrective Services — Mr F.M. Logan : When did you find out about the appointment? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I cannot give the member the date, but I am happy to give him the day about that matter. The commissioner approached me to see whether I was comfortable with Jo Harrison-Ward — Mr F.M. Logan : When? Mr D.T. REDMAN : — coming to work. I cannot give the member a date, but I said I am happy to give him that. I am not going to try to even pick that day now. But he certainly raised it with me, and I had no issues with that. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I made that point to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and then there was clearly engagement with the Public Sector Commissioner, because that is the employer, as I understand it, of Jo Harrison-Ward. Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Cockburn for his question. He might have to pick me up on a couple of little points in terms of the questions in case I missed them. (1)–(3) In the first instance, did I talk to the Commissioner of Corrective Services — Mr F.M. Logan : When did you find out about the appointment? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I cannot give the member the date, but I am happy to give him the day about that matter. The commissioner approached me to see whether I was comfortable with Jo Harrison-Ward — Mr F.M. Logan : When? Mr D.T. REDMAN : — coming to work. I cannot give the member a date, but I said I am happy to give him that. I am not going to try to even pick that day now. But he certainly raised it with me, and I had no issues with that. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I made that point to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and then there was clearly engagement with the Public Sector Commissioner, because that is the employer, as I understand it, of Jo Harrison-Ward. Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
I thank the member for Cockburn for his question. He might have to pick me up on a couple of little points in terms of the questions in case I missed them. (1)–(3) In the first instance, did I talk to the Commissioner of Corrective Services — Mr F.M. Logan : When did you find out about the appointment? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I cannot give the member the date, but I am happy to give him the day about that matter. The commissioner approached me to see whether I was comfortable with Jo Harrison-Ward — Mr F.M. Logan : When? Mr D.T. REDMAN : — coming to work. I cannot give the member a date, but I said I am happy to give him that. I am not going to try to even pick that day now. But he certainly raised it with me, and I had no issues with that. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I made that point to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and then there was clearly engagement with the Public Sector Commissioner, because that is the employer, as I understand it, of Jo Harrison-Ward. Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
(1)–(3) In the first instance, did I talk to the Commissioner of Corrective Services — Mr F.M. Logan : When did you find out about the appointment? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I cannot give the member the date, but I am happy to give him the day about that matter. The commissioner approached me to see whether I was comfortable with Jo Harrison-Ward — Mr F.M. Logan : When? Mr D.T. REDMAN : — coming to work. I cannot give the member a date, but I said I am happy to give him that. I am not going to try to even pick that day now. But he certainly raised it with me, and I had no issues with that. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I made that point to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and then there was clearly engagement with the Public Sector Commissioner, because that is the employer, as I understand it, of Jo Harrison-Ward. Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr F.M. Logan : When did you find out about the appointment? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I cannot give the member the date, but I am happy to give him the day about that matter. The commissioner approached me to see whether I was comfortable with Jo Harrison-Ward — Mr F.M. Logan : When? Mr D.T. REDMAN : — coming to work. I cannot give the member a date, but I said I am happy to give him that. I am not going to try to even pick that day now. But he certainly raised it with me, and I had no issues with that. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I made that point to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and then there was clearly engagement with the Public Sector Commissioner, because that is the employer, as I understand it, of Jo Harrison-Ward. Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I cannot give the member the date, but I am happy to give him the day about that matter. The commissioner approached me to see whether I was comfortable with Jo Harrison-Ward — Mr F.M. Logan : When? Mr D.T. REDMAN : — coming to work. I cannot give the member a date, but I said I am happy to give him that. I am not going to try to even pick that day now. But he certainly raised it with me, and I had no issues with that. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I made that point to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and then there was clearly engagement with the Public Sector Commissioner, because that is the employer, as I understand it, of Jo Harrison-Ward. Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr F.M. Logan : When? Mr D.T. REDMAN : — coming to work. I cannot give the member a date, but I said I am happy to give him that. I am not going to try to even pick that day now. But he certainly raised it with me, and I had no issues with that. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I made that point to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and then there was clearly engagement with the Public Sector Commissioner, because that is the employer, as I understand it, of Jo Harrison-Ward. Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : — coming to work. I cannot give the member a date, but I said I am happy to give him that. I am not going to try to even pick that day now. But he certainly raised it with me, and I had no issues with that. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I made that point to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and then there was clearly engagement with the Public Sector Commissioner, because that is the employer, as I understand it, of Jo Harrison-Ward. Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I made that point to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and then there was clearly engagement with the Public Sector Commissioner, because that is the employer, as I understand it, of Jo Harrison-Ward. Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I made that point to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and then there was clearly engagement with the Public Sector Commissioner, because that is the employer, as I understand it, of Jo Harrison-Ward. Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I made that point to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and then there was clearly engagement with the Public Sector Commissioner, because that is the employer, as I understand it, of Jo Harrison-Ward. Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
(1) Exactly when and how did the minister find out about the appointment of Ms Harrison-Ward to his department? (2) Did the minister discuss the appointment of Ms Harrison-Ward with his director general; and, if so, when? (3) Was there a legitimate vacancy in the minister’s department or was a position created for Ms Harrison-Ward? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Cockburn for his question. He might have to pick me up on a couple of little points in terms of the questions in case I missed them. (1)–(3) In the first instance, did I talk to the Commissioner of Corrective Services — Mr F.M. Logan : When did you find out about the appointment? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I cannot give the member the date, but I am happy to give him the day about that matter. The commissioner approached me to see whether I was comfortable with Jo Harrison-Ward — Mr F.M. Logan : When? Mr D.T. REDMAN : — coming to work. I cannot give the member a date, but I said I am happy to give him that. I am not going to try to even pick that day now. But he certainly raised it with me, and I had no issues with that. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I made that point to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and then there was clearly engagement with the Public Sector Commissioner, because that is the employer, as I understand it, of Jo Harrison-Ward. Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
(2) Did the minister discuss the appointment of Ms Harrison-Ward with his director general; and, if so, when? (3) Was there a legitimate vacancy in the minister’s department or was a position created for Ms Harrison-Ward? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Cockburn for his question. He might have to pick me up on a couple of little points in terms of the questions in case I missed them. (1)–(3) In the first instance, did I talk to the Commissioner of Corrective Services — Mr F.M. Logan : When did you find out about the appointment? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I cannot give the member the date, but I am happy to give him the day about that matter. The commissioner approached me to see whether I was comfortable with Jo Harrison-Ward — Mr F.M. Logan : When? Mr D.T. REDMAN : — coming to work. I cannot give the member a date, but I said I am happy to give him that. I am not going to try to even pick that day now. But he certainly raised it with me, and I had no issues with that. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I made that point to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and then there was clearly engagement with the Public Sector Commissioner, because that is the employer, as I understand it, of Jo Harrison-Ward. Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
(3) Was there a legitimate vacancy in the minister’s department or was a position created for Ms Harrison-Ward? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Cockburn for his question. He might have to pick me up on a couple of little points in terms of the questions in case I missed them. (1)–(3) In the first instance, did I talk to the Commissioner of Corrective Services — Mr F.M. Logan : When did you find out about the appointment? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I cannot give the member the date, but I am happy to give him the day about that matter. The commissioner approached me to see whether I was comfortable with Jo Harrison-Ward — Mr F.M. Logan : When? Mr D.T. REDMAN : — coming to work. I cannot give the member a date, but I said I am happy to give him that. I am not going to try to even pick that day now. But he certainly raised it with me, and I had no issues with that. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I made that point to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and then there was clearly engagement with the Public Sector Commissioner, because that is the employer, as I understand it, of Jo Harrison-Ward. Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Cockburn for his question. He might have to pick me up on a couple of little points in terms of the questions in case I missed them. (1)–(3) In the first instance, did I talk to the Commissioner of Corrective Services — Mr F.M. Logan : When did you find out about the appointment? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I cannot give the member the date, but I am happy to give him the day about that matter. The commissioner approached me to see whether I was comfortable with Jo Harrison-Ward — Mr F.M. Logan : When? Mr D.T. REDMAN : — coming to work. I cannot give the member a date, but I said I am happy to give him that. I am not going to try to even pick that day now. But he certainly raised it with me, and I had no issues with that. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I made that point to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and then there was clearly engagement with the Public Sector Commissioner, because that is the employer, as I understand it, of Jo Harrison-Ward. Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
I thank the member for Cockburn for his question. He might have to pick me up on a couple of little points in terms of the questions in case I missed them. (1)–(3) In the first instance, did I talk to the Commissioner of Corrective Services — Mr F.M. Logan : When did you find out about the appointment? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I cannot give the member the date, but I am happy to give him the day about that matter. The commissioner approached me to see whether I was comfortable with Jo Harrison-Ward — Mr F.M. Logan : When? Mr D.T. REDMAN : — coming to work. I cannot give the member a date, but I said I am happy to give him that. I am not going to try to even pick that day now. But he certainly raised it with me, and I had no issues with that. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I made that point to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and then there was clearly engagement with the Public Sector Commissioner, because that is the employer, as I understand it, of Jo Harrison-Ward. Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
(1)–(3) In the first instance, did I talk to the Commissioner of Corrective Services — Mr F.M. Logan : When did you find out about the appointment? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I cannot give the member the date, but I am happy to give him the day about that matter. The commissioner approached me to see whether I was comfortable with Jo Harrison-Ward — Mr F.M. Logan : When? Mr D.T. REDMAN : — coming to work. I cannot give the member a date, but I said I am happy to give him that. I am not going to try to even pick that day now. But he certainly raised it with me, and I had no issues with that. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I made that point to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and then there was clearly engagement with the Public Sector Commissioner, because that is the employer, as I understand it, of Jo Harrison-Ward. Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr F.M. Logan : When did you find out about the appointment? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I cannot give the member the date, but I am happy to give him the day about that matter. The commissioner approached me to see whether I was comfortable with Jo Harrison-Ward — Mr F.M. Logan : When? Mr D.T. REDMAN : — coming to work. I cannot give the member a date, but I said I am happy to give him that. I am not going to try to even pick that day now. But he certainly raised it with me, and I had no issues with that. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I made that point to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and then there was clearly engagement with the Public Sector Commissioner, because that is the employer, as I understand it, of Jo Harrison-Ward. Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I cannot give the member the date, but I am happy to give him the day about that matter. The commissioner approached me to see whether I was comfortable with Jo Harrison-Ward — Mr F.M. Logan : When? Mr D.T. REDMAN : — coming to work. I cannot give the member a date, but I said I am happy to give him that. I am not going to try to even pick that day now. But he certainly raised it with me, and I had no issues with that. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I made that point to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and then there was clearly engagement with the Public Sector Commissioner, because that is the employer, as I understand it, of Jo Harrison-Ward. Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr F.M. Logan : When? Mr D.T. REDMAN : — coming to work. I cannot give the member a date, but I said I am happy to give him that. I am not going to try to even pick that day now. But he certainly raised it with me, and I had no issues with that. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I made that point to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and then there was clearly engagement with the Public Sector Commissioner, because that is the employer, as I understand it, of Jo Harrison-Ward. Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : — coming to work. I cannot give the member a date, but I said I am happy to give him that. I am not going to try to even pick that day now. But he certainly raised it with me, and I had no issues with that. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I made that point to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and then there was clearly engagement with the Public Sector Commissioner, because that is the employer, as I understand it, of Jo Harrison-Ward. Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I made that point to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and then there was clearly engagement with the Public Sector Commissioner, because that is the employer, as I understand it, of Jo Harrison-Ward. Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I made that point to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and then there was clearly engagement with the Public Sector Commissioner, because that is the employer, as I understand it, of Jo Harrison-Ward. Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I made that point to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and then there was clearly engagement with the Public Sector Commissioner, because that is the employer, as I understand it, of Jo Harrison-Ward. Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr F.M. Logan : Did you discuss it with the director general? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : Is that with the director general of Corrective Services? Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr F.M. Logan : Your department. Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : That is the Commissioner of Corrective Services. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr F.M. Logan : Yes. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I have just said that. I just said at the start of the question that the commissioner raised it with me, to see whether I was comfortable for Jo Harrison-Ward to work in the Department of Corrective Services, and the answer was yes. Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr F.M. Logan : When was that? Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I have already made the point that I am happy to give the member — Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr F.M. Logan : You must know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not—not to pick the date. Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr F.M. Logan : You know! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : No; I do not have the date. Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do! Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : No, I do not! Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr F.M. Logan : Yes, you do—come on! Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : But I am happy to make that available to the member. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr F.M. Logan : Of course you know; it was only announced yesterday! Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it. Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : No. Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr C.J. Barnett : I didn’t announce it at all. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : There was no announcement of the position. I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
I was asked by the commissioner whether I was happy for Jo Harrison-Ward to do some project work within the Department of Corrective Services. I can find out the date. It was some time ago; it may have even been a month or six weeks ago. I just do not want to try to nail down a date on the basis of a question in Parliament now for something that was a month or six weeks ago. Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr F.M. Logan : Was there a legitimate vacancy? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I was comfortable with that. There are clearly processes that were gone through with the Public Sector Commissioner, as the employer of Jo Harrison-Ward, to do some project work, and since then Jo Harrison-Ward has been engaged on a project basis to do that work.
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