❓ Hon. Kate Doust questions the Minister for Finance regarding the CPD Group Pty Ltd insolvency, focusing on subcontractors affected by government projects and the support available to them. The Minister's response highlights limitations due to commonwealth insolvency laws.
AnsweredQoN 545Legislative Council
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CPD GROUP PTY LTD — INSOLVENCY
545. Hon KATE DOUST to the Leader of the House representing
the Minister for Finance:
I refer to the recent financial
collapse of construction and building services CPD Group Pty Ltd.
(1) How many
subcontractors were working on the government projects being managed by CPD
Group just prior to the appointment of administrators on 11 May 2016?
(2) What efforts
did Building Management and Works undertake to ensure the validity of statutory
declarations being signed by CPD Group?
(3) What support
can subcontractors who are yet to be paid for supplying their own labour and
materials on government projects expect from the government?
545. Hon KATE DOUST to the Leader of the House representing
the Minister for Finance:
I refer to the recent financial
collapse of construction and building services CPD Group Pty Ltd.
(1) How many
subcontractors were working on the government projects being managed by CPD
Group just prior to the appointment of administrators on 11 May 2016?
(2) What efforts
did Building Management and Works undertake to ensure the validity of statutory
declarations being signed by CPD Group?
(3) What support
can subcontractors who are yet to be paid for supplying their own labour and
materials on government projects expect from the government?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) The
Department of Finance is not privy to the subcontracting arrangements of its
head contractors and therefore does not maintain a list of subcontractors
working on its construction projects.
(2) The
department has reviewed statutory declarations submitted by CPD Group and,
based on the information available, has not identified any instances in which
there is any evidence to suggest a statutory declaration has been falsely
declared. If the department comes into possession of any such evidence, the
matter will be referred to Western Australia Police.
(3) Although the
department has implemented a range of measures to improve the security of
payment for subcontractors working on its construction projects, commonwealth
insolvency laws prevent direct payments from being made in the event of a builder
entering into administration.
Several members
interjected.
The PRESIDENT : Order! I am sure that Hansard will
record that little episode as just general noise.
some notice of the question.
(1) The
Department of Finance is not privy to the subcontracting arrangements of its
head contractors and therefore does not maintain a list of subcontractors
working on its construction projects.
(2) The
department has reviewed statutory declarations submitted by CPD Group and,
based on the information available, has not identified any instances in which
there is any evidence to suggest a statutory declaration has been falsely
declared. If the department comes into possession of any such evidence, the
matter will be referred to Western Australia Police.
(3) Although the
department has implemented a range of measures to improve the security of
payment for subcontractors working on its construction projects, commonwealth
insolvency laws prevent direct payments from being made in the event of a builder
entering into administration.
Several members
interjected.
The PRESIDENT : Order! I am sure that Hansard will
record that little episode as just general noise.
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