❓ A WA parliamentary question probes the costs and funding of a Volunteering WA garden party at Government House, particularly concerning ticket costs for volunteers and comparisons to the CHOGM event. The answer clarifies the funding model and ticket arrangements.
AnsweredQoN 6468Legislative Assembly
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In relation to the Volunteering Garden Party you are hosting for Western Australian volunteers at Government House on December 4, I ask:
(a) will the Premier, the Premier’s advisers and the Minister for Volunteering be paying for their own $22 tickets;
(b) why do Western Australia's pensioners and volunteers pay have to pay $22 each for the event;
(c) what is the total cost of this event;
(d) how much income does the Premier expect to extract from Western Australia's retirees, pensioners and volunteers who attend this event;
(e) what entry fee did the Premier ask his personal invitees to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting garden party at Government House to pay?
(a) will the Premier, the Premier’s advisers and the Minister for Volunteering be paying for their own $22 tickets;
(b) why do Western Australia's pensioners and volunteers pay have to pay $22 each for the event;
(c) what is the total cost of this event;
(d) how much income does the Premier expect to extract from Western Australia's retirees, pensioners and volunteers who attend this event;
(e) what entry fee did the Premier ask his personal invitees to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting garden party at Government House to pay?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
30 November 2011
Responded by
Minister for Community Services
Response time
29 days
(a) The event is organised and hosted by Volunteering WA, a not-for-profit organisation. The state government provides sponsorship to Volunteering WA for the event, which includes provision of tickets for the Premier and the Minister for Volunteering who attend to personally thank volunteers and present awards.
(b) Pensioners and volunteers are not required to personally pay to go to the event. Volunteering WA invites organisations to purchase tickets for their volunteers to attend the "Thank a Volunteer Day" event. Should other individuals wish to attend, for example to accompany a volunteer who has been invited to attend, they may purchase a ticket. Volunteering WA has advised that in 2010, 429 guests attended the Garden Party and only 27 of these guests paid for their own tickets. The Department for Communities will pay for approximately 160 recipients of the Western Australian 50-Year Volunteer Service badge and a guest of their choosing to attend. Some state government departments purchase tickets for their volunteers to attend the event.
(c) Unknown, as the event is organised by Volunteering WA. The event is subsidised by Volunteering WA and also receives sponsorship from Lotterywest, the Department for Communities and the not-for-profit and business sectors, some in kind and some cash.
(d) Nil.
(e) Guests were not required to pay. All Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting events were organised by the Commonwealth Government in conjunction with the state government.
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(b) Pensioners and volunteers are not required to personally pay to go to the event. Volunteering WA invites organisations to purchase tickets for their volunteers to attend the "Thank a Volunteer Day" event. Should other individuals wish to attend, for example to accompany a volunteer who has been invited to attend, they may purchase a ticket. Volunteering WA has advised that in 2010, 429 guests attended the Garden Party and only 27 of these guests paid for their own tickets. The Department for Communities will pay for approximately 160 recipients of the Western Australian 50-Year Volunteer Service badge and a guest of their choosing to attend. Some state government departments purchase tickets for their volunteers to attend the event.
(c) Unknown, as the event is organised by Volunteering WA. The event is subsidised by Volunteering WA and also receives sponsorship from Lotterywest, the Department for Communities and the not-for-profit and business sectors, some in kind and some cash.
(d) Nil.
(e) Guests were not required to pay. All Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting events were organised by the Commonwealth Government in conjunction with the state government.
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