❓ Question on Notice regarding the Department of Mines and Petroleum's Conflict of Interest Policy, including requests for the policy to be tabled and details of any registered conflicts of interest. The Minister provided answers to all questions.
AnsweredQoN 5831Legislative Council
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I refer to the Department of Mines and Petroleum's Conflict of Interest Policy, and I ask —
(1) Will the Minister please table this policy?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
(3) Will the Minister please specify if a register of apparent and actual conflicts of interest is kept by the Department?
(4) If yes to (3), how many, if any, conflicts of interest are currently registered?
(5) If yes to (3), how many, if any, decision-makers within the department have conflicts of interest registered?
(6) If yes to (3), at what point in the process would a staff member with an actual or apparent conflict of interest remove themselves from an affected decision-making process?
(1) Will the Minister please table this policy?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
(3) Will the Minister please specify if a register of apparent and actual conflicts of interest is kept by the Department?
(4) If yes to (3), how many, if any, conflicts of interest are currently registered?
(5) If yes to (3), how many, if any, decision-makers within the department have conflicts of interest registered?
(6) If yes to (3), at what point in the process would a staff member with an actual or apparent conflict of interest remove themselves from an affected decision-making process?
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Answered
11 September 2012
Responded by
Minister for Mines and Petroleum
Response time
28 days
1. Yes
[see tabled paper no______].
2. Not applicable.
3. Yes.
4. 24.
5. Six.
6. It is the responsibility of each staff member to identify any actual, perceived or potential conflict of interest (in which they are personally involved) that arises in the course of the performance of their duties for the Department.
Once identified, in conjunction with their line manager, staff must develop an Action Plan for the management of the conflict of interest.
There are six categories of response strategies; Register, Restrict, Recruit, Remove, Relinquish and Resign. All conflicts of interest must be registered as a minimum, but in order to ensure impartiality, will generally also include another category/s dependent upon the seriousness of the conflict.
The point at which a staff member would be removed from an affected decision?making process would depend on the seriousness of the conflict of interest.
Detailed procedures are in place to guide staff and managers in managing perceived and actual conflicts of interest.
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[see tabled paper no______].
2. Not applicable.
3. Yes.
4. 24.
5. Six.
6. It is the responsibility of each staff member to identify any actual, perceived or potential conflict of interest (in which they are personally involved) that arises in the course of the performance of their duties for the Department.
Once identified, in conjunction with their line manager, staff must develop an Action Plan for the management of the conflict of interest.
There are six categories of response strategies; Register, Restrict, Recruit, Remove, Relinquish and Resign. All conflicts of interest must be registered as a minimum, but in order to ensure impartiality, will generally also include another category/s dependent upon the seriousness of the conflict.
The point at which a staff member would be removed from an affected decision?making process would depend on the seriousness of the conflict of interest.
Detailed procedures are in place to guide staff and managers in managing perceived and actual conflicts of interest.
Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on
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