❓ WA Parliamentary Question reveals instances of public sector employees accepting hospitality from private companies, raising potential conflict of interest concerns. The response details the nature of the hospitality, its value, and any existing commercial relationships.
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For each department, agency or government trading enterprise within the Minister's portfolio of responsibilities, I ask, has any officer above level 3.1 accepted any hospitality, invitation to an event, free accommodation or free travel from a private company or individual, since 1 November 2012, and if so: (a) how many officers have accepted any hospitality, invitation to an event, free accommodation or free travel from a private company or individual; (b) what was the nature of the hospitality, event, free accommodation or free travel, and what is the name of the individual or private company that offered them; (c) what is the estimated individual value of the hospitality, event, free accommodation or free travel; and (d) does the agency have any commercial or financial relationship with the private company or individual, and if so, what is the nature of that commercial or financial relationship?
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Answered
6 August 2013
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Mental Health; Disability Services; Child Protection
Response time
56 days
(a) Twelve.
(b)
(i) Hospitality - Commonwealth Bank of Australia - WA Government Banking Centre - Networking and relationship building Christmas Cocktail Party attended by 3 staff.
(ii) Hospitality - Kinetic IT - Networking and relationship building Christmas Function attended by 5 staff.
(iii) Invitation to an Event - Channel 9 - Invitation to attend the cricket attended by 2 staff.
(iv) Hospitality - Symantec - relationship building lunch with Symantec attended by 1 staff.
(v) Hospitality - Telstra - multi-client relationship building lunch with Telstra and Cisco attended by 1 staff.
(c)
(i) $150
(ii) $250
(iii) $200
(iv) $50
(v) $80
(d)
(i) Commonwealth Bank of Australia - the Department has a commercial relationship with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia to provide government banking services, particularly regarding the provision of prepaid card services.
(ii) Kinetic IT - the Department has a commercial relationship with Kinetic IT to provide information technology services.
(iii) Channel 9 - the Department has a commercial relationship with Channel 9 from advertising time purchased for the Department's Foster Carer Recruitment Campaign between September 2012 and January 2013.
(iv) Symantec - the Department has a commercial relationship with Symantec, who provide the majority of the Department's IT security and back-up products.
(v) Telstra - the Department has a commercial relationship with Telstra to provide telecommunication infrastructure and networking services to the Department.
Disability Services Commission
(a) Two.
(b) One officer was an invited speaker at the 2012 Sharepoint Conference for Business Leaders at the Crown Promenade, Melbourne. The Eventful Group paid for an economy return airfare (Perth - Melbourne) and three nights' accommodation over the event, as well as complimentary registration for the conference.
A second officer was invited to:
· A local Chamber's member's lunch - additional information: The LAC was invited as a guest to a regular business lunch by the CEO of Local Chambers.
· This is part of the LAC's community connection role whereby he makes contacts that may lead to people with disability obtaining work experience, volunteering or other employment related opportunities in the local community. A lunch at an individual and family catch up - additional information: The same LAC met with the family of a person with disability. They are owners of a restaurant and asked him to meet them over lunch as this was the time that best suited them to talk about the disability supports for their family member. Lunch consisted of pad Thai and coffee - probably less than $30.
(c) Approximately $2,700 (Sharepoint conference)
Approximately $60 ($30 per lunch)
(d) No.
Mental Health Commission
(a) Six.
(b) (i) Lunch seminar (hosted by PWC).
(ii) Invitation to Festival of Perth picnic (Rio Tinto) x 2.
(iii) New product launch luncheon (Toshiba) x 3.
(c) (i) Less than $100.
(ii) $100.
(iii) $165.
(d) (i) No.
(ii) No.
(iii) CUA panel member - Toshiba is a panel member for the supply of computers and other IT equipment to Government. The lunch was put on by Toshiba to introduce all clients to the ultra notebooks, which are now available.
Drug and Alcohol Office
(a) Nil.
(b - d) Not applicable.
(b)
(i) Hospitality - Commonwealth Bank of Australia - WA Government Banking Centre - Networking and relationship building Christmas Cocktail Party attended by 3 staff.
(ii) Hospitality - Kinetic IT - Networking and relationship building Christmas Function attended by 5 staff.
(iii) Invitation to an Event - Channel 9 - Invitation to attend the cricket attended by 2 staff.
(iv) Hospitality - Symantec - relationship building lunch with Symantec attended by 1 staff.
(v) Hospitality - Telstra - multi-client relationship building lunch with Telstra and Cisco attended by 1 staff.
(c)
(i) $150
(ii) $250
(iii) $200
(iv) $50
(v) $80
(d)
(i) Commonwealth Bank of Australia - the Department has a commercial relationship with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia to provide government banking services, particularly regarding the provision of prepaid card services.
(ii) Kinetic IT - the Department has a commercial relationship with Kinetic IT to provide information technology services.
(iii) Channel 9 - the Department has a commercial relationship with Channel 9 from advertising time purchased for the Department's Foster Carer Recruitment Campaign between September 2012 and January 2013.
(iv) Symantec - the Department has a commercial relationship with Symantec, who provide the majority of the Department's IT security and back-up products.
(v) Telstra - the Department has a commercial relationship with Telstra to provide telecommunication infrastructure and networking services to the Department.
Disability Services Commission
(a) Two.
(b) One officer was an invited speaker at the 2012 Sharepoint Conference for Business Leaders at the Crown Promenade, Melbourne. The Eventful Group paid for an economy return airfare (Perth - Melbourne) and three nights' accommodation over the event, as well as complimentary registration for the conference.
A second officer was invited to:
· A local Chamber's member's lunch - additional information: The LAC was invited as a guest to a regular business lunch by the CEO of Local Chambers.
· This is part of the LAC's community connection role whereby he makes contacts that may lead to people with disability obtaining work experience, volunteering or other employment related opportunities in the local community. A lunch at an individual and family catch up - additional information: The same LAC met with the family of a person with disability. They are owners of a restaurant and asked him to meet them over lunch as this was the time that best suited them to talk about the disability supports for their family member. Lunch consisted of pad Thai and coffee - probably less than $30.
(c) Approximately $2,700 (Sharepoint conference)
Approximately $60 ($30 per lunch)
(d) No.
Mental Health Commission
(a) Six.
(b) (i) Lunch seminar (hosted by PWC).
(ii) Invitation to Festival of Perth picnic (Rio Tinto) x 2.
(iii) New product launch luncheon (Toshiba) x 3.
(c) (i) Less than $100.
(ii) $100.
(iii) $165.
(d) (i) No.
(ii) No.
(iii) CUA panel member - Toshiba is a panel member for the supply of computers and other IT equipment to Government. The lunch was put on by Toshiba to introduce all clients to the ultra notebooks, which are now available.
Drug and Alcohol Office
(a) Nil.
(b - d) Not applicable.
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