❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding hospitality, invitations, accommodation, or travel accepted by public sector employees from private entities, revealing varying levels of acceptance across different agencies and potential conflicts of interest.
AnsweredQoN 7612Legislative Assembly
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For each agency within the Minister's portfolio, 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 2011, 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?
(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
3 May 2012
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Fisheries; Electoral Affairs
Response time
36 days
DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND PETROLEUM
The following does not include where there is no alternative transport or accommodation available at remote mine/exploration sites as a result of officers undertaking inspections, or when staff accept speaking engagements at conferences and fees may be waived by organisers and flights and accommodation are provided as part of the package:
(a) One.
(b) Invitation from Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) to attend a breakfast talk by
Andrew Forrest at the Convention Centre.
(c) $25 - $100.
(d) PWC have been engaged by the Department of Mines and Petroleum on occasion.
MINERALS AND ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
(MERIWA)
(a) No officers from MERIWA has accepted any gifts of any kind from a private company or individual
(b)-(d) Not applicable.
DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES
(a) No hospitality, invitations to events or free travel have been accepted from any private company or individual.
(b)-(d) Not applicable.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA ELECTORAL COMMISSION
(a) Five
(b-d) See below table:
(b)
(c)
(d)
(a)
Zipform - Lunch meeting for debrief purposes and discussion of outcomes of printing and mail packaging services for Local Government elections.
$200
Commercial relationship - the company was previously selected through an open tender process to provide printing and mail packaging services for electoral events.
4 staff members
Beacon Technology - Charity Golf Day
$70
Commercial relationship - the company was previously selected through an open tender process to provide IT development support.
1 staff member
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The following does not include where there is no alternative transport or accommodation available at remote mine/exploration sites as a result of officers undertaking inspections, or when staff accept speaking engagements at conferences and fees may be waived by organisers and flights and accommodation are provided as part of the package:
(a) One.
(b) Invitation from Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) to attend a breakfast talk by
Andrew Forrest at the Convention Centre.
(c) $25 - $100.
(d) PWC have been engaged by the Department of Mines and Petroleum on occasion.
MINERALS AND ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
(MERIWA)
(a) No officers from MERIWA has accepted any gifts of any kind from a private company or individual
(b)-(d) Not applicable.
DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES
(a) No hospitality, invitations to events or free travel have been accepted from any private company or individual.
(b)-(d) Not applicable.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA ELECTORAL COMMISSION
(a) Five
(b-d) See below table:
(b)
(c)
(d)
(a)
Zipform - Lunch meeting for debrief purposes and discussion of outcomes of printing and mail packaging services for Local Government elections.
$200
Commercial relationship - the company was previously selected through an open tender process to provide printing and mail packaging services for electoral events.
4 staff members
Beacon Technology - Charity Golf Day
$70
Commercial relationship - the company was previously selected through an open tender process to provide IT development support.
1 staff member
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