A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding alleged forgery of signatures on CDEP records related to tourism projects run by the Cheeditha Aboriginal community. The Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection confirmed receipt of the complaint and forwarded it to the Minister for Education and Training, as it fell outside their portfolio.

AnsweredQoN 1014Legislative Council
Asked
24 June 2003
Portfolio
Consumer and Employment Protection

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(1) Did the minister receive a complaint on or around 20 February 2003 regarding the forging of signatures of community development employment project recipients at Roebourne, relating to Cossack tourism projects run by the Cheeditha Aboriginal community? (2) If yes to (1), what is the normal procedure when following up complaints such as this? (3) If yes to (1), what action was taken in this case? (4) If yes to (1), is any further action planned? (5) Does the minister consider that forgery of signatures on CDEP records constitutes fraud? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS

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The Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection has provided the following response - (1) Yes. (2) When matters that are raised do not relate to my portfolio, the normal procedure is to refer the correspondence to another minister or other appropriate authority. (3)-(5) The correspondence has been forwarded to the office of the Minister for Education and Training.
(2) If yes to (1), what is the normal procedure when following up complaints such as this? (3) If yes to (1), what action was taken in this case? (4) If yes to (1), is any further action planned? (5) Does the minister consider that forgery of signatures on CDEP records constitutes fraud? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: The Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection has provided the following response - (1) Yes. (2) When matters that are raised do not relate to my portfolio, the normal procedure is to refer the correspondence to another minister or other appropriate authority. (3)-(5) The correspondence has been forwarded to the office of the Minister for Education and Training.
(3) If yes to (1), what action was taken in this case? (4) If yes to (1), is any further action planned? (5) Does the minister consider that forgery of signatures on CDEP records constitutes fraud? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: The Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection has provided the following response - (1) Yes. (2) When matters that are raised do not relate to my portfolio, the normal procedure is to refer the correspondence to another minister or other appropriate authority. (3)-(5) The correspondence has been forwarded to the office of the Minister for Education and Training.
(4) If yes to (1), is any further action planned? (5) Does the minister consider that forgery of signatures on CDEP records constitutes fraud? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: The Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection has provided the following response - (1) Yes. (2) When matters that are raised do not relate to my portfolio, the normal procedure is to refer the correspondence to another minister or other appropriate authority. (3)-(5) The correspondence has been forwarded to the office of the Minister for Education and Training.
(5) Does the minister consider that forgery of signatures on CDEP records constitutes fraud? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: The Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection has provided the following response - (1) Yes. (2) When matters that are raised do not relate to my portfolio, the normal procedure is to refer the correspondence to another minister or other appropriate authority. (3)-(5) The correspondence has been forwarded to the office of the Minister for Education and Training.
Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: The Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection has provided the following response - (1) Yes. (2) When matters that are raised do not relate to my portfolio, the normal procedure is to refer the correspondence to another minister or other appropriate authority. (3)-(5) The correspondence has been forwarded to the office of the Minister for Education and Training.
The Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection has provided the following response - (1) Yes. (2) When matters that are raised do not relate to my portfolio, the normal procedure is to refer the correspondence to another minister or other appropriate authority. (3)-(5) The correspondence has been forwarded to the office of the Minister for Education and Training.
(1) Yes. (2) When matters that are raised do not relate to my portfolio, the normal procedure is to refer the correspondence to another minister or other appropriate authority. (3)-(5) The correspondence has been forwarded to the office of the Minister for Education and Training.
(2) When matters that are raised do not relate to my portfolio, the normal procedure is to refer the correspondence to another minister or other appropriate authority. (3)-(5) The correspondence has been forwarded to the office of the Minister for Education and Training.
(3)-(5) The correspondence has been forwarded to the office of the Minister for Education and Training.

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