❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding hospitality, invitations, accommodation, or travel accepted by public sector employees from private entities, revealing potential conflicts of interest across various agencies.
AnsweredQoN 7619Legislative Assembly
Asked
28 March 2012
Member
Portfolio
Planning; Culture and the Arts; Science and Innovation
QuestionView source ↗
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?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
1 May 2012
Responded by
Minister for Planning; Culture and the Arts; Science and Innovation
Response time
34 days
Valid for hospitality held within the date Range 1 November 2011 to 28 March 2012
DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING
(a) Twelve
(b) Eight meals:
(i) Lend Lease
(ii) Satterley x 2
(iii) Watson Property Group
(iv) Macroplan
(v) Lend Lease/Landcorp
(vi) Local Government Planners Association
(vii)GPT Group and Dellavedova Family
One cricket match ticket:
(viii) RPS Group
(c) Eight meals:
(i) $60.00
(ii) $300.00 (inc. spouse)
(iii) $150.00
(iv) $50.00
(v) $100.00
(vi) $30.00
(vii) $110.00
(viii) $240.00
One cricket match ticket:
(viii) $50.00
(d) No
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND THE ARTS
(a) Eleven
(b)(i) Hospitality - 'Friends of The Aviary' - Invitation to attend opening of The Aviary sent to tenants of Gordon Stephenson House (10 officers)
(ii) Hospitality - Christmas Function invited by Grant Thornton (One officer)
(c) $100
(d)(i) No
(ii) Contracted auditors to the Office of the Auditor General
State Records Office
(a) Four
(b) (i) 27
th
Annual W.S. Lonnie Awards Presentation, arranged by Institute of Public Administration Australia (WA),
(ii) Presentation entitled "How can WA government agencies implement the social media guidelines?"
(iii) Presentation entitled "Meaning Based Governance", including breakfast arranged by HP TRIM/Autonomy
(c) (i) in kind -see below (ii) $10, (iii) $25
(d) (i) The State Archivist presents an award at the W.S. Lonnie Awards each year, sponsored by the State Records Commission. As part of the sponsorship SRO receives two tickets to the event. (ii) None (iii) State Records Office is a HP TRIM user and purchases licenses through DCA.
State Library of Western Australia
(a) None
(b) - (d) Not applicable
West Australian Museum
(a) Ten
(b)(i) Rio Tinto end of year function
(ii) Dinner meeting with Hassell Architects
(iii) Cox, Howlett & Bailey client function
(c) $70
(d) Rio Tinto is a Museum sponsor
Perth Theatre Trust
(a) None
(b) - (d) Not applicable
Art Gallery of Western Australia
(a) Three
(b)(i) Tickets to St Jerome's Laneway Festival
(ii) Tickets to WA Opera
(iii) Airfare and accommodation in Albany as co-judge for the Albany Art Prize
(iv) Airfare and accommodation in Broome to attend the Shinju Matsuri City of Broome Art Award
(c)(i) $1,200
(ii) $260
(iii) $1,200
(iv) $1,000
(d) None
ScreenWest
(a) Six
(b)(i) 8 Theatre tickets from Perth International Festival (PIAF), Black Swan Theatre Company and Perth Theatre Company
(ii) 40 movie tickets from PIAF, Luna Cinema, Hoyts and Artrage
(c)(i) $546.00
(ii) $652.00
(d) PIAF is funded through LotteryWest. Black Swan, Perth Theatre Company and Artrage are DCA funded organisations
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - INDUSTRY, SCIENCE AND INNOVATION DIVISION
(a) Four
(b)-(d) [See tabled paper no........]
CHEMCENTRE
(a) Three
(b) Airfares and meals during visit to BHP Billiton's Mt Newman mine site.
(c) Airfares $1642 for two officers; Meals for three officers $300.
(d) Yes. ChemCentre conducts fee-for-service analysis and research for this client.
This trip was an onsite project meeting to determine the scope and requirements of an upcoming research project.
LANDCORP
Please refer to Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 7613.
METROPOLITAN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
(a) 5
(b-d) [See tabled paper no.....]
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DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING
(a) Twelve
(b) Eight meals:
(i) Lend Lease
(ii) Satterley x 2
(iii) Watson Property Group
(iv) Macroplan
(v) Lend Lease/Landcorp
(vi) Local Government Planners Association
(vii)GPT Group and Dellavedova Family
One cricket match ticket:
(viii) RPS Group
(c) Eight meals:
(i) $60.00
(ii) $300.00 (inc. spouse)
(iii) $150.00
(iv) $50.00
(v) $100.00
(vi) $30.00
(vii) $110.00
(viii) $240.00
One cricket match ticket:
(viii) $50.00
(d) No
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND THE ARTS
(a) Eleven
(b)(i) Hospitality - 'Friends of The Aviary' - Invitation to attend opening of The Aviary sent to tenants of Gordon Stephenson House (10 officers)
(ii) Hospitality - Christmas Function invited by Grant Thornton (One officer)
(c) $100
(d)(i) No
(ii) Contracted auditors to the Office of the Auditor General
State Records Office
(a) Four
(b) (i) 27
th
Annual W.S. Lonnie Awards Presentation, arranged by Institute of Public Administration Australia (WA),
(ii) Presentation entitled "How can WA government agencies implement the social media guidelines?"
(iii) Presentation entitled "Meaning Based Governance", including breakfast arranged by HP TRIM/Autonomy
(c) (i) in kind -see below (ii) $10, (iii) $25
(d) (i) The State Archivist presents an award at the W.S. Lonnie Awards each year, sponsored by the State Records Commission. As part of the sponsorship SRO receives two tickets to the event. (ii) None (iii) State Records Office is a HP TRIM user and purchases licenses through DCA.
State Library of Western Australia
(a) None
(b) - (d) Not applicable
West Australian Museum
(a) Ten
(b)(i) Rio Tinto end of year function
(ii) Dinner meeting with Hassell Architects
(iii) Cox, Howlett & Bailey client function
(c) $70
(d) Rio Tinto is a Museum sponsor
Perth Theatre Trust
(a) None
(b) - (d) Not applicable
Art Gallery of Western Australia
(a) Three
(b)(i) Tickets to St Jerome's Laneway Festival
(ii) Tickets to WA Opera
(iii) Airfare and accommodation in Albany as co-judge for the Albany Art Prize
(iv) Airfare and accommodation in Broome to attend the Shinju Matsuri City of Broome Art Award
(c)(i) $1,200
(ii) $260
(iii) $1,200
(iv) $1,000
(d) None
ScreenWest
(a) Six
(b)(i) 8 Theatre tickets from Perth International Festival (PIAF), Black Swan Theatre Company and Perth Theatre Company
(ii) 40 movie tickets from PIAF, Luna Cinema, Hoyts and Artrage
(c)(i) $546.00
(ii) $652.00
(d) PIAF is funded through LotteryWest. Black Swan, Perth Theatre Company and Artrage are DCA funded organisations
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - INDUSTRY, SCIENCE AND INNOVATION DIVISION
(a) Four
(b)-(d) [See tabled paper no........]
CHEMCENTRE
(a) Three
(b) Airfares and meals during visit to BHP Billiton's Mt Newman mine site.
(c) Airfares $1642 for two officers; Meals for three officers $300.
(d) Yes. ChemCentre conducts fee-for-service analysis and research for this client.
This trip was an onsite project meeting to determine the scope and requirements of an upcoming research project.
LANDCORP
Please refer to Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 7613.
METROPOLITAN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
(a) 5
(b-d) [See tabled paper no.....]
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