❓ Question on Notice regarding the Browse LNG project and potential conflicts of interest of a Department of Indigenous Affairs (DIA) deputy director general, operations, due to prior work and gifts received from Woodside. The questioner probes potential bias in heritage assessments.
AnsweredQoN 643Legislative Council
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BROWSE LNG
PROJECT — ABORIGINAL HERITAGE SITE
643. Hon ROBIN CHAPPLE to the Minister for Indigenous
Affairs:
I refer to the minister's 11 September 2012 answer to
question on notice 5942.
(1) Did the
deputy director general, operations, of the Department of Indigenous Affairs,
who withdrew the 25 July 2011 advice to Woodside, work for the Department of
State Development in relation to the proposed Browse LNG precinct before his
employment at DIA; and, if so, in what capacity?
(2) Has the
deputy director general, operations, recorded the receipt of any gifts from
Woodside in DIA's fees, gifts and gratuities register for the 2010,
2011 or 2012 calendar years; and, if so, what has been recorded?
(3) Can the
minister confirm that on 3 August 2011, in emailed advice to officers of the
commonwealth Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and
Communities, the deputy director general, operations, suggested that the areas
of importance and significance identified by the Department of Aboriginal Sites
to the Mining Warden's Court in 1991 were limited to the coastal dunes
system, and does the minister stand by this advice?
(4) Has the
deputy director general, operations, provided any advice to the Environmental
Protection Authority or its chairman about the adequacy of the Aboriginal
heritage processes undertaken by the Department of State Development or
Woodside for the purposes of the Browse LNG precinct; and, if so, what advice,
and when?
PROJECT — ABORIGINAL HERITAGE SITE
643. Hon ROBIN CHAPPLE to the Minister for Indigenous
Affairs:
I refer to the minister's 11 September 2012 answer to
question on notice 5942.
(1) Did the
deputy director general, operations, of the Department of Indigenous Affairs,
who withdrew the 25 July 2011 advice to Woodside, work for the Department of
State Development in relation to the proposed Browse LNG precinct before his
employment at DIA; and, if so, in what capacity?
(2) Has the
deputy director general, operations, recorded the receipt of any gifts from
Woodside in DIA's fees, gifts and gratuities register for the 2010,
2011 or 2012 calendar years; and, if so, what has been recorded?
(3) Can the
minister confirm that on 3 August 2011, in emailed advice to officers of the
commonwealth Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and
Communities, the deputy director general, operations, suggested that the areas
of importance and significance identified by the Department of Aboriginal Sites
to the Mining Warden's Court in 1991 were limited to the coastal dunes
system, and does the minister stand by this advice?
(4) Has the
deputy director general, operations, provided any advice to the Environmental
Protection Authority or its chairman about the adequacy of the Aboriginal
heritage processes undertaken by the Department of State Development or
Woodside for the purposes of the Browse LNG precinct; and, if so, what advice,
and when?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this
question.
(1) Yes, as the executive director.
(2) Yes. In
2010, football tickets from Woodside; in 2011, football tickets and arts
production tickets from Woodside; and in 2012, arts production tickets from
Woodside.
(3) Yes.
(4) The deputy
director general, operations, is currently on leave out of the country and is
not contactable. The director general wrote to the chairman on 9 February 2012
outlining the current status of heritage surveys, of heritage information known
for the area and the process for consideration of section 18 notices.
question.
(1) Yes, as the executive director.
(2) Yes. In
2010, football tickets from Woodside; in 2011, football tickets and arts
production tickets from Woodside; and in 2012, arts production tickets from
Woodside.
(3) Yes.
(4) The deputy
director general, operations, is currently on leave out of the country and is
not contactable. The director general wrote to the chairman on 9 February 2012
outlining the current status of heritage surveys, of heritage information known
for the area and the process for consideration of section 18 notices.
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