❓ Mr. Cook questions the Minister about the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee (ACMC) registrar's role and treatment during the selection process, particularly regarding Haydn Lowe's appointment. The Minister deflects, citing a pending matter of public interest and defends the appointment process.
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ABORIGINAL CULTURAL MATERIAL COMMITTEE — REGISTRAR
I refer the minister to his apparent confirmation of discussions between his office and Department of Indigenous Affairs staff contrary to the selection process for the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee. (1) What role does the registrar of the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee play in the work of the committee and the selection of its members? (2) Does the minister have confidence in the longstanding public servant who is the registrar of the ACMC? (3) Does the minister consider the registrar of the ACMC to have been treated appropriately in recent weeks in relation to the membership of the committee? (4) Will the minister immediately revoke the appointment of Haydn Lowe and select a chair from the original list of names submitted by the ACMC registrar? Dr K.D. HAMES
I refer the minister to his apparent confirmation of discussions between his office and Department of Indigenous Affairs staff contrary to the selection process for the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee. (1) What role does the registrar of the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee play in the work of the committee and the selection of its members? (2) Does the minister have confidence in the longstanding public servant who is the registrar of the ACMC? (3) Does the minister consider the registrar of the ACMC to have been treated appropriately in recent weeks in relation to the membership of the committee? (4) Will the minister immediately revoke the appointment of Haydn Lowe and select a chair from the original list of names submitted by the ACMC registrar? Dr K.D. HAMES
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(1)-(4) I do not know why the member is going through all this now when we have got a matter of public interest on this very issue. What we need is the opportunity to explain in detail what occurred, as I intend to. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : The minister will not answer the question when we have got an MPI! Dr K.D. HAMES : Why don’t you be patient! What has it got to do with you? Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : We want to hold the minister accountable. Dr K.D. HAMES : She is a grumpy old thing, isn’t she? Goodness me! It is quite right and proper, when a minister appoints people to committees under his control, that the minister and his staff have communication and contact with the department. That is exactly what happened in this case; as I am sure the member did when she appointed Megan Anwyl to the Esperance Port Authority board. There was certainly communication, mostly verbal and mostly during meetings, but that communication did occur, as it always does when looking at reconstituting a committee. I received a briefing note from the Department of Indigenous Affairs back in December, stating that the committee was not performing as well as the department would have liked, and that it needed to be reconstituted. Concerns were expressed about certain personnel on the committee; I do not want to go into those for fear of causing embarrassment to those involved. The reality is that there was a very strong suggestion that the committee should be reconstituted, and there had also been resignations by members of the committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Were there industry concerns? Dr K.D. HAMES : It had reached the stage whereby we had to reconstitute the committee. I had a deep concern about some of the delays in Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee project assessments. Assessments vital to the future of the progress of Western Australia were being significantly delayed, and I was very committed to getting a strong, dynamic committee that would do the job it was required to do. I think we now have an excellent committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
(1) What role does the registrar of the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee play in the work of the committee and the selection of its members? (2) Does the minister have confidence in the longstanding public servant who is the registrar of the ACMC? (3) Does the minister consider the registrar of the ACMC to have been treated appropriately in recent weeks in relation to the membership of the committee? (4) Will the minister immediately revoke the appointment of Haydn Lowe and select a chair from the original list of names submitted by the ACMC registrar? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)-(4) I do not know why the member is going through all this now when we have got a matter of public interest on this very issue. What we need is the opportunity to explain in detail what occurred, as I intend to. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : The minister will not answer the question when we have got an MPI! Dr K.D. HAMES : Why don’t you be patient! What has it got to do with you? Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : We want to hold the minister accountable. Dr K.D. HAMES : She is a grumpy old thing, isn’t she? Goodness me! It is quite right and proper, when a minister appoints people to committees under his control, that the minister and his staff have communication and contact with the department. That is exactly what happened in this case; as I am sure the member did when she appointed Megan Anwyl to the Esperance Port Authority board. There was certainly communication, mostly verbal and mostly during meetings, but that communication did occur, as it always does when looking at reconstituting a committee. I received a briefing note from the Department of Indigenous Affairs back in December, stating that the committee was not performing as well as the department would have liked, and that it needed to be reconstituted. Concerns were expressed about certain personnel on the committee; I do not want to go into those for fear of causing embarrassment to those involved. The reality is that there was a very strong suggestion that the committee should be reconstituted, and there had also been resignations by members of the committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Were there industry concerns? Dr K.D. HAMES : It had reached the stage whereby we had to reconstitute the committee. I had a deep concern about some of the delays in Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee project assessments. Assessments vital to the future of the progress of Western Australia were being significantly delayed, and I was very committed to getting a strong, dynamic committee that would do the job it was required to do. I think we now have an excellent committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
(2) Does the minister have confidence in the longstanding public servant who is the registrar of the ACMC? (3) Does the minister consider the registrar of the ACMC to have been treated appropriately in recent weeks in relation to the membership of the committee? (4) Will the minister immediately revoke the appointment of Haydn Lowe and select a chair from the original list of names submitted by the ACMC registrar? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)-(4) I do not know why the member is going through all this now when we have got a matter of public interest on this very issue. What we need is the opportunity to explain in detail what occurred, as I intend to. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : The minister will not answer the question when we have got an MPI! Dr K.D. HAMES : Why don’t you be patient! What has it got to do with you? Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : We want to hold the minister accountable. Dr K.D. HAMES : She is a grumpy old thing, isn’t she? Goodness me! It is quite right and proper, when a minister appoints people to committees under his control, that the minister and his staff have communication and contact with the department. That is exactly what happened in this case; as I am sure the member did when she appointed Megan Anwyl to the Esperance Port Authority board. There was certainly communication, mostly verbal and mostly during meetings, but that communication did occur, as it always does when looking at reconstituting a committee. I received a briefing note from the Department of Indigenous Affairs back in December, stating that the committee was not performing as well as the department would have liked, and that it needed to be reconstituted. Concerns were expressed about certain personnel on the committee; I do not want to go into those for fear of causing embarrassment to those involved. The reality is that there was a very strong suggestion that the committee should be reconstituted, and there had also been resignations by members of the committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Were there industry concerns? Dr K.D. HAMES : It had reached the stage whereby we had to reconstitute the committee. I had a deep concern about some of the delays in Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee project assessments. Assessments vital to the future of the progress of Western Australia were being significantly delayed, and I was very committed to getting a strong, dynamic committee that would do the job it was required to do. I think we now have an excellent committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
(3) Does the minister consider the registrar of the ACMC to have been treated appropriately in recent weeks in relation to the membership of the committee? (4) Will the minister immediately revoke the appointment of Haydn Lowe and select a chair from the original list of names submitted by the ACMC registrar? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)-(4) I do not know why the member is going through all this now when we have got a matter of public interest on this very issue. What we need is the opportunity to explain in detail what occurred, as I intend to. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : The minister will not answer the question when we have got an MPI! Dr K.D. HAMES : Why don’t you be patient! What has it got to do with you? Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : We want to hold the minister accountable. Dr K.D. HAMES : She is a grumpy old thing, isn’t she? Goodness me! It is quite right and proper, when a minister appoints people to committees under his control, that the minister and his staff have communication and contact with the department. That is exactly what happened in this case; as I am sure the member did when she appointed Megan Anwyl to the Esperance Port Authority board. There was certainly communication, mostly verbal and mostly during meetings, but that communication did occur, as it always does when looking at reconstituting a committee. I received a briefing note from the Department of Indigenous Affairs back in December, stating that the committee was not performing as well as the department would have liked, and that it needed to be reconstituted. Concerns were expressed about certain personnel on the committee; I do not want to go into those for fear of causing embarrassment to those involved. The reality is that there was a very strong suggestion that the committee should be reconstituted, and there had also been resignations by members of the committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Were there industry concerns? Dr K.D. HAMES : It had reached the stage whereby we had to reconstitute the committee. I had a deep concern about some of the delays in Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee project assessments. Assessments vital to the future of the progress of Western Australia were being significantly delayed, and I was very committed to getting a strong, dynamic committee that would do the job it was required to do. I think we now have an excellent committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
(4) Will the minister immediately revoke the appointment of Haydn Lowe and select a chair from the original list of names submitted by the ACMC registrar? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)-(4) I do not know why the member is going through all this now when we have got a matter of public interest on this very issue. What we need is the opportunity to explain in detail what occurred, as I intend to. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : The minister will not answer the question when we have got an MPI! Dr K.D. HAMES : Why don’t you be patient! What has it got to do with you? Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : We want to hold the minister accountable. Dr K.D. HAMES : She is a grumpy old thing, isn’t she? Goodness me! It is quite right and proper, when a minister appoints people to committees under his control, that the minister and his staff have communication and contact with the department. That is exactly what happened in this case; as I am sure the member did when she appointed Megan Anwyl to the Esperance Port Authority board. There was certainly communication, mostly verbal and mostly during meetings, but that communication did occur, as it always does when looking at reconstituting a committee. I received a briefing note from the Department of Indigenous Affairs back in December, stating that the committee was not performing as well as the department would have liked, and that it needed to be reconstituted. Concerns were expressed about certain personnel on the committee; I do not want to go into those for fear of causing embarrassment to those involved. The reality is that there was a very strong suggestion that the committee should be reconstituted, and there had also been resignations by members of the committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Were there industry concerns? Dr K.D. HAMES : It had reached the stage whereby we had to reconstitute the committee. I had a deep concern about some of the delays in Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee project assessments. Assessments vital to the future of the progress of Western Australia were being significantly delayed, and I was very committed to getting a strong, dynamic committee that would do the job it was required to do. I think we now have an excellent committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)-(4) I do not know why the member is going through all this now when we have got a matter of public interest on this very issue. What we need is the opportunity to explain in detail what occurred, as I intend to. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : The minister will not answer the question when we have got an MPI! Dr K.D. HAMES : Why don’t you be patient! What has it got to do with you? Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : We want to hold the minister accountable. Dr K.D. HAMES : She is a grumpy old thing, isn’t she? Goodness me! It is quite right and proper, when a minister appoints people to committees under his control, that the minister and his staff have communication and contact with the department. That is exactly what happened in this case; as I am sure the member did when she appointed Megan Anwyl to the Esperance Port Authority board. There was certainly communication, mostly verbal and mostly during meetings, but that communication did occur, as it always does when looking at reconstituting a committee. I received a briefing note from the Department of Indigenous Affairs back in December, stating that the committee was not performing as well as the department would have liked, and that it needed to be reconstituted. Concerns were expressed about certain personnel on the committee; I do not want to go into those for fear of causing embarrassment to those involved. The reality is that there was a very strong suggestion that the committee should be reconstituted, and there had also been resignations by members of the committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Were there industry concerns? Dr K.D. HAMES : It had reached the stage whereby we had to reconstitute the committee. I had a deep concern about some of the delays in Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee project assessments. Assessments vital to the future of the progress of Western Australia were being significantly delayed, and I was very committed to getting a strong, dynamic committee that would do the job it was required to do. I think we now have an excellent committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
(1)-(4) I do not know why the member is going through all this now when we have got a matter of public interest on this very issue. What we need is the opportunity to explain in detail what occurred, as I intend to. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : The minister will not answer the question when we have got an MPI! Dr K.D. HAMES : Why don’t you be patient! What has it got to do with you? Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : We want to hold the minister accountable. Dr K.D. HAMES : She is a grumpy old thing, isn’t she? Goodness me! It is quite right and proper, when a minister appoints people to committees under his control, that the minister and his staff have communication and contact with the department. That is exactly what happened in this case; as I am sure the member did when she appointed Megan Anwyl to the Esperance Port Authority board. There was certainly communication, mostly verbal and mostly during meetings, but that communication did occur, as it always does when looking at reconstituting a committee. I received a briefing note from the Department of Indigenous Affairs back in December, stating that the committee was not performing as well as the department would have liked, and that it needed to be reconstituted. Concerns were expressed about certain personnel on the committee; I do not want to go into those for fear of causing embarrassment to those involved. The reality is that there was a very strong suggestion that the committee should be reconstituted, and there had also been resignations by members of the committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Were there industry concerns? Dr K.D. HAMES : It had reached the stage whereby we had to reconstitute the committee. I had a deep concern about some of the delays in Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee project assessments. Assessments vital to the future of the progress of Western Australia were being significantly delayed, and I was very committed to getting a strong, dynamic committee that would do the job it was required to do. I think we now have an excellent committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : The minister will not answer the question when we have got an MPI! Dr K.D. HAMES : Why don’t you be patient! What has it got to do with you? Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : We want to hold the minister accountable. Dr K.D. HAMES : She is a grumpy old thing, isn’t she? Goodness me! It is quite right and proper, when a minister appoints people to committees under his control, that the minister and his staff have communication and contact with the department. That is exactly what happened in this case; as I am sure the member did when she appointed Megan Anwyl to the Esperance Port Authority board. There was certainly communication, mostly verbal and mostly during meetings, but that communication did occur, as it always does when looking at reconstituting a committee. I received a briefing note from the Department of Indigenous Affairs back in December, stating that the committee was not performing as well as the department would have liked, and that it needed to be reconstituted. Concerns were expressed about certain personnel on the committee; I do not want to go into those for fear of causing embarrassment to those involved. The reality is that there was a very strong suggestion that the committee should be reconstituted, and there had also been resignations by members of the committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Were there industry concerns? Dr K.D. HAMES : It had reached the stage whereby we had to reconstitute the committee. I had a deep concern about some of the delays in Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee project assessments. Assessments vital to the future of the progress of Western Australia were being significantly delayed, and I was very committed to getting a strong, dynamic committee that would do the job it was required to do. I think we now have an excellent committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
Dr K.D. HAMES : Why don’t you be patient! What has it got to do with you? Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : We want to hold the minister accountable. Dr K.D. HAMES : She is a grumpy old thing, isn’t she? Goodness me! It is quite right and proper, when a minister appoints people to committees under his control, that the minister and his staff have communication and contact with the department. That is exactly what happened in this case; as I am sure the member did when she appointed Megan Anwyl to the Esperance Port Authority board. There was certainly communication, mostly verbal and mostly during meetings, but that communication did occur, as it always does when looking at reconstituting a committee. I received a briefing note from the Department of Indigenous Affairs back in December, stating that the committee was not performing as well as the department would have liked, and that it needed to be reconstituted. Concerns were expressed about certain personnel on the committee; I do not want to go into those for fear of causing embarrassment to those involved. The reality is that there was a very strong suggestion that the committee should be reconstituted, and there had also been resignations by members of the committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Were there industry concerns? Dr K.D. HAMES : It had reached the stage whereby we had to reconstitute the committee. I had a deep concern about some of the delays in Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee project assessments. Assessments vital to the future of the progress of Western Australia were being significantly delayed, and I was very committed to getting a strong, dynamic committee that would do the job it was required to do. I think we now have an excellent committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : We want to hold the minister accountable. Dr K.D. HAMES : She is a grumpy old thing, isn’t she? Goodness me! It is quite right and proper, when a minister appoints people to committees under his control, that the minister and his staff have communication and contact with the department. That is exactly what happened in this case; as I am sure the member did when she appointed Megan Anwyl to the Esperance Port Authority board. There was certainly communication, mostly verbal and mostly during meetings, but that communication did occur, as it always does when looking at reconstituting a committee. I received a briefing note from the Department of Indigenous Affairs back in December, stating that the committee was not performing as well as the department would have liked, and that it needed to be reconstituted. Concerns were expressed about certain personnel on the committee; I do not want to go into those for fear of causing embarrassment to those involved. The reality is that there was a very strong suggestion that the committee should be reconstituted, and there had also been resignations by members of the committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Were there industry concerns? Dr K.D. HAMES : It had reached the stage whereby we had to reconstitute the committee. I had a deep concern about some of the delays in Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee project assessments. Assessments vital to the future of the progress of Western Australia were being significantly delayed, and I was very committed to getting a strong, dynamic committee that would do the job it was required to do. I think we now have an excellent committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
Dr K.D. HAMES : She is a grumpy old thing, isn’t she? Goodness me! It is quite right and proper, when a minister appoints people to committees under his control, that the minister and his staff have communication and contact with the department. That is exactly what happened in this case; as I am sure the member did when she appointed Megan Anwyl to the Esperance Port Authority board. There was certainly communication, mostly verbal and mostly during meetings, but that communication did occur, as it always does when looking at reconstituting a committee. I received a briefing note from the Department of Indigenous Affairs back in December, stating that the committee was not performing as well as the department would have liked, and that it needed to be reconstituted. Concerns were expressed about certain personnel on the committee; I do not want to go into those for fear of causing embarrassment to those involved. The reality is that there was a very strong suggestion that the committee should be reconstituted, and there had also been resignations by members of the committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Were there industry concerns? Dr K.D. HAMES : It had reached the stage whereby we had to reconstitute the committee. I had a deep concern about some of the delays in Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee project assessments. Assessments vital to the future of the progress of Western Australia were being significantly delayed, and I was very committed to getting a strong, dynamic committee that would do the job it was required to do. I think we now have an excellent committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
It is quite right and proper, when a minister appoints people to committees under his control, that the minister and his staff have communication and contact with the department. That is exactly what happened in this case; as I am sure the member did when she appointed Megan Anwyl to the Esperance Port Authority board. There was certainly communication, mostly verbal and mostly during meetings, but that communication did occur, as it always does when looking at reconstituting a committee. I received a briefing note from the Department of Indigenous Affairs back in December, stating that the committee was not performing as well as the department would have liked, and that it needed to be reconstituted. Concerns were expressed about certain personnel on the committee; I do not want to go into those for fear of causing embarrassment to those involved. The reality is that there was a very strong suggestion that the committee should be reconstituted, and there had also been resignations by members of the committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Were there industry concerns? Dr K.D. HAMES : It had reached the stage whereby we had to reconstitute the committee. I had a deep concern about some of the delays in Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee project assessments. Assessments vital to the future of the progress of Western Australia were being significantly delayed, and I was very committed to getting a strong, dynamic committee that would do the job it was required to do. I think we now have an excellent committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Were there industry concerns? Dr K.D. HAMES : It had reached the stage whereby we had to reconstitute the committee. I had a deep concern about some of the delays in Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee project assessments. Assessments vital to the future of the progress of Western Australia were being significantly delayed, and I was very committed to getting a strong, dynamic committee that would do the job it was required to do. I think we now have an excellent committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
Dr K.D. HAMES : It had reached the stage whereby we had to reconstitute the committee. I had a deep concern about some of the delays in Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee project assessments. Assessments vital to the future of the progress of Western Australia were being significantly delayed, and I was very committed to getting a strong, dynamic committee that would do the job it was required to do. I think we now have an excellent committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
(1) What role does the registrar of the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee play in the work of the committee and the selection of its members? (2) Does the minister have confidence in the longstanding public servant who is the registrar of the ACMC? (3) Does the minister consider the registrar of the ACMC to have been treated appropriately in recent weeks in relation to the membership of the committee? (4) Will the minister immediately revoke the appointment of Haydn Lowe and select a chair from the original list of names submitted by the ACMC registrar? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)-(4) I do not know why the member is going through all this now when we have got a matter of public interest on this very issue. What we need is the opportunity to explain in detail what occurred, as I intend to. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : The minister will not answer the question when we have got an MPI! Dr K.D. HAMES : Why don’t you be patient! What has it got to do with you? Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : We want to hold the minister accountable. Dr K.D. HAMES : She is a grumpy old thing, isn’t she? Goodness me! It is quite right and proper, when a minister appoints people to committees under his control, that the minister and his staff have communication and contact with the department. That is exactly what happened in this case; as I am sure the member did when she appointed Megan Anwyl to the Esperance Port Authority board. There was certainly communication, mostly verbal and mostly during meetings, but that communication did occur, as it always does when looking at reconstituting a committee. I received a briefing note from the Department of Indigenous Affairs back in December, stating that the committee was not performing as well as the department would have liked, and that it needed to be reconstituted. Concerns were expressed about certain personnel on the committee; I do not want to go into those for fear of causing embarrassment to those involved. The reality is that there was a very strong suggestion that the committee should be reconstituted, and there had also been resignations by members of the committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Were there industry concerns? Dr K.D. HAMES : It had reached the stage whereby we had to reconstitute the committee. I had a deep concern about some of the delays in Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee project assessments. Assessments vital to the future of the progress of Western Australia were being significantly delayed, and I was very committed to getting a strong, dynamic committee that would do the job it was required to do. I think we now have an excellent committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
(2) Does the minister have confidence in the longstanding public servant who is the registrar of the ACMC? (3) Does the minister consider the registrar of the ACMC to have been treated appropriately in recent weeks in relation to the membership of the committee? (4) Will the minister immediately revoke the appointment of Haydn Lowe and select a chair from the original list of names submitted by the ACMC registrar? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)-(4) I do not know why the member is going through all this now when we have got a matter of public interest on this very issue. What we need is the opportunity to explain in detail what occurred, as I intend to. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : The minister will not answer the question when we have got an MPI! Dr K.D. HAMES : Why don’t you be patient! What has it got to do with you? Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : We want to hold the minister accountable. Dr K.D. HAMES : She is a grumpy old thing, isn’t she? Goodness me! It is quite right and proper, when a minister appoints people to committees under his control, that the minister and his staff have communication and contact with the department. That is exactly what happened in this case; as I am sure the member did when she appointed Megan Anwyl to the Esperance Port Authority board. There was certainly communication, mostly verbal and mostly during meetings, but that communication did occur, as it always does when looking at reconstituting a committee. I received a briefing note from the Department of Indigenous Affairs back in December, stating that the committee was not performing as well as the department would have liked, and that it needed to be reconstituted. Concerns were expressed about certain personnel on the committee; I do not want to go into those for fear of causing embarrassment to those involved. The reality is that there was a very strong suggestion that the committee should be reconstituted, and there had also been resignations by members of the committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Were there industry concerns? Dr K.D. HAMES : It had reached the stage whereby we had to reconstitute the committee. I had a deep concern about some of the delays in Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee project assessments. Assessments vital to the future of the progress of Western Australia were being significantly delayed, and I was very committed to getting a strong, dynamic committee that would do the job it was required to do. I think we now have an excellent committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
(3) Does the minister consider the registrar of the ACMC to have been treated appropriately in recent weeks in relation to the membership of the committee? (4) Will the minister immediately revoke the appointment of Haydn Lowe and select a chair from the original list of names submitted by the ACMC registrar? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)-(4) I do not know why the member is going through all this now when we have got a matter of public interest on this very issue. What we need is the opportunity to explain in detail what occurred, as I intend to. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : The minister will not answer the question when we have got an MPI! Dr K.D. HAMES : Why don’t you be patient! What has it got to do with you? Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : We want to hold the minister accountable. Dr K.D. HAMES : She is a grumpy old thing, isn’t she? Goodness me! It is quite right and proper, when a minister appoints people to committees under his control, that the minister and his staff have communication and contact with the department. That is exactly what happened in this case; as I am sure the member did when she appointed Megan Anwyl to the Esperance Port Authority board. There was certainly communication, mostly verbal and mostly during meetings, but that communication did occur, as it always does when looking at reconstituting a committee. I received a briefing note from the Department of Indigenous Affairs back in December, stating that the committee was not performing as well as the department would have liked, and that it needed to be reconstituted. Concerns were expressed about certain personnel on the committee; I do not want to go into those for fear of causing embarrassment to those involved. The reality is that there was a very strong suggestion that the committee should be reconstituted, and there had also been resignations by members of the committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Were there industry concerns? Dr K.D. HAMES : It had reached the stage whereby we had to reconstitute the committee. I had a deep concern about some of the delays in Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee project assessments. Assessments vital to the future of the progress of Western Australia were being significantly delayed, and I was very committed to getting a strong, dynamic committee that would do the job it was required to do. I think we now have an excellent committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
(4) Will the minister immediately revoke the appointment of Haydn Lowe and select a chair from the original list of names submitted by the ACMC registrar? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)-(4) I do not know why the member is going through all this now when we have got a matter of public interest on this very issue. What we need is the opportunity to explain in detail what occurred, as I intend to. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : The minister will not answer the question when we have got an MPI! Dr K.D. HAMES : Why don’t you be patient! What has it got to do with you? Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : We want to hold the minister accountable. Dr K.D. HAMES : She is a grumpy old thing, isn’t she? Goodness me! It is quite right and proper, when a minister appoints people to committees under his control, that the minister and his staff have communication and contact with the department. That is exactly what happened in this case; as I am sure the member did when she appointed Megan Anwyl to the Esperance Port Authority board. There was certainly communication, mostly verbal and mostly during meetings, but that communication did occur, as it always does when looking at reconstituting a committee. I received a briefing note from the Department of Indigenous Affairs back in December, stating that the committee was not performing as well as the department would have liked, and that it needed to be reconstituted. Concerns were expressed about certain personnel on the committee; I do not want to go into those for fear of causing embarrassment to those involved. The reality is that there was a very strong suggestion that the committee should be reconstituted, and there had also been resignations by members of the committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Were there industry concerns? Dr K.D. HAMES : It had reached the stage whereby we had to reconstitute the committee. I had a deep concern about some of the delays in Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee project assessments. Assessments vital to the future of the progress of Western Australia were being significantly delayed, and I was very committed to getting a strong, dynamic committee that would do the job it was required to do. I think we now have an excellent committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)-(4) I do not know why the member is going through all this now when we have got a matter of public interest on this very issue. What we need is the opportunity to explain in detail what occurred, as I intend to. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : The minister will not answer the question when we have got an MPI! Dr K.D. HAMES : Why don’t you be patient! What has it got to do with you? Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : We want to hold the minister accountable. Dr K.D. HAMES : She is a grumpy old thing, isn’t she? Goodness me! It is quite right and proper, when a minister appoints people to committees under his control, that the minister and his staff have communication and contact with the department. That is exactly what happened in this case; as I am sure the member did when she appointed Megan Anwyl to the Esperance Port Authority board. There was certainly communication, mostly verbal and mostly during meetings, but that communication did occur, as it always does when looking at reconstituting a committee. I received a briefing note from the Department of Indigenous Affairs back in December, stating that the committee was not performing as well as the department would have liked, and that it needed to be reconstituted. Concerns were expressed about certain personnel on the committee; I do not want to go into those for fear of causing embarrassment to those involved. The reality is that there was a very strong suggestion that the committee should be reconstituted, and there had also been resignations by members of the committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Were there industry concerns? Dr K.D. HAMES : It had reached the stage whereby we had to reconstitute the committee. I had a deep concern about some of the delays in Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee project assessments. Assessments vital to the future of the progress of Western Australia were being significantly delayed, and I was very committed to getting a strong, dynamic committee that would do the job it was required to do. I think we now have an excellent committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
(1)-(4) I do not know why the member is going through all this now when we have got a matter of public interest on this very issue. What we need is the opportunity to explain in detail what occurred, as I intend to. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : The minister will not answer the question when we have got an MPI! Dr K.D. HAMES : Why don’t you be patient! What has it got to do with you? Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : We want to hold the minister accountable. Dr K.D. HAMES : She is a grumpy old thing, isn’t she? Goodness me! It is quite right and proper, when a minister appoints people to committees under his control, that the minister and his staff have communication and contact with the department. That is exactly what happened in this case; as I am sure the member did when she appointed Megan Anwyl to the Esperance Port Authority board. There was certainly communication, mostly verbal and mostly during meetings, but that communication did occur, as it always does when looking at reconstituting a committee. I received a briefing note from the Department of Indigenous Affairs back in December, stating that the committee was not performing as well as the department would have liked, and that it needed to be reconstituted. Concerns were expressed about certain personnel on the committee; I do not want to go into those for fear of causing embarrassment to those involved. The reality is that there was a very strong suggestion that the committee should be reconstituted, and there had also been resignations by members of the committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Were there industry concerns? Dr K.D. HAMES : It had reached the stage whereby we had to reconstitute the committee. I had a deep concern about some of the delays in Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee project assessments. Assessments vital to the future of the progress of Western Australia were being significantly delayed, and I was very committed to getting a strong, dynamic committee that would do the job it was required to do. I think we now have an excellent committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : The minister will not answer the question when we have got an MPI! Dr K.D. HAMES : Why don’t you be patient! What has it got to do with you? Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : We want to hold the minister accountable. Dr K.D. HAMES : She is a grumpy old thing, isn’t she? Goodness me! It is quite right and proper, when a minister appoints people to committees under his control, that the minister and his staff have communication and contact with the department. That is exactly what happened in this case; as I am sure the member did when she appointed Megan Anwyl to the Esperance Port Authority board. There was certainly communication, mostly verbal and mostly during meetings, but that communication did occur, as it always does when looking at reconstituting a committee. I received a briefing note from the Department of Indigenous Affairs back in December, stating that the committee was not performing as well as the department would have liked, and that it needed to be reconstituted. Concerns were expressed about certain personnel on the committee; I do not want to go into those for fear of causing embarrassment to those involved. The reality is that there was a very strong suggestion that the committee should be reconstituted, and there had also been resignations by members of the committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Were there industry concerns? Dr K.D. HAMES : It had reached the stage whereby we had to reconstitute the committee. I had a deep concern about some of the delays in Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee project assessments. Assessments vital to the future of the progress of Western Australia were being significantly delayed, and I was very committed to getting a strong, dynamic committee that would do the job it was required to do. I think we now have an excellent committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
Dr K.D. HAMES : Why don’t you be patient! What has it got to do with you? Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : We want to hold the minister accountable. Dr K.D. HAMES : She is a grumpy old thing, isn’t she? Goodness me! It is quite right and proper, when a minister appoints people to committees under his control, that the minister and his staff have communication and contact with the department. That is exactly what happened in this case; as I am sure the member did when she appointed Megan Anwyl to the Esperance Port Authority board. There was certainly communication, mostly verbal and mostly during meetings, but that communication did occur, as it always does when looking at reconstituting a committee. I received a briefing note from the Department of Indigenous Affairs back in December, stating that the committee was not performing as well as the department would have liked, and that it needed to be reconstituted. Concerns were expressed about certain personnel on the committee; I do not want to go into those for fear of causing embarrassment to those involved. The reality is that there was a very strong suggestion that the committee should be reconstituted, and there had also been resignations by members of the committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Were there industry concerns? Dr K.D. HAMES : It had reached the stage whereby we had to reconstitute the committee. I had a deep concern about some of the delays in Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee project assessments. Assessments vital to the future of the progress of Western Australia were being significantly delayed, and I was very committed to getting a strong, dynamic committee that would do the job it was required to do. I think we now have an excellent committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : We want to hold the minister accountable. Dr K.D. HAMES : She is a grumpy old thing, isn’t she? Goodness me! It is quite right and proper, when a minister appoints people to committees under his control, that the minister and his staff have communication and contact with the department. That is exactly what happened in this case; as I am sure the member did when she appointed Megan Anwyl to the Esperance Port Authority board. There was certainly communication, mostly verbal and mostly during meetings, but that communication did occur, as it always does when looking at reconstituting a committee. I received a briefing note from the Department of Indigenous Affairs back in December, stating that the committee was not performing as well as the department would have liked, and that it needed to be reconstituted. Concerns were expressed about certain personnel on the committee; I do not want to go into those for fear of causing embarrassment to those involved. The reality is that there was a very strong suggestion that the committee should be reconstituted, and there had also been resignations by members of the committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Were there industry concerns? Dr K.D. HAMES : It had reached the stage whereby we had to reconstitute the committee. I had a deep concern about some of the delays in Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee project assessments. Assessments vital to the future of the progress of Western Australia were being significantly delayed, and I was very committed to getting a strong, dynamic committee that would do the job it was required to do. I think we now have an excellent committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
Dr K.D. HAMES : She is a grumpy old thing, isn’t she? Goodness me! It is quite right and proper, when a minister appoints people to committees under his control, that the minister and his staff have communication and contact with the department. That is exactly what happened in this case; as I am sure the member did when she appointed Megan Anwyl to the Esperance Port Authority board. There was certainly communication, mostly verbal and mostly during meetings, but that communication did occur, as it always does when looking at reconstituting a committee. I received a briefing note from the Department of Indigenous Affairs back in December, stating that the committee was not performing as well as the department would have liked, and that it needed to be reconstituted. Concerns were expressed about certain personnel on the committee; I do not want to go into those for fear of causing embarrassment to those involved. The reality is that there was a very strong suggestion that the committee should be reconstituted, and there had also been resignations by members of the committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Were there industry concerns? Dr K.D. HAMES : It had reached the stage whereby we had to reconstitute the committee. I had a deep concern about some of the delays in Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee project assessments. Assessments vital to the future of the progress of Western Australia were being significantly delayed, and I was very committed to getting a strong, dynamic committee that would do the job it was required to do. I think we now have an excellent committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
It is quite right and proper, when a minister appoints people to committees under his control, that the minister and his staff have communication and contact with the department. That is exactly what happened in this case; as I am sure the member did when she appointed Megan Anwyl to the Esperance Port Authority board. There was certainly communication, mostly verbal and mostly during meetings, but that communication did occur, as it always does when looking at reconstituting a committee. I received a briefing note from the Department of Indigenous Affairs back in December, stating that the committee was not performing as well as the department would have liked, and that it needed to be reconstituted. Concerns were expressed about certain personnel on the committee; I do not want to go into those for fear of causing embarrassment to those involved. The reality is that there was a very strong suggestion that the committee should be reconstituted, and there had also been resignations by members of the committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Were there industry concerns? Dr K.D. HAMES : It had reached the stage whereby we had to reconstitute the committee. I had a deep concern about some of the delays in Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee project assessments. Assessments vital to the future of the progress of Western Australia were being significantly delayed, and I was very committed to getting a strong, dynamic committee that would do the job it was required to do. I think we now have an excellent committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Were there industry concerns? Dr K.D. HAMES : It had reached the stage whereby we had to reconstitute the committee. I had a deep concern about some of the delays in Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee project assessments. Assessments vital to the future of the progress of Western Australia were being significantly delayed, and I was very committed to getting a strong, dynamic committee that would do the job it was required to do. I think we now have an excellent committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
Dr K.D. HAMES : It had reached the stage whereby we had to reconstitute the committee. I had a deep concern about some of the delays in Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee project assessments. Assessments vital to the future of the progress of Western Australia were being significantly delayed, and I was very committed to getting a strong, dynamic committee that would do the job it was required to do. I think we now have an excellent committee. Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Does someone else have to table the document? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition. Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
Dr K.D. HAMES : And, no; I will not ask the chairman to step down, because I expect that he will do an excellent job.
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