A parliamentary question regarding the Ministry of Sport and Recreation pleading guilty to threatening cleaners and the Minister's response, deferring responsibility to the CEO and stating it won't happen again.

AnsweredQoN 398Legislative Council
Asked
7 November 2000
Portfolio
Sport and Recreation

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(1) Is the minister aware that the Ministry of Sport and Recreation recently pleaded guilty to threatening to sack two cleaners if they refused to sign a workplace agreement, and was fined $5 000? (2) Given the statement by the Minister for Labour Relations that the Government would want to apologise to any worker suffering adverse impact, has the minister personally apologised to these two employees for the trauma they suffered? (3) What action has the minister now taken to guarantee that no other employees of the Ministry of Sport and Recreation or any other departments in the minister’s portfolio have received the same threat? Hon N.F. MOORE

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(1) Yes. (2) No. This is the responsibility of the chief executive officer. (3) The chief executive officer is very much aware of the circumstances surrounding this matter and it will not happen again.
(2) Given the statement by the Minister for Labour Relations that the Government would want to apologise to any worker suffering adverse impact, has the minister personally apologised to these two employees for the trauma they suffered? (3) What action has the minister now taken to guarantee that no other employees of the Ministry of Sport and Recreation or any other departments in the minister’s portfolio have received the same threat? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: (1) Yes. (2) No. This is the responsibility of the chief executive officer. (3) The chief executive officer is very much aware of the circumstances surrounding this matter and it will not happen again.
(3) What action has the minister now taken to guarantee that no other employees of the Ministry of Sport and Recreation or any other departments in the minister’s portfolio have received the same threat? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: (1) Yes. (2) No. This is the responsibility of the chief executive officer. (3) The chief executive officer is very much aware of the circumstances surrounding this matter and it will not happen again.
Hon N.F. MOORE replied: (1) Yes. (2) No. This is the responsibility of the chief executive officer. (3) The chief executive officer is very much aware of the circumstances surrounding this matter and it will not happen again.
(1) Yes. (2) No. This is the responsibility of the chief executive officer. (3) The chief executive officer is very much aware of the circumstances surrounding this matter and it will not happen again.
(2) No. This is the responsibility of the chief executive officer. (3) The chief executive officer is very much aware of the circumstances surrounding this matter and it will not happen again.
(3) The chief executive officer is very much aware of the circumstances surrounding this matter and it will not happen again.

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