❓ Hon Jim Scott asks whether officers who advised the minister on Neil Winzer's public interest claim, including allegations of fraud, are among those Winzer named as central to his claim. Hon Ken Travers responds that only Mike Harris, who left the public service in 2002, advised the current minister and was named by Winzer.
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(1) Can the minister confirm or deny that departmental officers who have advised the minister in the past on Mr Neil Winzer’s public interest claim, including claims of fraud, falsification of records and perjury, are among the officers that Mr Winzer has named as being central to his public interest claim? (2) Will the minister investigate and report on whether any of the officers who have provided the minister with advice in the past are included in the list of officers that Mr Winzer advised of in his letter to the minister of 22 February 2001, his letter to the Premier of 30 October 2001 or his letter to the director general of 9 September 2002? Hon KEN TRAVERS
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) I am advised that in his former roles as the Director General of the Department of Transport and the Acting Director General of the Department for Planning and Infrastructure, Mike Harris provided advice to the minister on this matter. Mr Harris left the Western Australian public service in 2002. I am advised that no other current or past officers of the Department for Planning and Infrastructure whom Mr Winzer has named as being central to his public interest claim have advised the current minister on Mr Winzer’s public interest claim.
(2) Will the minister investigate and report on whether any of the officers who have provided the minister with advice in the past are included in the list of officers that Mr Winzer advised of in his letter to the minister of 22 February 2001, his letter to the Premier of 30 October 2001 or his letter to the director general of 9 September 2002? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) I am advised that in his former roles as the Director General of the Department of Transport and the Acting Director General of the Department for Planning and Infrastructure, Mike Harris provided advice to the minister on this matter. Mr Harris left the Western Australian public service in 2002. I am advised that no other current or past officers of the Department for Planning and Infrastructure whom Mr Winzer has named as being central to his public interest claim have advised the current minister on Mr Winzer’s public interest claim.
Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) I am advised that in his former roles as the Director General of the Department of Transport and the Acting Director General of the Department for Planning and Infrastructure, Mike Harris provided advice to the minister on this matter. Mr Harris left the Western Australian public service in 2002. I am advised that no other current or past officers of the Department for Planning and Infrastructure whom Mr Winzer has named as being central to his public interest claim have advised the current minister on Mr Winzer’s public interest claim.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) I am advised that in his former roles as the Director General of the Department of Transport and the Acting Director General of the Department for Planning and Infrastructure, Mike Harris provided advice to the minister on this matter. Mr Harris left the Western Australian public service in 2002. I am advised that no other current or past officers of the Department for Planning and Infrastructure whom Mr Winzer has named as being central to his public interest claim have advised the current minister on Mr Winzer’s public interest claim.
(1)-(2) I am advised that in his former roles as the Director General of the Department of Transport and the Acting Director General of the Department for Planning and Infrastructure, Mike Harris provided advice to the minister on this matter. Mr Harris left the Western Australian public service in 2002. I am advised that no other current or past officers of the Department for Planning and Infrastructure whom Mr Winzer has named as being central to his public interest claim have advised the current minister on Mr Winzer’s public interest claim.
(2) Will the minister investigate and report on whether any of the officers who have provided the minister with advice in the past are included in the list of officers that Mr Winzer advised of in his letter to the minister of 22 February 2001, his letter to the Premier of 30 October 2001 or his letter to the director general of 9 September 2002? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) I am advised that in his former roles as the Director General of the Department of Transport and the Acting Director General of the Department for Planning and Infrastructure, Mike Harris provided advice to the minister on this matter. Mr Harris left the Western Australian public service in 2002. I am advised that no other current or past officers of the Department for Planning and Infrastructure whom Mr Winzer has named as being central to his public interest claim have advised the current minister on Mr Winzer’s public interest claim.
Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) I am advised that in his former roles as the Director General of the Department of Transport and the Acting Director General of the Department for Planning and Infrastructure, Mike Harris provided advice to the minister on this matter. Mr Harris left the Western Australian public service in 2002. I am advised that no other current or past officers of the Department for Planning and Infrastructure whom Mr Winzer has named as being central to his public interest claim have advised the current minister on Mr Winzer’s public interest claim.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) I am advised that in his former roles as the Director General of the Department of Transport and the Acting Director General of the Department for Planning and Infrastructure, Mike Harris provided advice to the minister on this matter. Mr Harris left the Western Australian public service in 2002. I am advised that no other current or past officers of the Department for Planning and Infrastructure whom Mr Winzer has named as being central to his public interest claim have advised the current minister on Mr Winzer’s public interest claim.
(1)-(2) I am advised that in his former roles as the Director General of the Department of Transport and the Acting Director General of the Department for Planning and Infrastructure, Mike Harris provided advice to the minister on this matter. Mr Harris left the Western Australian public service in 2002. I am advised that no other current or past officers of the Department for Planning and Infrastructure whom Mr Winzer has named as being central to his public interest claim have advised the current minister on Mr Winzer’s public interest claim.
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