❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks information on hospitality, events, accommodation, and travel accepted by senior officers in regional development and lands agencies from private companies/individuals, revealing varying levels of acceptance and potential conflicts of interest.
AnsweredQoN 382Legislative Assembly
Asked
11 June 2013
Member
Portfolio
Regional Development; Lands; Minister Assisting the Minister for State Development
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For each department, agency or government trading enterprise within the Minister's portfolio of responsibilities, 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 2012, 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?
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Answered
6 August 2013
Responded by
Minister for Regional Development; Lands; Minister Assisting the Minister for State Development
Response time
56 days
Gascoyne Development Commission; Goldfields Esperance Development Commission; Great Southern Development Commission; Wheatbelt Development Commission
(a) Nil
(b-d) Not applicable
Kimberley Development Commission
(a) Two
(b-d) [see tabled paper no.]
LandCorp
(a-d)
LandCorp is a Government Trading Enterprise engaged with various private industry partners and stakeholders. LandCorp staff are regularly invited to attend industry functions as guests of industry bodies, contractors and consultants. These can take the form of business forums, networking and knowledge sharing sessions, often delivered in conjunction with breakfast, lunch or other events.
Invitations are assessed based on factors such as cost, relevance to the business and officers' role in the organisation. An overall management process ensures control and transparency of acceptances and declines to invitations at a corporate level.
LandCorp's
Accepting Gifts and Entertainment Policy
ensures the acceptance of gifts and/or entertainment, including hospitality and event invitations, does not place employees in a position which compromise, or may be perceived to compromise, LandCorp's decision-making processes. LandCorp also has a clear
Conflict of Interest Policy
(which includes events, gifts and entertainment) ensuring actual, potential or perceived conflicts of interest are identified, declared, managed and reviewed appropriately to maintain the integrity of LandCorp's decision-making processes, including where there are active tender or procurement processes underway.
More specific information on individual events can be provided from LandCorp's register, however resources would need to be applied to extract that component relating to private sector based invitations and hospitality, as the register contains entries from both private and public organisations.
Landgate
(a) 21 Officers with 27 instances
(b-d) [see tabled paper no.]
Mid West Development Commission
(a) Three
(b) Lunch meeting, Batavia Coast Marina Pty Ltd
(c) $20 each
(d) Yes, Professional association
Peel Development Commission
(a) One
(b) Opening/launch of Sculpture by the Sea, sponsored by Alcoa
(c) $80 (estimated)
(d) No
Pilbara Development Commission
(a) Six
(b-d) [see tabled paper no.]
South West Development Commission
(a) One
(b) Attending cricket match Perth Scorchers V's Melbourne Stars, hosted by Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers Pty Ltd.
(c) $150
(d) No
The Department of Regional Development and Lands
as at 11 June 2013
(a) Nine
(b-d) [see tabled paper no.]
(a) Nil
(b-d) Not applicable
Kimberley Development Commission
(a) Two
(b-d) [see tabled paper no.]
LandCorp
(a-d)
LandCorp is a Government Trading Enterprise engaged with various private industry partners and stakeholders. LandCorp staff are regularly invited to attend industry functions as guests of industry bodies, contractors and consultants. These can take the form of business forums, networking and knowledge sharing sessions, often delivered in conjunction with breakfast, lunch or other events.
Invitations are assessed based on factors such as cost, relevance to the business and officers' role in the organisation. An overall management process ensures control and transparency of acceptances and declines to invitations at a corporate level.
LandCorp's
Accepting Gifts and Entertainment Policy
ensures the acceptance of gifts and/or entertainment, including hospitality and event invitations, does not place employees in a position which compromise, or may be perceived to compromise, LandCorp's decision-making processes. LandCorp also has a clear
Conflict of Interest Policy
(which includes events, gifts and entertainment) ensuring actual, potential or perceived conflicts of interest are identified, declared, managed and reviewed appropriately to maintain the integrity of LandCorp's decision-making processes, including where there are active tender or procurement processes underway.
More specific information on individual events can be provided from LandCorp's register, however resources would need to be applied to extract that component relating to private sector based invitations and hospitality, as the register contains entries from both private and public organisations.
Landgate
(a) 21 Officers with 27 instances
(b-d) [see tabled paper no.]
Mid West Development Commission
(a) Three
(b) Lunch meeting, Batavia Coast Marina Pty Ltd
(c) $20 each
(d) Yes, Professional association
Peel Development Commission
(a) One
(b) Opening/launch of Sculpture by the Sea, sponsored by Alcoa
(c) $80 (estimated)
(d) No
Pilbara Development Commission
(a) Six
(b-d) [see tabled paper no.]
South West Development Commission
(a) One
(b) Attending cricket match Perth Scorchers V's Melbourne Stars, hosted by Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers Pty Ltd.
(c) $150
(d) No
The Department of Regional Development and Lands
as at 11 June 2013
(a) Nine
(b-d) [see tabled paper no.]
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