A WA parliamentary question probes the Minister for Education and Training regarding alleged financial accountability issues within the Edith Cowan University student guild, specifically concerning $1.5 million in funding and a lack of reporting to the University Council. The Minister's response indicates reliance on internal university processes to resolve such issues.

AnsweredQoN 2695Legislative Assembly
Asked
24 March 2004
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Education and Training

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(b) has the Minister contacted the University Council to investigate the background to the letter; (c) if not, why not; (d) has the Minister contacted the University’s student guild to investigate the back ground to the letter; (e) if not, why not; (f) does the Minister share the concerns of the University Council that the student guild has not supplied any financial reports to the University Council to account for the $1.5million of funding; (g) will the Minister investigate and report on the Edith Cowan University student guild’s financial affairs to allay the concerns of both the University Council and the student body; and (h) if not, why not?
(c) if not, why not; (d) has the Minister contacted the University’s student guild to investigate the back ground to the letter; (e) if not, why not; (f) does the Minister share the concerns of the University Council that the student guild has not supplied any financial reports to the University Council to account for the $1.5million of funding; (g) will the Minister investigate and report on the Edith Cowan University student guild’s financial affairs to allay the concerns of both the University Council and the student body; and (h) if not, why not?
(d) has the Minister contacted the University’s student guild to investigate the back ground to the letter; (e) if not, why not; (f) does the Minister share the concerns of the University Council that the student guild has not supplied any financial reports to the University Council to account for the $1.5million of funding; (g) will the Minister investigate and report on the Edith Cowan University student guild’s financial affairs to allay the concerns of both the University Council and the student body; and (h) if not, why not?
(e) if not, why not; (f) does the Minister share the concerns of the University Council that the student guild has not supplied any financial reports to the University Council to account for the $1.5million of funding; (g) will the Minister investigate and report on the Edith Cowan University student guild’s financial affairs to allay the concerns of both the University Council and the student body; and (h) if not, why not?
(f) does the Minister share the concerns of the University Council that the student guild has not supplied any financial reports to the University Council to account for the $1.5million of funding; (g) will the Minister investigate and report on the Edith Cowan University student guild’s financial affairs to allay the concerns of both the University Council and the student body; and (h) if not, why not?
(g) will the Minister investigate and report on the Edith Cowan University student guild’s financial affairs to allay the concerns of both the University Council and the student body; and (h) if not, why not?
(h) if not, why not?

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Answered
6 May 2004
Responded by
Minister for Education and Training
Response time
43 days
(a) No.
(b) No.
(c) See (a) and (b)
(d) No.
(e) See (d)
(f) Accountability issues, where they exist, are always matters of concern.
(g) – (h) All public Universities have internal processes in place that ought to be able to resolve issues of this kind.

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