❓ Mr. Templeman raises concerns about potential conflicts of interest arising from local government planners providing private services to developers. The Minister states they are unaware of such practices and defers responsibility to local governments and the Department of Local Government and Communities.
AnsweredQoN 5519Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
Is the Minister aware that local government planners are also providing private, contracted advice and work for developers, and if so: (a) does the Department or Minister acknowledge the conflict of interest concerns this raises; and (b) are there any Departmental policies that address such a conflict of interest?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
16 August 2016
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Planning
Response time
49 days
(a-b) I am not aware of any local government planners providing contracted work for developers. Matters relating to conduct of local government staff are for the relevant local government and the Department of Local Government and Communities to address. The Department of Planning has policies in place relating to its own staff.
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.