❓ A WA parliamentary question reveals details of sponsorships provided by the Mental Health Commission, Department for Child Protection and Family Support, and the Disability Services Commission to various organisations for conferences, seminars, and workshops between July 2014 and early 2016.
AnsweredQoN 4987Legislative Assembly
Asked
16 February 2016
Member
Portfolio
Mental Health; Disability Services; Child Protection
QuestionView source ↗
Since July 1 2014, has any department, agency, Commission or Government Trading Enterprise (GTE) within the Minister’s portfolio of responsibilities sponsored a conference, seminar or workshop organised or facilitated by a private or not-for-profit organisation: (a) what is the name of the organisation for which sponsorship was provided to hold the event; (b) on what date was the event held; (c) where was the event held; (d) what form or forms of sponsorship were undertaken for the event; and (e) where financial support was provided, what was the amount of financial support provided?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
23 March 2016
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Mental Health; Disability Services; Child Protection
Response time
36 days
The Mental Health Commission
This answer only includes the Mental Health Commission and not any independent entities within the Mental Health portfolio:
1) a) The Australian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs (APSAD) Conference
b) 8-11 November 2015
c) Pan Pacific Hotel, 207 Adelaide Terrace, Perth
d) Silver (part) sponsorship of the event
e) $20,000
2) a) Western Australian Association of Mental Health (WAAHM) Conference
b) 10-11 March 2016
c) Fraser’s, 60 Fraser Avenue, Kings Park, West Perth
d) Principal sponsor
e) $35,000
3) a) National Disability Services Limited - 2014 NDS WA State Conference
b) 11 August 2014
c) Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre
d) Major sponsorship – promotion of Mental Health Commission messaging
e) $5,000
4) a) Australian and NZ Academy of Eating Disorders Annual Conference
b) 22-23 August 2014
c) Fremantle
d) Mental Health Commission’s logo and messaging on promotional materials, conference registrations and naming rights
e) $6,000
5) a) Eating Disorder Services WA – 10 year celebration
b) 6 May 2015
c) The Rise, Maylands WA
d) Delivery of the event
e) $1,400
6) a) Momentum Events – Men in Black Ball
b) 12 June 2015
c) Pan Pacific Hotel, Perth
d) Gold Level Sponsor
e) $10,000
7) a) Carers WA Gala Ball
b) 10 October 2015
c) Riverside Ballroom, Novotel Perth
d) Promote and raise awareness of Carers Week 2015
e) $5,000
8) a) Generation Next - Mental Health Wellbeing of Young People Seminar
b) 26 June 2015
c) Winthrop Hall, University of WA
d) Audio visual equipment
e) $2,300
9) a) Australian College of Mental Health Nurses WA Branch Symposium
b) 24 June 2015
c) Technology Park, Bentley
d) Sponsorship of key note Speaker Professor Julie Repper (UK) Implementing Recovery through Organisational Change (ImRoc), this included Professor Repper delivering workshops for WA Mental Health Sector
e) $5,000
10) a) 2015 Rural and Remote Mental Health Conference
b) 20 - 23 October 2015
c) Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre, Bunbury
d) Sponsorship of event, including Mental Health Commission support acknowledgement and staff attendance
e) $50,000
11) a) The Mental Health Services Conference 2014
b) 26-29 August 2014
c) Perth Exhibition and Convention Centre
d) Promotion and acknowledgement of MHC messaging in marketing and publicity materials.
e) $22,800
12) a) Suicide Prevention Australia Conference
b) 23 -26 July 2014
c) Pan Pacific Hotel, Perth
d) Promotion of MHC and One Life messaging
e) $30,000
The Department for Child Protection and Family Support
Event
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
15th International Symposium of the World Society of Victimology
World Society of Victimology (payment via Department of the Attorney General)
5 - 9 July 2015
Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre
Financial
$5,000
14th National Protective Behaviours Conference
Protective Behaviours Western Australia Inc
4 - 5 September 2014
Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle
Financial
$909
6th SNAICC National Conference (Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care)
Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care
15 - 17 September 2015
Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre
Financial
$5,000
3rd National Conference on Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect - 'Children: A Resource Most Precious - 2015 Conference'
National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (NAPCAN) (payment via Edith Cowan University)
24 - 26 June 2015
Edith Cowan University, Joondalup
Financial
$5,000
The Disability Services Commission
a. Australian Society for Intellectual Disability (ASID) – 2015, 50th Annual Conference
Sotica – 2015 Claiming Full Citizenship Forum
NDS WA – 2016 NDS WA National Conference
b. 2015 ASID conference, 11–13 November 2015
2015 Claiming Full Citizenship Forum, 16 November 2015
2016 NDS WA National Conference, to be held 17–18 March 2016
c. 2015 ASID conference, Crown Promenade Conference Centre Melbourne
2015 Claiming Full Citizenship Forum, The Boulevard Centre Floreat
2016 NDS WA National Conference, Perth Exhibition and Convention centre
d. 2015 ASID conference – sponsorship of exhibition booth
2015 Claiming Full Citizenship Forum – financial event sponsorship
2016 NDS WA conference – sponsorship of exhibition booth
e. 2015 ASID conference– $2,000
2015 Claiming Full Citizenship Forum – $3,300
2016 NDS WA National Conference – $1,300
This answer only includes the Mental Health Commission and not any independent entities within the Mental Health portfolio:
1) a) The Australian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs (APSAD) Conference
b) 8-11 November 2015
c) Pan Pacific Hotel, 207 Adelaide Terrace, Perth
d) Silver (part) sponsorship of the event
e) $20,000
2) a) Western Australian Association of Mental Health (WAAHM) Conference
b) 10-11 March 2016
c) Fraser’s, 60 Fraser Avenue, Kings Park, West Perth
d) Principal sponsor
e) $35,000
3) a) National Disability Services Limited - 2014 NDS WA State Conference
b) 11 August 2014
c) Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre
d) Major sponsorship – promotion of Mental Health Commission messaging
e) $5,000
4) a) Australian and NZ Academy of Eating Disorders Annual Conference
b) 22-23 August 2014
c) Fremantle
d) Mental Health Commission’s logo and messaging on promotional materials, conference registrations and naming rights
e) $6,000
5) a) Eating Disorder Services WA – 10 year celebration
b) 6 May 2015
c) The Rise, Maylands WA
d) Delivery of the event
e) $1,400
6) a) Momentum Events – Men in Black Ball
b) 12 June 2015
c) Pan Pacific Hotel, Perth
d) Gold Level Sponsor
e) $10,000
7) a) Carers WA Gala Ball
b) 10 October 2015
c) Riverside Ballroom, Novotel Perth
d) Promote and raise awareness of Carers Week 2015
e) $5,000
8) a) Generation Next - Mental Health Wellbeing of Young People Seminar
b) 26 June 2015
c) Winthrop Hall, University of WA
d) Audio visual equipment
e) $2,300
9) a) Australian College of Mental Health Nurses WA Branch Symposium
b) 24 June 2015
c) Technology Park, Bentley
d) Sponsorship of key note Speaker Professor Julie Repper (UK) Implementing Recovery through Organisational Change (ImRoc), this included Professor Repper delivering workshops for WA Mental Health Sector
e) $5,000
10) a) 2015 Rural and Remote Mental Health Conference
b) 20 - 23 October 2015
c) Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre, Bunbury
d) Sponsorship of event, including Mental Health Commission support acknowledgement and staff attendance
e) $50,000
11) a) The Mental Health Services Conference 2014
b) 26-29 August 2014
c) Perth Exhibition and Convention Centre
d) Promotion and acknowledgement of MHC messaging in marketing and publicity materials.
e) $22,800
12) a) Suicide Prevention Australia Conference
b) 23 -26 July 2014
c) Pan Pacific Hotel, Perth
d) Promotion of MHC and One Life messaging
e) $30,000
The Department for Child Protection and Family Support
Event
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
15th International Symposium of the World Society of Victimology
World Society of Victimology (payment via Department of the Attorney General)
5 - 9 July 2015
Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre
Financial
$5,000
14th National Protective Behaviours Conference
Protective Behaviours Western Australia Inc
4 - 5 September 2014
Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle
Financial
$909
6th SNAICC National Conference (Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care)
Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care
15 - 17 September 2015
Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre
Financial
$5,000
3rd National Conference on Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect - 'Children: A Resource Most Precious - 2015 Conference'
National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (NAPCAN) (payment via Edith Cowan University)
24 - 26 June 2015
Edith Cowan University, Joondalup
Financial
$5,000
The Disability Services Commission
a. Australian Society for Intellectual Disability (ASID) – 2015, 50th Annual Conference
Sotica – 2015 Claiming Full Citizenship Forum
NDS WA – 2016 NDS WA National Conference
b. 2015 ASID conference, 11–13 November 2015
2015 Claiming Full Citizenship Forum, 16 November 2015
2016 NDS WA National Conference, to be held 17–18 March 2016
c. 2015 ASID conference, Crown Promenade Conference Centre Melbourne
2015 Claiming Full Citizenship Forum, The Boulevard Centre Floreat
2016 NDS WA National Conference, Perth Exhibition and Convention centre
d. 2015 ASID conference – sponsorship of exhibition booth
2015 Claiming Full Citizenship Forum – financial event sponsorship
2016 NDS WA conference – sponsorship of exhibition booth
e. 2015 ASID conference– $2,000
2015 Claiming Full Citizenship Forum – $3,300
2016 NDS WA National Conference – $1,300
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