A WA parliamentary question seeks details on corporate sponsorships of the Department of Education, including donor identities, donation amounts, purposes, forms, and recipient agencies. The Minister provides a list of sponsors exceeding $100,000 and refers to tabled documents for further details.

AnsweredQoN 6056Legislative Assembly
Asked
31 August 2011
Portfolio
Education

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I refer to the Minister’s letter of 28 July 2011 to BGC which states the Department of Education has a number of successful sponsorship agreements with various large corporate donors, and I ask:
(a) who are the large corporate donors;
(b) is each sponsorship agreement a written agreement and if so, will the Minister table each agreement and if not, why not; and
(c) for each of those donors:
(i) how much have they donated;
(ii) what is the purpose of the donation;
(iii) what form does the donation take; in kind, funding, or other;
(iv) if in kind donations are given, what are the details of the in kind support; and
(v) to which agency is the donation made and if not made centrally
to the Department of Education, what is the name of the agency?

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Answered
2 November 2011
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
63 days
(a) The information provided pertains to sponsorship agreements over $100 000. These sponsors are:
1. IBM Australia Limited
2. BHP Billiton Iron Ore Pty Ltd
3. Woodside Energy Ltd (as operator and agent for the North West Shelf Venture)
4. Woodside Energy Ltd
5. Hewlett-Packard Australia Pty Ltd
(b) Please refer to Attachments 1-6 [see tabled papers]
(c)
1. IBM Australia Limited
(i)-(v) Please refer to tabled paper Attachment 1.
2. BHP Billiton Iron Ore Pty Ltd (Pilbara Education Partnership)
Project 1
(i)-(iv) Please refer to tabled paper Attachment 2.
(v) $100 000 of this sponsorship has been allocated to the Department of Education central office. The remainder is utilised by schools to support programs and initiatives.
Project 2 (Contract Variation)
(i)-(iv) Please refer to tabled paper Attachment 3.
(v) The Department of Education.
BHP Billiton Iron Ore Pty Ltd -Agreement Relating to Sponsorship of the WA Education Awards - 'WA Principal of the Year'
(i)-(iv) Please refer to tabled paper Attachment 4.
(v) The Department of Education.
3. Woodside Energy Ltd (as operator and agent for the North West Shelf Venture)
(i)-(v) Please refer to tabled paper Attachment 5.
4. Woodside Energy Ltd
(i)-(v) Please refer to tabled paper Attachment 5.
5. Hewlett-Packard Australia Pty Ltd
(i) Approximately $170 000 by way of a grant.
(ii) The global social innovation grant aims to improve the pedagogy of:
· pre-service to graduate teachers in rural and remote schools in Western Australia; and
· mentor teachers at Kingston Primary School in the area of Mathematics through technology.
(iii)-(iv) The grant is comprised of the provision of equipment and IT support.
(v) Please refer to tabled paper Attachment 6.
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