❓ Question regarding the Minister for Housing's financial declarations and whether significant changes were disclosed to the Premier or Cabinet Secretary before being sworn in and in his Ministerial declaration. The answer indicates non-disclosure prior to being sworn in, but compliance with the Ministerial Code of Conduct.
AnsweredQoN 2324Legislative Assembly
Asked
31 October 2017
Member
Portfolio
Premier; Minister for Public Sector Management; State Development, Jobs and Trade; Federal-State Relations
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I refer to the 2016-2017 financial declaration submitted to Parliament by the Minister for Housing, which included an addendum making changes to previous declarations, and ask: (a) did the Minister declare these significant changes to previous declarations to the Premier or the Cabinet Secretary prior to him being sworn in as a Minister of the crown; and (b) did the Minister include these significant declaration changes in his Ministerial declaration to the Cabinet Secretary?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
13 February 2018
Response time
12 days
(a) No.
(b) The Minister for Housing’s annual parliamentary return, including the additional information, has been received by the Cabinet Secretariat in accordance with the Ministerial Code of Conduct. The additional information relates to a period of time many years prior to the member being sworn in as a Minister of the Crown.
(b) The Minister for Housing’s annual parliamentary return, including the additional information, has been received by the Cabinet Secretariat in accordance with the Ministerial Code of Conduct. The additional information relates to a period of time many years prior to the member being sworn in as a Minister of the Crown.
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