❓ Question regarding large payments to former Western Power executives and the Minister's actions prior to the Auditor General's concerns. The Minister outlines the Auditor General's concerns and actions taken.
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WESTERN POWER - PAYMENTS TO FORMER SENIOR EXECUTIVES
I refer to the revelations today of former senior executives of Western Power receiving large payments, which are of major concern to the Auditor General. (1) Did the minister take any action in relation to the payments prior to the issue being raised by the Auditor General? (2) Will the minister table full information about the payments that are of concern to the Auditor General; and, if not, why not? (3) Are any of the payments of concern to the Auditor General recoverable? (4) Has a settlement been reached with Dr Stephen van der Mye; and, if not, will the minister concede that Western Power’s position is weakened by the payment to Mr Tony Iannello? Mr F.M. LOGAN
I refer to the revelations today of former senior executives of Western Power receiving large payments, which are of major concern to the Auditor General. (1) Did the minister take any action in relation to the payments prior to the issue being raised by the Auditor General? (2) Will the minister table full information about the payments that are of concern to the Auditor General; and, if not, why not? (3) Are any of the payments of concern to the Auditor General recoverable? (4) Has a settlement been reached with Dr Stephen van der Mye; and, if not, will the minister concede that Western Power’s position is weakened by the payment to Mr Tony Iannello? Mr F.M. LOGAN
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I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. (1) The Auditor General has commented on the annual report of the former Western Power, which will be tabled very soon. As part of that process, the Auditor General wrote to me and highlighted two areas of concern in his audit of the report. The first area of concern was with the way in which the redundancy and termination payments had been calculated for three executives: the chief executive officer, Mr Tony Iannello; the chief financial officer, Mr Nenad Ninkov; and the person working in the personnel relations area, Ms Libby Lyons. He raised two issues. The first was the way in which those termination payments had been calculated and the second was the way in which the evidence supporting those terminations had not been provided when he was looking for it. He did not believe there was much information and documentation supporting the calculation of those terminations. He has made no comment to me about whether they should have been terminated as a result of the break-up of Western Power. In relation to the action that was taken, the previous Minister for Energy wrote to Western Power asking why the two people and another person who was not named in the Auditor General’s letter were being made redundant, when there was still employment for everybody else within the four new entities. Tony Iannello had a fixed-term contract and we expect that fixed-term contract to be paid out. That recommendation was put to me by the chair and the board. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Hang on! I still have three more questions that the member has asked me to answer. Mr J.H.D. Day : I am trying to help. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do not need the member’s help. (2) In relation to tabling information, in due course the annual report, which will contain that information on termination payments, will be tabled. Mr J.H.D. Day : Why not now? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Because it was not in my office yesterday. If it is there today, I will read it in detail and I will table it in due course and the member can read it. (3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
(1) Did the minister take any action in relation to the payments prior to the issue being raised by the Auditor General? (2) Will the minister table full information about the payments that are of concern to the Auditor General; and, if not, why not? (3) Are any of the payments of concern to the Auditor General recoverable? (4) Has a settlement been reached with Dr Stephen van der Mye; and, if not, will the minister concede that Western Power’s position is weakened by the payment to Mr Tony Iannello? Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. (1) The Auditor General has commented on the annual report of the former Western Power, which will be tabled very soon. As part of that process, the Auditor General wrote to me and highlighted two areas of concern in his audit of the report. The first area of concern was with the way in which the redundancy and termination payments had been calculated for three executives: the chief executive officer, Mr Tony Iannello; the chief financial officer, Mr Nenad Ninkov; and the person working in the personnel relations area, Ms Libby Lyons. He raised two issues. The first was the way in which those termination payments had been calculated and the second was the way in which the evidence supporting those terminations had not been provided when he was looking for it. He did not believe there was much information and documentation supporting the calculation of those terminations. He has made no comment to me about whether they should have been terminated as a result of the break-up of Western Power. In relation to the action that was taken, the previous Minister for Energy wrote to Western Power asking why the two people and another person who was not named in the Auditor General’s letter were being made redundant, when there was still employment for everybody else within the four new entities. Tony Iannello had a fixed-term contract and we expect that fixed-term contract to be paid out. That recommendation was put to me by the chair and the board. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Hang on! I still have three more questions that the member has asked me to answer. Mr J.H.D. Day : I am trying to help. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do not need the member’s help. (2) In relation to tabling information, in due course the annual report, which will contain that information on termination payments, will be tabled. Mr J.H.D. Day : Why not now? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Because it was not in my office yesterday. If it is there today, I will read it in detail and I will table it in due course and the member can read it. (3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
(2) Will the minister table full information about the payments that are of concern to the Auditor General; and, if not, why not? (3) Are any of the payments of concern to the Auditor General recoverable? (4) Has a settlement been reached with Dr Stephen van der Mye; and, if not, will the minister concede that Western Power’s position is weakened by the payment to Mr Tony Iannello? Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. (1) The Auditor General has commented on the annual report of the former Western Power, which will be tabled very soon. As part of that process, the Auditor General wrote to me and highlighted two areas of concern in his audit of the report. The first area of concern was with the way in which the redundancy and termination payments had been calculated for three executives: the chief executive officer, Mr Tony Iannello; the chief financial officer, Mr Nenad Ninkov; and the person working in the personnel relations area, Ms Libby Lyons. He raised two issues. The first was the way in which those termination payments had been calculated and the second was the way in which the evidence supporting those terminations had not been provided when he was looking for it. He did not believe there was much information and documentation supporting the calculation of those terminations. He has made no comment to me about whether they should have been terminated as a result of the break-up of Western Power. In relation to the action that was taken, the previous Minister for Energy wrote to Western Power asking why the two people and another person who was not named in the Auditor General’s letter were being made redundant, when there was still employment for everybody else within the four new entities. Tony Iannello had a fixed-term contract and we expect that fixed-term contract to be paid out. That recommendation was put to me by the chair and the board. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Hang on! I still have three more questions that the member has asked me to answer. Mr J.H.D. Day : I am trying to help. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do not need the member’s help. (2) In relation to tabling information, in due course the annual report, which will contain that information on termination payments, will be tabled. Mr J.H.D. Day : Why not now? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Because it was not in my office yesterday. If it is there today, I will read it in detail and I will table it in due course and the member can read it. (3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
(3) Are any of the payments of concern to the Auditor General recoverable? (4) Has a settlement been reached with Dr Stephen van der Mye; and, if not, will the minister concede that Western Power’s position is weakened by the payment to Mr Tony Iannello? Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. (1) The Auditor General has commented on the annual report of the former Western Power, which will be tabled very soon. As part of that process, the Auditor General wrote to me and highlighted two areas of concern in his audit of the report. The first area of concern was with the way in which the redundancy and termination payments had been calculated for three executives: the chief executive officer, Mr Tony Iannello; the chief financial officer, Mr Nenad Ninkov; and the person working in the personnel relations area, Ms Libby Lyons. He raised two issues. The first was the way in which those termination payments had been calculated and the second was the way in which the evidence supporting those terminations had not been provided when he was looking for it. He did not believe there was much information and documentation supporting the calculation of those terminations. He has made no comment to me about whether they should have been terminated as a result of the break-up of Western Power. In relation to the action that was taken, the previous Minister for Energy wrote to Western Power asking why the two people and another person who was not named in the Auditor General’s letter were being made redundant, when there was still employment for everybody else within the four new entities. Tony Iannello had a fixed-term contract and we expect that fixed-term contract to be paid out. That recommendation was put to me by the chair and the board. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Hang on! I still have three more questions that the member has asked me to answer. Mr J.H.D. Day : I am trying to help. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do not need the member’s help. (2) In relation to tabling information, in due course the annual report, which will contain that information on termination payments, will be tabled. Mr J.H.D. Day : Why not now? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Because it was not in my office yesterday. If it is there today, I will read it in detail and I will table it in due course and the member can read it. (3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
(4) Has a settlement been reached with Dr Stephen van der Mye; and, if not, will the minister concede that Western Power’s position is weakened by the payment to Mr Tony Iannello? Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. (1) The Auditor General has commented on the annual report of the former Western Power, which will be tabled very soon. As part of that process, the Auditor General wrote to me and highlighted two areas of concern in his audit of the report. The first area of concern was with the way in which the redundancy and termination payments had been calculated for three executives: the chief executive officer, Mr Tony Iannello; the chief financial officer, Mr Nenad Ninkov; and the person working in the personnel relations area, Ms Libby Lyons. He raised two issues. The first was the way in which those termination payments had been calculated and the second was the way in which the evidence supporting those terminations had not been provided when he was looking for it. He did not believe there was much information and documentation supporting the calculation of those terminations. He has made no comment to me about whether they should have been terminated as a result of the break-up of Western Power. In relation to the action that was taken, the previous Minister for Energy wrote to Western Power asking why the two people and another person who was not named in the Auditor General’s letter were being made redundant, when there was still employment for everybody else within the four new entities. Tony Iannello had a fixed-term contract and we expect that fixed-term contract to be paid out. That recommendation was put to me by the chair and the board. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Hang on! I still have three more questions that the member has asked me to answer. Mr J.H.D. Day : I am trying to help. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do not need the member’s help. (2) In relation to tabling information, in due course the annual report, which will contain that information on termination payments, will be tabled. Mr J.H.D. Day : Why not now? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Because it was not in my office yesterday. If it is there today, I will read it in detail and I will table it in due course and the member can read it. (3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. (1) The Auditor General has commented on the annual report of the former Western Power, which will be tabled very soon. As part of that process, the Auditor General wrote to me and highlighted two areas of concern in his audit of the report. The first area of concern was with the way in which the redundancy and termination payments had been calculated for three executives: the chief executive officer, Mr Tony Iannello; the chief financial officer, Mr Nenad Ninkov; and the person working in the personnel relations area, Ms Libby Lyons. He raised two issues. The first was the way in which those termination payments had been calculated and the second was the way in which the evidence supporting those terminations had not been provided when he was looking for it. He did not believe there was much information and documentation supporting the calculation of those terminations. He has made no comment to me about whether they should have been terminated as a result of the break-up of Western Power. In relation to the action that was taken, the previous Minister for Energy wrote to Western Power asking why the two people and another person who was not named in the Auditor General’s letter were being made redundant, when there was still employment for everybody else within the four new entities. Tony Iannello had a fixed-term contract and we expect that fixed-term contract to be paid out. That recommendation was put to me by the chair and the board. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Hang on! I still have three more questions that the member has asked me to answer. Mr J.H.D. Day : I am trying to help. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do not need the member’s help. (2) In relation to tabling information, in due course the annual report, which will contain that information on termination payments, will be tabled. Mr J.H.D. Day : Why not now? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Because it was not in my office yesterday. If it is there today, I will read it in detail and I will table it in due course and the member can read it. (3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. (1) The Auditor General has commented on the annual report of the former Western Power, which will be tabled very soon. As part of that process, the Auditor General wrote to me and highlighted two areas of concern in his audit of the report. The first area of concern was with the way in which the redundancy and termination payments had been calculated for three executives: the chief executive officer, Mr Tony Iannello; the chief financial officer, Mr Nenad Ninkov; and the person working in the personnel relations area, Ms Libby Lyons. He raised two issues. The first was the way in which those termination payments had been calculated and the second was the way in which the evidence supporting those terminations had not been provided when he was looking for it. He did not believe there was much information and documentation supporting the calculation of those terminations. He has made no comment to me about whether they should have been terminated as a result of the break-up of Western Power. In relation to the action that was taken, the previous Minister for Energy wrote to Western Power asking why the two people and another person who was not named in the Auditor General’s letter were being made redundant, when there was still employment for everybody else within the four new entities. Tony Iannello had a fixed-term contract and we expect that fixed-term contract to be paid out. That recommendation was put to me by the chair and the board. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Hang on! I still have three more questions that the member has asked me to answer. Mr J.H.D. Day : I am trying to help. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do not need the member’s help. (2) In relation to tabling information, in due course the annual report, which will contain that information on termination payments, will be tabled. Mr J.H.D. Day : Why not now? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Because it was not in my office yesterday. If it is there today, I will read it in detail and I will table it in due course and the member can read it. (3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
(1) The Auditor General has commented on the annual report of the former Western Power, which will be tabled very soon. As part of that process, the Auditor General wrote to me and highlighted two areas of concern in his audit of the report. The first area of concern was with the way in which the redundancy and termination payments had been calculated for three executives: the chief executive officer, Mr Tony Iannello; the chief financial officer, Mr Nenad Ninkov; and the person working in the personnel relations area, Ms Libby Lyons. He raised two issues. The first was the way in which those termination payments had been calculated and the second was the way in which the evidence supporting those terminations had not been provided when he was looking for it. He did not believe there was much information and documentation supporting the calculation of those terminations. He has made no comment to me about whether they should have been terminated as a result of the break-up of Western Power. In relation to the action that was taken, the previous Minister for Energy wrote to Western Power asking why the two people and another person who was not named in the Auditor General’s letter were being made redundant, when there was still employment for everybody else within the four new entities. Tony Iannello had a fixed-term contract and we expect that fixed-term contract to be paid out. That recommendation was put to me by the chair and the board. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Hang on! I still have three more questions that the member has asked me to answer. Mr J.H.D. Day : I am trying to help. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do not need the member’s help. (2) In relation to tabling information, in due course the annual report, which will contain that information on termination payments, will be tabled. Mr J.H.D. Day : Why not now? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Because it was not in my office yesterday. If it is there today, I will read it in detail and I will table it in due course and the member can read it. (3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : Hang on! I still have three more questions that the member has asked me to answer. Mr J.H.D. Day : I am trying to help. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do not need the member’s help. (2) In relation to tabling information, in due course the annual report, which will contain that information on termination payments, will be tabled. Mr J.H.D. Day : Why not now? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Because it was not in my office yesterday. If it is there today, I will read it in detail and I will table it in due course and the member can read it. (3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
Mr J.H.D. Day : I am trying to help. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do not need the member’s help. (2) In relation to tabling information, in due course the annual report, which will contain that information on termination payments, will be tabled. Mr J.H.D. Day : Why not now? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Because it was not in my office yesterday. If it is there today, I will read it in detail and I will table it in due course and the member can read it. (3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do not need the member’s help. (2) In relation to tabling information, in due course the annual report, which will contain that information on termination payments, will be tabled. Mr J.H.D. Day : Why not now? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Because it was not in my office yesterday. If it is there today, I will read it in detail and I will table it in due course and the member can read it. (3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
(2) In relation to tabling information, in due course the annual report, which will contain that information on termination payments, will be tabled. Mr J.H.D. Day : Why not now? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Because it was not in my office yesterday. If it is there today, I will read it in detail and I will table it in due course and the member can read it. (3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
Mr J.H.D. Day : Why not now? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Because it was not in my office yesterday. If it is there today, I will read it in detail and I will table it in due course and the member can read it. (3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : Because it was not in my office yesterday. If it is there today, I will read it in detail and I will table it in due course and the member can read it. (3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
(3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
(4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
(1) Did the minister take any action in relation to the payments prior to the issue being raised by the Auditor General? (2) Will the minister table full information about the payments that are of concern to the Auditor General; and, if not, why not? (3) Are any of the payments of concern to the Auditor General recoverable? (4) Has a settlement been reached with Dr Stephen van der Mye; and, if not, will the minister concede that Western Power’s position is weakened by the payment to Mr Tony Iannello? Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. (1) The Auditor General has commented on the annual report of the former Western Power, which will be tabled very soon. As part of that process, the Auditor General wrote to me and highlighted two areas of concern in his audit of the report. The first area of concern was with the way in which the redundancy and termination payments had been calculated for three executives: the chief executive officer, Mr Tony Iannello; the chief financial officer, Mr Nenad Ninkov; and the person working in the personnel relations area, Ms Libby Lyons. He raised two issues. The first was the way in which those termination payments had been calculated and the second was the way in which the evidence supporting those terminations had not been provided when he was looking for it. He did not believe there was much information and documentation supporting the calculation of those terminations. He has made no comment to me about whether they should have been terminated as a result of the break-up of Western Power. In relation to the action that was taken, the previous Minister for Energy wrote to Western Power asking why the two people and another person who was not named in the Auditor General’s letter were being made redundant, when there was still employment for everybody else within the four new entities. Tony Iannello had a fixed-term contract and we expect that fixed-term contract to be paid out. That recommendation was put to me by the chair and the board. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Hang on! I still have three more questions that the member has asked me to answer. Mr J.H.D. Day : I am trying to help. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do not need the member’s help. (2) In relation to tabling information, in due course the annual report, which will contain that information on termination payments, will be tabled. Mr J.H.D. Day : Why not now? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Because it was not in my office yesterday. If it is there today, I will read it in detail and I will table it in due course and the member can read it. (3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
(2) Will the minister table full information about the payments that are of concern to the Auditor General; and, if not, why not? (3) Are any of the payments of concern to the Auditor General recoverable? (4) Has a settlement been reached with Dr Stephen van der Mye; and, if not, will the minister concede that Western Power’s position is weakened by the payment to Mr Tony Iannello? Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. (1) The Auditor General has commented on the annual report of the former Western Power, which will be tabled very soon. As part of that process, the Auditor General wrote to me and highlighted two areas of concern in his audit of the report. The first area of concern was with the way in which the redundancy and termination payments had been calculated for three executives: the chief executive officer, Mr Tony Iannello; the chief financial officer, Mr Nenad Ninkov; and the person working in the personnel relations area, Ms Libby Lyons. He raised two issues. The first was the way in which those termination payments had been calculated and the second was the way in which the evidence supporting those terminations had not been provided when he was looking for it. He did not believe there was much information and documentation supporting the calculation of those terminations. He has made no comment to me about whether they should have been terminated as a result of the break-up of Western Power. In relation to the action that was taken, the previous Minister for Energy wrote to Western Power asking why the two people and another person who was not named in the Auditor General’s letter were being made redundant, when there was still employment for everybody else within the four new entities. Tony Iannello had a fixed-term contract and we expect that fixed-term contract to be paid out. That recommendation was put to me by the chair and the board. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Hang on! I still have three more questions that the member has asked me to answer. Mr J.H.D. Day : I am trying to help. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do not need the member’s help. (2) In relation to tabling information, in due course the annual report, which will contain that information on termination payments, will be tabled. Mr J.H.D. Day : Why not now? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Because it was not in my office yesterday. If it is there today, I will read it in detail and I will table it in due course and the member can read it. (3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
(3) Are any of the payments of concern to the Auditor General recoverable? (4) Has a settlement been reached with Dr Stephen van der Mye; and, if not, will the minister concede that Western Power’s position is weakened by the payment to Mr Tony Iannello? Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. (1) The Auditor General has commented on the annual report of the former Western Power, which will be tabled very soon. As part of that process, the Auditor General wrote to me and highlighted two areas of concern in his audit of the report. The first area of concern was with the way in which the redundancy and termination payments had been calculated for three executives: the chief executive officer, Mr Tony Iannello; the chief financial officer, Mr Nenad Ninkov; and the person working in the personnel relations area, Ms Libby Lyons. He raised two issues. The first was the way in which those termination payments had been calculated and the second was the way in which the evidence supporting those terminations had not been provided when he was looking for it. He did not believe there was much information and documentation supporting the calculation of those terminations. He has made no comment to me about whether they should have been terminated as a result of the break-up of Western Power. In relation to the action that was taken, the previous Minister for Energy wrote to Western Power asking why the two people and another person who was not named in the Auditor General’s letter were being made redundant, when there was still employment for everybody else within the four new entities. Tony Iannello had a fixed-term contract and we expect that fixed-term contract to be paid out. That recommendation was put to me by the chair and the board. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Hang on! I still have three more questions that the member has asked me to answer. Mr J.H.D. Day : I am trying to help. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do not need the member’s help. (2) In relation to tabling information, in due course the annual report, which will contain that information on termination payments, will be tabled. Mr J.H.D. Day : Why not now? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Because it was not in my office yesterday. If it is there today, I will read it in detail and I will table it in due course and the member can read it. (3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
(4) Has a settlement been reached with Dr Stephen van der Mye; and, if not, will the minister concede that Western Power’s position is weakened by the payment to Mr Tony Iannello? Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. (1) The Auditor General has commented on the annual report of the former Western Power, which will be tabled very soon. As part of that process, the Auditor General wrote to me and highlighted two areas of concern in his audit of the report. The first area of concern was with the way in which the redundancy and termination payments had been calculated for three executives: the chief executive officer, Mr Tony Iannello; the chief financial officer, Mr Nenad Ninkov; and the person working in the personnel relations area, Ms Libby Lyons. He raised two issues. The first was the way in which those termination payments had been calculated and the second was the way in which the evidence supporting those terminations had not been provided when he was looking for it. He did not believe there was much information and documentation supporting the calculation of those terminations. He has made no comment to me about whether they should have been terminated as a result of the break-up of Western Power. In relation to the action that was taken, the previous Minister for Energy wrote to Western Power asking why the two people and another person who was not named in the Auditor General’s letter were being made redundant, when there was still employment for everybody else within the four new entities. Tony Iannello had a fixed-term contract and we expect that fixed-term contract to be paid out. That recommendation was put to me by the chair and the board. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Hang on! I still have three more questions that the member has asked me to answer. Mr J.H.D. Day : I am trying to help. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do not need the member’s help. (2) In relation to tabling information, in due course the annual report, which will contain that information on termination payments, will be tabled. Mr J.H.D. Day : Why not now? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Because it was not in my office yesterday. If it is there today, I will read it in detail and I will table it in due course and the member can read it. (3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. (1) The Auditor General has commented on the annual report of the former Western Power, which will be tabled very soon. As part of that process, the Auditor General wrote to me and highlighted two areas of concern in his audit of the report. The first area of concern was with the way in which the redundancy and termination payments had been calculated for three executives: the chief executive officer, Mr Tony Iannello; the chief financial officer, Mr Nenad Ninkov; and the person working in the personnel relations area, Ms Libby Lyons. He raised two issues. The first was the way in which those termination payments had been calculated and the second was the way in which the evidence supporting those terminations had not been provided when he was looking for it. He did not believe there was much information and documentation supporting the calculation of those terminations. He has made no comment to me about whether they should have been terminated as a result of the break-up of Western Power. In relation to the action that was taken, the previous Minister for Energy wrote to Western Power asking why the two people and another person who was not named in the Auditor General’s letter were being made redundant, when there was still employment for everybody else within the four new entities. Tony Iannello had a fixed-term contract and we expect that fixed-term contract to be paid out. That recommendation was put to me by the chair and the board. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Hang on! I still have three more questions that the member has asked me to answer. Mr J.H.D. Day : I am trying to help. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do not need the member’s help. (2) In relation to tabling information, in due course the annual report, which will contain that information on termination payments, will be tabled. Mr J.H.D. Day : Why not now? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Because it was not in my office yesterday. If it is there today, I will read it in detail and I will table it in due course and the member can read it. (3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. (1) The Auditor General has commented on the annual report of the former Western Power, which will be tabled very soon. As part of that process, the Auditor General wrote to me and highlighted two areas of concern in his audit of the report. The first area of concern was with the way in which the redundancy and termination payments had been calculated for three executives: the chief executive officer, Mr Tony Iannello; the chief financial officer, Mr Nenad Ninkov; and the person working in the personnel relations area, Ms Libby Lyons. He raised two issues. The first was the way in which those termination payments had been calculated and the second was the way in which the evidence supporting those terminations had not been provided when he was looking for it. He did not believe there was much information and documentation supporting the calculation of those terminations. He has made no comment to me about whether they should have been terminated as a result of the break-up of Western Power. In relation to the action that was taken, the previous Minister for Energy wrote to Western Power asking why the two people and another person who was not named in the Auditor General’s letter were being made redundant, when there was still employment for everybody else within the four new entities. Tony Iannello had a fixed-term contract and we expect that fixed-term contract to be paid out. That recommendation was put to me by the chair and the board. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Hang on! I still have three more questions that the member has asked me to answer. Mr J.H.D. Day : I am trying to help. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do not need the member’s help. (2) In relation to tabling information, in due course the annual report, which will contain that information on termination payments, will be tabled. Mr J.H.D. Day : Why not now? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Because it was not in my office yesterday. If it is there today, I will read it in detail and I will table it in due course and the member can read it. (3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
(1) The Auditor General has commented on the annual report of the former Western Power, which will be tabled very soon. As part of that process, the Auditor General wrote to me and highlighted two areas of concern in his audit of the report. The first area of concern was with the way in which the redundancy and termination payments had been calculated for three executives: the chief executive officer, Mr Tony Iannello; the chief financial officer, Mr Nenad Ninkov; and the person working in the personnel relations area, Ms Libby Lyons. He raised two issues. The first was the way in which those termination payments had been calculated and the second was the way in which the evidence supporting those terminations had not been provided when he was looking for it. He did not believe there was much information and documentation supporting the calculation of those terminations. He has made no comment to me about whether they should have been terminated as a result of the break-up of Western Power. In relation to the action that was taken, the previous Minister for Energy wrote to Western Power asking why the two people and another person who was not named in the Auditor General’s letter were being made redundant, when there was still employment for everybody else within the four new entities. Tony Iannello had a fixed-term contract and we expect that fixed-term contract to be paid out. That recommendation was put to me by the chair and the board. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Hang on! I still have three more questions that the member has asked me to answer. Mr J.H.D. Day : I am trying to help. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do not need the member’s help. (2) In relation to tabling information, in due course the annual report, which will contain that information on termination payments, will be tabled. Mr J.H.D. Day : Why not now? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Because it was not in my office yesterday. If it is there today, I will read it in detail and I will table it in due course and the member can read it. (3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : Hang on! I still have three more questions that the member has asked me to answer. Mr J.H.D. Day : I am trying to help. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do not need the member’s help. (2) In relation to tabling information, in due course the annual report, which will contain that information on termination payments, will be tabled. Mr J.H.D. Day : Why not now? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Because it was not in my office yesterday. If it is there today, I will read it in detail and I will table it in due course and the member can read it. (3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
Mr J.H.D. Day : I am trying to help. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do not need the member’s help. (2) In relation to tabling information, in due course the annual report, which will contain that information on termination payments, will be tabled. Mr J.H.D. Day : Why not now? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Because it was not in my office yesterday. If it is there today, I will read it in detail and I will table it in due course and the member can read it. (3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do not need the member’s help. (2) In relation to tabling information, in due course the annual report, which will contain that information on termination payments, will be tabled. Mr J.H.D. Day : Why not now? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Because it was not in my office yesterday. If it is there today, I will read it in detail and I will table it in due course and the member can read it. (3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
(2) In relation to tabling information, in due course the annual report, which will contain that information on termination payments, will be tabled. Mr J.H.D. Day : Why not now? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Because it was not in my office yesterday. If it is there today, I will read it in detail and I will table it in due course and the member can read it. (3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
Mr J.H.D. Day : Why not now? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Because it was not in my office yesterday. If it is there today, I will read it in detail and I will table it in due course and the member can read it. (3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : Because it was not in my office yesterday. If it is there today, I will read it in detail and I will table it in due course and the member can read it. (3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
(3) Payment recoverable will come down to the view of the Auditor General. If the Auditor General recommends to me that those termination payments were calculated incorrectly and people have been overpaid - Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
Mr M.W. Trenorden : That is not his task. Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : It may not be his task - Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
Mr P.D. Omodei : You do not know what you are doing. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do. I will tell the Leader of the Opposition what I have been doing. I have been doing my job better than he has been doing his job. I will tell him what I have done: I have ordered the holder of the information, which is now the new entity, Western Power Networks, to provide me with all of the information relating to those terminations, which I will then hand to the Auditor General. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : The member for Avon is not the Auditor General. If he says that those calculations were incorrect, then, as with anybody else in the public service who was overpaid, we would expect that money back. (4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
(4) Matters relating to Mr van der Mye are still before the court.
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