❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details on ministerial staff conflicts of interest, familial relationships with the Minister, and ethics training completion. The Minister provides limited information, citing confidentiality and directing the questioner to raise specific concerns.
AnsweredQoN 323Legislative Assembly
Asked
18 May 2017
Member
Portfolio
Mines and Petroleum; Commerce and Industrial Relations; Electoral Affairs; Asian Engagement
QuestionView source ↗
Will the Minister indicate the following information for all staff members working in their Ministerial office, as of 16 May 2017, including those on secondment, placement or attachment to the office: (a) has any staff member declared any conflicts of interests with the Minister, Minister's Chief of Staff, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet or the Public Sector Commission: (i) If yes, please provide the name of the staff member, the nature of the conflict, who has been notified of the conflict and the date and the agreed way of managing the conflict; (b) are they a relative of the Minister: (i) If yes, please provide the name of the staff member and the relationship to the Minister; and (c) have they completed the required ethics and integrity training by the Public Sector Commission or the Department of the Premier and Cabinet: (i) If yes, please provide the name of the staff member and the date they completed the training; and (ii) If no, why not?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
20 June 2017
Responded by
Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Commerce and Industrial Relations; Electoral Affairs; Asian Engagement
Response time
7 days
(a) As the Member is aware Ministerial staff are required to comply with the Department’s Code of Conduct. Declarations made to the Department by employees are personal and confidential. If the Member has a specific conflict of interest matter he wishes to raise the Member can ask that particular question.
(b) No
(i) Not applicable
(c) Yes
(d) The following Ministerial office staff completed training on 4 May 2017:
Neil Roberts
Ron Sao
David Alexander
Penny Bond
Vetti Kakulas
Stephanie Dubois
Eleanor Egan
Lidia Tenaglia
Courtney Taylor
Belinda Linke
(ii) Not applicable
(b) No
(i) Not applicable
(c) Yes
(d) The following Ministerial office staff completed training on 4 May 2017:
Neil Roberts
Ron Sao
David Alexander
Penny Bond
Vetti Kakulas
Stephanie Dubois
Eleanor Egan
Lidia Tenaglia
Courtney Taylor
Belinda Linke
(ii) Not applicable
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