❓ Details payments made by WA government agencies within the Environment Minister's portfolio to specific law firms for legal advice and other work in the financial years 1997-98 and 1998-99. The Department of Conservation and Land Management had the highest expenditure.
AnsweredQoN 394Legislative Assembly
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394. Mr KOBELKE to the Minister for the Environment; Labour Relations:
(1) What was the total of all payments, whether for legal advice or other work, paid by all agencies within the Minister's current portfolios in 1998-99 to each of the following law firms, including payments to related parties, and their costs -
(a) Blake Dawson Waldron;
(b) Clayton Utz;
(c) Corrs Chambers Westgarth;
(d) Freehill Hollingdale & Page;
(e) Jackson McDonald;
(f) Mallesons Stephen Jacques;
(g) Minter Ellison;
(h) Phillips Fox;
(i) Pullinger Stewart; and
(j) Skea Nelson & Hager?
(2) What was the total of all payments, whether for legal advice or other work, paid by all agencies within the Minister's current portfolios in 1997-98 to each of the following law firms, including payments to related parties, and their costs -
(a) Blake Dawson Waldron;
(b) Clayton Utz;
(c) Corrs Chambers Westgarth;
(d) Freehill Hollingdale & Page;
(e) Jackson McDonald;
(f) Mallesons Stephen Jacques;
(g) Minter Ellison;
(h) Phillips Fox;
(i) Pullinger Stewart; and
(j) Skea Nelson & Hager?
(1) What was the total of all payments, whether for legal advice or other work, paid by all agencies within the Minister's current portfolios in 1998-99 to each of the following law firms, including payments to related parties, and their costs -
(a) Blake Dawson Waldron;
(b) Clayton Utz;
(c) Corrs Chambers Westgarth;
(d) Freehill Hollingdale & Page;
(e) Jackson McDonald;
(f) Mallesons Stephen Jacques;
(g) Minter Ellison;
(h) Phillips Fox;
(i) Pullinger Stewart; and
(j) Skea Nelson & Hager?
(2) What was the total of all payments, whether for legal advice or other work, paid by all agencies within the Minister's current portfolios in 1997-98 to each of the following law firms, including payments to related parties, and their costs -
(a) Blake Dawson Waldron;
(b) Clayton Utz;
(c) Corrs Chambers Westgarth;
(d) Freehill Hollingdale & Page;
(e) Jackson McDonald;
(f) Mallesons Stephen Jacques;
(g) Minter Ellison;
(h) Phillips Fox;
(i) Pullinger Stewart; and
(j) Skea Nelson & Hager?
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Answered
14 November 2000
Response time
97 days
The Minister Replied:
WorkSafe Western Australia:
(1) Nil
(2) (a-b) Nil
(c) $12 596.64
(d-j) Nil
WorkCover WA:
(1)(a-d)Nil.
(e) $1,507.
(f-j) Nil.
(2)(a) $1,427.
(b-d) Nil.
(e) $2,325.
(f-j) Nil.
Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority:
(1-2) Nil
Department of Productivity and Labour Relations:
(1-2) Nil
Perth Zoo:
(1) Nil
(2) (a-b) Nil
(c) $285.53
(d) $144.00
(e-j) Nil.
Commissioner for Workplace Agreements:
(1) Nil.
(2) (a-e) Nil.
(f) $4 512
(g-j)Nil.
Department of the Registrar, Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission:
(1-2) Nil
Department of Environmental Protection:
(1) (a-c) Nil
(d) $1 296.50
(e-f) Nil
(g) $30.00
(h-i) Nil.
(2) (a) Nil
(b) $25.00
(c) $25.00
(d-h) Nil
Department of Conservation and Land Management:
(1) (a) $52 281.60
(b) $4 800.00
(c) Nil
(d) $110 297.51
(e) Nil
(f) $541 444.04
(g) $2 380.50
(h-i) Nil
(2) (a) $3 800.00
(b) $3 600.00
(c) $50.00
(d) $71 594.91
(e) Nil
(f) $297 971.41
(g) $1 865.00
(h-j) Nil
WorkSafe Western Australia:
(1) Nil
(2) (a-b) Nil
(c) $12 596.64
(d-j) Nil
WorkCover WA:
(1)(a-d)Nil.
(e) $1,507.
(f-j) Nil.
(2)(a) $1,427.
(b-d) Nil.
(e) $2,325.
(f-j) Nil.
Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority:
(1-2) Nil
Department of Productivity and Labour Relations:
(1-2) Nil
Perth Zoo:
(1) Nil
(2) (a-b) Nil
(c) $285.53
(d) $144.00
(e-j) Nil.
Commissioner for Workplace Agreements:
(1) Nil.
(2) (a-e) Nil.
(f) $4 512
(g-j)Nil.
Department of the Registrar, Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission:
(1-2) Nil
Department of Environmental Protection:
(1) (a-c) Nil
(d) $1 296.50
(e-f) Nil
(g) $30.00
(h-i) Nil.
(2) (a) Nil
(b) $25.00
(c) $25.00
(d-h) Nil
Department of Conservation and Land Management:
(1) (a) $52 281.60
(b) $4 800.00
(c) Nil
(d) $110 297.51
(e) Nil
(f) $541 444.04
(g) $2 380.50
(h-i) Nil
(2) (a) $3 800.00
(b) $3 600.00
(c) $50.00
(d) $71 594.91
(e) Nil
(f) $297 971.41
(g) $1 865.00
(h-j) Nil
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