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Inquiry into the Memorandum of Understanding between Balga Senior High School and Manufacturing Industry Training Services Pty Ltd

Inquiry status:

Past

Date commenced:

27 Jun 2007

Tabling date:

29 May 2008

Date Ended:

29 May 2008

Committee

Estimates and Financial Operations Committee

House:

Legislative Council

Important Information:

Terms of Reference:

(1) The Standing Committee on Estimates and Financial Operations is to inquire into and report on -

a) the establishment, administration and financing of the Balga Works Program; and

b) such other relevant matters as the Committee considers appropriate.

(2) The Committee is to report to the House no later then Thursday, 18 October 2007.
Please note tabling comments below.

Submission Number	Submitting person/organisation
No submissions

Unless a venue is specified, hearings are held at the
Legislative Council Committee Rooms, Level 1, 2 Parliament Place, West Perth

Date	Time	Venue	Organisation	Witness	Broadcast	Video

Tabling Comments:

On Wednesday, 27 February 2008 the Estimates and Financial Operations Committee was granted an extension of time to report from Thursday, 13 March 2008 to Thursday, 29 May 2008.

On Tuesday, 20 November 2007 the Estimates and Financial Operations Committee was granted an extension of time to report from Thursday, 6 December 2007 to Thursday, 13 March 2008.

On Tuesday, 16 October 2007 the Estimates and Financial Operations Committee was granted an extension of time to report from Thursday, 18 October 2007 to Thursday, 6 December 2007.

Related Transcripts of Evidence:

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Evidence by.. Peter McCaffrey, Deputy Director General, Finance and Administration, Keith Newton, Acting Deputy Director General, Schools, John Garnaut, District Director, Swan Education District (Department of Education and Training) on 11 Jul 2007

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Evidence by.. Stephen Lennox, Supervised Bail Coordinator (Perth Children's Court) on 24 Sep 2007

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Evidence by.. Keith Mynard, Former President (Balga Senior High School Parents and Citizens Association Inc) on 24 Sep 2007

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Evidence by.. Mr Trevor Sprigg, MLA on 24 Sep 2007

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Evidence by.. Mr Bhupathy Padmanabham & Mr Chinni Padmanabham on 4 Oct 2007

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Evidence by.. Gary Hodge on 4 Oct 2007

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Evidence by.. Lesley Flaherty, Licensee, Real Estate Director, Laura Flaherty, Office Manager (Brooke Stone Holdings Syndicated Development) on 4 Oct 2007

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Evidence by.. Jonathan Cook (Principal, Meta Ink) on 4 Oct 2007

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Evidence by.. Michael Thorn (former Director of the Office of Crime Prevention, Department of the Premier and Cabinet) on 10 Oct 2007

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Evidence by.. John Garnaut, District Director, Swan Education District (Department of Education and Training) on 10 Oct 2007

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Evidence by.. Robert Somerville, Director, Aboriginal Education and Training (Department of Education and Training) on 15 Oct 2007

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Evidence by.. Peter McCaffrey, Deputy Director General, Finance and Administration (Department of Education and Training) on 15 Oct 2007

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Evidence by.. Steven Robins, Acting Director, Juvenile Custodial Services, (Department of Corrective Services), Peter Logan, Manager, Supervised Bail and Diversion, (Rangeview Remand Centre) on 19 Oct 2007

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Evidence by.. Mr Keith Newton, Acting Deputy Director General, Schools (Department of Education and Training) on 19 Oct 2007

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Evidence by.. Michael Carton on 22 Oct 2007

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Evidence by.. Gary Taylor, Deputy Principal (Department of Education and Training) on 1 Nov 2007

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Evidence by.. Mervyn Hammond (former Principal, Balga Senior High School) on 7 Nov 2007

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Evidence by.. Cheryl Barnett, Acting Executive Director, Metropolitan Services, Sue Renshaw, Steve Glew (Department for Child Protection) on 12 Nov 2007

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Evidence by.. Melissa Gillett, Deputy Principal/Manager Operations, Balga Senior High School on 3 Dec 2007

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Evidence by.. Peter Bass, Manager, Perth Indigenous Coordination Centre (Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs) on 25 Feb 2008

Related Reports:

Report No	Title	Date tabled	Related documents
19	Follow-up to Report 12 Balga Works Program	7 May 2009	More...
12	Balga Works Program	29 May 2008	More...
9	Interim Report on the Balga Works Inquiry: Request for a Member of the Legislative Assembly to Appear Before the Committee	18 Sep 2007

Members conducting inquiry

Members:

Hon. Giz Watson MLC
Hon. Kenneth (Ken) Dunstan Elder Travers MLC
Hon. Brian Charles Ellis MLC
Hon. Sheila Mills MLC
Hon. Helen Margaret Morton MLC

Substitute Members:

Hon. Peter Charles Collier MLC

substitute for

Hon. Brian Charles Ellis MLC

Participating Members:

A problem has occured

Staff Members:

Mrs Lisa Peterson, BA (Hons) (Advisory Officer (General))
Mrs Carolyna Malouf (Committee Clerk)