PLANNING SCHEME
AMENDMENTS — CONFLICT OF INTEREST
655. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the minister representing the
Minister for Planning:
I refer to the Minister for Planning's
answers to my questions without notice 605 and 640 on 11 and 12 June about the
management of conflicts of interest in the planning portfolio.
(1) For each of
the four scheme amendments, when did the minister realise that she had a perceived
or potential conflict of interest?
(2) To whom did
the minister declare these conflicts and when?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(2) As
per the Ministerial Code of Conduct, a minister is required to disclose an
interest held by themselves, a spouse, de facto partner or dependent family
member. In relation to the local planning scheme amendments and the draft
planning scheme, the minister went further than the requirements of the
Ministerial Code of Conduct by also making declarations about her electorate
office and interests held by non-dependent family members.
Following the minister being
presented with the amendments and the draft planning scheme, the minister wrote
to: the Premier, Minister Wyatt and the directors general of the Department of
the Premier and Cabinet and the Department of Planning on 29 June 2017 about
City of Swan local planning scheme 17, amendment 138, and the draft City of
Vincent local planning scheme 2; the Premier, Minister Tinley and the directors
general of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and the Department of
Planning, Lands and Heritage on 27 February 2018 about Town of Victoria Park town
planning scheme 1, amendment 73; and the Premier, Minister Tinley and the
directors general of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and the
Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage on 26 November 2018 about City of
Armadale town planning scheme 4, amendment 95.