LOTTERYWEST GRANTS — VICTORY LIFE CENTRE
117. Hon PETER COLLIER to
the Leader of the House representing the Premier:
I
refer to the email exchange between Lannie Le-Patterson, senior media adviser
in the Premier's office; Holly Wood, senior manager of media and communications at Lotterywest Healthway; and
James Mooney, on Thursday, 1 October 2020, and Friday, 2 October 2020,
obtained under FOI, which states in part —
We're
meeting with this group tomorrow so if this does attract media attention it
would likely be over the weekend.
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When
organisations complete their application are there guidelines that they get to
review and can we point to the fact they don't meet the
guidelines as outlined in the application process as well?
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Is there
somewhere on the website that talks about inclusion and aligning with our
values?
Honestly, you could not make up this stuff.
(1) Was there any
information on the Lotterywest website that referred to inclusion and having to
align with Lotterywest values when Margaret Court Community Outreach made its
application; and, if so, where on the website?
(2) Does such
information referred to in (1) exist now; and, if so, where on the website?
(3) Did Ms
Le-Patterson inform or discuss this issue with the Premier or anyone from the
Premier's office once she had received it on 1 October 2020?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) Yes; in the assessment criteria for the ''Supporting
the Most Vulnerable'' grant program of the COVID-19 relief fund.
(2) Yes, as stated in (1), and in the ''Community
Investment Framework'' published on the Lotterywest website.
(3) As the
Premier's office received media inquiries in relation to this matter,
with Margaret Court herself issuing a media release, the Premier's
senior media adviser discussed the issue with staff.