WARMUN COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT — RALPH ADDIS
1485. Hon PETER COLLIER to
the Minister for Regional Development:
I refer to the allegations of
corruption against Mr Paul Whyte, former senior public servant of the
Department of Communities.
(1) What was the
relationship between Mr Addis as a member of the Warmun reconstruction task
force with Paul Whyte and Grahame Searle?
(2) What direct
or indirect dealings did Mr Addis have with Paul Whyte and Grahame Searle?
(3) What was the
relationship between Mr Addis and Craig Dale and what direct or indirect
dealings did he have with Mr Dale?
(4) Was Mr Addis
ever in the employment of Stellar Corporate Solutions Pty Ltd?
Hon
ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:
I thank the member for the question
and I provide the following answer.
(1) Nil.
(2) I am advised
that Mr Addis had a professional working relationship with Mr Whyte while Mr
Whyte was acting director general of the Department of Regional Development
from August 2014 to November 2014 via Mr Addis's role as chairman of
the Kimberley Development Commission and as a member of the Regional
Development Council. Mr Addis had a professional working relationship with Mr
Searle via Mr Addis's role as CEO of the Wunan Foundation and then
chairman of the KDC, both in relation to regional housing and transitional
housing initiatives. Mr Addis had a professional relationship with both Mr Whyte and Mr Searle following Mr Addis's
commencement with the public sector in 2014. In late 2015, Mr Searle was
appointed to the position of program leader of the state services reform unit,
which was administratively attached to the Department of Regional Development,
and as a result, Mr Addis had a close professional relationship with Mr Searle
and this program.
(3) As disclosed
in the letter tabled yesterday, in 2011–12, Mr Ralph Addis as an
employee of Warmun Community Inc had professional contact with Mr Craig Dale,
who was the Department of Housing's project manager for the Warmun
project. In 2011–12, Mr Addis was CEO of Warmun Community Inc when a decision
was made by the community to engage Mr Dale to assist with business planning
for a roadhouse project and for the project management of the airstrip upgrade.
Between 2013 and 2014, after a move to Perth, Mr Addis was engaged as a part-time
consultant for Stellar. I understand the projects worked on were not connected
with Warmun.
(4) As disclosed yesterday, yes.