DEPARTMENT OF MINES, INDUSTRY REGULATION AND SAFETY
—SOUTH METROPOLITAN
PERSONNEL INC
641. Hon PETER COLLIER to the minister representing the
Minister for Commerce:
My question was to the Leader of the House representing the
Minister for Commerce, but I think it was redirected, and I thank the minister
for that; it is not that difficult.
(1) Is the
Minister for Commerce aware whether the Department of Mines, Industry
Regulation and Safety had conducted an investigation into the organisation SMP
lifeskills2work?
(2) If yes to
(1), did the investigation make any findings that any directors of SMP
lifeskills2work have failed to disclose a material personal financial interest
under the Associations Incorporation Act 2015; and, if so, what were those
findings?
(3) If yes to (1), did the investigation make any
findings that any directors of SMP lifeskills2work had voted on contracts that
they had a material personal financial interest under the Associations
Incorporation Act 2015; and, if so, what were those findings?
(4) What was the value of the contracts outlined in (3)?
(5) What is the total value of government funding to SMP
lifeskills2work in 2018?
Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN
replied:
I thank the member for the
question. The following information has been provided by the Minister for
Commerce.
(1) SMP lifeskills is a business name registered to
South Metropolitan Personnel Inc. A complaint was made in 2018 to the
Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety about South Metropolitan
Personnel Inc. The department investigated the complaint allegations.
(2) The
department has completed its investigation. Information gathered as part of
that investigation contains personal information that is subject to
confidentiality provisions of the Fair Trading Act 2010. The commissioner is
bound by these provisions, and unless the commissioner determines to name any
entity or issue a warning, the outcome is not public information.
(3) The
department has completed its investigation. The commissioner is bound by the
confidentiality provisions of the FTA and it is not public information.
(4) The
commissioner is bound by the confidentiality provisions of the FTA and it is
not public information.
(5) Information
available on the public register maintained by the Australian Charities and
Not-for-profits Commission indicates that in 2018 South Metropolitan Personnel
Inc's total income was $4 516 419, and 90.23 per cent of this income
was from government grants.