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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 496 asked in the Legislative Council on 20 May 2020 by Hon Martin Aldridge

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

CORONAVIRUS — MINDEROO FOUNDATION

496. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health:

I refer to the $160 million in medical supplies procured by the Minderoo Foundation for resale in Australia arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.

(1) What supplies has the state government purchased from the Minderoo Foundation to date identifying —

(a) the supply;

(b) the quantity of the supply; and

(c) the unit price of the supply?

(2) Has the state government identified any quality assurance issues with the supplies purchased; and, if so, please identify those issues?

(3) Has the purchase price of supplies purchased from the Minderoo Foundation differed materially from ordinary supplies; and, if so, please detail the variations in pricing?

Hon ALANNA CLOHESY replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

(1) (a)–(c) This information is provided in table form by item, quantity and unit price. I seek leave to have the table incorporated into Hansard.

Leave granted.

The following material was incorporated —

PPE Supply Item

Quantity Ordered

Unit Price

Coveralls

31,894

$24.77

Gloves

100,000

$0.14

Safety Glasses

7,380

$6.65

Surgical Masks

296,700

$0.58*

*Average unit price

 

(2) No quality assurance issues have been identified with the purchased supplies.

(3) No.