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Parliamentary Questions


Question On Notice No. 410 asked in the Legislative Council on 16 November 2021 by Hon Colin De Grussa

Question Directed to the: Leader of the House representing the Minister for Public Sector Management
Parliament: 41 Session: 1


Question

I refer to Government agencies, trading entities and boards, and I ask:
(a) how many former Ministerial staffers were appointed by the Government to boards or executive roles on Government trading entities and agencies in the years:
(i) 2018-19;
(ii) 2019-20;
(iii) 2020-21; and
(iv) 2021-22 to date; and
(b) how many of the appointments in (a)(i) to (iv) identified actual, perceived, or potential conflicts of interest as a result of holding their previous positions in Ministerial offices?

Answered on 16 December 2021

(a – b) The Department of the Premier and Cabinet advise that their systems do not capture whether individuals have ever been in a Ministerial office, either under the current term or previous terms of Governments.

To prepare the information requested by the Member would require the Department to manually review CVs and documentation on a case-by-case basis and individually check all former employee records, noting that employee records may not be readily available for historical terms.

In addition, the Department does not maintain records of executive roles for GTEs. Conflicts of interests are declared separately to each board, committee or body, and are not held by the Department.