PUBLIC TRUSTEE — FEES
661. Mr P.J. RUNDLE to the Attorney General:
I have a supplementary question. The
Treasury review covers only one aspect of the funding model. What hope do the
many vulnerable and dissatisfied Public Trustee clients have that the Attorney General
will take this matter seriously rather than pushing them to the side with this
limited Department of Treasury review?
Mr J.R.
QUIGLEY replied:
The Auditor General's report
did not identify any particular beneficiaries who were suffering in Western Australia
by reason of maladministration. It simply did
not. The Auditor General reported on the fee structure of the Public Trustee's
office, which I have previously explained was a self-funding model introduced
by a previous government. The Auditor General did not identify any particular
beneficiary that was currently suffering by reason of the administration of
that office, but drew attention to the fact that there was some unexplained fee
charging that had been set by Treasury.
Treasury is looking at the fee structure charged for work by the office of the
Public Trustee and the Auditor General is doing the audit work.
The SPEAKER: Members, that
concludes question time.