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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 661 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 26 October 2022 by Mr P.J. Rundle

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

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.