The mines minister and the environment minister’s husband. Oh dear…

And add Barnett’s Daughter in Law working for Woodside, and is the Boss of Mr Faragher, what a tangled web. Can you imagine the outcry if it was a labor politician involved ?

Premier Colin Barnett was facing fresh conflict of interest claims in his State Development portfolio last night after it was revealed that his daughter-in-law Sasha Pendal works as a senior executive with gas giant Woodside.

Mr Barnett has insisted that Environment Minister Donna Faragher refer issues concerning Woodside to Planning Minister John Day because her husband Scott Faragher works for Woodside in government relations.

Ms Pendal, who is married to Mr Barnett’s son Russell, is Mr Faragher’s boss in her position as Director of Government Relations and Sustainability on Woodside’s Sunrise LNG project in the Timor Sea.

Although Mr Faragher transferred to the Sunrise project when his wife became Environment Minister in order to avoid any conflict of interest concerns, Mr Barnett told The West Australian this week that, on the advice of the Crown Solicitor, he had put in place a procedure for the Planning Minister to deal with any issues related to Woodside and the environment in Mrs Faragher’s place.

A Woodside spokesman said yesterday that Ms Pendal, the daughter of late Liberal and Independent South Perth MP Phil Pendal, dealt with the Australian, East Timorese and Northern Territory governments in her position but not the WA Government, although she is based at the company’s Perth headquarters.

http://handsoffcountry.blogspot.com/2008/11/barnett-facing-fresh-interest-conflict.html

’m guessing one’d be Norman Moore… who else?

The Environment Minister Donna Faragher, her Hubby works for Woodside.

Well, well. Looks like we mine uranium now. It’ll be interesting to see what happens to the Greens vote due to this… when’s the next poll-type thing in WA?

And 2 Ministers (well 1 Minister and a spouse of the other) will benefit quite well financially by the descision.

Deputy Speaker is Michael Sutherland, the Part-time Member for Mt Lawley who is so untroubled by his new burden of electoral commitments he has opted to remain an active Deputy Mayor for Perth.

Another Part Time pollie is the Member for Swan Hills who will combine his duties as a City of Swan Councillor, along with his Parliment duties until the next lot of local council elections until next year, I think the member for Wanneroo, Albert “Boyband” Jacobs and Sutherland are also citing the same reason – to prevent a council By-Election.

Glen @9
The worrying thing with stadium is not so much what should be built, but the ease with which Barnett throws an expensive, independent, 2-yr review out the window because he thinks he knows something they don’t. Seems to be becoming a habit.