REPORTS OF OVERSEAS TRAVEL UNDERTAKEN BY MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FOR THREE MONTHS ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2014 FUNDED BY TH E PARLIAMENTARY TRAVEL ALLOWANCE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT LBAKER MLA 15~Jun - 14 14-Jul-14 LONDON, INVESTIGATE FUNCTIONS $5,918 SCOTLAND, UNDERTAKEN BY CHILDREN'S WALES COMMISS IONERS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND WALES. HON C HOLT MLC 27-Jun -14 25-Jul-14 CANADA & USA EXPLORE NEW MODELS AND $18,677 TOOLS FOR BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF REGIONAL LEADERS INCLUDING ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES TO REVITALISE THROUGH LEADERSHIP. J QUIGLEY MLA 29-Jun-14 9-Aug-14 ITALY ATIEND THE EUROPEANI $7,111 ASIAN LEGAL CONFERENCE INCLUDING SESSIONS ON REFUGEE AND OTHER AREAS OF LAW. A MITCHELL MLA 1-Ju l-14 11 -Jul-14 LONDON, ATIEND VARIOUS MEETINGS S2,024 EDINBURGH & EXCHANGING INFORMATION DUBAI ON YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES OF EMPLOYEES. INVITED TO SPEAK AT THE WOMEN IN MINING UK RECEPTION. T KRSTICEVIC MLA 8-Jul-14 19-Jul-14 GREECE ATIEND THE PARLIAMENTARY 812,050 ANZAC STUDY AND CULTURAL TOUR OF GREECE UNDERTAKING SITE VISITS AND VARIOUS MEETINGS. HON M LEWIS MLC 8-Jul-14 19-Jul-14 GREECE ATIEND THE PARLIAMENTARY 810,453 ANZAC STUDY AND CULTURAL TOUR OF GREECE UNDERTAKING SITE VISITS, INSPECT THE MAIN PORT, VISIT AND RECEIVE BRIEF ON THE ATHENS UNDERGROUND METRO SYSTEM AND ATIEND VARIOUS MEETINGS. F ALBAN MLA 8-Jul-14 19-Jul-14 GREECE ATIEND THE PARLIAMENTARY $14,698 ANZAC STUDY AND CULTURAL TOUR OF GREECE UNDERTAKING HISTORICAL SITE VISITS AND ATIEND OFFICIAL MEETINGS AT THE GREEK PARLIAMENT. HON J CHOWN MLC 8-Jul-14 21-Jul-14 GREECE COMPARE OPERATIONS OF 811,420 THE GREEK AND AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMS, INVESTIGATE TRADE & BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND LEARN FROM THE RECENT BUILDING OF A LARGE SCALE UNDERGROUND LIGHT RAIL SYSTEMS SUCH AS ATHENS. HON P KATSAMBANIS 9-Jul-14 19-Jul-14 GREECE COMPARE OPERATIONS OF SB,903 MLC THE GREEK AND AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMS, INVESTIGATE TRADE & BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND LEARN FROM THE RECENT BUILDING OF A LARGE SCALE UNDERGROUND LIGHT RAIL SYSTEMS SUCH AS ATHENS. N MORTON MLA 16-Jul-14 28-Jul-14 JAPAN FUTHER ENHANCE S7,590 RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRIES IN JAPAN, INVESTIGATE AQUACULTURE, AGRICULTURE, SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. HON N GOIRAN MLC 18-Jul-14 27-Jul-14 LONDON AITEND THE INTERNATIONAL S8,B12 CENTRE FOR PARLIAMENTARY STUDIES IN LONDON TO OBTAIN A LEVEL 5 PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE IN PARLIAMENTARY CAPACITY BUILDING. M TAYLORMLA 21-Jul-14 28-Jul-14 JAPAN FUTHER ENHANCE S10,083 RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRIES IN JAPAN, INVESTIGATE AQUACULTURE, AGRICULTURE, SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. J FARRER MLA 23-Jul-14 25-Jul-14 CANADA AITEND THE ACTING S3,844 TOGETHER-COMMUNITY UNIVERSITY RESEARCH ALLIANCE (AT-CURA) CONFERENCE SHARING, GATHERING INFORMATION AND OUTLINING ISSUES CONTRIBUTING TO JUVENILE DYSFUNCTION AND CRIME. I BLAYNEY MLA 24-Aug-14 31 -Aug -14 SOUTH KOREA LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR S4,439 WESTERN AUSTRALIA VISITING TONGYEONG GAS IMPORT TERM INAL, SAMSUNG SHI PYARD AT GOEJE. MET WITH GYEUNGSANGBUKDO PROVINICAL COUNCIL AND AITENDED THE SK OIL REFINERY. S LOVE MLA 24-Aug-14 31-Aug-14 SOUTH KOREA LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR 53,135 WESTERN AUSTRALIA VISITING TONGYEONG GAS IMPORT TERMINAL, SAMSUNG SHIPYARD AT GOEJE. MET WITH GYEUNGSANGBUKDO PROVINICAL COUNCIL AND ATIENDED THE SK OIL REFINERY. M QUIRKMLA 1-Sep-14 5-Sep-14 New Zealand AUSTRALASIAN FIRE AND 54,311 EMERGENCY SERVICE AUTHORITIES COUNCIL (AFAC) AND BUSHFIRE AND NATURAL HAZARDS CRC CONFERENCE WHERE KEY ISSUES FACING THE EMERGENCY SERVICES SECTOR WERE ADDRESSED WHICH WOULD ASSIST IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MEETINGS WITH POLICE ON A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS COVERING RECENT REFORMS IN NEW ZEALAND. TOTAL FOR PARLIAMENT TRAVEL ALLOWANCE SYSTEM VISITS: 16 $131,268 ADDENDUM - LATE SUBMISSION - REPORTS THE FOLLOWING REPORTS WERE SUBMITIED TO THE PARLIAMENTARY TRAVEL ALLOWANCE SYSTEM AFTER THE JUNE 2014 REPORT WAS SUBMITIED HON R CHAPPLE MLC 19-Jun-14 29-Jun-14 LONDON TO RAISE AWARENESS OF AND 512,085 ATIEND THE PRESENTATION OF THE ROCK ART OF THE BURRUP PENINSULA TO GAIN SUPPORT FOR ITS PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION FROM INDUSTRY AND PROMOTE WORLD HERITAGE LISTING OF THE REGION. T KRSTICEVIC MLA 20-Jun-14 26-Jun-14 CROATIA A TIEND THE FIRST EVER $6,946 CROATION DIASPORA CONGRESS TO SPEAK AT THE OPENING OF CONGRESS AND PRESENT A SPEECH ON AUSTRALlAlWESTERN AUSTRALIA AND ITS PEDPLE. TOTAL FOR PARLIAMENT TRAVEL ALLOWANCE SYSTEM VISITS: 2 $19,031 REPORT OF OVERSEAS TRAVEL UNDERTAKEN BY MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FUNDED BY TH E PARLIAMENTARY TRAVEL ALLOWANCE FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2014 This report contains a summary of all overseas travel undertaken by Members of Parliament on official business funded by the Parliamentary Travel Allowance. Government of Western Australia Department of the Premier and Cabinet PARLIAMENTARY TRAVEL REPORT FORM NAME OF MEMBER: Lisa Baker MLA DESTINA TION/S: London, Scotland, Wales DATE OF TRAVEL: 15 June-14July20l4 PURPOSE OF TRIP: The purpose of this study tour is for me to investigate the functions undertaken by children's commissioners in England, Scotland and Wales. As Chair ofWA's Joint Standing Committee on the Commissioner for Children and Young People, it is my role to educate myself so that I can lead the work of my Committee in reporting to WA Parliament. 25 JUNE 2014 MEETING LOCATION: COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION, WESTMINSTER ATTENDEES: VIJA Y KRISHNARA YAN, DIRECTOR Part of the purpose of the meeting was to determine post Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) period for CWP. The second purpose of this meeting was to determine which current policies CWP will be seeking to retain in future years. Denmark and Papua New Guinea Members of the Association are working on the next steps to these questions over the coming month. Further consultation with members will take place over the next twelve months regarding the Association's post MDG. 26 JUNE 2014 MEETING LOCATION: OFFICE OF THE CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER FOR ENGLAND, LONDON ATTENDEES: DRMAGGIE ATKINSON, COMMISSIONER Priority issues for the English Children's Commissioner are trafficking and refugee children's rights, unaccompanied minors, poverty, austerity and disability. The Commissioner also mentioned the importance of education research into exclusion and expUlsion of children from schools, including investigation into a rights­ based education system. The Commissioner has committed to forward information on these issues. The Commissioner considers her work as resting on a triangular framework, legislation including local laws at the top of the pyramid, which feed into processes and procedures in the middle, which in hIm affect the voice of the child at the base. MEETING LOCATION: CHILD RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL NETWORK (CRIN), LONDON ATTENDEES: MEAGAN LEE, LEGAL RESEARCHER CRIN is an NGO which works to research and advocate on children's rights globally. CRIN is affiliated with the University of New South Wales, National Child and Youth Law. Based on their work on the United Nations (UN) Convention on Rights of the Child, CRIN have just launched a new campaign on access to information for children who are denied information, especially as this relates to the children's safety and health, for example issues around the mental health of children who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT). 27 JUNE 2014. MEETING LOCATION: COMMONWEALTH WOMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS PAN COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE, LONDON ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------------------------~ SPEAKER: Charles Chauvel, Advisor, Parliamentary Development United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Negotiatillg a beller positioll/or 1I'omell aud girls after 2015 SPEAKER: Professor Dianne Perrons, Professor of Economic Geography and Gender Studies, London School of Economics Gellder alld Social policy - lvfakiug YOllr lvfark SPEAKER: Kemi Ogunsanya, Adviser, Gender and Political Development, Commonwealth Secretariat The Role a/Womell ill the PastlvfDG Era MEETING LOCATION: OFFICE OF TROUBLED FAMILIES PROGRAMME (TFP), LONDON ATTENDEES: EMMA JONES, DEPUTY DIRECTOR Ahead of the 20 11 election, the UK Conservative Party knew there were 120,000 troubled famil ies across the UK. 'Troubled fam ilies' has a specific and quantified meaning. These families were effectively excluded from society and unable to keep safe or progress by way of, for example, obtaining employment, completing school, securing accommodation. Troubled Families is a three year program. In 20 15 , it wi ll cost GBP 448 million. There are 152 local Troubled Fami li es coordinators in each local government authority. Coordinators are paid in the mid to higher level public service range to ensure they have the skills required to deliver and get access to a purpose-made training program on how to work with troubled families. 1 JULY 2014 MEETING LOCATION: SCOTTISH CHILDREN'S REPORTER, SCOTLAND ATTENDEES: NICK HOBBS, POLICY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER Scotland's Children's Reporter (SCR) is a body that administers the legal system put in place to intervene with problem children before they become part of the juvenile criminal justice system . Meeting discussion included an overview of the histOlY of the SCR, including the Kilbrandon Commission (in the late 1960's) which recommended that something be put in place to ensure the rights of the child and to try to keep children out of the court system. The SCR process enables teachers, family members, doctors, social workers, police, etc to call for a hearing of the Commissioners to look fo r solutions which put children first and encourage the coordination of resources to protect the child . 2 JULY 2014 . MEETING LOCATION: OFFICE OF SCOTLAND'S COMNIISSIONER FOR CI-llLDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, SCOTLAND ATTENDEES: MR TAM BAILLIE (COMMISSIONER), KATIE BROWN (!-IEAD OF EDUCATION & PARTICIPATION) AND NICO JEUTTEN (HEAD OF POLICY) The Scot1ish Children's Commissioner is the independent voice for chi ldren with partial investigatolY powers and the ability to take individual cases under new laws tlu'ough Parliament.