Letting of Contracts at Central TAFE Public Hearing AM session

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21/44/mjd THE COMMISSIONER: Mr Tooker, your next witness is? TOOKER, MR: Joseph Rooney. THE COMMISSIONER: Mr Joseph Rooney. ROONEY, JOSEPH CONNELL called: THE COMMISSIONER: Mr Rooney, before your examination commences I must ask you to either take an oath or an affirmation. What would you prefer to do?---The oath, sir. All right. ROONEY, JOSEPH CONNELL sworn: THE COMMISSIONER: Thank you, now please sit down, Mr Rooney. I must now tell you of your rights and obligations under the Corruption and Crime Commission Act. That provides that if you fail to produce any document as required by the summons or if you fail to answer any question relevant to the investigation that I require you to answer you may be in contempt of the Commission. You are not excused from the requirement to answer the question on the ground that the answer might incriminate you or tend to incriminate you or make you liable to a penalty. You may accept that when Mr Tooker asks you a question he is doing so on my behalf and you must answer. If I take the view the question is inappropriate I will intervene but in the absence of that intervention, however, you must proceed to answer the question. I may ask you some questions myself in the course of the examination but for the most part it will be carried out by Mr Tooker. However, the legislation provides protection in the following way: a statement made by you in answer to a question that I require you to answer is not admissible in evidence against you in any criminal proceedings or proceedings for the imposition of a penalty except contempt proceedings, proceedings for an offence against the act or disciplinary proceedings. You must give truthful evidence in this examination. If you fail in that respect you will commit an offence under the act attracting penalties which may be significant. In proceedings brought against you for that offence your evidence here that is relevant will be admissible against you. You have no observations, Mr Tooker? TOOKER, MR: No, Commissioner. THE COMMISSIONER: examination. If you would now commence the TOOKER, MR: Certainly. Mr Rooney, I understand that at one point you did work for 4/10/06 ROONEY, J.C. XN 214 11.52 Spark & Cannon
21/45/mjd Central TAFE. Is that correct?---Yes, sir, I did. When was that?---I believe that was July of 2003 to end of June 2004. What was your position at Central TAFE for that year? ---Contracts officer. Were you permanent or not?---No, sir, I was a contractor. As a contracts officer, was it your role to do up the contracts in the procurement area of Central TAFE?---Yes, sir, I assisted the project managers, program managers to write their scope of work. I helped put together the tenders that were published and when we received bids I sat on the evaluation panels and assisted the other members. My job was to advise them of the commercial responsibilities and things they had to deal with. They actually took care of the technical aspect of the evaluation. How long had you been working in the procurement area as at July to June 2004?---Prior to that? Yes?---I've spent approximately 30 years in the contracts area. State of California and then as a contractor for various government agencies and private corporations since I arrived in Australia in December of 1996. How long in WA?---All of it in WA. 96 onwards?---10 years. All right?---Yes. Who was your immediate supervisor at Central TAFE?---My immediate line supervisor was Phil Bianchi but frequently I reported to Bryan Nicholson for day-to-day operational needs. All right, was he the procurement coordinator? Was that his - - -?---I don't really remember what Phil's title was. Truthfully I don't pay attention to titles. Okay. Anyway, Phil Bianchi was your immediate line supervisor?---Yes, sir. Just answer this question yes or no and we will move on. Were you the procurement officer who worked on the student journey project?---Yes, sir. How is it that you got involved?---I don't remember the exact date but I was called in to Phil Bianchi's office. he asked me to come in, he said Steve Musson had a contract he wanted me to work on. Steve was there with me and Phil and Bryan was at his desk as well. Steve said something to 4/10/06 ROONEY, J.C. XN 215 Spark & Cannon
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