❓ Hon Neil Thomson questions the Premier's criticism of the Auditor General's report on election campaign advertising, given the Auditor General's independent statutory role. The Premier's response refers back to the government's response in the report.
AnsweredQoN 649Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
ELECTION CAMPAIGN ADVERTISING — AUDITOR GENERAL'S
REPORT
649. Hon NEIL THOMSON to the Leader of the House
representing the Premier:
I refer to the recent Auditor
General's report on campaign advertising and note the response to a previous
question when the Premier said —
Unfortunately, some of the audit's
findings contradict the independent review of WA's COVID-19 management
and response and seeks to undermine WA's world-leading response to the
pandemic.
Let that sink in. It was also noted
on the website that the Auditor General's role is to provide Parliament
with —
� independent and impartial assurance
from the Auditor General that public sector entities are providing services and
using public money in accordance with Parliament's purpose.
Given
the Premier's extraordinary criticism of the Auditor General, who plays
a very important independent statutory role, what steps is the Premier
taking to reconcile this?
REPORT
649. Hon NEIL THOMSON to the Leader of the House
representing the Premier:
I refer to the recent Auditor
General's report on campaign advertising and note the response to a previous
question when the Premier said —
Unfortunately, some of the audit's
findings contradict the independent review of WA's COVID-19 management
and response and seeks to undermine WA's world-leading response to the
pandemic.
Let that sink in. It was also noted
on the website that the Auditor General's role is to provide Parliament
with —
� independent and impartial assurance
from the Auditor General that public sector entities are providing services and
using public money in accordance with Parliament's purpose.
Given
the Premier's extraordinary criticism of the Auditor General, who plays
a very important independent statutory role, what steps is the Premier
taking to reconcile this?
AnswerView source ↗
I
thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. The government's
response was provided in the report.
thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. The government's
response was provided in the report.
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