A WA parliamentary question seeks detailed information on charter flight expenses incurred by the Premier's office, specifically querying a low interstate flight expenditure in 2020-21 and the use of frequent flyer points. The answer refers to a tabled paper and clarifies the low expenditure was due to cancellation fees.

AnsweredQoN 509Legislative Assembly
Asked
7 April 2022
Portfolio
Premier; Treasurer; Minister for Public Sector Management; Federal-State Relations

QuestionView source ↗

I refer to flights undertaken by the Minister’s office for the 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, and 2020–21 financial years. Further to the response to questions on notice 356 to 373, I ask again: (a) For each financial year, please specify the amount of money expended on charter transport flights by you or your ministerial office only for: (i) Intrastate travel; and (ii) Interstate travel; and (b) Referring to tabled paper 1074 provided in response
to question on notice 359 and for your / your offices 2020-21 interstate
flights: (i) Please detail how only $138.53 was spent on
interstate flights by yourself or your office in 2020-21; (ii) Where the flights were to or from; (iii) The purpose of travel; (iv) The people on those flights; and (v) The value of and type of any frequent flyer points or travel credits used to help cover the cost of interstate flights?

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Answered
10 May 2022
Response time
1 days
(a) Refer to Legislative Assembly tabled paper 1074.
(b) The $138.53 consists of non-refundable booking and cancellation fees for cancelled interstate travel. No travel occurred and no frequent flyer points or credits were attained.

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