❓ Hon Nick Goiran questions the Premier regarding the expiry and potential reintroduction of the Emergency Management Amendment (Temporary COVID-19 Provisions) Act 2022. The Premier confirms the expiry but declines to comment on future hypotheticals.
AnsweredQoN 1567Legislative Council
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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AMENDMENT (TEMPORARY COVID-19
PROVISIONS) ACT
1567. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the Leader of the House representing
the Premier:
I
refer to the Premier's response to my question without notice on 15 June
2023 in which he informed the house that the provisions of the Emergency
Management Amendment (Temporary COVID-19 Provisions) Act 2022 would expire on 3
November 2024.
(1) Can the Premier confirm that
these provisions have now indeed expired?
(2) Will the Premier commit, without equivocation, to
not reintroducing such provisions that saw responsibility for some emergency powers shifted away from
ministerial level to public servant level for the last two years?
(3) Further to (2), will the Premier commit that any
use of emergency powers will be rare, that the responsibility for such
powers will start and finish at ministerial level and that the government will
cooperate with oversight undertaken by Parliament?
(4) If no to any of the above, why
not?
PROVISIONS) ACT
1567. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the Leader of the House representing
the Premier:
I
refer to the Premier's response to my question without notice on 15 June
2023 in which he informed the house that the provisions of the Emergency
Management Amendment (Temporary COVID-19 Provisions) Act 2022 would expire on 3
November 2024.
(1) Can the Premier confirm that
these provisions have now indeed expired?
(2) Will the Premier commit, without equivocation, to
not reintroducing such provisions that saw responsibility for some emergency powers shifted away from
ministerial level to public servant level for the last two years?
(3) Further to (2), will the Premier commit that any
use of emergency powers will be rare, that the responsibility for such
powers will start and finish at ministerial level and that the government will
cooperate with oversight undertaken by Parliament?
(4) If no to any of the above, why
not?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) Yes.
(2)–(4) The Premier is not
going to entertain hypotheticals.
Hon STEVE MARTIN : President.
The PRESIDENT : Hon Steve
Martin.
Hon STEVE MARTIN : How am I supposed
to concentrate? My question without notice of which some notice has been given —
The PRESIDENT : Member, could
you just hold on a minute to allow the other member to gracefully return to his
seat?
some notice of the question.
(1) Yes.
(2)–(4) The Premier is not
going to entertain hypotheticals.
Hon STEVE MARTIN : President.
The PRESIDENT : Hon Steve
Martin.
Hon STEVE MARTIN : How am I supposed
to concentrate? My question without notice of which some notice has been given —
The PRESIDENT : Member, could
you just hold on a minute to allow the other member to gracefully return to his
seat?
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