Hon. Simon O'Brien questions the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure regarding a request from the Expenditure Review Committee to LandCorp to review and potentially defer capital works. The Minister declines to answer, citing cabinet confidentiality and disputing the question's premise.

AnsweredQoN 1012Legislative Council
Asked
25 October 2007
Portfolio
Planning and Infrastructure

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EXPENDITURE REVIEW COMMITTEE - CAPITAL WORKS PROGRAM REVIEW 1012. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure: Another in a series! I refer to the request by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet’s expenditure review committee for all agencies to review their capital works program, including a rigorous assessment of the viability of deferring between 20 per cent and 25 per cent of their planned 2007-08 building construction works. (1) When was this request conveyed to LandCorp? (2) Has the rigorous assessment of LandCorp building construction works commenced in accordance with the expenditure review committee’s directive? Hon ADELE FARINA

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I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The minister has provided the following answers - (1)-(2) The deliberations of cabinet, including cabinet subcommittees, are confidential, but the minister assures the member that the presumption in the question is entirely wrong.
EXPENDITURE REVIEW COMMITTEE - CAPITAL WORKS PROGRAM REVIEW
Another in a series! I refer to the request by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet’s expenditure review committee for all agencies to review their capital works program, including a rigorous assessment of the viability of deferring between 20 per cent and 25 per cent of their planned 2007-08 building construction works. (1) When was this request conveyed to LandCorp? (2) Has the rigorous assessment of LandCorp building construction works commenced in accordance with the expenditure review committee’s directive? Hon ADELE FARINA replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The minister has provided the following answers - (1)-(2) The deliberations of cabinet, including cabinet subcommittees, are confidential, but the minister assures the member that the presumption in the question is entirely wrong.
(1) When was this request conveyed to LandCorp? (2) Has the rigorous assessment of LandCorp building construction works commenced in accordance with the expenditure review committee’s directive? Hon ADELE FARINA replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The minister has provided the following answers - (1)-(2) The deliberations of cabinet, including cabinet subcommittees, are confidential, but the minister assures the member that the presumption in the question is entirely wrong.
(2) Has the rigorous assessment of LandCorp building construction works commenced in accordance with the expenditure review committee’s directive? Hon ADELE FARINA replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The minister has provided the following answers - (1)-(2) The deliberations of cabinet, including cabinet subcommittees, are confidential, but the minister assures the member that the presumption in the question is entirely wrong.
Hon ADELE FARINA replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The minister has provided the following answers - (1)-(2) The deliberations of cabinet, including cabinet subcommittees, are confidential, but the minister assures the member that the presumption in the question is entirely wrong.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The minister has provided the following answers - (1)-(2) The deliberations of cabinet, including cabinet subcommittees, are confidential, but the minister assures the member that the presumption in the question is entirely wrong.
(1)-(2) The deliberations of cabinet, including cabinet subcommittees, are confidential, but the minister assures the member that the presumption in the question is entirely wrong.

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