A member of parliament questions the Premier about unanswered questions regarding government advertising, credit card use, and vehicle conversions, accusing the Premier of a lack of accountability. The Premier provides a non-committal response, stating information is being gathered.

AnsweredQoN 1251Legislative Assembly
Asked
29 October 2003
Portfolio
Premier

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I refer to the range of questions I asked in Parliament earlier this year on matters such as government advertising, government credit card use, the conversion of government vehicles to liquefied petroleum gas and a range of other important matters of accountability, which the Premier and his ministers refused to answer but which received considerable publicity at the time. I remind the Premier that after being criticised heavily in the media, he made a statement in this Parliament seven weeks and one day ago promising to do something about this blatant lack of accountability on behalf of him and his ministers. (1) Is the Premier aware that my questions remain unanswered to this day? (2) Will he now instruct his ministers to answer each of my questions that remains unanswered as a matter of priority? (3) As the Premier was one of the worst offenders, failing to answer even one question, when will he ensure that each and every question that I have put to him is answered in full? Dr G.I. GALLOP

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I have just been flattened by a very gentle breeze from Bunbury! All the information that the Government can gather on those issues is being gathered and I will inform the House appropriately when that information has been put together.
(1) Is the Premier aware that my questions remain unanswered to this day? (2) Will he now instruct his ministers to answer each of my questions that remains unanswered as a matter of priority? (3) As the Premier was one of the worst offenders, failing to answer even one question, when will he ensure that each and every question that I have put to him is answered in full? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: I have just been flattened by a very gentle breeze from Bunbury! All the information that the Government can gather on those issues is being gathered and I will inform the House appropriately when that information has been put together.
(2) Will he now instruct his ministers to answer each of my questions that remains unanswered as a matter of priority? (3) As the Premier was one of the worst offenders, failing to answer even one question, when will he ensure that each and every question that I have put to him is answered in full? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: I have just been flattened by a very gentle breeze from Bunbury! All the information that the Government can gather on those issues is being gathered and I will inform the House appropriately when that information has been put together.
(3) As the Premier was one of the worst offenders, failing to answer even one question, when will he ensure that each and every question that I have put to him is answered in full? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: I have just been flattened by a very gentle breeze from Bunbury! All the information that the Government can gather on those issues is being gathered and I will inform the House appropriately when that information has been put together.
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: I have just been flattened by a very gentle breeze from Bunbury! All the information that the Government can gather on those issues is being gathered and I will inform the House appropriately when that information has been put together.
I have just been flattened by a very gentle breeze from Bunbury! All the information that the Government can gather on those issues is being gathered and I will inform the House appropriately when that information has been put together.

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