A WA parliamentary question on notice requests details about government mobile phone allocation and expenditure within the Fisheries Minister's office. The Minister provides some details but declines to provide expenditure information, citing resource constraints.

AnsweredQoN 227Legislative Council
Asked
26 April 2005
Portfolio
Fisheries

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Will the Minister please advise of the following in respect to the allocation of Government mobile phones in the Minister’s office -
(1) The total number of mobile phones available in the Minister’s office?
(2) The name and position of each person allocated a mobile phone?
(3) The model and make of mobile phones allocated?
(4) The total expenditure on Government related calls or messages since January 1 2004 for each person allocated a mobile phone?
(5) The total expenditure on SMS text messages for Government related business since January 1 2004 for each person allocated a mobile phone?

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Answered
22 June 2005
Responded by
Minister for Fisheries
Response time
57 days
(2 & 3) Hon Jon Ford JP MLC Minister LG TD6000 Nathan Hondros Chief of Staff Nokia 6230 Mark McGill Media Advisor Nokia 3120 Lenka (Lyn) Jager Executive Officer/PA Nokia 3120 Spare CDMA phone for travel with Policy Officers on Ministerial duties in the Regions Kyocera 3245 (4 & 5) This information is not readily available and I am not prepared to allocate the State's resources to provide a response. All staff are required to comply with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet Computing and Communications Acceptable Use Policy.
Hon Jon Ford JP MLC Minister LG TD6000 Nathan Hondros Chief of Staff Nokia 6230 Mark McGill Media Advisor Nokia 3120 Lenka (Lyn) Jager Executive Officer/PA Nokia 3120 Spare CDMA phone for travel with Policy Officers on Ministerial duties in the Regions Kyocera 3245 (4 & 5) This information is not readily available and I am not prepared to allocate the State's resources to provide a response. All staff are required to comply with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet Computing and Communications Acceptable Use Policy.
(4 & 5) This information is not readily available and I am not prepared to allocate the State's resources to provide a response. All staff are required to comply with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet Computing and Communications Acceptable Use Policy.

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