❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details about the Minister for Health's knowledge of emails between Brian Burke and Neale Fong, prompting a detailed timeline of information gathering and actions taken by the Minister.
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MINISTER FOR HEALTH - EMAILS BETWEEN BRIAN BURKE AND NEALE FONG
(1) Who gave the Minister for Health the details of the emails between Brian Burke and Neale Fong, as mentioned in the minister’s ministerial statement last Thursday morning? (2) At what time and date was the minister provided with the information that there were emails between Brian Burke and Neale Fong? (3) When and how did the minister confront Dr Fong regarding the emails? Hon SUE ELLERY
(1) Who gave the Minister for Health the details of the emails between Brian Burke and Neale Fong, as mentioned in the minister’s ministerial statement last Thursday morning? (2) At what time and date was the minister provided with the information that there were emails between Brian Burke and Neale Fong? (3) When and how did the minister confront Dr Fong regarding the emails? Hon SUE ELLERY
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I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The minister’s chief of staff, Danny Cloghan. (2) On 12 June 2007, the Minister for Health’s chief of staff, Danny Cloghan, advised him that there were nine emails between Dr Fong and Mr Burke, contrary to an answer given to the member for Dawesville during estimates on 23 May 2007. The minister’s chief of staff did not at that time have any further information to give the minister other than that there had been nine exchanges of emails. On 12 June 2007, the minister requested that the full text of the emails be provided for inclusion in a statement to Parliament correcting the answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. On 15 June 2007, the attached schedule, without modifications, was forwarded by the chief of staff to the minister, who read it over the weekend of 16-17 June 2007. On 18 June 2007, the Minister for Health, through the chief of staff, sought further clarification on why the full retrieval of emails was not possible. On 19 June 2007, the minister, through the chief of staff, requested independent verification from the Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet on the inability to retrieve the full text of emails from the Department of Health’s IT system. On 20 June 2007, the DPC confirmed that the Department of Health’s IT system was unable to retrieve the full text of the emails. On 21 June 2007, the ministerial statement correcting the record was made. (3) The Minister for Health requested his chief of staff to meet with Dr Fong on 19 June and advise him that the minister was aware of the emails and would make a statement in Parliament before the end of the week to correct the inaccurate answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. The schedule read as follows - Date Time (GMT) Recipient Size (bytes) Number of Reci-pients Subject Sender 21/02/2006 0:10:17 GMT brianburke@ 611 1 Brian can meet 11 weds [email protected] 12/04/2006 0:38:41 GMT [email protected] 12333 1 Appointment brianburke@ 12/04/2006 12:25:52 GMT brianburke@ 14154 1 RE: Appointment [email protected] 20/04/2006 8:31:36 GMT [email protected] 13970 1 Assistance brianburke@ 20/04/2006 13:38:47 GMT brianburke@ 3338 1 Re: Assistance [email protected] 25/05/2006 11:47:8 GMT [email protected] 9988 1 RE: (name A) brianburke@ 29/05/2006 6:47:12 GMT brianburke@ 3126 1 Perugino’s [email protected] 29/05/2006 9:51:52 GMT brianburke@ 2086 1 Re: Perugino’s [email protected] 6/06/2006 7:59:29 GMT [email protected] 29907 1 (Name B) brianburke@
(2) At what time and date was the minister provided with the information that there were emails between Brian Burke and Neale Fong? (3) When and how did the minister confront Dr Fong regarding the emails? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The minister’s chief of staff, Danny Cloghan. (2) On 12 June 2007, the Minister for Health’s chief of staff, Danny Cloghan, advised him that there were nine emails between Dr Fong and Mr Burke, contrary to an answer given to the member for Dawesville during estimates on 23 May 2007. The minister’s chief of staff did not at that time have any further information to give the minister other than that there had been nine exchanges of emails. On 12 June 2007, the minister requested that the full text of the emails be provided for inclusion in a statement to Parliament correcting the answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. On 15 June 2007, the attached schedule, without modifications, was forwarded by the chief of staff to the minister, who read it over the weekend of 16-17 June 2007. On 18 June 2007, the Minister for Health, through the chief of staff, sought further clarification on why the full retrieval of emails was not possible. On 19 June 2007, the minister, through the chief of staff, requested independent verification from the Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet on the inability to retrieve the full text of emails from the Department of Health’s IT system. On 20 June 2007, the DPC confirmed that the Department of Health’s IT system was unable to retrieve the full text of the emails. On 21 June 2007, the ministerial statement correcting the record was made. (3) The Minister for Health requested his chief of staff to meet with Dr Fong on 19 June and advise him that the minister was aware of the emails and would make a statement in Parliament before the end of the week to correct the inaccurate answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. The schedule read as follows - Date Time (GMT) Recipient Size (bytes) Number of Reci-pients Subject Sender 21/02/2006 0:10:17 GMT brianburke@ 611 1 Brian can meet 11 weds [email protected] 12/04/2006 0:38:41 GMT [email protected] 12333 1 Appointment brianburke@ 12/04/2006 12:25:52 GMT brianburke@ 14154 1 RE: Appointment [email protected] 20/04/2006 8:31:36 GMT [email protected] 13970 1 Assistance brianburke@ 20/04/2006 13:38:47 GMT brianburke@ 3338 1 Re: Assistance [email protected] 25/05/2006 11:47:8 GMT [email protected] 9988 1 RE: (name A) brianburke@ 29/05/2006 6:47:12 GMT brianburke@ 3126 1 Perugino’s [email protected] 29/05/2006 9:51:52 GMT brianburke@ 2086 1 Re: Perugino’s [email protected] 6/06/2006 7:59:29 GMT [email protected] 29907 1 (Name B) brianburke@
(3) When and how did the minister confront Dr Fong regarding the emails? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The minister’s chief of staff, Danny Cloghan. (2) On 12 June 2007, the Minister for Health’s chief of staff, Danny Cloghan, advised him that there were nine emails between Dr Fong and Mr Burke, contrary to an answer given to the member for Dawesville during estimates on 23 May 2007. The minister’s chief of staff did not at that time have any further information to give the minister other than that there had been nine exchanges of emails. On 12 June 2007, the minister requested that the full text of the emails be provided for inclusion in a statement to Parliament correcting the answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. On 15 June 2007, the attached schedule, without modifications, was forwarded by the chief of staff to the minister, who read it over the weekend of 16-17 June 2007. On 18 June 2007, the Minister for Health, through the chief of staff, sought further clarification on why the full retrieval of emails was not possible. On 19 June 2007, the minister, through the chief of staff, requested independent verification from the Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet on the inability to retrieve the full text of emails from the Department of Health’s IT system. On 20 June 2007, the DPC confirmed that the Department of Health’s IT system was unable to retrieve the full text of the emails. On 21 June 2007, the ministerial statement correcting the record was made. (3) The Minister for Health requested his chief of staff to meet with Dr Fong on 19 June and advise him that the minister was aware of the emails and would make a statement in Parliament before the end of the week to correct the inaccurate answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. The schedule read as follows - Date Time (GMT) Recipient Size (bytes) Number of Reci-pients Subject Sender 21/02/2006 0:10:17 GMT brianburke@ 611 1 Brian can meet 11 weds [email protected] 12/04/2006 0:38:41 GMT [email protected] 12333 1 Appointment brianburke@ 12/04/2006 12:25:52 GMT brianburke@ 14154 1 RE: Appointment [email protected] 20/04/2006 8:31:36 GMT [email protected] 13970 1 Assistance brianburke@ 20/04/2006 13:38:47 GMT brianburke@ 3338 1 Re: Assistance [email protected] 25/05/2006 11:47:8 GMT [email protected] 9988 1 RE: (name A) brianburke@ 29/05/2006 6:47:12 GMT brianburke@ 3126 1 Perugino’s [email protected] 29/05/2006 9:51:52 GMT brianburke@ 2086 1 Re: Perugino’s [email protected] 6/06/2006 7:59:29 GMT [email protected] 29907 1 (Name B) brianburke@
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The minister’s chief of staff, Danny Cloghan. (2) On 12 June 2007, the Minister for Health’s chief of staff, Danny Cloghan, advised him that there were nine emails between Dr Fong and Mr Burke, contrary to an answer given to the member for Dawesville during estimates on 23 May 2007. The minister’s chief of staff did not at that time have any further information to give the minister other than that there had been nine exchanges of emails. On 12 June 2007, the minister requested that the full text of the emails be provided for inclusion in a statement to Parliament correcting the answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. On 15 June 2007, the attached schedule, without modifications, was forwarded by the chief of staff to the minister, who read it over the weekend of 16-17 June 2007. On 18 June 2007, the Minister for Health, through the chief of staff, sought further clarification on why the full retrieval of emails was not possible. On 19 June 2007, the minister, through the chief of staff, requested independent verification from the Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet on the inability to retrieve the full text of emails from the Department of Health’s IT system. On 20 June 2007, the DPC confirmed that the Department of Health’s IT system was unable to retrieve the full text of the emails. On 21 June 2007, the ministerial statement correcting the record was made. (3) The Minister for Health requested his chief of staff to meet with Dr Fong on 19 June and advise him that the minister was aware of the emails and would make a statement in Parliament before the end of the week to correct the inaccurate answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. The schedule read as follows - Date Time (GMT) Recipient Size (bytes) Number of Reci-pients Subject Sender 21/02/2006 0:10:17 GMT brianburke@ 611 1 Brian can meet 11 weds [email protected] 12/04/2006 0:38:41 GMT [email protected] 12333 1 Appointment brianburke@ 12/04/2006 12:25:52 GMT brianburke@ 14154 1 RE: Appointment [email protected] 20/04/2006 8:31:36 GMT [email protected] 13970 1 Assistance brianburke@ 20/04/2006 13:38:47 GMT brianburke@ 3338 1 Re: Assistance [email protected] 25/05/2006 11:47:8 GMT [email protected] 9988 1 RE: (name A) brianburke@ 29/05/2006 6:47:12 GMT brianburke@ 3126 1 Perugino’s [email protected] 29/05/2006 9:51:52 GMT brianburke@ 2086 1 Re: Perugino’s [email protected] 6/06/2006 7:59:29 GMT [email protected] 29907 1 (Name B) brianburke@
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The minister’s chief of staff, Danny Cloghan. (2) On 12 June 2007, the Minister for Health’s chief of staff, Danny Cloghan, advised him that there were nine emails between Dr Fong and Mr Burke, contrary to an answer given to the member for Dawesville during estimates on 23 May 2007. The minister’s chief of staff did not at that time have any further information to give the minister other than that there had been nine exchanges of emails. On 12 June 2007, the minister requested that the full text of the emails be provided for inclusion in a statement to Parliament correcting the answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. On 15 June 2007, the attached schedule, without modifications, was forwarded by the chief of staff to the minister, who read it over the weekend of 16-17 June 2007. On 18 June 2007, the Minister for Health, through the chief of staff, sought further clarification on why the full retrieval of emails was not possible. On 19 June 2007, the minister, through the chief of staff, requested independent verification from the Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet on the inability to retrieve the full text of emails from the Department of Health’s IT system. On 20 June 2007, the DPC confirmed that the Department of Health’s IT system was unable to retrieve the full text of the emails. On 21 June 2007, the ministerial statement correcting the record was made. (3) The Minister for Health requested his chief of staff to meet with Dr Fong on 19 June and advise him that the minister was aware of the emails and would make a statement in Parliament before the end of the week to correct the inaccurate answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. The schedule read as follows - Date Time (GMT) Recipient Size (bytes) Number of Reci-pients Subject Sender 21/02/2006 0:10:17 GMT brianburke@ 611 1 Brian can meet 11 weds [email protected] 12/04/2006 0:38:41 GMT [email protected] 12333 1 Appointment brianburke@ 12/04/2006 12:25:52 GMT brianburke@ 14154 1 RE: Appointment [email protected] 20/04/2006 8:31:36 GMT [email protected] 13970 1 Assistance brianburke@ 20/04/2006 13:38:47 GMT brianburke@ 3338 1 Re: Assistance [email protected] 25/05/2006 11:47:8 GMT [email protected] 9988 1 RE: (name A) brianburke@ 29/05/2006 6:47:12 GMT brianburke@ 3126 1 Perugino’s [email protected] 29/05/2006 9:51:52 GMT brianburke@ 2086 1 Re: Perugino’s [email protected] 6/06/2006 7:59:29 GMT [email protected] 29907 1 (Name B) brianburke@
(1) The minister’s chief of staff, Danny Cloghan. (2) On 12 June 2007, the Minister for Health’s chief of staff, Danny Cloghan, advised him that there were nine emails between Dr Fong and Mr Burke, contrary to an answer given to the member for Dawesville during estimates on 23 May 2007. The minister’s chief of staff did not at that time have any further information to give the minister other than that there had been nine exchanges of emails. On 12 June 2007, the minister requested that the full text of the emails be provided for inclusion in a statement to Parliament correcting the answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. On 15 June 2007, the attached schedule, without modifications, was forwarded by the chief of staff to the minister, who read it over the weekend of 16-17 June 2007. On 18 June 2007, the Minister for Health, through the chief of staff, sought further clarification on why the full retrieval of emails was not possible. On 19 June 2007, the minister, through the chief of staff, requested independent verification from the Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet on the inability to retrieve the full text of emails from the Department of Health’s IT system. On 20 June 2007, the DPC confirmed that the Department of Health’s IT system was unable to retrieve the full text of the emails. On 21 June 2007, the ministerial statement correcting the record was made. (3) The Minister for Health requested his chief of staff to meet with Dr Fong on 19 June and advise him that the minister was aware of the emails and would make a statement in Parliament before the end of the week to correct the inaccurate answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. The schedule read as follows - Date Time (GMT) Recipient Size (bytes) Number of Reci-pients Subject Sender 21/02/2006 0:10:17 GMT brianburke@ 611 1 Brian can meet 11 weds [email protected] 12/04/2006 0:38:41 GMT [email protected] 12333 1 Appointment brianburke@ 12/04/2006 12:25:52 GMT brianburke@ 14154 1 RE: Appointment [email protected] 20/04/2006 8:31:36 GMT [email protected] 13970 1 Assistance brianburke@ 20/04/2006 13:38:47 GMT brianburke@ 3338 1 Re: Assistance [email protected] 25/05/2006 11:47:8 GMT [email protected] 9988 1 RE: (name A) brianburke@ 29/05/2006 6:47:12 GMT brianburke@ 3126 1 Perugino’s [email protected] 29/05/2006 9:51:52 GMT brianburke@ 2086 1 Re: Perugino’s [email protected] 6/06/2006 7:59:29 GMT [email protected] 29907 1 (Name B) brianburke@
(2) On 12 June 2007, the Minister for Health’s chief of staff, Danny Cloghan, advised him that there were nine emails between Dr Fong and Mr Burke, contrary to an answer given to the member for Dawesville during estimates on 23 May 2007. The minister’s chief of staff did not at that time have any further information to give the minister other than that there had been nine exchanges of emails. On 12 June 2007, the minister requested that the full text of the emails be provided for inclusion in a statement to Parliament correcting the answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. On 15 June 2007, the attached schedule, without modifications, was forwarded by the chief of staff to the minister, who read it over the weekend of 16-17 June 2007. On 18 June 2007, the Minister for Health, through the chief of staff, sought further clarification on why the full retrieval of emails was not possible. On 19 June 2007, the minister, through the chief of staff, requested independent verification from the Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet on the inability to retrieve the full text of emails from the Department of Health’s IT system. On 20 June 2007, the DPC confirmed that the Department of Health’s IT system was unable to retrieve the full text of the emails. On 21 June 2007, the ministerial statement correcting the record was made. (3) The Minister for Health requested his chief of staff to meet with Dr Fong on 19 June and advise him that the minister was aware of the emails and would make a statement in Parliament before the end of the week to correct the inaccurate answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. The schedule read as follows - Date Time (GMT) Recipient Size (bytes) Number of Reci-pients Subject Sender 21/02/2006 0:10:17 GMT brianburke@ 611 1 Brian can meet 11 weds [email protected] 12/04/2006 0:38:41 GMT [email protected] 12333 1 Appointment brianburke@ 12/04/2006 12:25:52 GMT brianburke@ 14154 1 RE: Appointment [email protected] 20/04/2006 8:31:36 GMT [email protected] 13970 1 Assistance brianburke@ 20/04/2006 13:38:47 GMT brianburke@ 3338 1 Re: Assistance [email protected] 25/05/2006 11:47:8 GMT [email protected] 9988 1 RE: (name A) brianburke@ 29/05/2006 6:47:12 GMT brianburke@ 3126 1 Perugino’s [email protected] 29/05/2006 9:51:52 GMT brianburke@ 2086 1 Re: Perugino’s [email protected] 6/06/2006 7:59:29 GMT [email protected] 29907 1 (Name B) brianburke@
(3) The Minister for Health requested his chief of staff to meet with Dr Fong on 19 June and advise him that the minister was aware of the emails and would make a statement in Parliament before the end of the week to correct the inaccurate answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. The schedule read as follows - Date Time (GMT) Recipient Size (bytes) Number of Reci-pients Subject Sender 21/02/2006 0:10:17 GMT brianburke@ 611 1 Brian can meet 11 weds [email protected] 12/04/2006 0:38:41 GMT [email protected] 12333 1 Appointment brianburke@ 12/04/2006 12:25:52 GMT brianburke@ 14154 1 RE: Appointment [email protected] 20/04/2006 8:31:36 GMT [email protected] 13970 1 Assistance brianburke@ 20/04/2006 13:38:47 GMT brianburke@ 3338 1 Re: Assistance [email protected] 25/05/2006 11:47:8 GMT [email protected] 9988 1 RE: (name A) brianburke@ 29/05/2006 6:47:12 GMT brianburke@ 3126 1 Perugino’s [email protected] 29/05/2006 9:51:52 GMT brianburke@ 2086 1 Re: Perugino’s [email protected] 6/06/2006 7:59:29 GMT [email protected] 29907 1 (Name B) brianburke@
The schedule read as follows - Date Time (GMT) Recipient Size (bytes) Number of Reci-pients Subject Sender 21/02/2006 0:10:17 GMT brianburke@ 611 1 Brian can meet 11 weds [email protected] 12/04/2006 0:38:41 GMT [email protected] 12333 1 Appointment brianburke@ 12/04/2006 12:25:52 GMT brianburke@ 14154 1 RE: Appointment [email protected] 20/04/2006 8:31:36 GMT [email protected] 13970 1 Assistance brianburke@ 20/04/2006 13:38:47 GMT brianburke@ 3338 1 Re: Assistance [email protected] 25/05/2006 11:47:8 GMT [email protected] 9988 1 RE: (name A) brianburke@ 29/05/2006 6:47:12 GMT brianburke@ 3126 1 Perugino’s [email protected] 29/05/2006 9:51:52 GMT brianburke@ 2086 1 Re: Perugino’s [email protected] 6/06/2006 7:59:29 GMT [email protected] 29907 1 (Name B) brianburke@
Date Time (GMT) Recipient Size (bytes) Number of Reci-pients Subject Sender 21/02/2006 0:10:17 GMT brianburke@ 611 1 Brian can meet 11 weds [email protected] 12/04/2006 0:38:41 GMT [email protected] 12333 1 Appointment brianburke@ 12/04/2006 12:25:52 GMT brianburke@ 14154 1 RE: Appointment [email protected] 20/04/2006 8:31:36 GMT [email protected] 13970 1 Assistance brianburke@ 20/04/2006 13:38:47 GMT brianburke@ 3338 1 Re: Assistance [email protected] 25/05/2006 11:47:8 GMT [email protected] 9988 1 RE: (name A) brianburke@ 29/05/2006 6:47:12 GMT brianburke@ 3126 1 Perugino’s [email protected] 29/05/2006 9:51:52 GMT brianburke@ 2086 1 Re: Perugino’s [email protected] 6/06/2006 7:59:29 GMT [email protected] 29907 1 (Name B) brianburke@
(2) At what time and date was the minister provided with the information that there were emails between Brian Burke and Neale Fong? (3) When and how did the minister confront Dr Fong regarding the emails? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The minister’s chief of staff, Danny Cloghan. (2) On 12 June 2007, the Minister for Health’s chief of staff, Danny Cloghan, advised him that there were nine emails between Dr Fong and Mr Burke, contrary to an answer given to the member for Dawesville during estimates on 23 May 2007. The minister’s chief of staff did not at that time have any further information to give the minister other than that there had been nine exchanges of emails. On 12 June 2007, the minister requested that the full text of the emails be provided for inclusion in a statement to Parliament correcting the answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. On 15 June 2007, the attached schedule, without modifications, was forwarded by the chief of staff to the minister, who read it over the weekend of 16-17 June 2007. On 18 June 2007, the Minister for Health, through the chief of staff, sought further clarification on why the full retrieval of emails was not possible. On 19 June 2007, the minister, through the chief of staff, requested independent verification from the Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet on the inability to retrieve the full text of emails from the Department of Health’s IT system. On 20 June 2007, the DPC confirmed that the Department of Health’s IT system was unable to retrieve the full text of the emails. On 21 June 2007, the ministerial statement correcting the record was made. (3) The Minister for Health requested his chief of staff to meet with Dr Fong on 19 June and advise him that the minister was aware of the emails and would make a statement in Parliament before the end of the week to correct the inaccurate answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. The schedule read as follows - Date Time (GMT) Recipient Size (bytes) Number of Reci-pients Subject Sender 21/02/2006 0:10:17 GMT brianburke@ 611 1 Brian can meet 11 weds [email protected] 12/04/2006 0:38:41 GMT [email protected] 12333 1 Appointment brianburke@ 12/04/2006 12:25:52 GMT brianburke@ 14154 1 RE: Appointment [email protected] 20/04/2006 8:31:36 GMT [email protected] 13970 1 Assistance brianburke@ 20/04/2006 13:38:47 GMT brianburke@ 3338 1 Re: Assistance [email protected] 25/05/2006 11:47:8 GMT [email protected] 9988 1 RE: (name A) brianburke@ 29/05/2006 6:47:12 GMT brianburke@ 3126 1 Perugino’s [email protected] 29/05/2006 9:51:52 GMT brianburke@ 2086 1 Re: Perugino’s [email protected] 6/06/2006 7:59:29 GMT [email protected] 29907 1 (Name B) brianburke@
(3) When and how did the minister confront Dr Fong regarding the emails? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The minister’s chief of staff, Danny Cloghan. (2) On 12 June 2007, the Minister for Health’s chief of staff, Danny Cloghan, advised him that there were nine emails between Dr Fong and Mr Burke, contrary to an answer given to the member for Dawesville during estimates on 23 May 2007. The minister’s chief of staff did not at that time have any further information to give the minister other than that there had been nine exchanges of emails. On 12 June 2007, the minister requested that the full text of the emails be provided for inclusion in a statement to Parliament correcting the answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. On 15 June 2007, the attached schedule, without modifications, was forwarded by the chief of staff to the minister, who read it over the weekend of 16-17 June 2007. On 18 June 2007, the Minister for Health, through the chief of staff, sought further clarification on why the full retrieval of emails was not possible. On 19 June 2007, the minister, through the chief of staff, requested independent verification from the Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet on the inability to retrieve the full text of emails from the Department of Health’s IT system. On 20 June 2007, the DPC confirmed that the Department of Health’s IT system was unable to retrieve the full text of the emails. On 21 June 2007, the ministerial statement correcting the record was made. (3) The Minister for Health requested his chief of staff to meet with Dr Fong on 19 June and advise him that the minister was aware of the emails and would make a statement in Parliament before the end of the week to correct the inaccurate answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. The schedule read as follows - Date Time (GMT) Recipient Size (bytes) Number of Reci-pients Subject Sender 21/02/2006 0:10:17 GMT brianburke@ 611 1 Brian can meet 11 weds [email protected] 12/04/2006 0:38:41 GMT [email protected] 12333 1 Appointment brianburke@ 12/04/2006 12:25:52 GMT brianburke@ 14154 1 RE: Appointment [email protected] 20/04/2006 8:31:36 GMT [email protected] 13970 1 Assistance brianburke@ 20/04/2006 13:38:47 GMT brianburke@ 3338 1 Re: Assistance [email protected] 25/05/2006 11:47:8 GMT [email protected] 9988 1 RE: (name A) brianburke@ 29/05/2006 6:47:12 GMT brianburke@ 3126 1 Perugino’s [email protected] 29/05/2006 9:51:52 GMT brianburke@ 2086 1 Re: Perugino’s [email protected] 6/06/2006 7:59:29 GMT [email protected] 29907 1 (Name B) brianburke@
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The minister’s chief of staff, Danny Cloghan. (2) On 12 June 2007, the Minister for Health’s chief of staff, Danny Cloghan, advised him that there were nine emails between Dr Fong and Mr Burke, contrary to an answer given to the member for Dawesville during estimates on 23 May 2007. The minister’s chief of staff did not at that time have any further information to give the minister other than that there had been nine exchanges of emails. On 12 June 2007, the minister requested that the full text of the emails be provided for inclusion in a statement to Parliament correcting the answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. On 15 June 2007, the attached schedule, without modifications, was forwarded by the chief of staff to the minister, who read it over the weekend of 16-17 June 2007. On 18 June 2007, the Minister for Health, through the chief of staff, sought further clarification on why the full retrieval of emails was not possible. On 19 June 2007, the minister, through the chief of staff, requested independent verification from the Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet on the inability to retrieve the full text of emails from the Department of Health’s IT system. On 20 June 2007, the DPC confirmed that the Department of Health’s IT system was unable to retrieve the full text of the emails. On 21 June 2007, the ministerial statement correcting the record was made. (3) The Minister for Health requested his chief of staff to meet with Dr Fong on 19 June and advise him that the minister was aware of the emails and would make a statement in Parliament before the end of the week to correct the inaccurate answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. The schedule read as follows - Date Time (GMT) Recipient Size (bytes) Number of Reci-pients Subject Sender 21/02/2006 0:10:17 GMT brianburke@ 611 1 Brian can meet 11 weds [email protected] 12/04/2006 0:38:41 GMT [email protected] 12333 1 Appointment brianburke@ 12/04/2006 12:25:52 GMT brianburke@ 14154 1 RE: Appointment [email protected] 20/04/2006 8:31:36 GMT [email protected] 13970 1 Assistance brianburke@ 20/04/2006 13:38:47 GMT brianburke@ 3338 1 Re: Assistance [email protected] 25/05/2006 11:47:8 GMT [email protected] 9988 1 RE: (name A) brianburke@ 29/05/2006 6:47:12 GMT brianburke@ 3126 1 Perugino’s [email protected] 29/05/2006 9:51:52 GMT brianburke@ 2086 1 Re: Perugino’s [email protected] 6/06/2006 7:59:29 GMT [email protected] 29907 1 (Name B) brianburke@
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The minister’s chief of staff, Danny Cloghan. (2) On 12 June 2007, the Minister for Health’s chief of staff, Danny Cloghan, advised him that there were nine emails between Dr Fong and Mr Burke, contrary to an answer given to the member for Dawesville during estimates on 23 May 2007. The minister’s chief of staff did not at that time have any further information to give the minister other than that there had been nine exchanges of emails. On 12 June 2007, the minister requested that the full text of the emails be provided for inclusion in a statement to Parliament correcting the answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. On 15 June 2007, the attached schedule, without modifications, was forwarded by the chief of staff to the minister, who read it over the weekend of 16-17 June 2007. On 18 June 2007, the Minister for Health, through the chief of staff, sought further clarification on why the full retrieval of emails was not possible. On 19 June 2007, the minister, through the chief of staff, requested independent verification from the Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet on the inability to retrieve the full text of emails from the Department of Health’s IT system. On 20 June 2007, the DPC confirmed that the Department of Health’s IT system was unable to retrieve the full text of the emails. On 21 June 2007, the ministerial statement correcting the record was made. (3) The Minister for Health requested his chief of staff to meet with Dr Fong on 19 June and advise him that the minister was aware of the emails and would make a statement in Parliament before the end of the week to correct the inaccurate answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. The schedule read as follows - Date Time (GMT) Recipient Size (bytes) Number of Reci-pients Subject Sender 21/02/2006 0:10:17 GMT brianburke@ 611 1 Brian can meet 11 weds [email protected] 12/04/2006 0:38:41 GMT [email protected] 12333 1 Appointment brianburke@ 12/04/2006 12:25:52 GMT brianburke@ 14154 1 RE: Appointment [email protected] 20/04/2006 8:31:36 GMT [email protected] 13970 1 Assistance brianburke@ 20/04/2006 13:38:47 GMT brianburke@ 3338 1 Re: Assistance [email protected] 25/05/2006 11:47:8 GMT [email protected] 9988 1 RE: (name A) brianburke@ 29/05/2006 6:47:12 GMT brianburke@ 3126 1 Perugino’s [email protected] 29/05/2006 9:51:52 GMT brianburke@ 2086 1 Re: Perugino’s [email protected] 6/06/2006 7:59:29 GMT [email protected] 29907 1 (Name B) brianburke@
(1) The minister’s chief of staff, Danny Cloghan. (2) On 12 June 2007, the Minister for Health’s chief of staff, Danny Cloghan, advised him that there were nine emails between Dr Fong and Mr Burke, contrary to an answer given to the member for Dawesville during estimates on 23 May 2007. The minister’s chief of staff did not at that time have any further information to give the minister other than that there had been nine exchanges of emails. On 12 June 2007, the minister requested that the full text of the emails be provided for inclusion in a statement to Parliament correcting the answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. On 15 June 2007, the attached schedule, without modifications, was forwarded by the chief of staff to the minister, who read it over the weekend of 16-17 June 2007. On 18 June 2007, the Minister for Health, through the chief of staff, sought further clarification on why the full retrieval of emails was not possible. On 19 June 2007, the minister, through the chief of staff, requested independent verification from the Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet on the inability to retrieve the full text of emails from the Department of Health’s IT system. On 20 June 2007, the DPC confirmed that the Department of Health’s IT system was unable to retrieve the full text of the emails. On 21 June 2007, the ministerial statement correcting the record was made. (3) The Minister for Health requested his chief of staff to meet with Dr Fong on 19 June and advise him that the minister was aware of the emails and would make a statement in Parliament before the end of the week to correct the inaccurate answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. The schedule read as follows - Date Time (GMT) Recipient Size (bytes) Number of Reci-pients Subject Sender 21/02/2006 0:10:17 GMT brianburke@ 611 1 Brian can meet 11 weds [email protected] 12/04/2006 0:38:41 GMT [email protected] 12333 1 Appointment brianburke@ 12/04/2006 12:25:52 GMT brianburke@ 14154 1 RE: Appointment [email protected] 20/04/2006 8:31:36 GMT [email protected] 13970 1 Assistance brianburke@ 20/04/2006 13:38:47 GMT brianburke@ 3338 1 Re: Assistance [email protected] 25/05/2006 11:47:8 GMT [email protected] 9988 1 RE: (name A) brianburke@ 29/05/2006 6:47:12 GMT brianburke@ 3126 1 Perugino’s [email protected] 29/05/2006 9:51:52 GMT brianburke@ 2086 1 Re: Perugino’s [email protected] 6/06/2006 7:59:29 GMT [email protected] 29907 1 (Name B) brianburke@
(2) On 12 June 2007, the Minister for Health’s chief of staff, Danny Cloghan, advised him that there were nine emails between Dr Fong and Mr Burke, contrary to an answer given to the member for Dawesville during estimates on 23 May 2007. The minister’s chief of staff did not at that time have any further information to give the minister other than that there had been nine exchanges of emails. On 12 June 2007, the minister requested that the full text of the emails be provided for inclusion in a statement to Parliament correcting the answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. On 15 June 2007, the attached schedule, without modifications, was forwarded by the chief of staff to the minister, who read it over the weekend of 16-17 June 2007. On 18 June 2007, the Minister for Health, through the chief of staff, sought further clarification on why the full retrieval of emails was not possible. On 19 June 2007, the minister, through the chief of staff, requested independent verification from the Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet on the inability to retrieve the full text of emails from the Department of Health’s IT system. On 20 June 2007, the DPC confirmed that the Department of Health’s IT system was unable to retrieve the full text of the emails. On 21 June 2007, the ministerial statement correcting the record was made. (3) The Minister for Health requested his chief of staff to meet with Dr Fong on 19 June and advise him that the minister was aware of the emails and would make a statement in Parliament before the end of the week to correct the inaccurate answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. The schedule read as follows - Date Time (GMT) Recipient Size (bytes) Number of Reci-pients Subject Sender 21/02/2006 0:10:17 GMT brianburke@ 611 1 Brian can meet 11 weds [email protected] 12/04/2006 0:38:41 GMT [email protected] 12333 1 Appointment brianburke@ 12/04/2006 12:25:52 GMT brianburke@ 14154 1 RE: Appointment [email protected] 20/04/2006 8:31:36 GMT [email protected] 13970 1 Assistance brianburke@ 20/04/2006 13:38:47 GMT brianburke@ 3338 1 Re: Assistance [email protected] 25/05/2006 11:47:8 GMT [email protected] 9988 1 RE: (name A) brianburke@ 29/05/2006 6:47:12 GMT brianburke@ 3126 1 Perugino’s [email protected] 29/05/2006 9:51:52 GMT brianburke@ 2086 1 Re: Perugino’s [email protected] 6/06/2006 7:59:29 GMT [email protected] 29907 1 (Name B) brianburke@
(3) The Minister for Health requested his chief of staff to meet with Dr Fong on 19 June and advise him that the minister was aware of the emails and would make a statement in Parliament before the end of the week to correct the inaccurate answer given to the member for Dawesville on 23 May 2007. The schedule read as follows - Date Time (GMT) Recipient Size (bytes) Number of Reci-pients Subject Sender 21/02/2006 0:10:17 GMT brianburke@ 611 1 Brian can meet 11 weds [email protected] 12/04/2006 0:38:41 GMT [email protected] 12333 1 Appointment brianburke@ 12/04/2006 12:25:52 GMT brianburke@ 14154 1 RE: Appointment [email protected] 20/04/2006 8:31:36 GMT [email protected] 13970 1 Assistance brianburke@ 20/04/2006 13:38:47 GMT brianburke@ 3338 1 Re: Assistance [email protected] 25/05/2006 11:47:8 GMT [email protected] 9988 1 RE: (name A) brianburke@ 29/05/2006 6:47:12 GMT brianburke@ 3126 1 Perugino’s [email protected] 29/05/2006 9:51:52 GMT brianburke@ 2086 1 Re: Perugino’s [email protected] 6/06/2006 7:59:29 GMT [email protected] 29907 1 (Name B) brianburke@
The schedule read as follows - Date Time (GMT) Recipient Size (bytes) Number of Reci-pients Subject Sender 21/02/2006 0:10:17 GMT brianburke@ 611 1 Brian can meet 11 weds [email protected] 12/04/2006 0:38:41 GMT [email protected] 12333 1 Appointment brianburke@ 12/04/2006 12:25:52 GMT brianburke@ 14154 1 RE: Appointment [email protected] 20/04/2006 8:31:36 GMT [email protected] 13970 1 Assistance brianburke@ 20/04/2006 13:38:47 GMT brianburke@ 3338 1 Re: Assistance [email protected] 25/05/2006 11:47:8 GMT [email protected] 9988 1 RE: (name A) brianburke@ 29/05/2006 6:47:12 GMT brianburke@ 3126 1 Perugino’s [email protected] 29/05/2006 9:51:52 GMT brianburke@ 2086 1 Re: Perugino’s [email protected] 6/06/2006 7:59:29 GMT [email protected] 29907 1 (Name B) brianburke@
Date Time (GMT) Recipient Size (bytes) Number of Reci-pients Subject Sender 21/02/2006 0:10:17 GMT brianburke@ 611 1 Brian can meet 11 weds [email protected] 12/04/2006 0:38:41 GMT [email protected] 12333 1 Appointment brianburke@ 12/04/2006 12:25:52 GMT brianburke@ 14154 1 RE: Appointment [email protected] 20/04/2006 8:31:36 GMT [email protected] 13970 1 Assistance brianburke@ 20/04/2006 13:38:47 GMT brianburke@ 3338 1 Re: Assistance [email protected] 25/05/2006 11:47:8 GMT [email protected] 9988 1 RE: (name A) brianburke@ 29/05/2006 6:47:12 GMT brianburke@ 3126 1 Perugino’s [email protected] 29/05/2006 9:51:52 GMT brianburke@ 2086 1 Re: Perugino’s [email protected] 6/06/2006 7:59:29 GMT [email protected] 29907 1 (Name B) brianburke@
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