❓ Hon George Cash asks the Minister for Energy whether they have withheld information from Parliament under the Financial Management Act 2006. The Minister denies doing so. The question is repeated multiple times in the document.
AnsweredQoN 931Legislative Council
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ACT - REPORTING BY MINISTER FOR ENERGY
(1) Since the Financial Management Act 2006 came into effect, has the Minister for Energy made a decision that is reasonable and appropriate to not provide Parliament with information concerning any conduct or operation of an agency as defined in the act? (2) If so, what issue or matter was the subject of the decision? (3) Has the Minister for Energy provided the Auditor General with written notice of such a decision; and, if so, on what date? Hon KIM CHANCE
(1) Since the Financial Management Act 2006 came into effect, has the Minister for Energy made a decision that is reasonable and appropriate to not provide Parliament with information concerning any conduct or operation of an agency as defined in the act? (2) If so, what issue or matter was the subject of the decision? (3) Has the Minister for Energy provided the Auditor General with written notice of such a decision; and, if so, on what date? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank Hon George Cash for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The minister presumes that the question relates to section 82 of the Financial Management Act 2006 concerning a decision by a minister to not provide information to Parliament about the conduct or operation of an agency. An “agency” is defined in the act as a department, sub-department or statutory authority listed in schedule 1 of that act. The Minister for Energy advises that he is not aware of any occasions on which he has decided to not provide information to Parliament that he was obliged by the Financial Management Act 2006 to provide to Parliament on the conduct or operation of an agency in the energy portfolio. Hon George Cash : What does that actually mean - the shortened version? Hon KIM CHANCE : That is a very clear answer.
(2) If so, what issue or matter was the subject of the decision? (3) Has the Minister for Energy provided the Auditor General with written notice of such a decision; and, if so, on what date? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon George Cash for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The minister presumes that the question relates to section 82 of the Financial Management Act 2006 concerning a decision by a minister to not provide information to Parliament about the conduct or operation of an agency. An “agency” is defined in the act as a department, sub-department or statutory authority listed in schedule 1 of that act. The Minister for Energy advises that he is not aware of any occasions on which he has decided to not provide information to Parliament that he was obliged by the Financial Management Act 2006 to provide to Parliament on the conduct or operation of an agency in the energy portfolio. Hon George Cash : What does that actually mean - the shortened version? Hon KIM CHANCE : That is a very clear answer.
(3) Has the Minister for Energy provided the Auditor General with written notice of such a decision; and, if so, on what date? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon George Cash for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The minister presumes that the question relates to section 82 of the Financial Management Act 2006 concerning a decision by a minister to not provide information to Parliament about the conduct or operation of an agency. An “agency” is defined in the act as a department, sub-department or statutory authority listed in schedule 1 of that act. The Minister for Energy advises that he is not aware of any occasions on which he has decided to not provide information to Parliament that he was obliged by the Financial Management Act 2006 to provide to Parliament on the conduct or operation of an agency in the energy portfolio. Hon George Cash : What does that actually mean - the shortened version? Hon KIM CHANCE : That is a very clear answer.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon George Cash for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The minister presumes that the question relates to section 82 of the Financial Management Act 2006 concerning a decision by a minister to not provide information to Parliament about the conduct or operation of an agency. An “agency” is defined in the act as a department, sub-department or statutory authority listed in schedule 1 of that act. The Minister for Energy advises that he is not aware of any occasions on which he has decided to not provide information to Parliament that he was obliged by the Financial Management Act 2006 to provide to Parliament on the conduct or operation of an agency in the energy portfolio. Hon George Cash : What does that actually mean - the shortened version? Hon KIM CHANCE : That is a very clear answer.
I thank Hon George Cash for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The minister presumes that the question relates to section 82 of the Financial Management Act 2006 concerning a decision by a minister to not provide information to Parliament about the conduct or operation of an agency. An “agency” is defined in the act as a department, sub-department or statutory authority listed in schedule 1 of that act. The Minister for Energy advises that he is not aware of any occasions on which he has decided to not provide information to Parliament that he was obliged by the Financial Management Act 2006 to provide to Parliament on the conduct or operation of an agency in the energy portfolio. Hon George Cash : What does that actually mean - the shortened version? Hon KIM CHANCE : That is a very clear answer.
(1)-(3) The minister presumes that the question relates to section 82 of the Financial Management Act 2006 concerning a decision by a minister to not provide information to Parliament about the conduct or operation of an agency. An “agency” is defined in the act as a department, sub-department or statutory authority listed in schedule 1 of that act. The Minister for Energy advises that he is not aware of any occasions on which he has decided to not provide information to Parliament that he was obliged by the Financial Management Act 2006 to provide to Parliament on the conduct or operation of an agency in the energy portfolio. Hon George Cash : What does that actually mean - the shortened version? Hon KIM CHANCE : That is a very clear answer.
Hon George Cash : What does that actually mean - the shortened version? Hon KIM CHANCE : That is a very clear answer.
Hon KIM CHANCE : That is a very clear answer.
(2) If so, what issue or matter was the subject of the decision? (3) Has the Minister for Energy provided the Auditor General with written notice of such a decision; and, if so, on what date? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon George Cash for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The minister presumes that the question relates to section 82 of the Financial Management Act 2006 concerning a decision by a minister to not provide information to Parliament about the conduct or operation of an agency. An “agency” is defined in the act as a department, sub-department or statutory authority listed in schedule 1 of that act. The Minister for Energy advises that he is not aware of any occasions on which he has decided to not provide information to Parliament that he was obliged by the Financial Management Act 2006 to provide to Parliament on the conduct or operation of an agency in the energy portfolio. Hon George Cash : What does that actually mean - the shortened version? Hon KIM CHANCE : That is a very clear answer.
(3) Has the Minister for Energy provided the Auditor General with written notice of such a decision; and, if so, on what date? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon George Cash for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The minister presumes that the question relates to section 82 of the Financial Management Act 2006 concerning a decision by a minister to not provide information to Parliament about the conduct or operation of an agency. An “agency” is defined in the act as a department, sub-department or statutory authority listed in schedule 1 of that act. The Minister for Energy advises that he is not aware of any occasions on which he has decided to not provide information to Parliament that he was obliged by the Financial Management Act 2006 to provide to Parliament on the conduct or operation of an agency in the energy portfolio. Hon George Cash : What does that actually mean - the shortened version? Hon KIM CHANCE : That is a very clear answer.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon George Cash for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The minister presumes that the question relates to section 82 of the Financial Management Act 2006 concerning a decision by a minister to not provide information to Parliament about the conduct or operation of an agency. An “agency” is defined in the act as a department, sub-department or statutory authority listed in schedule 1 of that act. The Minister for Energy advises that he is not aware of any occasions on which he has decided to not provide information to Parliament that he was obliged by the Financial Management Act 2006 to provide to Parliament on the conduct or operation of an agency in the energy portfolio. Hon George Cash : What does that actually mean - the shortened version? Hon KIM CHANCE : That is a very clear answer.
I thank Hon George Cash for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The minister presumes that the question relates to section 82 of the Financial Management Act 2006 concerning a decision by a minister to not provide information to Parliament about the conduct or operation of an agency. An “agency” is defined in the act as a department, sub-department or statutory authority listed in schedule 1 of that act. The Minister for Energy advises that he is not aware of any occasions on which he has decided to not provide information to Parliament that he was obliged by the Financial Management Act 2006 to provide to Parliament on the conduct or operation of an agency in the energy portfolio. Hon George Cash : What does that actually mean - the shortened version? Hon KIM CHANCE : That is a very clear answer.
(1)-(3) The minister presumes that the question relates to section 82 of the Financial Management Act 2006 concerning a decision by a minister to not provide information to Parliament about the conduct or operation of an agency. An “agency” is defined in the act as a department, sub-department or statutory authority listed in schedule 1 of that act. The Minister for Energy advises that he is not aware of any occasions on which he has decided to not provide information to Parliament that he was obliged by the Financial Management Act 2006 to provide to Parliament on the conduct or operation of an agency in the energy portfolio. Hon George Cash : What does that actually mean - the shortened version? Hon KIM CHANCE : That is a very clear answer.
Hon George Cash : What does that actually mean - the shortened version? Hon KIM CHANCE : That is a very clear answer.
Hon KIM CHANCE : That is a very clear answer.
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