❓ A parliamentary question regarding the engagement of Master of Ceremonies by a government agency is met with refusal to answer, citing the frivolous nature of the question and the waste of public resources. The minister suggests the member use the budget estimates process instead.
AnsweredQoN 1056Legislative Assembly
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For events, meetings, conferences and seminars held by the agency since 1 January 2017, have any Master of Ceremonies been engaged: (a) If yes, what was the event, meeting, conference or seminar; (b) If yes, where was the event, meeting, conference or seminar held; and (c) If yes, what organisation was engaged and how much was that organisation paid?
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Answered
15 August 2017
Responded by
Minister for Police; Road Safety
Response time
7 days
On June 15, the Attorney General raised concerns about the frivolous nature of many of the questions the Member for Dawesville had lodged and the impact it was having on the resources of his departments and agencies.
In response the Member boasted; “he (the Attorney General) has signed himself up to another 50 questions over the weekend; I look forward to that!”
The Member has now made it clear many of his questions are not serious and appear to be lodged purely out of spite and designed to waste the time of public servants.
As such, I am not willing to continue to devote valuable Government resources entertaining this behaviour.
The Member has the opportunity to interrogate the budgets of agencies and departments through the normal budget estimates process.
In response the Member boasted; “he (the Attorney General) has signed himself up to another 50 questions over the weekend; I look forward to that!”
The Member has now made it clear many of his questions are not serious and appear to be lodged purely out of spite and designed to waste the time of public servants.
As such, I am not willing to continue to devote valuable Government resources entertaining this behaviour.
The Member has the opportunity to interrogate the budgets of agencies and departments through the normal budget estimates process.
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