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❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks information on the use of specific Huawei phone models within the Minister's portfolio and whether they access sensitive information. The Minister declined to answer, citing resource allocation concerns.

AnsweredQoN 3699Legislative Assembly

Asked

14 August 2018

Member

Mr Z.R.F. Kirkup

Portfolio

Mines and Petroleum; Commerce and Industrial Relations; Electoral Affairs; Asian Engagement

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For all departments, agencies, government trading enterprises or boards within the Minister’s portfolio responsibilities, I ask as at 8 August 2018 are any of the following phones in use and if so, how many and do they have access to Cabinet, customer or commercially sensitive information: (a) HUAWEI P20 Pro; (b) HUAWEI Mate 10; (c) HUAWEI Mate 10 Pro; (d) HUAWEI nova 3e; (e) HUAWEI P10; (f) HUAWEI P10 Plus; (g) HUAWEI nova 2i; (h) HUAWEI nova 2 lite; (i) HUAWEI Y5II; and (j) HUAWEI Y7?

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Answered

18 September 2018

Responded by

Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Commerce and Industrial Relations; Electoral Affairs; Asian Engagement

Response time

9 days

(a)-(j) Undertaking work to disaggregate this information would divert staff away from their normal duties and I am not willing to allocate the State’s resources in this manner to provide a response.

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