❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details about the Minister for Environment's activities in the South Metropolitan Region on a specific date, including meetings, attendees, and documents created. The Minister provided a summary of engagements and declined to table documents due to privacy concerns, suggesting a Freedom of Information request instead.
AnsweredQoN 345Legislative Council
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I refer to the email from the Minister’s office, dated 29 August 2017, and I ask:
(a) for what period of time was the Minister in the South Metropolitan Region;
(b) further to (a):
(i) how many meetings, events, functions or similar did the Minister attend;
(ii) who attended each of the meetings, events, functions or similar with the Minister; and
(iii) did the Minister receive or create any documents during or in preparation for the meetings, events, functions or similar;
(c) if yes to (b)(iii), what were those documents;
(d) further to (c), will the Minister table those documents;
(e) if yes to (d), when; and
(f) if no to (d), why not?
(a) for what period of time was the Minister in the South Metropolitan Region;
(b) further to (a):
(i) how many meetings, events, functions or similar did the Minister attend;
(ii) who attended each of the meetings, events, functions or similar with the Minister; and
(iii) did the Minister receive or create any documents during or in preparation for the meetings, events, functions or similar;
(c) if yes to (b)(iii), what were those documents;
(d) further to (c), will the Minister table those documents;
(e) if yes to (d), when; and
(f) if no to (d), why not?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
1 November 2017
Responded by
Minister for Environment
Response time
10 days
For the Honourable Member’s information, I had three engagements on the 29 th of August in the South Metropolitan region; meeting Department of Water and Environmental Regulation staff at the Booragoon office and visiting their Air Quality Laboratory in Myaree, visiting the Department of Communities Disability Services office in Myaree, and attending the official opening of the Rocky Bay Cockburn Facility. Excluding transit time, I was in the region for approximately 5 hours. The documents prepared contained names of private individuals and are considered to be personal. If the Honourable Member requires this information he is encouraged to submit a Freedom of Information Application so that the consultation and decision making processes mandated by the Freedom of Information Act 1992 can be followed.
The documents prepared contained names of private individuals and are considered to be personal. If the Honourable Member requires this information he is encouraged to submit a Freedom of Information Application so that the consultation and decision making processes mandated by the Freedom of Information Act 1992 can be followed.
The documents prepared contained names of private individuals and are considered to be personal. If the Honourable Member requires this information he is encouraged to submit a Freedom of Information Application so that the consultation and decision making processes mandated by the Freedom of Information Act 1992 can be followed.
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