❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice inquires whether ministerial staff used government resources for Liberal Party activities. The Minister denies knowledge of such activities and invites the member to provide evidence.
AnsweredQoN 306Legislative Council
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(1) From 20 September 1999 to the present day, can the minister advise whether Mr Scott Montgomery, Ms Tammy Atkins or any other staff member or employee at either the minister’s Kalgoorlie or Perth office have been using - telephones and telephone numbers fax machines and fax machine numbers computers, email facilities and addresses offices any other office equipment and facilities to conduct Liberal Party branch business, Liberal Party electioneering, Liberal Party meetings and Liberal Party campaigning? (2) If yes, can the minister advise the number of times this has occurred and at what cost to the taxpayers of Western Australia? (3) Was this done with the minister’s knowledge and approval? (4) If yes, why? Hon N.F. MOORE
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I thank the member for some notice of this interesting question, which will perhaps promote others. (1)-(4) I am not aware of any employee of either office using phones or faxes for Liberal Party activities. However, if the member has evidence to the contrary, I will investigate the matter.
telephones and telephone numbers fax machines and fax machine numbers computers, email facilities and addresses offices any other office equipment and facilities to conduct Liberal Party branch business, Liberal Party electioneering, Liberal Party meetings and Liberal Party campaigning? (2) If yes, can the minister advise the number of times this has occurred and at what cost to the taxpayers of Western Australia? (3) Was this done with the minister’s knowledge and approval? (4) If yes, why? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this interesting question, which will perhaps promote others. (1)-(4) I am not aware of any employee of either office using phones or faxes for Liberal Party activities. However, if the member has evidence to the contrary, I will investigate the matter.
fax machines and fax machine numbers computers, email facilities and addresses offices any other office equipment and facilities to conduct Liberal Party branch business, Liberal Party electioneering, Liberal Party meetings and Liberal Party campaigning? (2) If yes, can the minister advise the number of times this has occurred and at what cost to the taxpayers of Western Australia? (3) Was this done with the minister’s knowledge and approval? (4) If yes, why? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this interesting question, which will perhaps promote others. (1)-(4) I am not aware of any employee of either office using phones or faxes for Liberal Party activities. However, if the member has evidence to the contrary, I will investigate the matter.
computers, email facilities and addresses offices any other office equipment and facilities to conduct Liberal Party branch business, Liberal Party electioneering, Liberal Party meetings and Liberal Party campaigning? (2) If yes, can the minister advise the number of times this has occurred and at what cost to the taxpayers of Western Australia? (3) Was this done with the minister’s knowledge and approval? (4) If yes, why? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this interesting question, which will perhaps promote others. (1)-(4) I am not aware of any employee of either office using phones or faxes for Liberal Party activities. However, if the member has evidence to the contrary, I will investigate the matter.
offices any other office equipment and facilities to conduct Liberal Party branch business, Liberal Party electioneering, Liberal Party meetings and Liberal Party campaigning? (2) If yes, can the minister advise the number of times this has occurred and at what cost to the taxpayers of Western Australia? (3) Was this done with the minister’s knowledge and approval? (4) If yes, why? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this interesting question, which will perhaps promote others. (1)-(4) I am not aware of any employee of either office using phones or faxes for Liberal Party activities. However, if the member has evidence to the contrary, I will investigate the matter.
any other office equipment and facilities to conduct Liberal Party branch business, Liberal Party electioneering, Liberal Party meetings and Liberal Party campaigning? (2) If yes, can the minister advise the number of times this has occurred and at what cost to the taxpayers of Western Australia? (3) Was this done with the minister’s knowledge and approval? (4) If yes, why? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this interesting question, which will perhaps promote others. (1)-(4) I am not aware of any employee of either office using phones or faxes for Liberal Party activities. However, if the member has evidence to the contrary, I will investigate the matter.
to conduct Liberal Party branch business, Liberal Party electioneering, Liberal Party meetings and Liberal Party campaigning? (2) If yes, can the minister advise the number of times this has occurred and at what cost to the taxpayers of Western Australia? (3) Was this done with the minister’s knowledge and approval? (4) If yes, why? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this interesting question, which will perhaps promote others. (1)-(4) I am not aware of any employee of either office using phones or faxes for Liberal Party activities. However, if the member has evidence to the contrary, I will investigate the matter.
(2) If yes, can the minister advise the number of times this has occurred and at what cost to the taxpayers of Western Australia? (3) Was this done with the minister’s knowledge and approval? (4) If yes, why? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this interesting question, which will perhaps promote others. (1)-(4) I am not aware of any employee of either office using phones or faxes for Liberal Party activities. However, if the member has evidence to the contrary, I will investigate the matter.
(3) Was this done with the minister’s knowledge and approval? (4) If yes, why? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this interesting question, which will perhaps promote others. (1)-(4) I am not aware of any employee of either office using phones or faxes for Liberal Party activities. However, if the member has evidence to the contrary, I will investigate the matter.
(4) If yes, why? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this interesting question, which will perhaps promote others. (1)-(4) I am not aware of any employee of either office using phones or faxes for Liberal Party activities. However, if the member has evidence to the contrary, I will investigate the matter.
Hon N.F. MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this interesting question, which will perhaps promote others. (1)-(4) I am not aware of any employee of either office using phones or faxes for Liberal Party activities. However, if the member has evidence to the contrary, I will investigate the matter.
I thank the member for some notice of this interesting question, which will perhaps promote others. (1)-(4) I am not aware of any employee of either office using phones or faxes for Liberal Party activities. However, if the member has evidence to the contrary, I will investigate the matter.
(1)-(4) I am not aware of any employee of either office using phones or faxes for Liberal Party activities. However, if the member has evidence to the contrary, I will investigate the matter.
telephones and telephone numbers fax machines and fax machine numbers computers, email facilities and addresses offices any other office equipment and facilities to conduct Liberal Party branch business, Liberal Party electioneering, Liberal Party meetings and Liberal Party campaigning? (2) If yes, can the minister advise the number of times this has occurred and at what cost to the taxpayers of Western Australia? (3) Was this done with the minister’s knowledge and approval? (4) If yes, why? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this interesting question, which will perhaps promote others. (1)-(4) I am not aware of any employee of either office using phones or faxes for Liberal Party activities. However, if the member has evidence to the contrary, I will investigate the matter.
fax machines and fax machine numbers computers, email facilities and addresses offices any other office equipment and facilities to conduct Liberal Party branch business, Liberal Party electioneering, Liberal Party meetings and Liberal Party campaigning? (2) If yes, can the minister advise the number of times this has occurred and at what cost to the taxpayers of Western Australia? (3) Was this done with the minister’s knowledge and approval? (4) If yes, why? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this interesting question, which will perhaps promote others. (1)-(4) I am not aware of any employee of either office using phones or faxes for Liberal Party activities. However, if the member has evidence to the contrary, I will investigate the matter.
computers, email facilities and addresses offices any other office equipment and facilities to conduct Liberal Party branch business, Liberal Party electioneering, Liberal Party meetings and Liberal Party campaigning? (2) If yes, can the minister advise the number of times this has occurred and at what cost to the taxpayers of Western Australia? (3) Was this done with the minister’s knowledge and approval? (4) If yes, why? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this interesting question, which will perhaps promote others. (1)-(4) I am not aware of any employee of either office using phones or faxes for Liberal Party activities. However, if the member has evidence to the contrary, I will investigate the matter.
offices any other office equipment and facilities to conduct Liberal Party branch business, Liberal Party electioneering, Liberal Party meetings and Liberal Party campaigning? (2) If yes, can the minister advise the number of times this has occurred and at what cost to the taxpayers of Western Australia? (3) Was this done with the minister’s knowledge and approval? (4) If yes, why? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this interesting question, which will perhaps promote others. (1)-(4) I am not aware of any employee of either office using phones or faxes for Liberal Party activities. However, if the member has evidence to the contrary, I will investigate the matter.
any other office equipment and facilities to conduct Liberal Party branch business, Liberal Party electioneering, Liberal Party meetings and Liberal Party campaigning? (2) If yes, can the minister advise the number of times this has occurred and at what cost to the taxpayers of Western Australia? (3) Was this done with the minister’s knowledge and approval? (4) If yes, why? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this interesting question, which will perhaps promote others. (1)-(4) I am not aware of any employee of either office using phones or faxes for Liberal Party activities. However, if the member has evidence to the contrary, I will investigate the matter.
to conduct Liberal Party branch business, Liberal Party electioneering, Liberal Party meetings and Liberal Party campaigning? (2) If yes, can the minister advise the number of times this has occurred and at what cost to the taxpayers of Western Australia? (3) Was this done with the minister’s knowledge and approval? (4) If yes, why? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this interesting question, which will perhaps promote others. (1)-(4) I am not aware of any employee of either office using phones or faxes for Liberal Party activities. However, if the member has evidence to the contrary, I will investigate the matter.
(2) If yes, can the minister advise the number of times this has occurred and at what cost to the taxpayers of Western Australia? (3) Was this done with the minister’s knowledge and approval? (4) If yes, why? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this interesting question, which will perhaps promote others. (1)-(4) I am not aware of any employee of either office using phones or faxes for Liberal Party activities. However, if the member has evidence to the contrary, I will investigate the matter.
(3) Was this done with the minister’s knowledge and approval? (4) If yes, why? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this interesting question, which will perhaps promote others. (1)-(4) I am not aware of any employee of either office using phones or faxes for Liberal Party activities. However, if the member has evidence to the contrary, I will investigate the matter.
(4) If yes, why? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this interesting question, which will perhaps promote others. (1)-(4) I am not aware of any employee of either office using phones or faxes for Liberal Party activities. However, if the member has evidence to the contrary, I will investigate the matter.
Hon N.F. MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this interesting question, which will perhaps promote others. (1)-(4) I am not aware of any employee of either office using phones or faxes for Liberal Party activities. However, if the member has evidence to the contrary, I will investigate the matter.
I thank the member for some notice of this interesting question, which will perhaps promote others. (1)-(4) I am not aware of any employee of either office using phones or faxes for Liberal Party activities. However, if the member has evidence to the contrary, I will investigate the matter.
(1)-(4) I am not aware of any employee of either office using phones or faxes for Liberal Party activities. However, if the member has evidence to the contrary, I will investigate the matter.
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