Hon Ken Travers asks the Premier, represented by Hon Norman Moore, to release the full text of Western Australia's submission to Infrastructure Australia. The Premier declines to release the full text due to its length and the inclusion of confidential information, but indicates summaries will be released.

AnsweredQoN 1163Legislative Council
Asked
19 November 2009
Portfolio
Leader of the House representing the Premier

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INFRASTRUCTURE AUSTRALIA — WESTERN AUSTRALIA’S SUBMISSION
I ask this question on behalf of Hon Jock Ferguson, who has been taken away on urgent parliamentary business — Hon Norman Moore : Taken away! Hon KEN TRAVERS : After the dorothy dixer the Minister for Child Protection just got asked, I do not think members opposite should be laughing. I am glad that members did not miss me too much. I refer to Western Australia’s submission on 5 November 2009 to Infrastructure Australia. Will the Premier release the full text of the submission; and, if not, why not? Hon NORMAN MOORE

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I thank the member who has been taken away for giving some notice of this question. Each submission has been prepared in the format required by Infrastructure Australia and as such has multiple parts. In some cases, particularly when maps and related reports are involved, the full text of submissions extends to hundreds of pages. In addition, some submissions contain confidential or commercially sensitive information, such as confidential industry data, that has been provided by parties outside of government. The submissions that are not constrained for the reasons outlined will shortly be published on the Infrastructure Australia website. In addition, the Department of State Development is finalising summaries of the submissions for public release.
Hon Norman Moore : Taken away! Hon KEN TRAVERS : After the dorothy dixer the Minister for Child Protection just got asked, I do not think members opposite should be laughing. I am glad that members did not miss me too much. I refer to Western Australia’s submission on 5 November 2009 to Infrastructure Australia. Will the Premier release the full text of the submission; and, if not, why not? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member who has been taken away for giving some notice of this question. Each submission has been prepared in the format required by Infrastructure Australia and as such has multiple parts. In some cases, particularly when maps and related reports are involved, the full text of submissions extends to hundreds of pages. In addition, some submissions contain confidential or commercially sensitive information, such as confidential industry data, that has been provided by parties outside of government. The submissions that are not constrained for the reasons outlined will shortly be published on the Infrastructure Australia website. In addition, the Department of State Development is finalising summaries of the submissions for public release.
Hon KEN TRAVERS : After the dorothy dixer the Minister for Child Protection just got asked, I do not think members opposite should be laughing. I am glad that members did not miss me too much. I refer to Western Australia’s submission on 5 November 2009 to Infrastructure Australia. Will the Premier release the full text of the submission; and, if not, why not? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member who has been taken away for giving some notice of this question. Each submission has been prepared in the format required by Infrastructure Australia and as such has multiple parts. In some cases, particularly when maps and related reports are involved, the full text of submissions extends to hundreds of pages. In addition, some submissions contain confidential or commercially sensitive information, such as confidential industry data, that has been provided by parties outside of government. The submissions that are not constrained for the reasons outlined will shortly be published on the Infrastructure Australia website. In addition, the Department of State Development is finalising summaries of the submissions for public release.
I refer to Western Australia’s submission on 5 November 2009 to Infrastructure Australia. Will the Premier release the full text of the submission; and, if not, why not? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member who has been taken away for giving some notice of this question. Each submission has been prepared in the format required by Infrastructure Australia and as such has multiple parts. In some cases, particularly when maps and related reports are involved, the full text of submissions extends to hundreds of pages. In addition, some submissions contain confidential or commercially sensitive information, such as confidential industry data, that has been provided by parties outside of government. The submissions that are not constrained for the reasons outlined will shortly be published on the Infrastructure Australia website. In addition, the Department of State Development is finalising summaries of the submissions for public release.
Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member who has been taken away for giving some notice of this question. Each submission has been prepared in the format required by Infrastructure Australia and as such has multiple parts. In some cases, particularly when maps and related reports are involved, the full text of submissions extends to hundreds of pages. In addition, some submissions contain confidential or commercially sensitive information, such as confidential industry data, that has been provided by parties outside of government. The submissions that are not constrained for the reasons outlined will shortly be published on the Infrastructure Australia website. In addition, the Department of State Development is finalising summaries of the submissions for public release.
I thank the member who has been taken away for giving some notice of this question. Each submission has been prepared in the format required by Infrastructure Australia and as such has multiple parts. In some cases, particularly when maps and related reports are involved, the full text of submissions extends to hundreds of pages. In addition, some submissions contain confidential or commercially sensitive information, such as confidential industry data, that has been provided by parties outside of government. The submissions that are not constrained for the reasons outlined will shortly be published on the Infrastructure Australia website. In addition, the Department of State Development is finalising summaries of the submissions for public release.
Each submission has been prepared in the format required by Infrastructure Australia and as such has multiple parts. In some cases, particularly when maps and related reports are involved, the full text of submissions extends to hundreds of pages. In addition, some submissions contain confidential or commercially sensitive information, such as confidential industry data, that has been provided by parties outside of government. The submissions that are not constrained for the reasons outlined will shortly be published on the Infrastructure Australia website. In addition, the Department of State Development is finalising summaries of the submissions for public release.

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