❓ Question regarding the authority of local governments to ban media from public meetings and whether the head of the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage Reform Team was instructed to avoid discussing issues with the media. The Minister declined to answer part (a), but denied the instructions in parts (b) and (c).
AnsweredQoN 3941Legislative Assembly
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I refer to a recent incident, reported on 21 July
2018, in which a Post Newspapers reporter was asked to leave a public City of
Subiaco council meeting at the request of the head of the Department of
Planning, Lands and Heritage Reform Team, and ask: (a) Do local governments have the authority to ban media from public meetings: (i) If so, why; (b) Was the head of the Reform Team instructed by any Minister or Ministerial Staff not to discuss issues at the
meeting if media were present; and (c) Was the head of the Reform Team
instructed by any Minister or Ministerial Staff not to discuss the planning review
with media?
2018, in which a Post Newspapers reporter was asked to leave a public City of
Subiaco council meeting at the request of the head of the Department of
Planning, Lands and Heritage Reform Team, and ask: (a) Do local governments have the authority to ban media from public meetings: (i) If so, why; (b) Was the head of the Reform Team instructed by any Minister or Ministerial Staff not to discuss issues at the
meeting if media were present; and (c) Was the head of the Reform Team
instructed by any Minister or Ministerial Staff not to discuss the planning review
with media?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
10 October 2018
Responded by
Minister for Planning
Response time
9 days
(a) This is not a matter for the Minister for Planning.
(b)-(c) No
(b)-(c) No
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