A WA parliamentary Question on Notice reveals a dispute between Hon Ken Travers and Hon Peter Collier regarding the availability of budget information for the Office of Road Safety and the road trauma trust fund. Collier claims the information is in budget papers, while Travers disputes this, accusing Collier of misleading the house. Future budget figures are subject to approval.

AnsweredQoN 411Legislative Council
Asked
26 May 2011
Portfolio
Road Safety

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OFFICE OF ROAD SAFETY — FORWARD ESTIMATES
(1) What is the current budgeted total cost of service for the Office of Road Safety in each year of the forward estimates 2012–13, 2013–14 and 2014–15? (2) What is the current budgeted amount that will be held in the road trauma trust fund at the end of the 2011–12 financial year and each year of the forward estimates 2012–13, 2013–14 and 2014–15? Hon PETER COLLIER

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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) This information is available in the budget papers. Hon Ken Travers : No, it’s not. Hon PETER COLLIER : Mr President — (2) The information for 2011–12 is available in the budget papers. Hon Ken Travers : It’s misleading the house. Hon PETER COLLIER : The road trauma trust account out-year budgets are subject to annual business case approval by the Road Safety Council, the Minister for Road Safety, and Cabinet; therefore, budgets are yet to be developed.
(2) What is the current budgeted amount that will be held in the road trauma trust fund at the end of the 2011–12 financial year and each year of the forward estimates 2012–13, 2013–14 and 2014–15? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) This information is available in the budget papers. Hon Ken Travers : No, it’s not. Hon PETER COLLIER : Mr President — (2) The information for 2011–12 is available in the budget papers. Hon Ken Travers : It’s misleading the house. Hon PETER COLLIER : The road trauma trust account out-year budgets are subject to annual business case approval by the Road Safety Council, the Minister for Road Safety, and Cabinet; therefore, budgets are yet to be developed.
Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) This information is available in the budget papers. Hon Ken Travers : No, it’s not. Hon PETER COLLIER : Mr President — (2) The information for 2011–12 is available in the budget papers. Hon Ken Travers : It’s misleading the house. Hon PETER COLLIER : The road trauma trust account out-year budgets are subject to annual business case approval by the Road Safety Council, the Minister for Road Safety, and Cabinet; therefore, budgets are yet to be developed.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) This information is available in the budget papers. Hon Ken Travers : No, it’s not. Hon PETER COLLIER : Mr President — (2) The information for 2011–12 is available in the budget papers. Hon Ken Travers : It’s misleading the house. Hon PETER COLLIER : The road trauma trust account out-year budgets are subject to annual business case approval by the Road Safety Council, the Minister for Road Safety, and Cabinet; therefore, budgets are yet to be developed.
(1) This information is available in the budget papers. Hon Ken Travers : No, it’s not. Hon PETER COLLIER : Mr President — (2) The information for 2011–12 is available in the budget papers. Hon Ken Travers : It’s misleading the house. Hon PETER COLLIER : The road trauma trust account out-year budgets are subject to annual business case approval by the Road Safety Council, the Minister for Road Safety, and Cabinet; therefore, budgets are yet to be developed.
Hon Ken Travers : No, it’s not. Hon PETER COLLIER : Mr President — (2) The information for 2011–12 is available in the budget papers. Hon Ken Travers : It’s misleading the house. Hon PETER COLLIER : The road trauma trust account out-year budgets are subject to annual business case approval by the Road Safety Council, the Minister for Road Safety, and Cabinet; therefore, budgets are yet to be developed.
Hon PETER COLLIER : Mr President — (2) The information for 2011–12 is available in the budget papers. Hon Ken Travers : It’s misleading the house. Hon PETER COLLIER : The road trauma trust account out-year budgets are subject to annual business case approval by the Road Safety Council, the Minister for Road Safety, and Cabinet; therefore, budgets are yet to be developed.
(2) The information for 2011–12 is available in the budget papers. Hon Ken Travers : It’s misleading the house. Hon PETER COLLIER : The road trauma trust account out-year budgets are subject to annual business case approval by the Road Safety Council, the Minister for Road Safety, and Cabinet; therefore, budgets are yet to be developed.
Hon Ken Travers : It’s misleading the house. Hon PETER COLLIER : The road trauma trust account out-year budgets are subject to annual business case approval by the Road Safety Council, the Minister for Road Safety, and Cabinet; therefore, budgets are yet to be developed.
Hon PETER COLLIER : The road trauma trust account out-year budgets are subject to annual business case approval by the Road Safety Council, the Minister for Road Safety, and Cabinet; therefore, budgets are yet to be developed.

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