❓ Question regarding carbon emission offsetting expenditure within the Premier's portfolio is met with refusal to answer, citing frivolous questioning and resource wastage by the questioner. The Premier suggests using budget estimates for scrutiny.
AnsweredQoN 1271Legislative Assembly
Asked
27 June 2017
Member
Portfolio
Premier; Minister for Public Sector Management; State Development, Jobs and Trade; Federal-State Relations
QuestionView source ↗
In respect of the Premier's portfolio departments, agencies, boards or publicly owned corporations, since 1 January 2017 has any money been spent to offset carbon emissions, and if so: (a) How much money has been spent; (b) What organisations have been engaged to offset carbon emissions; and (c) What is the total number of carbon emissions which have been offset?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
8 August 2017
Response time
3 days
On June 15, the Attorney General raised concerns about the frivolous nature of many of the questions the Member for Dawesville had lodged and the impact it was having on the resources of his departments and agencies.
In response the Member boasted; “he (the Attorney General) has signed himself up to another 50 questions over the weekend; I look forward to that!”
The Member has now made it clear many of his questions are not serious and appear to be lodged purely out of spite and designed to waste the time of public servants.
As such, I am not willing to continue to devote valuable Government resources entertaining this behaviour.
The Member has the opportunity to interrogate the budgets of agencies and departments through the normal budget estimates process.
In response the Member boasted; “he (the Attorney General) has signed himself up to another 50 questions over the weekend; I look forward to that!”
The Member has now made it clear many of his questions are not serious and appear to be lodged purely out of spite and designed to waste the time of public servants.
As such, I am not willing to continue to devote valuable Government resources entertaining this behaviour.
The Member has the opportunity to interrogate the budgets of agencies and departments through the normal budget estimates process.
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