❓ A parliamentary question regarding a potential breach of cabinet confidentiality related to the Fortescue Metals Group state agreement. The Minister requests the question be placed on notice due to not holding the portfolio at the time of the alleged breach.
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I refer the minister to his answer to question without notice 217, which indicated that the minister was not aware of any breach of cabinet confidentiality concerning cabinet deliberations on the state agreement with Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. (1) Is the minister aware that The West Australian reported on Tuesday, 9 November 2004, that cabinet deliberations on the state agreement were deferred? (2) Is the minister aware that the same report stated that Fortescue Metals Group remained in trading halt during Monday, 8 November ahead of an expected announcement from the government? (3) As the minister has now been made aware that information concerning the cabinet’s agenda had found its way into the public arena, and the minister had stated previously that the government did not inform anyone of the cabinet deliberations on the state agreement, does the minister have any concerns now about the breach of cabinet confidentiality? (4) If yes to (3), will the minister do anything to establish how cabinet confidentiality was breached over such a commercially sensitive matter, to minimise the risk of a recurrence in the future? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank the Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. As I was not Minister for State Development in November 2004, I therefore request that this question be placed on notice to allow time to ascertain the facts surrounding this issue, including the report in The West Australian of 9 November 2004.
(1) Is the minister aware that The West Australian reported on Tuesday, 9 November 2004, that cabinet deliberations on the state agreement were deferred? (2) Is the minister aware that the same report stated that Fortescue Metals Group remained in trading halt during Monday, 8 November ahead of an expected announcement from the government? (3) As the minister has now been made aware that information concerning the cabinet’s agenda had found its way into the public arena, and the minister had stated previously that the government did not inform anyone of the cabinet deliberations on the state agreement, does the minister have any concerns now about the breach of cabinet confidentiality? (4) If yes to (3), will the minister do anything to establish how cabinet confidentiality was breached over such a commercially sensitive matter, to minimise the risk of a recurrence in the future? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. As I was not Minister for State Development in November 2004, I therefore request that this question be placed on notice to allow time to ascertain the facts surrounding this issue, including the report in The West Australian of 9 November 2004.
(2) Is the minister aware that the same report stated that Fortescue Metals Group remained in trading halt during Monday, 8 November ahead of an expected announcement from the government? (3) As the minister has now been made aware that information concerning the cabinet’s agenda had found its way into the public arena, and the minister had stated previously that the government did not inform anyone of the cabinet deliberations on the state agreement, does the minister have any concerns now about the breach of cabinet confidentiality? (4) If yes to (3), will the minister do anything to establish how cabinet confidentiality was breached over such a commercially sensitive matter, to minimise the risk of a recurrence in the future? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. As I was not Minister for State Development in November 2004, I therefore request that this question be placed on notice to allow time to ascertain the facts surrounding this issue, including the report in The West Australian of 9 November 2004.
(3) As the minister has now been made aware that information concerning the cabinet’s agenda had found its way into the public arena, and the minister had stated previously that the government did not inform anyone of the cabinet deliberations on the state agreement, does the minister have any concerns now about the breach of cabinet confidentiality? (4) If yes to (3), will the minister do anything to establish how cabinet confidentiality was breached over such a commercially sensitive matter, to minimise the risk of a recurrence in the future? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. As I was not Minister for State Development in November 2004, I therefore request that this question be placed on notice to allow time to ascertain the facts surrounding this issue, including the report in The West Australian of 9 November 2004.
(4) If yes to (3), will the minister do anything to establish how cabinet confidentiality was breached over such a commercially sensitive matter, to minimise the risk of a recurrence in the future? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. As I was not Minister for State Development in November 2004, I therefore request that this question be placed on notice to allow time to ascertain the facts surrounding this issue, including the report in The West Australian of 9 November 2004.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. As I was not Minister for State Development in November 2004, I therefore request that this question be placed on notice to allow time to ascertain the facts surrounding this issue, including the report in The West Australian of 9 November 2004.
I thank the Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. As I was not Minister for State Development in November 2004, I therefore request that this question be placed on notice to allow time to ascertain the facts surrounding this issue, including the report in The West Australian of 9 November 2004.
As I was not Minister for State Development in November 2004, I therefore request that this question be placed on notice to allow time to ascertain the facts surrounding this issue, including the report in The West Australian of 9 November 2004.
(1) Is the minister aware that The West Australian reported on Tuesday, 9 November 2004, that cabinet deliberations on the state agreement were deferred? (2) Is the minister aware that the same report stated that Fortescue Metals Group remained in trading halt during Monday, 8 November ahead of an expected announcement from the government? (3) As the minister has now been made aware that information concerning the cabinet’s agenda had found its way into the public arena, and the minister had stated previously that the government did not inform anyone of the cabinet deliberations on the state agreement, does the minister have any concerns now about the breach of cabinet confidentiality? (4) If yes to (3), will the minister do anything to establish how cabinet confidentiality was breached over such a commercially sensitive matter, to minimise the risk of a recurrence in the future? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. As I was not Minister for State Development in November 2004, I therefore request that this question be placed on notice to allow time to ascertain the facts surrounding this issue, including the report in The West Australian of 9 November 2004.
(2) Is the minister aware that the same report stated that Fortescue Metals Group remained in trading halt during Monday, 8 November ahead of an expected announcement from the government? (3) As the minister has now been made aware that information concerning the cabinet’s agenda had found its way into the public arena, and the minister had stated previously that the government did not inform anyone of the cabinet deliberations on the state agreement, does the minister have any concerns now about the breach of cabinet confidentiality? (4) If yes to (3), will the minister do anything to establish how cabinet confidentiality was breached over such a commercially sensitive matter, to minimise the risk of a recurrence in the future? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. As I was not Minister for State Development in November 2004, I therefore request that this question be placed on notice to allow time to ascertain the facts surrounding this issue, including the report in The West Australian of 9 November 2004.
(3) As the minister has now been made aware that information concerning the cabinet’s agenda had found its way into the public arena, and the minister had stated previously that the government did not inform anyone of the cabinet deliberations on the state agreement, does the minister have any concerns now about the breach of cabinet confidentiality? (4) If yes to (3), will the minister do anything to establish how cabinet confidentiality was breached over such a commercially sensitive matter, to minimise the risk of a recurrence in the future? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. As I was not Minister for State Development in November 2004, I therefore request that this question be placed on notice to allow time to ascertain the facts surrounding this issue, including the report in The West Australian of 9 November 2004.
(4) If yes to (3), will the minister do anything to establish how cabinet confidentiality was breached over such a commercially sensitive matter, to minimise the risk of a recurrence in the future? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. As I was not Minister for State Development in November 2004, I therefore request that this question be placed on notice to allow time to ascertain the facts surrounding this issue, including the report in The West Australian of 9 November 2004.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. As I was not Minister for State Development in November 2004, I therefore request that this question be placed on notice to allow time to ascertain the facts surrounding this issue, including the report in The West Australian of 9 November 2004.
I thank the Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. As I was not Minister for State Development in November 2004, I therefore request that this question be placed on notice to allow time to ascertain the facts surrounding this issue, including the report in The West Australian of 9 November 2004.
As I was not Minister for State Development in November 2004, I therefore request that this question be placed on notice to allow time to ascertain the facts surrounding this issue, including the report in The West Australian of 9 November 2004.
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