A WA parliamentary question seeks details about a Minister's flights to Darwin and Albany, including purpose, passengers, and costs. The Minister provides answers, deferring cost details to the appropriate Minister.

AnsweredQoN 3940Legislative Assembly
Asked
7 September 2010
Portfolio
Agriculture and Food

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I refer to the Minister’s flight to Darwin on 22 April 2010, and his flight from Darwin to Albany on 24 April 2010, and ask:
(a) what was the purpose of the flight to Darwin;
(b) what was the purpose of the flight from Darwin to Albany;
(c) why was a commercial flight not taken;
(d) what are the names of all the people who were passengers on the flight from Perth to Darwin, and those on the flight from Darwin to Albany;
(e) was the Minister on the flight back to Perth from Albany; and
(i) if not, why not;
(f) what are the names of all the people who were passengers on the flight from Albany back to Perth; and
(g) what were the separate costs of the individual flights from Perth to Darwin, Darwin to Albany, and Albany to Perth?

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Answered
12 October 2010
Responded by
Minister for Agriculture and Food
Response time
35 days
(a) Official Ministerial Business -- Northern Ministers Meeting, Primary Industries Ministerial Council meetings, Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council meeting and other bilateral ministerial meetings.
(b-c) Commercial flights were not practical.
(d)
Perth to Darwin passengers -
Minister Redman
Rob Delane, Department of Agriculture and Food WA Director General
Scott Mitchell, Chief of Staff
Minister Kon Vatskalis
Deirdre Logie, Office of Minister Vatskalis
Darwin to Albany passengers -
Minister Redman
Rob Delane
Scott Mitchell
(e) No
(i) Returning home from Ministerial duties.
(f) Albany to Perth passengers -
Rob Delane
Scott Mitchell
(g) Please refer this part of the question to the appropriate Minister.
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