❓ Question on Notice regarding the Speaker's travel expenses and activities since March 2013. The answer provides details on destinations, purpose, costs, accommodation, and class of travel.
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Since March 2013, please list the following: (a) how many trips has the Speaker undertaken; (b) to which destination has the Speaker travelled; (c) what has been the purpose of each trip; (d) what has been the total cost of each trip undertaken by the Speaker; (e) which hotels has the Speaker stayed in on each trip; (f) in each flight taken by the Speaker what class of aircraft travel has the Speaker flown in; and (g) has the Speaker accepted any upgrades from any airline, and if so: (i) to what class was the Speaker upgraded; and (ii) which airline upgraded the Speaker?
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Answered
9 September 2014
Response time
27 days
(a) Four visits.
(b) Canberra (stopover in Sydney on return); South Africa, South Korea and Japan.
(c) The Canberra visit’s purpose was for the Presiding Officers and Clerk’s Conference and a meeting was held with the New South Wales Parliament on the return leg.
The South Africa visit’s purpose was to attend the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association General Conference as Joint Chairman of the WA branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
The South Korea visit’s purpose was to lead a delegation of five Western Australian Parliamentarians to Western Australia’s significant trading partner.
The Japan visit’s purpose was to lead a delegation of five Western Australian Parliamentarians to Western Australia’s sister state and second largest trading partner.
(d) Canberra $3,609.93
South Africa $10,773.40
South Korea approximately $12,500
Japan approximately $13,800
(e) Canberra visit: Crowne Plaza Canberra
South Africa visit: Michaelangelo (Sandton, Johannesburg)
South Korea visit: Grand Hotel Seoul, Ulsan Lotte Hotel Ulsan City and Samsung Hotel at Geojle Island
Japan visit: Oriental Hotel Kobe, Imperial Hotel Tokyo, and Hyatt Regency Hakone
(f) Canberra visit: Economy
South African visit: Business
South Korea visit: Business
Japan visit: Business
(g) No.
(b) Canberra (stopover in Sydney on return); South Africa, South Korea and Japan.
(c) The Canberra visit’s purpose was for the Presiding Officers and Clerk’s Conference and a meeting was held with the New South Wales Parliament on the return leg.
The South Africa visit’s purpose was to attend the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association General Conference as Joint Chairman of the WA branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
The South Korea visit’s purpose was to lead a delegation of five Western Australian Parliamentarians to Western Australia’s significant trading partner.
The Japan visit’s purpose was to lead a delegation of five Western Australian Parliamentarians to Western Australia’s sister state and second largest trading partner.
(d) Canberra $3,609.93
South Africa $10,773.40
South Korea approximately $12,500
Japan approximately $13,800
(e) Canberra visit: Crowne Plaza Canberra
South Africa visit: Michaelangelo (Sandton, Johannesburg)
South Korea visit: Grand Hotel Seoul, Ulsan Lotte Hotel Ulsan City and Samsung Hotel at Geojle Island
Japan visit: Oriental Hotel Kobe, Imperial Hotel Tokyo, and Hyatt Regency Hakone
(f) Canberra visit: Economy
South African visit: Business
South Korea visit: Business
Japan visit: Business
(g) No.
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