❓ A parliamentary question seeks details about LandCorp's use of private aircraft to transport developers and financiers to regional WA, specifically regarding a flight related to the Pilbara Cities initiative. The answer reveals a single instance with cost and passenger details.
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(1) Since 1 July 2009, how many private aircraft have been charted by LandCorp for the purposes of flying developers or financiers to regional Western Australia? (2) For each instance a private aircraft has been charted since 1 July 2009: (a) what was the date or dates covered by the chartered flight; (b) what was the destination or destinations of the chartered flight; (c) what was the purpose of the flight; (d) what was the cost to charter the flight; (e) what was the cost of catering for the flight; and (f) who travelled on each flight?
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Answered
14 October 2014
Responded by
Minister for Lands
Response time
34 days
(1) One
(2) (a) 27 November 2009;
(b) Perth to Port Hedland to Karratha to Perth;
(c) To launch the government's Pilbara Cities initiative (to 'normalise'accommodation and services in the Pilbara) in both Port Hedland and Karratha;
(d) $14,500 - The cost was shared between LandCorp and the Department of Regional Development and Lands;
(e) The cost of catering was included in the charter flight cost; and
(f) [See tabled paper]
(2) (a) 27 November 2009;
(b) Perth to Port Hedland to Karratha to Perth;
(c) To launch the government's Pilbara Cities initiative (to 'normalise'accommodation and services in the Pilbara) in both Port Hedland and Karratha;
(d) $14,500 - The cost was shared between LandCorp and the Department of Regional Development and Lands;
(e) The cost of catering was included in the charter flight cost; and
(f) [See tabled paper]
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