❓ Hon Ken Travers questions the Minister for Planning regarding briefings received by the Member for Scarborough from the Stirling Alliance, specifically concerning access and parking proposals. The Minister confirms briefings occurred and tables related correspondence.
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STIRLING ALLIANCE — MEMBER FOR
SCARBOROUGH — BRIEFINGS
215. Hon KEN TRAVERS to the minister representing the
Minister for Planning:
(1) Has the
member for Scarborough ever received any briefings, either written or in
person, from the Stirling Alliance?
(2) Did any
briefing include any reference to any access and parking proposals or
strategies being considered by the Alliance?
(3) Has the
member for Scarborough ever raised with the minister any concerns about the
Stirling Alliance's proposals or strategies on access and parking?
(4) If yes to (3), what were the concerns, when were they
raised, and how were they raised?
(5) Will the
minister table any written briefings or correspondence to the member for
Scarborough regarding the Stirling Alliance?
The PRESIDENT : I do not believe the first two parts of
that question are applicable because they are asking details of another member
of Parliament—not the minister or the portfolio.
Hon Ken Travers : With respect, Mr President, I am asking
about whether a government agency has provided a briefing to people. I think
that we have seen many questions asked along those lines about the actions of
the agency and not of the member of Parliament.
The PRESIDENT : I may have misheard the question, but I
did not interpret the body referred to as a government agency; I thought that
it was a community group. However, the minister may have an answer that clears
it up.
SCARBOROUGH — BRIEFINGS
215. Hon KEN TRAVERS to the minister representing the
Minister for Planning:
(1) Has the
member for Scarborough ever received any briefings, either written or in
person, from the Stirling Alliance?
(2) Did any
briefing include any reference to any access and parking proposals or
strategies being considered by the Alliance?
(3) Has the
member for Scarborough ever raised with the minister any concerns about the
Stirling Alliance's proposals or strategies on access and parking?
(4) If yes to (3), what were the concerns, when were they
raised, and how were they raised?
(5) Will the
minister table any written briefings or correspondence to the member for
Scarborough regarding the Stirling Alliance?
The PRESIDENT : I do not believe the first two parts of
that question are applicable because they are asking details of another member
of Parliament—not the minister or the portfolio.
Hon Ken Travers : With respect, Mr President, I am asking
about whether a government agency has provided a briefing to people. I think
that we have seen many questions asked along those lines about the actions of
the agency and not of the member of Parliament.
The PRESIDENT : I may have misheard the question, but I
did not interpret the body referred to as a government agency; I thought that
it was a community group. However, the minister may have an answer that clears
it up.
AnswerView source ↗
Thank you, Mr President. I think your ruling was correct in
that the question asks whether ''the member for Scarborough ever
received any briefings''. However, the answer —
Hon Ken Travers : From the Stirling Alliance, which is a
government agency.
Hon HELEN MORTON : Yes—however, the answer has been
provided along the lines of —
(1)–(2) Yes.
(3) The member for Scarborough has discussed the project in
general terms with the minister.
(4) The member
for Scarborough wrote to the then Minister for Transport in July 2010 regarding
traffic congestion on Scarborough Beach Road and in other parts of Innaloo. The
letter was forwarded to the Minister for Planning to respond to, given the
Department of Planning's role in the Stirling Alliance. Following
receipt of the letter, the Minister for Planning attended a tour of the subject
area with the member for Scarborough in October 2010, at which the Stirling
Alliance project was discussed in general terms.
(5) Yes; and I table the attached letter.
[See paper 4483.]
that the question asks whether ''the member for Scarborough ever
received any briefings''. However, the answer —
Hon Ken Travers : From the Stirling Alliance, which is a
government agency.
Hon HELEN MORTON : Yes—however, the answer has been
provided along the lines of —
(1)–(2) Yes.
(3) The member for Scarborough has discussed the project in
general terms with the minister.
(4) The member
for Scarborough wrote to the then Minister for Transport in July 2010 regarding
traffic congestion on Scarborough Beach Road and in other parts of Innaloo. The
letter was forwarded to the Minister for Planning to respond to, given the
Department of Planning's role in the Stirling Alliance. Following
receipt of the letter, the Minister for Planning attended a tour of the subject
area with the member for Scarborough in October 2010, at which the Stirling
Alliance project was discussed in general terms.
(5) Yes; and I table the attached letter.
[See paper 4483.]
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