❓ A WA parliamentary question regarding the eligibility of Ben Newman and Brakeboards for the WA Inventor of the Year Award, specifically concerning the location of operations and commercialisation. The questions were not answered.
AnsweredQoN 779Legislative Council
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WA INVENTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD - ELIGIBILITY OF BEN NEWMAN
Further to the statement by the Leader of the House on 31 August 2006 and Brakeboards’ subsequent runner-up prize of $20 300 in the WA Inventor of the Year Award, I ask - (1) Is there a requirement for further trials and commercialisation to occur in Western Australia? (2) What part of this operation now takes place in Western Australia? (3) Where is this product currently made and distributed from? (4) Is the company head, Mr Ben Newman, still living in Melbourne? Hon KIM CHANCE
Further to the statement by the Leader of the House on 31 August 2006 and Brakeboards’ subsequent runner-up prize of $20 300 in the WA Inventor of the Year Award, I ask - (1) Is there a requirement for further trials and commercialisation to occur in Western Australia? (2) What part of this operation now takes place in Western Australia? (3) Where is this product currently made and distributed from? (4) Is the company head, Mr Ben Newman, still living in Melbourne? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank Hon Barry House for providing some notice of this question, and I acknowledge that this question follows up on his earlier interest in the matter. However, I regret I cannot provide the information in the time required, and I ask that the member place the question on notice.
(1) Is there a requirement for further trials and commercialisation to occur in Western Australia? (2) What part of this operation now takes place in Western Australia? (3) Where is this product currently made and distributed from? (4) Is the company head, Mr Ben Newman, still living in Melbourne? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Barry House for providing some notice of this question, and I acknowledge that this question follows up on his earlier interest in the matter. However, I regret I cannot provide the information in the time required, and I ask that the member place the question on notice.
(2) What part of this operation now takes place in Western Australia? (3) Where is this product currently made and distributed from? (4) Is the company head, Mr Ben Newman, still living in Melbourne? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Barry House for providing some notice of this question, and I acknowledge that this question follows up on his earlier interest in the matter. However, I regret I cannot provide the information in the time required, and I ask that the member place the question on notice.
(3) Where is this product currently made and distributed from? (4) Is the company head, Mr Ben Newman, still living in Melbourne? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Barry House for providing some notice of this question, and I acknowledge that this question follows up on his earlier interest in the matter. However, I regret I cannot provide the information in the time required, and I ask that the member place the question on notice.
(4) Is the company head, Mr Ben Newman, still living in Melbourne? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Barry House for providing some notice of this question, and I acknowledge that this question follows up on his earlier interest in the matter. However, I regret I cannot provide the information in the time required, and I ask that the member place the question on notice.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Barry House for providing some notice of this question, and I acknowledge that this question follows up on his earlier interest in the matter. However, I regret I cannot provide the information in the time required, and I ask that the member place the question on notice.
I thank Hon Barry House for providing some notice of this question, and I acknowledge that this question follows up on his earlier interest in the matter. However, I regret I cannot provide the information in the time required, and I ask that the member place the question on notice.
(1) Is there a requirement for further trials and commercialisation to occur in Western Australia? (2) What part of this operation now takes place in Western Australia? (3) Where is this product currently made and distributed from? (4) Is the company head, Mr Ben Newman, still living in Melbourne? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Barry House for providing some notice of this question, and I acknowledge that this question follows up on his earlier interest in the matter. However, I regret I cannot provide the information in the time required, and I ask that the member place the question on notice.
(2) What part of this operation now takes place in Western Australia? (3) Where is this product currently made and distributed from? (4) Is the company head, Mr Ben Newman, still living in Melbourne? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Barry House for providing some notice of this question, and I acknowledge that this question follows up on his earlier interest in the matter. However, I regret I cannot provide the information in the time required, and I ask that the member place the question on notice.
(3) Where is this product currently made and distributed from? (4) Is the company head, Mr Ben Newman, still living in Melbourne? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Barry House for providing some notice of this question, and I acknowledge that this question follows up on his earlier interest in the matter. However, I regret I cannot provide the information in the time required, and I ask that the member place the question on notice.
(4) Is the company head, Mr Ben Newman, still living in Melbourne? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Barry House for providing some notice of this question, and I acknowledge that this question follows up on his earlier interest in the matter. However, I regret I cannot provide the information in the time required, and I ask that the member place the question on notice.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Barry House for providing some notice of this question, and I acknowledge that this question follows up on his earlier interest in the matter. However, I regret I cannot provide the information in the time required, and I ask that the member place the question on notice.
I thank Hon Barry House for providing some notice of this question, and I acknowledge that this question follows up on his earlier interest in the matter. However, I regret I cannot provide the information in the time required, and I ask that the member place the question on notice.
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