❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details of all overseas trips by Government Ministers since March 2017, including dates, purpose, and accompanying individuals. The Premier provided references to tabled papers and stated no taxpayer-funded private trips occurred.
AnsweredQoN 3920Legislative Assembly
Asked
21 August 2018
Member
Portfolio
Premier; Minister for Public Sector Management; State Development, Jobs and Trade; Federal-State Relations
QuestionView source ↗
(1) could the Premier please outline in a table, all overseas trips by Government Ministers on official business since coming to Government in March 2017? (2) could the Premier also include names of those who accompanied the respective Ministers on these trips? (3) could the Premier include the official dates of the overseas ministerial visits, including any departure from such dates for private matters / engagements / visits by the respective Ministers? (4) could the Premier please include the nature and purpose of the overseas ministerial visits? (5) was there any taxpayer funded trips (other than funded from individual members travel allowances) taken by Ministers overseas that were not on official Government business?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
9 October 2018
Response time
9 days
(1)-(4)
Travel Dates
Legislative Assembly Tabled Paper Number
1 January 2018 – 31 March 2018
1587
1 October 2017 – 31 December 2017
1451
1 July 2017 – 30 September 2017
1100
17 March 2017 – 30 June 2017
1099
Details concerning overseas travel from 1 April 2018 to 21 August 2018 have not yet been collated and will be provided in due course through the quarterly overseas travel reports tabled in Parliament.
(5) Nil.
Travel Dates
Legislative Assembly Tabled Paper Number
1 January 2018 – 31 March 2018
1587
1 October 2017 – 31 December 2017
1451
1 July 2017 – 30 September 2017
1100
17 March 2017 – 30 June 2017
1099
Details concerning overseas travel from 1 April 2018 to 21 August 2018 have not yet been collated and will be provided in due course through the quarterly overseas travel reports tabled in Parliament.
(5) Nil.
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.