❓ Question regarding the retrieval of cabinet and Economic and Expenditure Reform Committee (EERC) documents from the former Treasurer's possession after his departure. The answer confirms the retrieval of documents from the former Treasurer's ministerial office.
AnsweredQoN 163Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
MEMBER FOR
VASSE — RETRIEVAL OF DOCUMENTS
163. Hon KATE DOUST to the
Leader of the House representing the Premier:
I refer to cabinet documents or Economic and Expenditure
Reform Committee documents that the former Treasurer would have had in his
possession on the weekend of 22 and 23 February.
(1) Have these documents been retrieved?
(2) If so, when,
by whom, and where were they retrieved from?
(3) If no to (1),
has the cabinet secretary, Peter Conran, made any attempts to retrieve the
cabinet documents?
VASSE — RETRIEVAL OF DOCUMENTS
163. Hon KATE DOUST to the
Leader of the House representing the Premier:
I refer to cabinet documents or Economic and Expenditure
Reform Committee documents that the former Treasurer would have had in his
possession on the weekend of 22 and 23 February.
(1) Have these documents been retrieved?
(2) If so, when,
by whom, and where were they retrieved from?
(3) If no to (1),
has the cabinet secretary, Peter Conran, made any attempts to retrieve the
cabinet documents?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this
question.
(1)–(3)
A cabinet file was retrieved from the former Treasurer's ministerial
office by cabinet secretariat staff on 27 February 2014. Two EERC files for the
former Treasurer were also retrieved from the ministerial office by cabinet
secretariat staff subsequent to his formal resignation on 10 March 2014.
question.
(1)–(3)
A cabinet file was retrieved from the former Treasurer's ministerial
office by cabinet secretariat staff on 27 February 2014. Two EERC files for the
former Treasurer were also retrieved from the ministerial office by cabinet
secretariat staff subsequent to his formal resignation on 10 March 2014.
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