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❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding the return of the Agent General and Trade Commissioners to Perth since their deployment in 2021. The answer confirms the first collective meeting and provides dates and durations of individual trips.

AnsweredQoN 961Legislative Assembly

Asked

1 February 2024

Member

Ms L. Mettam

Portfolio

Premier; Minister for State and Industry Development, Jobs and Trade; Public Sector Management; Federal-State Relations

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I refer to the article “WA’s Agent General and Trade Commissioners return to Perth” posted on November 23, 2023 on the WA State Government website investandtrade.wa.gov.au/news-events/news which states “Western Australia’s Agent General and Trade and Investment Commissioners are back in Perth for the first time since they were first deployed overseas in 2021.” , and I ask : (a) Can you confirm, as stated in the article, that this was in fact the first return to Perth for the Agent General and the Commissioners since their deployment in 2021; (b) If the Agent General or Commissioners have returned to Western Australia at other times since their deployment in 2021, what are the dates and duration of those trips.; and (c) How many days have the Agent General and each Commissioner spent in Western Australia since they were first deployed overseas?

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Answered

12 March 2024

Response time

7 days

(a) Yes. This was the first collective meeting of the Agent General and Investment and Trade Commissioner’s in Western Australia since their deployment in 2021.
(b – c) Travel to Western Australia by the Agent General and Investment and Trade Commissioners since their deployment is outlined in the table below.
Name
Dates spent in Western Australia since deployment*
Number of days spent in Western Australia since deployment*
Ms Juan Le
27 Sep 2023 – 8 Oct 2023
8 Dec 2023 – 6 Jan 2024
42
Ms Nashid Chowdhury
26 Oct 2022 – 1 Nov 2022
10 Apr 2023 – 18 Apr 2023
18 Jun 2023 – 28 Jun 2023
8 Nov 2023 – 18 Nov 2023
38
Ms Nicole Fasana
4 Dec 2022 – 14 Dec 2022
27 Apr 2023 – 6 May 2023
25 Jul 2023 – 8 Aug 2023
8 Nov 2023 – 19 Nov 2023
26 Jan 2024 – 1 Feb 2024
55
Mr John Langoulant AO
4 Aug 2022 – 6 Sep 2022
21 Oct 2022 – 1 Nov 2022
12 Mar 2023 – 28 Mar 2023
11 Nov 2023 – 13 Dec 2023
97
*Includes travel days to and from Western Australia, weekends, annual leave taken while in Western Australia and personal or medical related reasons in line with employment contracts.

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