Dr. Nahan questions the Premier regarding the creation of Infrastructure WA, including submission numbers, confidentiality, late submissions, report delays, and staffing. The Premier's office provides answers, including the number of submissions received and reasons for confidentiality and delays.

AnsweredQoN 4086Legislative Assembly
Asked
19 September 2018
Portfolio
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I refer to the announcement to create Infrastructure WA, and I ask: (a) how many submission were made to the Government before the closing date of 20 March 2018; (b) are those submissions publicly available; (c) if no to (b), why not; (d) were any submissions accepted after the closing date; (e) if yes to (d) which submissions were received after the closing date and what was the basis for accepting those submissions; (f) given the Department of the Premier and Cabinet website says a consultation report will be prepared by 2018, why is it taking so long for this report to be publicly released; (g) when will the consultation report be released; (h) have any staff been appointed to Infrastructure WA in any capacity, including in an acting capacity; and (i) if yes to (f) what are the names of those people, their role and their level.?

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Answered
31 October 2018
Response time
9 days
Department of the Premier and Cabinet
(a)        64.
(b)        No.
(c)        It is not appropriate for individual submissions to be made public as submitters were advised that all submissions would be treated as confidential within relevant legislative limitations.
(d)       Yes.
(e)        There were 19 submissions accepted after the closing date, these were:
Submissions were accepted after the closing date to ensure all interested stakeholders had the opportunity for their views to be considered as part of this consultation process.
(f)         Significant analysis and policy work has been required to adequately consider the submissions made. A consultation report is expected to be released in 2018.
(g)        See (f).
(h)        No.
(i)         Not applicable.

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