❓ A Western Australian parliamentary Question on Notice requests detailed expenditure information from the Minister for Local Government; Heritage; Culture and the Arts, which the Minister declines to provide due to the unreasonable use of government resources it would require.
AnsweredQoN 76Legislative Assembly
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In respect of the Minister’s portfolio responsibilities since 17 March 2017 for departments, agencies, boards or publicly owned corporations: (a) how much has been spent on professional print services; (b) how much has been spent on pens and pencils; (c) how much has been spent on newspaper subscriptions; (d) how much has been spent on journal or publication subscriptions; (e) how much has been spent on media monitoring; (f) how much has been spent on alcohol; (g) how much has been spent on coffee machines, coffee or coffee pods; (h) how much has been spent on office plants; (i) how much has been spent on paintings, posters, artwork or decorations; and (j) for (a - i) will the Minister provide a breakdown for this expenditure by description, type, and quantity?
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Answered
20 June 2017
Responded by
Minister for Local Government; Heritage; Culture and the Arts
Response time
8 days
(a-i) [see tabled paper no.]
(j)(a-i) Agencies, departments and government trading enterprises record expenditure in various cost centres and reports during the course of their business. It is not considered a reasonable or appropriate use of Government resources to provide an answer to this question in relation to all departmental expenditure and the Minister is not prepared to devote further resources to provide this enormous amount of detail. Should the Member have a specific query relating to the breakdown of office expenditure, I would be happy to respond to this query.
(j)(a-i) Agencies, departments and government trading enterprises record expenditure in various cost centres and reports during the course of their business. It is not considered a reasonable or appropriate use of Government resources to provide an answer to this question in relation to all departmental expenditure and the Minister is not prepared to devote further resources to provide this enormous amount of detail. Should the Member have a specific query relating to the breakdown of office expenditure, I would be happy to respond to this query.
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