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❓ Mr. Zempilas asks about the use of private investigators by departments and agencies under the Premier's portfolio. The Premier declines to answer due to the resource burden of gathering the information.

AnsweredQoN 1126Legislative Assembly

Asked

2 December 2025

Member

Mr Basil Zempilas

Portfolio

Premier; Minister for State Development; Trade and Investment; Economic Diversification

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For all departments, agencies and Government Trading Enterprises within the Minister’s portfolio of responsibilities, I ask: (a) did the organisation engage the services of private investigators for the financial year 2024-25 and 2025 to date; and (b) if yes to (a): (i) how many investigations were undertaken by the private investigators; (ii) what was the purpose of each investigation; and (iii) what was the total cost of all investigations for the financial year?

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Answered

17 February 2026

Response time

4 days

(a-b) The information being sought by the member is not readily available and would require considerable research, which would divert staff away from their normal duties, and I am not prepared to allocate the State’s resources to provide a response.
However, if the Member has a specific query, I would be pleased to consider arranging for the department to provide information on that particular issue.

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