Hon Martin Aldridge asks about the State Recovery Controller's visits to regions affected by TC Seroja. The Minister's response declines to provide the requested information due to the resource burden.

AnsweredQoN 1243Legislative Council
Asked
15 February 2023
Portfolio
Emergency Services

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I refer the impact of Severe Tropical Cyclone (TC) Seroja on sixteen Local Government Area's in the Mid West, Gascoyne and Wheatbelt regions in April 2021, and I ask: (a) on how many occasions has the TC Seroja State Recovery Controller visited the affected region; and (b) of those identified in (a), please provide: (i) the date of the visit; (ii) the duration of the visit; (iii) please table the itinerary and any briefing material for each relevant day; and (iv) please identify what, (if any), Seroja related business was conducted during the travel?

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Answered
15 March 2023
Responded by
Minister for Emergency Services
Response time
6 days
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) advises that the information requested requires a significant amount of manual examination of data. It is not considered a reasonable or appropriate use of Government resources to compile this information. If the Hon Member has a particular question about a specific location, I will endeavour to answer it.

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