Mr. Zempilas asks the Minister for Health and Mental Health for detailed costs of tobacco-attributable hospitalisations in WA from 2017-18 to 2024-25, broken down by region and Indigenous status. The Minister responded that exact costs are not available.

AnsweredQoN 1746Legislative Assembly
Asked
17 February 2026
Portfolio
Health; Mental Health

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I refer to the Minister's response to Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 991 and again ask, for each financial year 2017-18; 2018-19; 2019-20; 2020-21; 2021-22; 2022-23; 2023-24 and 2024-25, what were the costs and inflation-adjusted costs of tobacco-attributable hospitalisations for: (a) All of Western Australia; (b) Metropolitan Western Australia; (c) Regional Western Australia; and (d) Indigenous Western Australians?

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Answered
17 March 2026
Responded by
Minister for Health; Mental Health
Response time
9 days
(a)-(d)
Exact costs of tobacco-attributable hospitalisations in Western Australia from 2017-18 to 2023-24 are not available.

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