❓ A member of parliament requests detailed information on ministerial visits to the North West Central electorate, including dates, attendees, purpose, meetings, briefing notes, and notifications to the local member. The Premier declines to provide the information due to the excessive resources required, citing publicly available flight records and criticising the previous government's transparency.
AnsweredQoN 310Legislative Assembly
Asked
9 November 2021
Member
Portfolio
Premier; Treasurer; Minister for Public Sector Management; Federal-State Relations
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I refer to visits to the electorate of North West Central between 1 January 2021 and 31 October 2021, and I ask: (a) What were all the dates and all the towns visited in North West Central for the month of: (i) January 2021; (ii) February 2021; (iii) March 2021; (iv) April 2021; (v) May 2021; (vi) June 2021; (vii) July 2021; (viii) August 2021; (ix) September 2021; and (x) October 2021; (b) Who travelled on the plane with the Minister for each town visited for the months listed in (a); (c) What was the purpose of the visit to each town for the months listed in (a); (d) What meetings did the Minister attend whilst in town for the months listed in (a); (e) Were briefing notes provided for all visits to the towns for the meetings listed in (a): (i) If yes, could the Minister provide briefing notes for all meetings held in the towns for the months listed in (a); and (f) Were notifications sent to the local member or electorate office of the visits to each town for the months listed in (a): (i) If yes, what dates were notifications emailed and to what email address; and (ii) If no, why was no notification emailed?
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Answered
15 February 2022
Response time
9 days
(a – f) The Premier and Ministers travel regularly throughout regional Western Australia, including the North West Central electorate.
The flight records for the WA Government aircraft are already publicly available, in both previous tabled papers and in Budget Estimates.
The McGowan Labor Government is committed to transparency, unlike the previous Liberal National Government, who did not release a detailed flight manifest in their more than eight years in Government.
Noting the considerable travel and support provided by the McGowan Labor Government throughout Western Australia’s North West region following Cyclone Seroja, and other factors such as the redistribution of electoral boundaries in March 2021, an excessive amount of Government resources would be required to manually prepare the information requested, which has been asked of ten Ministers.
If the Member has a question regarding a specific visit, I will endeavour to answer it.
The flight records for the WA Government aircraft are already publicly available, in both previous tabled papers and in Budget Estimates.
The McGowan Labor Government is committed to transparency, unlike the previous Liberal National Government, who did not release a detailed flight manifest in their more than eight years in Government.
Noting the considerable travel and support provided by the McGowan Labor Government throughout Western Australia’s North West region following Cyclone Seroja, and other factors such as the redistribution of electoral boundaries in March 2021, an excessive amount of Government resources would be required to manually prepare the information requested, which has been asked of ten Ministers.
If the Member has a question regarding a specific visit, I will endeavour to answer it.
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