A parliamentary question seeking details on the allocation and usage costs of government mobile phones within the Minister for Housing and Works' office. The Minister provided details on phone allocation but declined to provide expenditure data, citing resource allocation concerns.

AnsweredQoN 219Legislative Council
Asked
26 April 2005
Portfolio
Housing and Works

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Will the Minister please advise of the following in respect to the allocation of Government mobile phones in the Minister’s office -
(1) The total number of mobile phones available in the Minister’s office?
(2) The name and position of each person allocated a mobile phone?
(3) The model and make of mobile phones allocated?
(4) The total expenditure on Government related calls or messages since January 1 2004 for each person allocated a mobile phone?
(5) The total expenditure on SMS text messages for Government related business since January 1 2004 for each person allocated a mobile phone?

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Answered
21 June 2005
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Housing and Works
Response time
56 days
(1)Five. (2)-(3) Name Position Make Model Hon Francis Logan MLA Minister for Housing and Works; Heritage; Assisting in Planning & Infrastructure Nokia 6310i Malcolm Bradshaw Chief of Staff Nokia 6230 Kent Acott Media Advisor Nokia 6310i Samantha Dowling Principal Policy Adviser (Heritage) *N/A *N/A Merrilyn Ercegovich Executive Officer Nokia 3120 *Officer's own private mobile phone. (4)-(5) This information is not readily available and I am not prepared to allocate the State's resources to provide a response. All staff are required to comply with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet Computing and Communications Acceptable Use Policy.
(1)Five. (2)-(3) Name Position Make Model Hon Francis Logan MLA Minister for Housing and Works; Heritage; Assisting in Planning & Infrastructure Nokia 6310i Malcolm Bradshaw Chief of Staff Nokia 6230 Kent Acott Media Advisor Nokia 6310i Samantha Dowling Principal Policy Adviser (Heritage) *N/A *N/A Merrilyn Ercegovich Executive Officer Nokia 3120 *Officer's own private mobile phone. (4)-(5) This information is not readily available and I am not prepared to allocate the State's resources to provide a response. All staff are required to comply with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet Computing and Communications Acceptable Use Policy.
(2)-(3) Name Position Make Model Hon Francis Logan MLA Minister for Housing and Works; Heritage; Assisting in Planning & Infrastructure Nokia 6310i Malcolm Bradshaw Chief of Staff Nokia 6230 Kent Acott Media Advisor Nokia 6310i Samantha Dowling Principal Policy Adviser (Heritage) *N/A *N/A Merrilyn Ercegovich Executive Officer Nokia 3120 *Officer's own private mobile phone. (4)-(5) This information is not readily available and I am not prepared to allocate the State's resources to provide a response. All staff are required to comply with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet Computing and Communications Acceptable Use Policy.
(2)-(3) Name Position Make Model Hon Francis Logan MLA Minister for Housing and Works; Heritage; Assisting in Planning & Infrastructure Nokia 6310i Malcolm Bradshaw Chief of Staff Nokia 6230 Kent Acott Media Advisor Nokia 6310i Samantha Dowling Principal Policy Adviser (Heritage) *N/A *N/A Merrilyn Ercegovich Executive Officer Nokia 3120 *Officer's own private mobile phone. (4)-(5) This information is not readily available and I am not prepared to allocate the State's resources to provide a response. All staff are required to comply with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet Computing and Communications Acceptable Use Policy.
Name Position Make Model Hon Francis Logan MLA Minister for Housing and Works; Heritage; Assisting in Planning & Infrastructure Nokia 6310i Malcolm Bradshaw Chief of Staff Nokia 6230 Kent Acott Media Advisor Nokia 6310i Samantha Dowling Principal Policy Adviser (Heritage) *N/A *N/A Merrilyn Ercegovich Executive Officer Nokia 3120 *Officer's own private mobile phone. (4)-(5) This information is not readily available and I am not prepared to allocate the State's resources to provide a response. All staff are required to comply with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet Computing and Communications Acceptable Use Policy.
Name Position Make Model Hon Francis Logan MLA Minister for Housing and Works; Heritage; Assisting in Planning & Infrastructure Nokia 6310i Malcolm Bradshaw Chief of Staff Nokia 6230 Kent Acott Media Advisor Nokia 6310i Samantha Dowling Principal Policy Adviser (Heritage) *N/A *N/A Merrilyn Ercegovich Executive Officer Nokia 3120 *Officer's own private mobile phone. (4)-(5) This information is not readily available and I am not prepared to allocate the State's resources to provide a response. All staff are required to comply with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet Computing and Communications Acceptable Use Policy.
*Officer's own private mobile phone. (4)-(5) This information is not readily available and I am not prepared to allocate the State's resources to provide a response. All staff are required to comply with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet Computing and Communications Acceptable Use Policy.
*Officer's own private mobile phone. (4)-(5) This information is not readily available and I am not prepared to allocate the State's resources to provide a response. All staff are required to comply with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet Computing and Communications Acceptable Use Policy.
(4)-(5) This information is not readily available and I am not prepared to allocate the State's resources to provide a response. All staff are required to comply with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet Computing and Communications Acceptable Use Policy.
(4)-(5) This information is not readily available and I am not prepared to allocate the State's resources to provide a response. All staff are required to comply with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet Computing and Communications Acceptable Use Policy.
This information is not readily available and I am not prepared to allocate the State's resources to provide a response. All staff are required to comply with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet Computing and Communications Acceptable Use Policy.
This information is not readily available and I am not prepared to allocate the State's resources to provide a response. All staff are required to comply with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet Computing and Communications Acceptable Use Policy.

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