❓ Question on Notice regarding the engagement of Masters of Ceremonies by government agencies since January 2017. The Premier refuses to answer, citing the frivolous nature and resource burden of the questioner's inquiries.
AnsweredQoN 1060Legislative Assembly
Asked
22 June 2017
Member
Portfolio
Premier; Minister for Public Sector Management; State Development, Jobs and Trade; Federal-State Relations
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For events, meetings, conferences and seminars held by the agency since 1 January 2017, have any Master of Ceremonies been engaged: (a) If yes, what was the event, meeting, conference or seminar; (b) If yes, where was the event, meeting, conference or seminar held; and (c) If yes, what organisation was engaged and how much was that organisation paid?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
8 August 2017
Response time
4 days
On June 15, the Attorney General raised concerns about the frivolous nature of many of the questions the Member for Dawesville had lodged and the impact it was having on the resources of his departments and agencies.
In response the Member boasted; “he (the Attorney General) has signed himself up to another 50 questions over the weekend; I look forward to that!”
The Member has now made it clear many of his questions are not serious and appear to be lodged purely out of spite and designed to waste the time of public servants.
As such, I am not willing to continue to devote valuable Government resources entertaining this behaviour.
The Member has the opportunity to interrogate the budgets of agencies and departments through the normal budget estimates process.
In response the Member boasted; “he (the Attorney General) has signed himself up to another 50 questions over the weekend; I look forward to that!”
The Member has now made it clear many of his questions are not serious and appear to be lodged purely out of spite and designed to waste the time of public servants.
As such, I am not willing to continue to devote valuable Government resources entertaining this behaviour.
The Member has the opportunity to interrogate the budgets of agencies and departments through the normal budget estimates process.
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