❓ Hon Ray Halligan questions Premier Gallop about corporate credit card allocation within the Premier's office, receiving partial information. The Premier declines to provide detailed expenditure data due to resource constraints.
AnsweredQoN 544Legislative Council
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Will the Premier please advise in respect to the allocation of corporate credit cards in the Premier’s office the following -
(1) The name and position of each person, including the Premier and Parliamentary Secretary, allocated a corporate credit card?
(2) The credit limit on the card?
(3) The total monthly expenditure since January 1 2004 for each person allocated a card?
(1) The name and position of each person, including the Premier and Parliamentary Secretary, allocated a corporate credit card?
(2) The credit limit on the card?
(3) The total monthly expenditure since January 1 2004 for each person allocated a card?
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Answered
24 May 2005
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Premier
Response time
28 days
(1) - (2) Name Position Monthly Credit Limit ($) Hon G Gallop MLA Premier 40,000 Ben Harvey Principal Policy Adviser 20,000 Guy Houston Principal Media Adviser 30,000 Kieran Murphy Director Strategic Management 30,000 Sean Walsh Chief of Staff 40,000 Ruth Young Executive Officer 40,000 (3) I am not prepared to devote the resources which would be required to provide the information sought in this question. If the member has a specific question on credit cards, I am prepared to seek the information.
Name Position Monthly Credit Limit ($) Hon G Gallop MLA Premier 40,000 Ben Harvey Principal Policy Adviser 20,000 Guy Houston Principal Media Adviser 30,000 Kieran Murphy Director Strategic Management 30,000 Sean Walsh Chief of Staff 40,000 Ruth Young Executive Officer 40,000 (3) I am not prepared to devote the resources which would be required to provide the information sought in this question. If the member has a specific question on credit cards, I am prepared to seek the information.
(3) I am not prepared to devote the resources which would be required to provide the information sought in this question. If the member has a specific question on credit cards, I am prepared to seek the information.
Name Position Monthly Credit Limit ($) Hon G Gallop MLA Premier 40,000 Ben Harvey Principal Policy Adviser 20,000 Guy Houston Principal Media Adviser 30,000 Kieran Murphy Director Strategic Management 30,000 Sean Walsh Chief of Staff 40,000 Ruth Young Executive Officer 40,000 (3) I am not prepared to devote the resources which would be required to provide the information sought in this question. If the member has a specific question on credit cards, I am prepared to seek the information.
(3) I am not prepared to devote the resources which would be required to provide the information sought in this question. If the member has a specific question on credit cards, I am prepared to seek the information.
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