❓ Hon Ray Halligan asks the Minister for Agriculture and Forestry about the allocation and expenditure of corporate credit cards within the Minister's office. The Minister provides details on cardholders and limits but declines to provide monthly expenditure data due to resource constraints.
AnsweredQoN 552Legislative Council
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Will the Minister please advise in respect to the allocation of corporate credit cards in his Ministerial office the following -
(1) The name and position of each person, including the Minister 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 Minister 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
26 May 2005
Responded by
Minister for Agriculture and Forestry
Response time
30 days
(1) - (2) Name Position Monthly Credit Limit ($) Hon K Chance MLC Minister 25,000 Mark Chmielewski Policy Adviser-Agriculture 5,000 Tony Jupp Policy Adviser-Forestry 5,000 Charmaine Cragan Appointments Secretary 25,000 John Dagostino Principal Policy Officer 10,000 Mike McMullan Chief of Staff 25,000 Wendy Lockhart Executive Officer 5,000 (3) I am not prepared to devote the resources which would be required to provide the information sought in this question. If the member has a specific question on credit cards, I am prepared to seek the information.
Name Position Monthly Credit Limit ($) Hon K Chance MLC Minister 25,000 Mark Chmielewski Policy Adviser-Agriculture 5,000 Tony Jupp Policy Adviser-Forestry 5,000 Charmaine Cragan Appointments Secretary 25,000 John Dagostino Principal Policy Officer 10,000 Mike McMullan Chief of Staff 25,000 Wendy Lockhart Executive Officer 5,000 (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.
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 K Chance MLC Minister 25,000 Mark Chmielewski Policy Adviser-Agriculture 5,000 Tony Jupp Policy Adviser-Forestry 5,000 Charmaine Cragan Appointments Secretary 25,000 John Dagostino Principal Policy Officer 10,000 Mike McMullan Chief of Staff 25,000 Wendy Lockhart Executive Officer 5,000 (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.
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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