The Premier declined to answer a question regarding the number of official correspondences sent to Federal Ministers, citing unreasonable resource demands for data collection. The Premier offered to answer more specific questions.

AnsweredQoN 384Legislative Council
Asked
9 November 2021
Portfolio
Premier; Minister for Public Sector Management; Federal-State Relations

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Between the dates 18 March 2021 and 29 October 2021, I ask: (a) how many pieces of official correspondence have you sent through your Ministerial office to Federal Ministers; and (b) for all correspondence in (a), please identify how many were sent in each of your ministerial capacities?

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Answered
9 December 2021
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Premier; Minister for Public Sector Management; Federal-State Relations
Response time
11 days
The Premier and Ministers send and receive thousands of pieces of correspondence each year. Manually collecting this information would require considerable time and resources.
As such, it is not considered a reasonable or responsible use government resources to complete such a task.
If the Honourable Member has a more specific question, I will endeavour to answer it.

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