Question regarding the calculation of fuel payments to school bus contractors in regional WA, specifically Kununurra, and whether FuelWatch data for individual towns can be used. The Minister was unable to answer due to a fire at Dumas House.

AnsweredQoN 11Legislative Council
Asked
18 February 2008
Portfolio
Planning and Infrastructure

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FUELWATCH — REGIONAL PRICES
I refer to the manner in which the daily fuel payments paid by the Public Transport Authority to school bus contractors is calculated and note that the price of fuel in Kununurra consistently exceeds the average regional price. (1) Is the minister aware that FuelWatch can supply average fuel prices by individual town; and, if yes — (a) can the minister explain why daily fuel payments are not calculated using average fuel prices for individual towns; and (b) if no, will the minister consider changing the calculation of daily fuel payments by using average prices for individual towns? Hon ADELE FARINA

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I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Like the answers to some of the other questions that have been asked today, the fire at Dumas House, from which all occupants were asked to evacuate, has had an impact on the answer to this question. It has been impossible to provide an answer to this question.
(1) Is the minister aware that FuelWatch can supply average fuel prices by individual town; and, if yes — (a) can the minister explain why daily fuel payments are not calculated using average fuel prices for individual towns; and (b) if no, will the minister consider changing the calculation of daily fuel payments by using average prices for individual towns? Hon ADELE FARINA replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Like the answers to some of the other questions that have been asked today, the fire at Dumas House, from which all occupants were asked to evacuate, has had an impact on the answer to this question. It has been impossible to provide an answer to this question.
(b) if no, will the minister consider changing the calculation of daily fuel payments by using average prices for individual towns?
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Like the answers to some of the other questions that have been asked today, the fire at Dumas House, from which all occupants were asked to evacuate, has had an impact on the answer to this question. It has been impossible to provide an answer to this question.

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