❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding potential meetings and donations between cabinet members/Labor Party and Chinese companies ZTE and Huawei in relation to Metronet contracts. The government was unable to fully answer within the given timeframe.
AnsweredQoN 406Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
METRONET — COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS — TENDER PROCESS
406. Hon COLIN de GRUSSA to the Leader of the House
representing the Premier:
I refer to Chinese companies ZTE and
Huawei who have expressed an interest in contracting for works associated with
Metronet.
(1) Have any members of cabinet met
with representatives from either of these companies?
(2) If yes to (1), will the Premier
please provide dates, location and attendees?
(3) Have representatives of these
companies ever attended any Labor Party fundraising events?
(4) Have donations been received by
the Labor Party from either of these companies?
The PRESIDENT : Leader of the
House, I do not think the last couple of parts of the question are in the
purview of the minister responsible, so you might just want to respond to the
first part of the question.
406. Hon COLIN de GRUSSA to the Leader of the House
representing the Premier:
I refer to Chinese companies ZTE and
Huawei who have expressed an interest in contracting for works associated with
Metronet.
(1) Have any members of cabinet met
with representatives from either of these companies?
(2) If yes to (1), will the Premier
please provide dates, location and attendees?
(3) Have representatives of these
companies ever attended any Labor Party fundraising events?
(4) Have donations been received by
the Labor Party from either of these companies?
The PRESIDENT : Leader of the
House, I do not think the last couple of parts of the question are in the
purview of the minister responsible, so you might just want to respond to the
first part of the question.
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(2) We
are unable to provide an answer in the time provided. The member might
appreciate that we would need to check with every minister and in the time
provided we have been unable to do that. It is requested that the member put
the question on notice.
(3)–(4) I
do have a response that reflects, effectively, what the President has just said
about these parts of the question; that is, questions regarding fundraising
should be directed to the political party concerned.
some notice of the question.
(1)–(2) We
are unable to provide an answer in the time provided. The member might
appreciate that we would need to check with every minister and in the time
provided we have been unable to do that. It is requested that the member put
the question on notice.
(3)–(4) I
do have a response that reflects, effectively, what the President has just said
about these parts of the question; that is, questions regarding fundraising
should be directed to the political party concerned.
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