A WA parliamentary question seeks details on government mobile phone allocation and expenditure within the Minister for Agriculture and Forestry's office. The Minister provides details on phone allocation but declines to provide expenditure data due to resource constraints.

AnsweredQoN 192Legislative Council
Asked
26 April 2005
Portfolio
Agriculture and Forestry

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Will the Minister please advise of the following in respect to the allocation of Government mobile phones in the Minister’s office -
(1) The total number of mobile phones available in the Minister’s office?
(2) The name and position of each person allocated a mobile phone?
(3) The model and make of mobile phones allocated?
(4) The total expenditure on Government related calls or messages since January 1 2004 for each person allocated a mobile phone?
(5) The total expenditure on SMS text messages for Government related business since January 1 2004 for each person allocated a mobile phone?

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Answered
21 June 2005
Responded by
Minister for Agriculture and Forestry
Response time
56 days
(2) - (3) MOBILE PHONE ALLOCATED TO POSITION Kyocera 2235 Minister Chance Kyocera 2235 Michael McMullan Chief of Staff Nokia 3105 Mike Marren until 15/04/05; Beverley East until 15/05/05;Alicia Miriklis from 16/05/05 Media Adviser Kyocera 2235 Mark Chmielewski Policy Adviser-Agriculture Nokia 3315 Beverley Davidson Ministerial Liaison Officer-Geraldton Nokia 3315 Wendy Lockhart Executive Officer Kyocera KE414C Spare (allocated to Kathy Robertson until 11/03/05) (Appointments Secretary) Nokia 3105 Spare (allocated to Kevin Donohue until 25/02/05) (Policy Adviser - Fisheries) Kyocera 3245 Spare (for occasional use) (4) - (5) This information is not readily available and I am not prepared to allocate the State's resources to provide a response. All staff are required to comply with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet Computing and Communications Acceptable Use Policy.
MOBILE PHONE ALLOCATED TO POSITION Kyocera 2235 Minister Chance Kyocera 2235 Michael McMullan Chief of Staff Nokia 3105 Mike Marren until 15/04/05; Beverley East until 15/05/05;Alicia Miriklis from 16/05/05 Media Adviser Kyocera 2235 Mark Chmielewski Policy Adviser-Agriculture Nokia 3315 Beverley Davidson Ministerial Liaison Officer-Geraldton Nokia 3315 Wendy Lockhart Executive Officer Kyocera KE414C Spare (allocated to Kathy Robertson until 11/03/05) (Appointments Secretary) Nokia 3105 Spare (allocated to Kevin Donohue until 25/02/05) (Policy Adviser - Fisheries) Kyocera 3245 Spare (for occasional use) (4) - (5) This information is not readily available and I am not prepared to allocate the State's resources to provide a response. All staff are required to comply with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet Computing and Communications Acceptable Use Policy.
(4) - (5) This information is not readily available and I am not prepared to allocate the State's resources to provide a response. All staff are required to comply with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet Computing and Communications Acceptable Use Policy.

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