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❓ Hon Martin Aldridge requests copies of briefing notes and speaking points distributed to MPs by the Premier's office over the past year, including recipients, authors, and approvers. The Premier declines to provide the information, citing resource constraints and potential incompleteness.

AnsweredQoN 724Legislative Council

Asked

13 March 2018

Member

Hon Martin Aldridge

Portfolio

Premier

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I refer to briefing notes and speaking points prepared, or approved, by your office and distributed to Members of Parliament, and I ask: (a) for the last 12 months, please provide a copy of all documents as detailed above; (b) please advise who was the recipient of each document; and (c) please advise who authored and approved each document?

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Answered

10 April 2018

Responded by

Leader of the House representing the Premier

Response time

9 days

(a-c) Briefing notes and speaking points are prepared for members of parliament are prepared on a regular and often ad hoc basis, on top of briefings for members of all parties which may include the preparation and distribution of written notes. It is not considered a productive use of limited government resources to attempt to total these together, let alone the highly likely possibility that some would be missed, leading to an incomplete answer.

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