❓ Mr Nalder asks the Premier to commit to implementing a parliamentary budget office for independent election policy costing. The Premier responds with skepticism, noting the previous government's inaction and promising consideration in the coming months.
AnsweredQoN 288Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
PARLIAMENTARY BUDGET
OFFICE
288. Mr D.C. NALDER to the Premier:
Will the Premier commit to
immediately implement a parliamentary budget office so that opposition parties
can properly cost election policies and the community can have greater
confidence in a more rigorous, independent and accountable election-costing
process?
OFFICE
288. Mr D.C. NALDER to the Premier:
Will the Premier commit to
immediately implement a parliamentary budget office so that opposition parties
can properly cost election policies and the community can have greater
confidence in a more rigorous, independent and accountable election-costing
process?
AnswerView source ↗
I do not know where this question
has come from or why the member is asking me about this in the middle of the
COVID-19 pandemic. The last government did not do it in two terms of
government. It rejected it out of hand. We will consider it over the course of
coming months.
has come from or why the member is asking me about this in the middle of the
COVID-19 pandemic. The last government did not do it in two terms of
government. It rejected it out of hand. We will consider it over the course of
coming months.
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