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❓ Mr Nalder requests a breakdown of government travel expenses (airfares and chartered flights) across intrastate, interstate, and overseas travel for past, present, and future financial years. The Minister deflects, stating the information falls outside their portfolio responsibilities.

AnsweredQoN 5231Legislative Assembly

Asked

18 June 2019

Member

Mr D.C. Nalder

Portfolio

Transport; Planning

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I refer to government travel expenses, and ask: (a) Could the Minister advise the total cost of airfares, broken into intrastate, interstate and overseas travel, paid for by the State Government for the following financial years: (i) 2017/18; (ii) 2018/19 (to date); (iii) 2019/20 (budgeted); and (iv) 2020/21 (budgeted); and (b) For the same periods above, could the Minister advise of chartered flight services paid for, or budgeted, by the State Government, broken down into intrastate, interstate and overseas travel?

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Answered

7 August 2019

Responded by

Minister for Transport; Planning

Response time

7 days

(a)-(b) Whole-of –Government travel expenses do not fall under the portfolio responsibilities of the Minister for Transport; Planning.
If the member has a specific question concerning the Transport and Planning portfolios, the Minister will endeavour to answer those questions.

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