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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 635 asked in the Legislative Council on 18 June 2020 by Hon Peter Collier

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PORT OPERATIONS TASKFORCE — MEETINGS

635. Hon PETER COLLIER to the Minister for Ports:

My question without notice of which some notice has been given is asked on behalf of Hon Simon O'Brien, who is away on urgent parliamentary business.

I refer to question without notice 503 asked on Thursday, 21 May 2020.

(1) Why have the minutes of the WA Port Operations Taskforce meetings in February, March, April and May 2020 not be made available on the Fremantle Ports website, as was practised until December 2019?

(2) Who made the decision and/or direction not to make the minutes publicly available?

(3) Will the minister now table the minutes of the task force meetings from February, March, April and May 2020; and, if not, why not?

Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:

I thank the member for the question.

(1) The practice of posting minutes on the Fremantle Ports website was reviewed by Fremantle Ports in consultation with the chair of the WA Port Operations Taskforce. It was agreed that as the minutes were directly provided to members by email, it was unnecessary to also publish them on the Fremantle Ports website.

(2) The decision was made by Fremantle Ports in consultation with the chair of the WA Port Operations Taskforce.

(3) I will review the documents to determine whether tabling is appropriate.