CABINET — CONFLICTS
OF INTEREST
105. Hon PETER COLLIER to the Leader of the House
representing the Premier:
I
refer the Premier to question without notice 712 asked on Tuesday, 31 October
2017, whereby he responded that no member
of cabinet had declared a conflict of interest or perceived conflict of
interest in Carnegie Clean Energy Ltd, and to question without notice 82
asked on Wednesday, 20 February 2019, whereby he responded that he could not
identify whether any minister had declared a conflict of interest or perceived
conflict of interest in the western rock lobster industry due to the fact that ''declarations
remain cabinet-in-confidence.'' Why is it the Premier could provide a response
to question without notice 712 but could not provide a response to question
without notice 82, given that the wording of the two questions is identical?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the Leader of the Opposition
for some notice of the question. I provide the following response on behalf of
the Leader of the House.
Declarations under the Ministerial
Code of Conduct are treated as cabinet-in-confidence in the same way that they
were under previous administrations.