METRONET TASKFORCE —
MINUTES
106. Hon PETER COLLIER to
the minister representing the Minister for Transport:
I refer to the minister's
answer to question without notice 83, which stated that the minister was
seeking further advice on tabling the 27 February 2018 Metronet Taskforce
minutes.
(1) Given that
the Auditor General found that the minutes could have been provided to
Parliament with a discrete amount of cabinet-in-confidence information redacted
and that the decision not to provide them to Parliament was found to be
unreasonable and not appropriate, why will the minister not table these minutes
in accordance with the Auditor General's findings?
(2) As Parliament seeks independent assurance from
the Auditor General under section 24 of the Auditor General Act 2006,
from whom is the minister seeking further advice given that the Auditor General's
role is to audit the finances and activities of Western Australian state and
local government entities and report their findings to Parliament?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the Leader of the Opposition
for some notice of the question.
(1)–(2) The
minister is seeking advice on the tabling of the minutes, noting that the
Auditor General did not find that it would have been reasonable and appropriate
to table the minutes un-redacted. That process of seeking advice involves a number
of agencies, including the State Solicitor's Office and those involved
in the production and consideration of the minutes and involved in the issues
dealt with by the minutes.