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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 105 asked in the Legislative Council on 21 February 2019 by Hon Peter Collier

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

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.